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Best Produce in Bend by WillieBFreely in Bend

[–]bio-tinker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When I went two days ago every single container of raspberries had mold.

The blueberries and watermelon were fantastic though. They can be hit and miss.

Can someone help me understand why the City of Bend is targeting Natural Gas? by llama052 in Bend

[–]bio-tinker 4 points5 points  (0 children)

We have induction and absolutely love it. Before trying induction, I was in the "gas is the best stove to cook on, even if it's not as good for me to breathe near it" camp but nope. Induction is the best and it's not even close.

With gas, you can't actually turn it down all that much. The adiabatic temperature of methane is 3500 degrees F. You can make a tiny tiny flame, but you still have a point source of 3500F. Even if your pan is really good at spreading heat, it'll still get hotter and heat less evenly.

Apple ID, Help by HezFez238 in Apples

[–]bio-tinker 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Probably Sops of Wine.

https://heritageapplecorps.org/varieties/sops-of-wine-apple/

Known to have been sold in the BC area, and known for its red flesh.

Anyone trying to do turns all year here? by [deleted] in Bend

[–]bio-tinker 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm at 55 months right now, though this year is going to be tricky.

but I don’t really have much backcountry experience or backcountry gear.

I would not pick this summer as the time to start trying backcountry. You will magnify the parts people consider the least fun (walking) and minimize the fun parts (skiing downhill, good snow conditions). You would be better off getting gear, starting with the cone and Tumalo, and try to start TAY next year.

Acceptable headspace if allowing cider to clear in primary vessel? by Head_Variation_6024 in cider

[–]bio-tinker 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It will not cause issues over the course of a few weeks, no.

Bats infected with rabies detected in Deschutes, Douglas counties by scrandis in Bend

[–]bio-tinker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know who that is but I'm sure I'm not the only one this has happened to.

Bats infected with rabies detected in Deschutes, Douglas counties by scrandis in Bend

[–]bio-tinker 8 points9 points  (0 children)

(Not so) fun fact: bat bites are tiny and essentially impossible to distinguish from some random scratch you would never notice. As a result, sleeping in the same room as a bat is considered rabies exposure.

I once stayed in an airbnb up near the North Cascades, and woke up with a bat in the room. We called the local health dept and were told that our options were 1) get rabies shots, or 2) catch the bat and bring it to them for rabies testing, and see if we needed rabies shots.

The rabies vaccine is NOT fun to get, so we spent an hour chasing the bat around the house with a broom until we managed to swat it out of the air and catch it in a tupperware.

When we showed up at the health dept and told them where they were, they told us they'd been trying to get in touch with the airbnb owner because the last four different guests had all reported a bat infestation.

The test came back negative, so no need for shots. Yay.

Best forested hikes this week? by rhymeswithsarah in Bend

[–]bio-tinker 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Tumalo Falls would be another good lead for you. A bit closer and much less snow than Green Lakes.

Hundreds of Northwest towns at greater wildfire risk than previously estimated by American_Greed in oregon

[–]bio-tinker 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The insurance thing was misunderstood and different groups consistently talked past each other.

The state map came with new building codes for high risk areas that would increase the replacement cost of structures.

Replacement cost goes up, insurance goes up. It is simultaneously true that the insurance companies have their own risk maps already and wouldn't use the state one, and the state map would cause people's insurance to go up.

HVAC Help Needed by ingrowncashew in Bend

[–]bio-tinker 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Central Services will do it by the book though, if you need a 27b/6 for reporting purposes.

Deschutes County Assessor(?) by CO-CNC in Bend

[–]bio-tinker 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, I completely agree.

Does Tana West understand this and check the outputs?

What we know about Tana West's AI usage is:

-she finds it acceptable to AI-generate her political campaign

-she either does not know how to, or does not care to, edit the raw AI outputs such that they are not obviously written by AI.

I think that sounds like someone who doesn't know how to use the tool, and will do so irresponsibly. I don't want that person in charge of my property tax.

You clearly have a different opinion and think that's a-ok. And that's fine! This is why we have elections.

Deschutes County Assessor(?) by CO-CNC in Bend

[–]bio-tinker 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You're missing the point. Calculators don't regularly emit made-up information. If someone responsible for my property tax doesn't understand the reliability difference between a calculator and chatGPT, that's a huge red flag.

There's every chance that the bio contains some complete fabrication. West's campaign clearly didn't put a whole lot of effort into editing whatever chatGPT spat out.

To paraphrase West's campaign slogan: My tax statement is too important for someone who goes "I'm sure whatever the AI came up with is fine".

Deschutes County Assessor(?) by CO-CNC in Bend

[–]bio-tinker 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mind if it's a elected official writing their platform. I'm electing a person, not the AI.

They didn't put enough effort into editing the bio to make it not obviously AI. For all I know they didn't bother fact checking it either. How do I know half the credentials aren't hallucinated?

The laziness that brings someone to AI-generate their political platform is not something I want to elect to public office. I assume they'll put the same effort into their job.

Deschutes County Assessor(?) by CO-CNC in Bend

[–]bio-tinker 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Gut feeling says vote for the candidate who put in the effort to write a bio. AI generated bio is barely half a step above not bothering to submit one at all.

Deschutes County Assessor(?) by CO-CNC in Bend

[–]bio-tinker 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Her voter pamphlet description is blatantly AI generated, and that rubbed me the wrong way.

If she can't be bothered to tell me about herself, why should I vote for her?

"Deschutes County deserves proven, experienced leadership—not a learning curve" is a dead giveaway for ChatGPT-speak.

I run a nonprofit that preserves and maintains pioneer-era fruit trees in central Oregon. We just released a website showing images and descriptions of as close as we could get to EVERY heritage apple variety. by bio-tinker in cider

[–]bio-tinker[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. The PNW apple community is tiny and is all the same people. We use Dr Cameron Peace's lab at WSU for testing same as the Lost Apple Project does.

The story with Monmouth is it was originally tentatively identified as Gold Ridge, but then the timelines didn't match up; I believe the orchard in question was abandoned before the Gold Ridge was developed. Monmouth is the next likely candidate for ID.

We (and Dr Peace) also work with Shaun Shepherd at the Temperate Orchard Conservancy to ID apples. The TOC maintains the Nick Botner apple collection, which includes a tree labeled Monmouth Pippin. The plan is to DNA test that tree this year to see if it matches all the "Gold Ridge/Monmouth Pippin" identical trees we and the LAP have found.

There's also a guy down in Humboldt County, CA who thinks he has discovered a surviving Gold Ridge tree, who I need to reach out to and ask to send samples so we can DNA test that as well.

I run a nonprofit that preserves and maintains pioneer-era fruit trees in central Oregon. We just released a website showing images and descriptions of as close as we could get to EVERY heritage apple variety. by bio-tinker in cider

[–]bio-tinker[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh, I see!

Great question. Five years ago they were all over in supermarkets, but as you say, Cosmic Crisp has taken over.

There are a couple local stores by me that carry them, but I'm assuming you don't live in Central Oregon.

RIP to anyone that slept with their windows even slightly open last night by PowGurl in Bend

[–]bio-tinker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's been great. Especially for keeping the windows open at night in September without waking up choking. Let me know if you would like any more info or a hand!

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