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- Comment on Goodbye, $165,000 Tech Jobs. Student Coders Seek Work at Chipotle. 4 days ago:
Its hard because I wouldn’t envy any new tech job seekers out there. From what I can see there aren’t any entry level jobs in the field that being said I don’t know what degree I would suggest that would have a good future career out of. I went into Data Science 8 years ago because it was going to be the high paying job of the future. I wouldn’t recommend that now because there are no entry level jobs and those that exist are usually filled quickly
- Comment on Magic Rocks 1 week ago:
Low maintenance vis key. I do mow mine to remove any tree saplings because I don’t want trees there. I do attempt to bring some native seeds in because the seed bed is mostly non-natives. Got to get those going.
- Comment on Magic Rocks 1 week ago:
It’s a lot of Black Eyes Susans right now. But I got more longer lasting perennials under most of them. It’s super low maintenance and beautiful. I seed in the fall and sometimes the spring. I mow yearly (early spring) to kill any tree saplings and do some weeding in the spring but not much.
I’m planning on harvesting some seeds from my Susans and maybe the coneflowers this year. I usually just let them fall. It would be fun to give the seeds away or spread them around empty lots
- Comment on Magic Rocks 1 week ago:
I have been trying to live a solarpunk / permaculture lifestyle one step at a time. I am starting with plants
- Comment on Magic Rocks 1 week ago:
Its nice to be able to see what you should remove. I have defeating the Creeping Bellflower in my new wildflower section of my yard. (The thin strip between my fence and the alley sometimes called the Hell Strip). If you are like me and want to know what is good to have in your yard I would recommend Prairie Moon Nursery if you live in North America. The shop sells native plants and lets you filter by location, bloom season etc. in case you need to buy plants or seeds. It also has a great range map, great pictures and good descriptions in case you are interested. I highly recommend looking at the website to get plants to names
- Comment on Magic Rocks 1 week ago:
Over the last few years I have been working on getting into botany, herbalism and urban foraging. Basically I am working on trying to identify every plant I see in my neighborhood and finding what their uses are. So in my yard and walk around the neighborhood I look at every plant and try to see if I can identify it. Since its easiest to identify while flowering I guess for weeks and months until then to determine if I am right. As the seasons change I get better and better at identifying things after or before a bloom. It really brings magic and interest as I move around the world
- Comment on Anon starts to believe 2 weeks ago:
For sure native forbs can attract more. Its not an either or, but rather a both situation. Pollinator friendly Forbs where you can and clover within your turf lawn. I personally also have been adding self-heal (mild successfully) and creeping thyme (not that successfully) into my lawn. Its a move on all front situation in my yard
- Comment on Anon starts to believe 2 weeks ago:
I just and to add in here that supporting your non-native bees with clover is still worthwhile. Clovers can be a good add on if you want a traditional lawn
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Why does your ice taste so odd?
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
First off, thank you for ejaculating responsibility. If more men ejaculated as responsibly as you the world would be a better place. You might be on the young side but vasectomies’ are now reversible with a 90%+ rate. So freeze some sperm for a decade or so if you are really worried about it. So you have some options if you want kids in the future.
- Comment on Have most people never seen a full starry night sky 2 weeks ago:
I think its less about people living in the city and more general light pollution. Light pollution spreads a lot further than you think even for places you think are a full starry night sky. I know in my own life, the difference from my urban house, to a more rural cabin is huge, but the jump from that rural cabin to the middle of Boundary Waters Canoe Area is also huge. I assume if I ever get a chance to go to an International Dark Sky PLace there will be another large jump.
- Comment on How can I start getting familiar with the plants, trees and animals around where I live? 5 weeks ago:
Once I purchased a house I had the same goal starting with my neighborhood. I started with the Seek app which allows you to take a picture of a plant and it will identify. I used it whenever I walk around my block and my house. Start with the ones you see the most. Start with plants since they are static and most common. Start with flowers since those are the most distinctive and easiest to identify via the app.
If you are really interested there are a few books that I found very interesting. First would be a foraging / herbalism book for your region. I can’t recommend what that is since I only know for the Upper Midwest in the USA. I found I could remember a plant best if I knew what it was for and could interact with it. (I.e. use it or eat it)
The second is Weeds: in defence of Nature’s Most Unloved Plants. If you live anywhere where other people live you will mostly see “weeds” the most human plant. The author is from England so it might not be about all your weeds but they are global travelers so you will see lots of overlap. It’s a fun long term project. Good luck
- Comment on Top D&D designers join Critical Role after quitting Wizards of the Coast 1 month ago:
That would be fun. Every game would just be a series of different fetch quests with a rotated list of the same enemies. Like a MMRPG but worse and more expensive
- Comment on Top D&D designers join Critical Role after quitting Wizards of the Coast 1 month ago:
ChatGPT give some pretty generic DnD advice. I can’t wait until they make a terrible automated DM. I can’t wait to play the most generic DnD of all time.
