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Whoever downvoted this doesn’t understand plants and their interactions at all.


In a world without plants nearly all animals die. In a world without animals some plants don’t reproduce.


Oh, I completely believe those figures. I just think it is the beginning of the end for new additions. Heat pumps and induction cooktops are viable alternatives to gas and governments are starting to react. My prediction is that we’ll hit peak new gas in the next decade and it will tail off after that. Might just be wishful thinking though.


There are municipalities in my area that have started mandating electical appliances in new buildings. I think gas lines are on their way out. My guess is that it will be 50 years before they are all gone in cities in the US.



I’ve just started a server, and all I need to get you verified is full name, phone number, DOB, bank acct number, and 3 passwords to secure your account. Here it is if you’re interested: mastodon.totallylegit.con


We need someone to start a citizen funded, billion dollar trial though to prove the materials work. Enter SteElon ™ wheels maybe?


Hmm, then for the busiest roads we could strap a bunch of cars together and have them accelerate and brake as a single unit to save space.


Phones out in public?! Finally, I don’t have to lug this cell phone around anymore. -Futurama


Are both answers truthful, logical, and accurate?


I know you’re just kidding, but it is interesting to think about how truly successful the chili has been. We’ve moved them around the world and bred tons of variety into them. It could be that chilis co-evolved with humans to our mutual benefit.


will receive at least 3 years of software updates

Not good enough. 5 years of security updates is a min for me on a project like this where you will never find anyone else with an official OS build. 10 years should be the standard, but that’s a lot to hope for from software or hardware.



Comitted to helping another person find themself. Not guiding, not shaping, just helping with the only motive being that their life satisfaction increases.


Yeah, afaik it is not widely used by the Spanish speaking community here either unless there is an intersection with queerness and/or English speaking. Also, it is not a new term at all, but it seems to be used more lately.


It is a gender-free alternative for Latino/Latina. In English speaking communities in the US it is pronounced as “latin ex.”


I mix it up, but I absolutely guarantee that my last bite will be my favorite thing.


This is my favorite meme of the week… month…idk a long while. I will be sharing at work.



Whatever you get make sure it is ‘self fertile’ meaning that you don’t need another plant nearby to provide pollen and allow for fruit.


Some do and some don’t. As they redo the roads pullouts are being installed where it is feasible.


You’re right that that that seems to make sense logistically, but then you’d have people cutting in front of a bus to make it to the turn lane. It might actually be safer to place in the turn lane and have the bus pull into traffic.


I have thought a lot about this because they’re the same in my city. My best guess is that you don’t want a driver to try to rush loading to make a green light. The other guess is that there is some advantage to clearing the turn lane as soon as there is a green. It would be especially hard to place before the light if there was a dedicated turn lane. What do you think? Maybe a bus driver would know.


I get that you’re asking a real question, but having something unexplained is not evidence. It is a just a question.

Once you remove actual observable, repeatable data from the conversation anything is possible. Speculation can be fun for its own sake. It can also be productive if we try to find out if it is true.


Well, the correct scientific language would be that there is no evidence of it existing. Equally, I may have an invisible, silent, undetectable person following me at all times. There is no evidence to support that, but I can’t logically state that they aren’t there because you can’t prove a negative. Of course, in normal convesation we would just say that my undetectable friend doesn’t exist.


Yep, the lie detector trick - it isn’t a lie if you believe it. You ask the cat, “Did you do something you weren’t supposed to?” They respond, “Nope, but I did eat the sausage you left out like an idiot.”


industrial application

Towing and carrying crew. Let’s say you have a heavy duty trailer for hauling supplies or equipment. You need towing capacity at this level. Then to eliminate a chase car for a crew of 3 to 5 you need a decent cab. Trust me that a tiny backseat is not acceptable (try exercising for 8 hrs straight and then holding a crunched up position for an hour and you’ll get the point).

All of that to say that there are real uses for vehicles like this, but most people who buy them don’t have those needs. Nobody would buy a semi to tool around town in. It doesn’t make any sense that these are treated differently.


