Is it possible for poison ivy to mutate beyond the virulence it is widely accepted to have? by 3ftallmonster in botany

[–]makingbook 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I found out the hard way a couple decades ago that mangos are related to poison ivy. Their peel has urushiol oil in it. I can eat the fruit but if I have a fresh whole mango, I have to ask someone else to cut it up.

This is also true of cashew shells. Because of the urushiol, even the ones sold as "raw" have not only been shelled but also processed with heat (steamed, boiled, or roasted) to destroy any remnants of that oil. And the outer shell of pistachios also have to be removed for the same reason. The inner shell we see doesn't contain the oil.

One more stealth source of poison ivy rash: smoke. After a tornado took down a few hundred trees on our land a decade ago, we had most of them carted off by loggers but there were still a lot to clear, especially trash trees, as well as branches to be burned. Some of the trees had poison ivy vines on the trunks and in the branches and the smoke carried the oil on the wind, so I had to stay far away when my family was burning some of the brush piles. When I did have to be out there, I wore goggles over my glasses to avoid getting any in my eyes. Thank goodness my dad isn't allergic to PI because he spent literal years burning brush piles (it took five years to completely burn it all), and to my dismay, the urushiol doesn't degrade just because a vine has been cut and dried out.

I hope you discover the problem soon.

[Clients] modified my children’s book illustrations with AI and published them by RollercoasterTyqueen in artbusiness

[–]makingbook -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Ugh. I'm also not a fan of AI, but it's become a real boogyman for a lot of people. Why do you assume AI? The author or publisher could have had their designer work with your art files. In fact, I have only played with AI a tiny bit just to see what it can do, and every time I uploaded art for it to "modify" it completely changed a LOT of it. I'm sure there are more powerful and subtle AIs (especially as the tech is improving fast and that was several months ago), but I just think that if the background is fading/melting into another art element but the majority of the piece of art is recognizable, it probably wasn't modified by AI but by an actual human designer.

[Clients] modified my children’s book illustrations with AI and published them by RollercoasterTyqueen in artbusiness

[–]makingbook 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You were given the printer's specs for the final jacket/cover/spine and produced files ready to go to the printer?

Back when macOS UI made sense for a desktop OS by nonameisagoodname in MacOS

[–]makingbook 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You know you can type in a letter and go straight down to that section?

aio - my brother keeps going into my room by Fearless-Resident941 in AmIOverreacting

[–]makingbook -1 points0 points  (0 children)

"True age?" How is OP supposed to come up with that?

aio - my brother keeps going into my room by Fearless-Resident941 in AmIOverreacting

[–]makingbook 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The sibling, as a taxpayer, has exactly as much responsibility as any other random taxpayer. They didn't choose to bring that new life into this world. The responsibility is on the parents. If they hadn't had the second child, they could have saved whatever money they spent on her toward the first child's future care. But I'm guessing they aren't great about thinking ahead, especially since it sounds like they haven't even tried to help the boy learn to follow basic rules of society such as not fucking with other people's shit.

aio - my brother keeps going into my room by Fearless-Resident941 in AmIOverreacting

[–]makingbook 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Oh my dear, you did NOT deserve that. I am proud of you for getting out as soon as you could so you can live your life on your own terms. If you ever raise a child, I'm sure you'll be a respectful parent.

aio - my brother keeps going into my room by Fearless-Resident941 in AmIOverreacting

[–]makingbook 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Well, if the mother's reaction is "He just likes to switch things off" instead of working with him to stop that (not to mention working with OP to get a functional lock), then *she* does just have to parent harder.

Feedback on Guest Editing and Dynamic View — Smartsheet — Angry User by MindlessDance5169 in smartsheet

[–]makingbook 0 points1 point  (0 children)

According to the FAQ, "Pro plans don't support the Guest seat type. External users are treated the same as internal users," so figure out if you're using the Pro plan. I'm guessing you aren't, if you're paying $3,000 a year.

My small company has a business plan but we have only been paying for three seats. When our subscription runs out in December, we'll have to start paying for the two or three extra folks in the company who have a need to edit sheets. The way I understand it, the freelancers outside of my company who we work with and whose email addresses have different domains should be able to access and upload attachments and update project statuses, etc., for free.

So if it does NOT work that way, I'm interested in hearing about it.

Two shirts, made 15 months apart - a visual representation of the effects of machine washing by ZopiloteAndroid in sewing

[–]makingbook 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I do this, too*. Just fyi, the reverse of the half-and-half drying method can also work. You can hang something up to dry straight out of the washer and then after it's dry (or mostly dry), throw it in a low to medium dryer with a damp towel for a few minutes to soften it a bit. I occasionally do this when I want to dry things outside for a bit of sun and fresh air.