- Comment on Top D&D designers join Critical Role after quitting Wizards of the Coast 1 month ago:
I like the changes with weapons properties and I like some of the updates with various classes for some improvements to the weaker subclasses and feats. I overall enjoyed the majority of the changes.
However, from what I have heard and seen I did not enjoy the changes to the Monster Manual and statblocks.
- Comment on Top D&D designers join Critical Role after quitting Wizards of the Coast 1 month ago:
Gross. I was really excited for 5.5 for a while but don’t really want to get it anymore. I liked the PHB class upgrades when I read it but don’t own anything from it yet
- Comment on Top D&D designers join Critical Role after quitting Wizards of the Coast 1 month ago:
I love Christ Perkin and Jeremy Crawford. Who is even running D&D now? They are literally the only people I knew still on the project. They are both great. Were they forced out of WoTC?
- Comment on A true horror 1 month ago:
That’s even worse
- Comment on A true horror 1 month ago:
Why didn’t you poke me back?
- Comment on Spaceballs 2 | Announcement 2 months ago:
I was wondering if he was coming back. Really the most important character
- Comment on The Faculty, any day 2 months ago:
I just watched this last week after not seeing it for years. Its so dumb and I love. The fact they got classic 80’s actor John Cusack to be in is amazing.
- Comment on respect dandelions! 2 months ago:
Exactly. They can move very far on wind currents as well as the fact they are useful plants for people. It would be very easy to carry some seeds or an entire plant with you when you move somewhere new. As well as the fact they are small enough to get caught on pant legs, shoes, clothes etc. to hitch a ride
- Comment on respect dandelions! 2 months ago:
You think that human developments didn’t occur in the Americas before European came in?
Dandelions are a very human centric plant which makes sense that they traveled with humans as they traveled around the globe. This travel could be accidental or brought on purpose like many other different plants.
- Comment on respect dandelions! 2 months ago:
If you have a dandelion problem I would recommend you mulch / mow the dead dandelions you pull back into your yard. Dandelions are a dynamic accumulator which means they are very good at pulling up vitamins and minerals from the soil which they incorporate into their roots leaves, etc. This means dandelions will contain those minerals when being mulched and mowed back into your yard. If you are having a dandelion problem it likely mean your yard needs one or more of the minerals that they accumulate. So my mowing it back in you will feed your lawn and reduce their appear in the future
- Comment on respect dandelions! 2 months ago:
The gist from what I have read (mostly from Native American herbalists) is that there is a oral cultural tradition for using dandelion for both food and medicine in North America. These oral traditions have various uses for the plant that likely predate European settlement. The basic concept is that Europeans never considered that a plant that they had in Europe could appear in North America unless they brought it. It was never considered to be native in both places even though the people who used in North America have a long tradition of use back by an oral tradition. However, since this was an oral tradition no one thought to consider it valid since it wasn’t written down. Since this has been suggested there is some genetic studies that back up that concept.
I found most of this information on the Dandelion section in Plants Have So Much to Give Us, All We Have to Do Is Ask: Anishinaabe Botanical Teachings. They have a good description and I have seen it mentioned now in a few other books.
- Comment on respect dandelions! 2 months ago:
Dandelions are now basically considered native around most of the globe. There is compelling evidence both ethnobotany and genetic that dandelion are native to both Eurasia and North America.
- Comment on What's the point in getting married? 3 months ago:
What they used to saying in the gay marriage rights movement was the rights of marriage don’t kick in the good times but in the bad. It’s all the sickness and death and divorce when it’s needed.
- Comment on Why is the NFL draft day so "special"? 3 months ago:
Its such a big day they made a pretty okay Kevin Costner movie about it
- Comment on What's the point in getting married? 3 months ago:
I know there are certain legal situations where an official marriage changes who has certain rights, but aren’t those same rights available if you make other legally-official decisions E.G. a will or trusts, etc?
This is not the case. Marriage gives you a lot of specific rights that can be covered by other legal documents but never together and marriage will override it. This is one of the main goals for giving gay marriage is all of the legal benefits of marriage which are expansive and complete. (This is of course in the USA this is not the case in other locations.)
There was a few legal pushes to separate these legal benefits from marriage into different legal rights that can be granted piecemeal. If you are intersted I would read The Other Significant Others which talks about people who prioritize friendships over marriage and how they interact with their “other significant other” which includes the legal discussions.
- Comment on succession 3 months ago:
Its easier to get natives but still takes some effort. But its front loaded and makes beautiful spaces