There is also a lower step than a makerspace called a tool library. There is no space provided to work, but you can check out all kinds of tools. If folks are looking to start something in thier area but have limited space/money a tool library can be a move in that direction.


Thanks for the suggestion. I definitely might go that route. It seems like the ease of just picking the biggest/first server might be bumping agaist the idea of federation and why it is valuable. I am so used to going to centralized platforms that I am trying to fight the urge a little when choosing where to set up.

How did you get to beehaw.org over lemmy.ml?



You’re right. I slowed it down and the rope never gets tight.


That does look like it is true for Mastodon. Maybe the others could use the idea going forward.


Ah, i thought negative downvote was just a double negative. Thanks for the explanation.


That’s interesting. I have a hodgepodge of plates and bowls. Some of them get insanely hot and some are fine. Maybe I will find cracks in the ones that get hot.


I don’t see the answer to the question I think you’re askin and I want to know the answer to so I will rephrase. Please correct it if this isn’t what you’re asking.

If I am on instance A and we federate with B but not C and B and C are federated, does instance C content show up on A if only posted on C. I assume A and C users can interact with each other and on any content posted on B but neither can interact with content posted on the other instance. Is that right?


Maybe could’ve been funny if the cow didn’t have a rope around its neck causin it to fall during its flight response.


Deleted because I didn’t know what was going on.


It absolutely would. The descriptions even say what they focus on instead of just template language.


Need help choosing a Funkwhale (and other fediverse) instance(s)
I am looking to just dip my toes on a couple of other platforms. What I am finding while trying to choose an instance for Funkwhale (or Friendica, Pixelfed, etc) is that there is very little in the way of descriptions for finding something to match me and I would just be choosing at random. I am using the official sites' server recommendations/lists to look through and am really getting no info that is helpful to me. Does anyone know of other resources? My best option at this point is to use a throw away account to get on any server then spend just enough time interacting to find a good one and try to join it. Does that seem reasonable?
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I’ve never even seen it! I got the set up once but didn’t get my cut.


A lot of people. Most of my roommates would think of that as a quick shower. What do they do in there? I have no idea.


Opinions on Divested Computing Group
Does anyone have experience with this organization (https://divested.dev)? There isn't any footprint I can find of them outside their repos and message boards. I am specifically interested in their general credibility and legitimacy. To a lesser extent, I'm interested in views of their effectiveness at enhancing privacy and/or security.
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Looking for a new mobile OS
I have been running lineageOS on my OnePlus 2. I liked it, but Lineage has stopped supporting my phone. There are two options that I have been able to find as replacements - postmarketOS and /e/OS. Any thoughts on those or other recommendation? Anything that gets security updates, is open source, and is functional meets my needs.
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Firefox banned at work
Do any of you have thoughts on a business case for continued use of Firefox for an individual? Why? My employer is moving to uninstall all instances of Firefox on company computers for 'security reasons' in favor of Edge and Chrome. I would be allowed to keep it if I could make a business case for it. There is no legit reason why I can't get my work done with another browser, but I am going to push hoping just being a squeaky wheel is good enough. My guess is folks on here will have clearer thinking on this than me. Does anyone out there think my IT dept is making a good decision?
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Wasting drinking water to move sewage
In the usual sanitary sewer system we use drinking water to move waste through pipes towards resource recovery plants (wastewater treatment plants). Across the US the infrastructure is in disrepair and needs a lot of attention, so getting a wasteful system running right is going to take a huge investment. Why don't we take an opportunity to rethink how we move our waste? I would love to hear ideas folks have for a system that could work in cities that would be more efficient than water/gravity driven pipes.
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Mid level knowledge
It is easy to find articles and guides designed for laypeople. If you know the right keyword, it is just as easy to find professional/expert level papers and articles. I have noticed that this is the case across fields. Is that what other folks experience? Where do you go for information when laypeople articles are too basic, but every expert level article is beyond you?
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