greedytacothief
@greedytacothief@lemmy.dbzer0.com
- Comment on Typical monopoly people 14 hours ago:
We got some fun ones by me too, like Ausable river, that comes from French. But we pronounce it Ah-sable(but sable like a sable hair brush)
- Comment on Bread mold 2 weeks ago:
So I can’t actually find anything from a quick search that tells me what “bread poisoning” is. Searches show results for both moldy bread as well as ergotism. Just about every source on the Internet tells me that eating a bunch of moldy bread should just give you a bad case of shits or vomits. But if someone is immunocompromised or has gut issues it could be worse.
But if this was ergot poisoning that’s different and doesn’t have much to do with ordinary bread mold.
- Comment on Do you cheat in video games? 2 weeks ago:
One of the best things in games that aren’t super polished or balanced is figuring out how to exploit the game. It gives you the same kind of feeling you get from getting to the end game in Gothic (or something like that). Getting powerful through your own skill and commitment to the game. Steady progression is good sometimes, but so is feeling progress.
Also yeah sometimes I cheat in single player games
- Comment on Insulin 3 weeks ago:
If I’m remembering the original sysntesis for insulin used dogs, and it was harvest from them after being killed. It’s unjust that insulin is so expensive, but also modern production methods are not the problem here. It’s greed.
- Comment on The ancient Greeks or Chinese should have already had words for this. 3 weeks ago:
I have to practice pretty hard to do that, it’s much easier in a journal than in my head to dialogue. Do you find it helps being mindful?
- Comment on The ancient Greeks or Chinese should have already had words for this. 3 weeks ago:
Mine don’t stop either, but it’s just constant words. Are your thoughts mostly images?
- Comment on The ancient Greeks or Chinese should have already had words for this. 3 weeks ago:
Some people also don’t have an internal monologue. I’m probably a 3 or 4, it takes significant effort to see something in my head. But my thoughts a words and they definitely have a voice.
I assume there is a scale for how well we can imagine every sense.
- Comment on spongebob big guy pants okay 3 weeks ago:
I think there’s nematodes that we’ve blended up before, but instead you get a bunch of nematodes instead of just one.
- Comment on Calling all Dickheads! 3 weeks ago:
I’m about 200 pages in, it’s really good. But I wish there was a primer I could read about the themes, symbols, and historical context of the book. Just so I know what I’m looking out for. Searching for things on the Internet has gotten frustrating though. I did find the website that has notes about what all the words mean though.
- Comment on Not impressed 4 weeks ago:
I’m still not totally clear on where the line for plants is, what’s the deal with phytoplankton? Why isn’t brown algae a plant? What are archaea? Also wtf is a species? is there a point in learning biology where things start to make sense again or does in only get muddier from here
- Comment on be a friend to the animals 4 weeks ago:
It’s a comfort show that’s still popular. But for some people they just don’t get it. Kinda like how the office is a comfort show. Why do people still watch them? Not sure, I don’t get the appeal. But it’s pretty common to have a comfort show and that’s probably fine.
- Comment on How do you beat post-work floppiness? 4 weeks ago:
Probably not helpful but when I was roofing and at work for 11-12 hours a day, getting home and going for a short run really helped out (~4 miles). Something about that cardio gave me more energy and would guarantee I’d at least take a shower after. I think I was only running 3-4 days a week then.
It’s also a great time to decompress, just being alone with your thoughts a little. Then for a while after your heart rate is elevated and you’ve got some extra energy.
- Comment on Perfection 5 weeks ago:
I think the period that this book was illuminated in was from later when really fancy books was more of a business for the church. Usually the very early illuminated books were made by a single monk doing most steps of the process (prepping parchment, calligraphy, painting, binding, etc.) but the later books like this may have had different artists for the illuminated letters vs the borders. So there could have been one monk that just likes sea stuff and he was too good for the other brothers to tell him to stop.
Source: mostly vibes, but I’ve dipped my toes into illumination and guilding
- Comment on Plant Protection 5 weeks ago:
I just remembered that shaggy mane, another dung loving species, tends to grow on leech fields or wherever septic tanks live. So I think they will just grow anywhere there’s poop, no need to be eaten.
