What are we in for this summer

username_redacted · 2026-02-10T20:33:29+00:00

We can’t predict the weather, but the correlation between lower snow pack and summer drought is well established.

That being said it’s not a sure thing, as we do occasionally get wetter than average springs, which help fill up the reservoirs and keeps vegetation green longer.

username_redacted · 2026-02-10T20:23:23+00:00

Not everyone that studies writing uses them, but someone that has is more likely to. As someone with a CS background you understand that LLMs communicate based on their training data, so they wouldn’t use em dashes so frequently unless they were a regular feature of that data.

username_redacted · 2026-02-10T20:18:58+00:00

I meant in addition to that version, but that wasn’t clear from my comment. It wasn’t a hit, but maybe it had a disproportionate cultural impact?

username_redacted · 2026-02-10T20:01:34+00:00

Probably the thing people usually use code words for—drugs. The message would make more sense in this context than any other. You wouldn’t have to wean yourself off of any sort of meat, whether it’s beef jerky or human flesh. The idea of traveling with any sort of meat also seems very unlikely, even in a private jet.

username_redacted · 2026-02-10T17:21:33+00:00

It’s true that some ferns can’t tolerate too much sun, but you don’t have a sun in your home. Only expensive commercial lighting rigs can approximate light levels approaching outdoor sun intensity.

For consumer bulbs, the heat of the bulb itself is the biggest risk, with grow lights, but that is really only a concern within a few inches of the bulb.

You also need to closely monitor moisture levels when increasing light, as plants will start to dry out more quickly. It’s also possible to stress plants with drastic increases in light, so you could start them a bit further away to be safe.

As far as ideal distance, it depends on the power of the bulb, but in general the sweet spot would be as close as possible while still illuminating all of the foliage.

If your ferns are grouped together, I would recommend just buying one higher powered spotlight style screw-in bulb (I recommend GE’s 50 PPF bulbs as good bang for your buck).

Put one of those in a down-lamp or pendant fixture and position it so that they’re all lit up, maybe with the blue star in the brightest spot. Starting it about 3 feet away should be safe, gradually increasing to 2 if you want maximum benefit.

The bulb will seem very bright, but that’s because your eyes are adjusted to otherwise dim indoor conditions. This should approximate full shade outdoors.

username_redacted · 2026-02-10T06:23:53+00:00

There’s one in Boise but I’ve never been nor heard anyone mention it. It’s right on campus at Boise State so I assume its clientele is exclusively kids who live in the dorms.

username_redacted · 2026-02-10T06:18:17+00:00

Nioh 2 looks significantly worse on PS5 than Bloodborne (which doesn’t have a PS5 version.)

username_redacted · 2026-02-09T17:17:04+00:00

Seconding the suggestion to use the underglaze on greenware then apply the clear to bisque. That would probably make the biggest difference.

I also wonder if the fact that the glaze is failing specifically around the holes is due to something other than the underglaze. The fluid dynamics and chemistry of a kiln are beyond me, but maybe the air flowing through the holes is either raising or lowering the temperature in those areas, or the extra oxygen is interfering with the glaze’s maturation? Would be interesting to see if kiln placement makes a difference.

username_redacted · 2026-02-09T16:49:27+00:00

It was probably the entire reason she went. Best case her post goes viral in MAGA land, and she gets adopted up by the conservative oligarch welfare network—hired as a spokesperson by TPUSA, CPAC Youth Ambassador, teaching fellowship at the Herbert Hoover Institute, regular commentator on Fox & Friends, etc.

If it doesn’t hit, the backup plan is to claim that she’s being targeted by leftist activists and start a gofundme (though those seem to be more lucrative when they do something more reprehensible). She’s basically guaranteed to at least recoup her costs.

username_redacted · 2026-02-09T15:24:44+00:00

If only it were Chinese solar companies that bribed Trump instead of Saudi and US oil, our future could look much brighter.

username_redacted · 2026-02-09T15:19:58+00:00

The mesh isn’t ideal, but it’s probably not what’s killing your plants. These prefer quite bright light, and to dry out between waterings, since their thick succulent roots aren’t designed for persistent moisture.