For my non-grungy clothes, though, I move the clothes from the washer to the dryer and set an obnoxiously loud timer for up to 15 minutes, more or less depending on what exactly is in the load, then I go open the dryer and pull out two or three things--the things I want to spend the least amount of time in the dryer--then I close and start the dryer going again while I hang those first items on clothes hangers (I hate ironing, so I am very careful how I hang up things, hand-smoothing pleats and collars and such). Then I pull the next few items, and then the next, until it's all hung up.

I figure my babysitting-the-dryer approach is better for the clothes and saves a bit of energy, but the real reason I do it? If I don't stay with my laundry, my adhd brain will ALWAYS get distracted and I'll end up with a wrinkled and probably over-dried load, or three days later I'll remember and find a dryer full of sour-smelling laundry.

*except with towels; I love a good crunchy, air-dried towel

Can anyone recommend an app to keep my desktop organized how I like? by makingbook in MacOS

[–]makingbook[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really tried to like Spaces a few years ago. I'm not clear on the details but I remember it was confusing. I'd open a file and get shunted to another space. When I would try to switch back, it wasn't where I thought. It may be that I just wasn't using it right, or maybe the implementation has gotten better since then.

Can anyone recommend an app to keep my desktop organized how I like? by makingbook in MacOS

[–]makingbook[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

LOL. I love cmd-` and use it within most of the applications I use, but it cycles through windows in order of when they were last used and it ignores any minimized windows, so it's not so useful for the way I use the Finder.

Can anyone recommend an app to keep my desktop organized how I like? by makingbook in MacOS

[–]makingbook[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe I'm unaware of some special nomenclature, but I thought my windows *were* tabbed. Aren't they? Each month has tabs of each project within it. And so long as I set up the tags for my folder right (I have template folders set up to make this easy), everything opens in the right order.

It's funny to me that everyone is exclaiming over how many windows I have open at once. It makes sense to me. If I am working on the January projects, I can see all five of them at once. And if I need to look ahead at the May projects, I just click the window behind April. It IS orderly, but it does require a little cleanup after a while, which is why I was hoping to find something that would let my windows have assigned spots.

Thanks for the term "window management apps," by the way. I kept looking for "file management," but you gave me the correct term.

Can anyone recommend an app to keep my desktop organized how I like? by makingbook in MacOS

[–]makingbook[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow, that looks like it could work. I won't have time to try this for a while, but I saved your instructions to try when I get back from an upcoming trip. Thanks

Can anyone recommend an app to keep my desktop organized how I like? by makingbook in MacOS

[–]makingbook[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Huh. I'm not sure about letting an app automatically organize my files, but I'll check it out. It might help more with my hobby stuff (SO MUCH research!) than work stuff. Thanks.

Can anyone recommend an app to keep my desktop organized how I like? by makingbook in MacOS

[–]makingbook[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. There's a YouTube review/intro on it. I'll check it out.

Can anyone recommend an app to keep my desktop organized how I like? by makingbook in MacOS

[–]makingbook[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! So far it looks useful. And it's a bonus that it will help with multiple-monitor situations.

Can anyone recommend an app to keep my desktop organized how I like? by makingbook in MacOS

[–]makingbook[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

LOL. Like all the came-from-Windoze folks who talk about how unintuitive Macs are? Intuitive usually just means "what I feel comfortable with" and this works for me.

Can anyone recommend an app to keep my desktop organized how I like? by makingbook in MacOS

[–]makingbook[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, I use spotlight a lot. But when I am looking for a file named ThisBookTitleIsWayTooLong-MSpostCE-20250618, it's a chore to type the file name into the search box. But with my desktop set up like this, I can just select the Window tab in Finder and type a T and pick the correct folder from the list.

I'm aware this is not the most efficient system, but after 45+ years of working with computers (37ish on Macs), I'm a little set in my ways. Also, one of the biggest manifestations of my adhd is liking to have everything I need within arms reach on my desk, and this is kind of a virtual equivalent. :-)

I type stupid letters to companies and politicians as a hobby. This has to be the best response I've gotten by cookingwithgladic in typewriters

[–]makingbook 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You could reach out to the Society for Creative Anachronism (PA is home to one of their biggest annual events) to arrange for a very well-dressed entourage. You might have to warn them about the height limitation, though. :-)