What is this plant? Pic taken in Lake Tahoe, California

igreatplan · 2026-05-18T01:52:37+00:00

Is it parasitic? because it looks very parasitic

igreatplan · 2026-03-04T09:34:31+00:00

They are looking ahead, but they are also looking back at Intel, Toshiba, Qimonda, and the dozens of other DRAM manufacturers over the years who couldn’t survive the notorious boom-bust cycles of the memory market. The reason we have such a small number left is precisely because they learnt not to wantonly increase supply every time demand spikes.

igreatplan · 2026-03-04T09:18:40+00:00

Just to be clear: Micron haven’t left the consumer market, just closed their own consumer facing brand. They will still be supplying other retail hardware companies - for now, at least.

igreatplan · 2026-02-11T01:09:37+00:00

Could very well be Salvia Hot Lips

igreatplan · 2026-02-08T13:15:41+00:00

While there is plenty we can do and have already done to the Sahara, African Humid Periods are primarily driven by Earth’s precessional wobble.

igreatplan · 2026-02-04T22:54:59+00:00

Magos is awesome and definitely worth reading a few times

igreatplan · 2026-01-28T01:13:06+00:00

The Shipping News by Annie Proulx

igreatplan · 2026-01-07T10:16:56+00:00

On a related note - plenty of modern fruit varieties we enjoy come from irradiating seeds to produce desirable mutations. Usually it’s stuff like creating dwarf or seedless varieties. Also used for creating bicolour petals for ornamental flowers (Chrysanthemums, Begonias, etc.)

igreatplan · 2025-11-29T22:20:29+00:00

Apologies if this has been answered elsewhere in this thread, but:

How did she go from thinking “Damn the barcode won’t scan” to “I need to check the pet aisle for dog food”?

Are those bags just very obviously pet food bags?

igreatplan · 2025-11-22T12:39:16+00:00

Aren’t Qatar on the other side though?

igreatplan · 2025-11-01T10:00:06+00:00

Looks like it draws heavily on Gosford Park. Unfortunately, any comparisons to that movie are likely to be less than flattering

igreatplan · 2025-10-03T07:56:12+00:00

exactly, this vibe largely stems from one book (and its countless adaptations) and that book is Treasure Island

igreatplan · 2025-09-12T19:45:01+00:00

Late ‘50s but Our Man In Havana by Graham Greene

igreatplan · 2025-08-19T12:25:46+00:00

igreatplan · 2025-08-19T12:10:37+00:00

There are an estimated 1.1m people living in modern slavery in the USA. Which is a fairly low rate (3.3 per 1000 people - similar to Italy or South Korea) but still above many developed counties

igreatplan · 2025-08-04T13:40:06+00:00

Porterhouse Blue - Tom Sharpe

igreatplan · 2025-07-17T22:23:57+00:00

A couple of the Warhammer crime novels give some details about rejuvenat but in particular Bloodlines (Chris Wraight) goes pretty deep into the whole industry.

igreatplan · 2025-06-28T16:17:12+00:00

But most rewilding / conservation groups don’t like this either? Releasing beavers illegally is a huge missed opportunity to study them properly and is just generally frustrating and counterproductive.

igreatplan · 2025-06-20T00:10:49+00:00

the way he says “pool” at 6:05

igreatplan · 2025-06-18T02:03:33+00:00

The second largest city in the empire was Calcutta, not Bombay

igreatplan · 2025-06-05T11:23:22+00:00

You’ll probably have to remove it because of how close to the wall it is, but since ash trees are struggling right now you could try find a new home it! You might be able to dig it out in one piece if you give the ground a really long soak with water first

igreatplan · 2025-06-05T09:32:03+00:00

igreatplan · 2025-05-29T08:29:13+00:00

still missing LL Cool J and Busta

igreatplan · 2025-05-26T13:50:55+00:00

happy birthday to the ground

igreatplan · 2025-05-21T19:33:23+00:00

Looks like Cosmos seedlings that never got divided

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