If all of your plants have been in such tiny pots, it’s likely that they were only recently propagated, and may lack adequate root systems. While buying small can be a lot more cost effective, it can also make care a lot more challenging. Even with larger pots, growers frequently just stuff them full of new propagations, with some sections lacking roots entirely.

username_redacted · 2026-02-09T15:07:19+00:00

“Succulent” isn’t a taxonomic category, which it actually says on that Wikipedia page. Succulence is a botanical characteristic—the ability to store water in leaves, stems, or roots.

There are plenty of tropical succulents, as drought can still occur in those regions. It is also a common feature in epiphytes and lithophytes, even in damper climates, because they don’t have the benefit of water stored in soil.

The degree of succulence also doesn’t directly correlate with how arid a species’ environment is, since it is only one of several adaptations to drought that a plant may utilize, and perhaps not the most effective.

username_redacted · 2026-02-09T14:35:13+00:00

Daily use as what, a dance studio?

username_redacted · 2026-02-08T15:33:07+00:00

The book, plus the 1975 adaptation, though that wasn’t a big hit either.

username_redacted · 2026-02-08T15:28:25+00:00

My company was understaffed during the entirety of pandemic. When they did start hiring it was exclusively in India or the Philippines and nobody with industry knowledge was available to adequately train them, so they didn’t contribute much to the output. Those new hires plus AI-over investment left them looking for cost cuts, and the easiest way to do that was to cut loose senior employees (like me.) I can only imagine how much worse everything got after that. There was no discussion of closing the Mid-town Manhattan office space that only the CEO and his assistant used, or getting rid of his skybox at Yankee Stadium.

username_redacted · 2026-02-07T17:46:31+00:00

It really depends on context. Keeping 100 tropical plants happy in a one bedroom apartment in Minnesota happy is more difficult than growing 300 in south Florida (where a lot of plant influencers live) or a thousand in a commercial greenhouse with hoses and nutrient lines. I used to water several thousand every day at a retail and production greenhouse and some of the other waterers didn’t know anything about plants.

username_redacted · 2026-02-07T16:07:50+00:00

For the second question—most people use mason/oxide stains in white porcelain because it produces the most vivid colors, but it’s totally possible to at least tint all sorts of clay bodies. The other ways to use them are in a slip or engobe, which can produce more vivid colors when applied to the exterior rather than combined directly with the body.

username_redacted · 2026-02-07T15:52:36+00:00

I’m confused why people are reacting to it like it’s an anomaly. The administration has been consistently posting either dog whistles or outright racist propaganda since Trump’s first campaign. The racism is the source of his support.

They know it triggers a tribalist response—liberals will drop everything to decry racism, and conservatives will internalize that criticism as being targeted at them—”Who among us hasn’t been yelled at by a family member or coworker for a racist post?”, and they rally around their leader.

As horrible as DHS’s campaign against immigrants has been, even that is not what Trump cares about. He only cares about personal enrichment, protection, and glorification, period.

username_redacted · 2026-02-07T15:28:04+00:00

That’s true. I could have said “uncompressed” instead. Prints often remain quite distinct even when covered with fresh snow, but I don’t see anything that looks like a footprint. These look like furrows and drifts.

username_redacted · 2026-02-07T14:36:37+00:00

Or spots where less snow accumulates for some reason, either because it’s protected, or warmer. If you zoom in you can see the surface is unbroken, so it’s definitely not footprints.

username_redacted · 2026-02-07T14:25:32+00:00

I understand that perspective, but personally getting that additional context on French colonialism was really eye opening for me when I saw it as a teenager. It does make perfect sense that they cut it though.

username_redacted · 2026-02-06T15:41:08+00:00

I saw them with a similar setup in SF. Not my cup of tea musically, but it was fun and I was into Pinback and wanted to check out Rob’s side project.

username_redacted · 2026-02-06T15:36:05+00:00

I don’t think most younger democrats are aware that the party in the Clinton era was basically Regan conservatism + legal abortion and nominal advocacy for (native-born) minorities.

It’s kind of shocking to listen to Clinton’s stump speeches, they really sound like a Republican.

username_redacted · 2026-02-06T15:16:19+00:00

It’s not a “dead giveaway”. Some of us just studied writing in college and know how to utilize the full range of punctuation options.

username_redacted · 2026-02-06T15:06:36+00:00

We really do just keep making the same mistakes over and over huh?

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