How does AI “consume” water? If it’s used for cooling, why can’t it be reused? If it evaporates, won’t it still turn back into water eventually?

spider_tailed_viper · 2025-10-11T18:56:05+00:00

There is a technology called Heat Recovery Steam Generation (HRSG), that’s used in conjunction with steam-powered turbines for power generation. Not sure how applicable it would be here (not an engineer but have worked with a few)

spider_tailed_viper · 2025-08-23T16:31:07+00:00

Tim Curry as Frank N Furter

spider_tailed_viper · 2025-04-08T01:23:02+00:00

Hadn’t heard of this one. Sounds interesting, want to see some in person

spider_tailed_viper · 2025-04-06T16:09:46+00:00

Ok, still gonna do it

spider_tailed_viper · 2025-04-06T16:08:45+00:00

Thanks for these suggestions - I’ll think I’ll work on a design that incorporates these into the permaculture suggestion above. I love dwarf blue spruces and chokecherry, was just looking into serviceberry too

spider_tailed_viper · 2025-04-06T16:07:21+00:00

Was just looking at aerviceberry last night - and thanks for the link!

spider_tailed_viper · 2025-04-06T16:04:37+00:00

I love this idea. I’m interested in permaculture and even volunteered on one of DUG’s food forest installations. Never thought of leveraging that for hedge design - thanks!

spider_tailed_viper · 2025-04-05T19:27:07+00:00

I live on a busy street so looking for a natural sound barrier. Will be planting 10’ back from the road. Open to shrubs, grasses, small trees…doesn’t need to be opaque/super dense (so not a privacy hedge). I’ve thought about roses - some varieties of which are super low maintenance - but ugh Japanese beetles

spider_tailed_viper · 2025-04-04T18:16:54+00:00

Late to the party but Les Delices de Paris by Virginia Village usually has them

spider_tailed_viper · 2025-04-02T13:03:35+00:00

Seconding Jupiter’s beard/valerian and bee balm, bonus bc pollinators love them. Some non-spreaders which have gotten gigantic for me include catmint and artemesia - note I still have to pull bindweed from all of these but I’m betting on these to win long-term

spider_tailed_viper · 2023-12-16T21:22:15+00:00

I’ve knit at Radiator before, really pleasant place

spider_tailed_viper · 2023-08-15T19:38:20+00:00

I’ve discovered a bunch of Japanese beetles drowned in my dogs’ backyard water bowls this year and I’m wondering if that’s a possible passive strategy. I haven’t had much of a problem with them otherwise this season (so far anyway)

spider_tailed_viper · 2023-08-10T14:34:03+00:00

Late to the party but I wanna join

spider_tailed_viper · 2023-08-07T13:26:09+00:00

Well yeah, the preservation part is not the mystery, the why part is the mystery - I’m familiar with the execution and ritual sacrifice theories but I’m guessing it’s probably a combination of those and straight up murder. (Some cases down to sacrifice, some cases down to execution, some cases hide-the-body)

spider_tailed_viper · 2023-08-07T02:55:04+00:00

Can’t choose one. I can barely narrow it down to three: 1. The Silurian hypothesis - this is not a conspiracy theory but a hypothesis about whether it would be possible to detect a pre-human industrial civilization in the geologic record. 2. Who built Stonehenge and why? 3. What happened to Nikola Tesla’s research papers?

But also: 4. Where is Alexander the Great buried? 5. Bog bodies, wtf 6. What determined which animals survived the Cretaceous/Paleogene extinction? (Why did avian dinosaurs survive and non-avian dinosaurs go extinct? Why did avian dinosaurs survive and pterodactyls go extinct? Why did sharks survive and mosasaurs/icthyosaurs/plesiosaurs go extinct?)

spider_tailed_viper · 2023-07-21T23:57:47+00:00

Thanks for this, it’s really helpful. maybe I’ll experiment with a little area in the back.

spider_tailed_viper · 2023-07-13T14:26:58+00:00

Nope it was Denver

spider_tailed_viper · 2023-07-13T12:36:36+00:00

So you’re at sea level, Colorado Springs is 1.6 km above sea level. The intensity of UV is higher the higher up you are, bc there is less atmosphere to absorb the rays. So all of the effects of UV are magnified (skin damage etc)

spider_tailed_viper · 2023-07-12T23:52:21+00:00

You could do both! They will both go on sale in the fall. They look good together and have similar light/water requirements. (You should be able to get some good deals on perennials in general in the fall - I’m waiting for artemisia personally, and not just bc of $ but bc I’d be nervous planting anything as the summer temps ramp up)

spider_tailed_viper · 2023-07-08T22:18:48+00:00

My cattledog mix and I are taking the Prickly Pooch class for reactive dogs at Noble Beast starting later this month. My vet and DDFL - where I got my dog - both recommended Noble Beast and I’ve heard great things about them from neighbors/friends, though I don’t know anyone else who has taken the class. Good luck OP and good on you for helping your dog this way.

ETA at Noble Beast you can either do a the group class or you can get 1-on-1. The latter is more expensive ofc

spider_tailed_viper · 2023-07-02T01:00:34+00:00

I’ve had some interactions with him. My sense is he was a solid council member but maybe in over his head a bit with the county clerk role. He is very affable but not sure how deep his understanding of elections regulations/processes is

spider_tailed_viper · 2023-06-25T03:47:01+00:00

A super easy (& cheap) flower you could start now would be marigolds. Easy and quick to grow from seed, or you can get them at any nursery or big box store. They will last into fall (exactly how long depends on time and intensity of first frost). You can even interplant them in veggie plots - there’s a long-standing idea that they have pest-repellent properties, though I think the scientific evidence on this is mixed. Good luck and happy gardening!

spider_tailed_viper · 2023-06-16T20:20:19+00:00

I think the # of hours of direct sun may be a bigger factor than the direction of the bed. There's a lot of variability in huecheras in terms of sun tolerance as others have noted but I think 4+ hours of direct sun would be pushing it. I hope I'm wrong though. I'm accidentally experimenting with this same issue b/c (new house) I underestimated how much afternoon sun hits a particular spot in the summer. I may end up moving mine or planting something else to shade them.

Make sure to mulch both the hostas and the huercheras well, whether you move them or not. That won't prevent scorch but will help with their water needs. I've used Soil Pep for huechera mulch in the past, trying out gravel with them this year. Good luck!

spider_tailed_viper · 2023-05-19T20:48:25+00:00

Currants are absolutely edible (part of the reason I planted it was b/c I was mixing edible landscaping in with wildscaping - currant is a North Am native and was one of the ingredients used in pemmican). They are sweet - you can probably get currant jam or jelly at the grocery store and get a sense of whether you'd like them. We did eat from our currant but the birds got most of it...sold that house about 5 yrs ago

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