- Comment on Plant Protection 5 weeks ago:
I believe Psilocybin cubensis evolved with this in mind, where the spores get on grass, then they do their funky thing in the cow guts. Cow poops them out and the mushrooms come out of the cow pies.
- Comment on PC Master Race 1 month ago:
Is liquid cooling even worth it these days? I’ve always used air cooling and just vacuumed my pc every once and a while.
- Comment on Where is modern Punk? 1 month ago:
There’s quite a few good ones in the “Breakcore” genre like “machine girl” and “femtanyl”. I’m not sure they would consider themselves punk, but I have a pretty liberal definition of punk.
I also came across “blednost.” A little while ago, they’re pretty small. I just click on music that YouTube recommends a lot and find lots of small artists
- Comment on Where is modern Punk? 1 month ago:
I listen to lots of punk music, especially in the electronic space. But I think people want to see another hardcore movement.
Really I see most people who actually try to make their own art as punk. The techno-fascists just want you to be complacent and consume content.
- Comment on card game shop 1 month ago:
Idk, humans have lots of different smells and some are more tolerable than others. Like if you don’t sweat much (not me unfortunately) you can definitely go a day without showering. The worst human smell might be a rotting tooth though, that’s really difficult to be around.
- Comment on School pickup lines are wild 1 month ago:
I… I would not be brave enough to drive around in a “truck” like that. Like mad props for never out growing your edge lord phase.
- Comment on Honestly Bizarre 1 month ago:
Is that just the normal ones you find at the grocery store, or have you tried other types? I think oyster mushrooms are really good when you fry them until they are crispy. Lion’s mane is really good too, I like to make vegan pulled pork with them. The flavor of some foraged ones are also amazing like chantarell and black trumpets. Chicken of the woods also tastes and kinda feels like lemony dry chicken. There’s soooo many great mushrooms
- Comment on World would be a better place 1 month ago:
Excuse me, but do you have a moment to talk about ZFS and tall socks? Maybe the benefits of a tiling window manager?
- Comment on hows keto working out for you 2 months ago:
Trying to stay young forever over here. It’s working pretty well.
- Comment on hows keto working out for you 2 months ago:
I mention it because I really don’t feel like an outlier. Sure it took me a couple years to get where I am, but I’ve also had a lot of setbacks from when I started as well. Obviously someone 250-300lbs is going to have a hard time since exercise is murder on their joints. but most folks aren’t morbidly obese. If you enjoy it, getting up to 5 days a week of cardio won’t take that long (3-5 months?) then you can really get into the fun long workouts. But I think the problem is that most folks don’t have something they enjoy. If exercise wasn’t playing I’m not sure I would do it, but because it is I want to do it. If anything my enjoyment and not having debilitating injuries is what makes me an outlier.
- Comment on hows keto working out for you 2 months ago:
Eating in a deficit? Yes, counting calories? No. There’s times I lose weight just because of activity load. Hell I did a 3 hour bike ride on Sunday that burned around 2000 calories. When ski touring season hits I’ll probably lose a bunch of weight. I get that most folks can’t do activities like that, but there’s a lot more to fitness than just your body fat. If I loose weight due to exercise it’s usually 10 lbs but over the summer I went from 180 to 165 without thinking once about my calorie intake.
- Comment on Can a person who is a convicted felon/ rapist even get nominated for the Nobel Peace Price? Extra points if you can ELI5 that. 2 months ago:
Not an expert, but I believe he is part of the reason the Vietnam war continued. Lots of people died because the US has to win. I think he also okayed the indiscriminate bombing they did. Also he’s a slimy politician.
- Comment on it's true! 2 months ago:
When dandelions pop up they let you know to start looking for morels in a week or so. Thank you dandelions.
- Comment on New EA Owners Hoping AI Will Cut Costs And Boost Profits, It's Claimed 2 months ago:
I keep forgetting that this stupid AI bubble hasn’t popped yet and I’m always surprised someone is trying to add it to their business
- Comment on Anon gets rid of drop box 2 months ago:
I only access it over a local network or wire guard. It’s not perfect security, but also I’m willing to accept that risk.
- Comment on Anon gets rid of drop box 2 months ago:
IMHO networked file systems have never not felt like magic to me. Sure my NFS share is only 12tb but I smile every time I use it