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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

I would tinker for a bit but definitely not spend any more money on it as it's not worth the money. Where im from you can often find cheap B&W laser printers on facebook marketplace or another second-hand platform for free or for very cheap.

Laser printers will be much cheaper in the long run so I strongly recommend one. Unfortunately a good colour one is very expensive but old B&W ones like the Brother HL2130 are still great.

Facebook marketplace does suck but sometimes it's the only/best option, still steals your info tho

[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I got a question right on an electronics quiz about finding the resistance in a curcuit (I have verified I was right).

My science teacher who didn't know how to do it in the first place and was just looking at the (incorrect) answer schedule said I was wrong. I just said "I don't think so but ok" even though I knew I was right as I did not want to argue. As she was walking away I explained to my friend why I was right, my teacher overheard me and came storming to the table saying:

"WHEN I SAY IM RIGHT I AM RIGHT! AND WHEN I SAY YOUR WRONG YOU ARE WRONG!"

At the top of her lungs.

I was just a kid so it put me off science for a bit tbh.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Don't finish one thing before you start another. instead keep a special list of things you want to do and loop between them, as you get board of one move onto the next one. As long as you are determined to get everything done. And make sure the list is short enough so that you can actually get things finished after a couple of loops.

I find this makes getting things done much more enjoyable for me, and stops me procrastinating. just make sure none of the tasks on the list are procrastination's in disguise.

And of course, rest when you need it. proper rest, not exhausting yourself thinking you're procrastinating. Just rest, then carry on.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Brutal for everyone underneath, but the flowers of Dionaea muscipula are on long stalks keeping you safely above the gaping jaws below.

Just make sure not to have any fermented plum juice before you go, as you may be to tipsy to stick the landing:

Red Admiral butterflies getting drunk on plums

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I would choose a nettle, as Admiral Butterflies do. There flowers aren't extravagant but the poison tipped spines are very good protection.

Which nettle you may ask (as there are many)

Ideally Urtica sykesii for its beautiful triangular leaves perfectly embellished with triangular edges which itself have beautiful spikes (one of my favorite plants).

For added protection the most dangerous nettle Urtica ferox a nettle so big it has become a woody tree with thick spikes as long as your nose, loaded with enough poison to kill a dog or leave a man limp for weeks (I would make sure no dogs are harmed). The beautiful red admirals favorite choice.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

As somebody else said: it depends. Some fertilizers are shit and contain harmful shit but most are fine.

Here's some things to know tho:

  1. If fertilizer gets on the leaves you must wash them before eating (which should be done anyway) as the residue may have toxic heavy metals (which may be there for plant growth).

  2. Fertilizer is developed for maximum profits, only things that are needed for fast growth are added. this causes the plants to grow fast but with little nutrients needed for healthy long term growth. Its like plant fast food, it's cheap to make and will make you fat fast but your going to need more than just carbs fat and suger to be healthy.

So the plant will have less nutrients for us, and more importantly less flavour, for herbs like basil and celery the flavour difference is incredible.

for spinach flavour doesn't matter much. spinach also has basically no nutrients for us in the first place, in fact the oxalic acid in Spinach, when eaten, removes calcium from your body. So fast growing spinach has basically no downsides.

For a more complete diet I would recommend a seeweed based fertilizer (make sure it's sustainably harvested!).

  1. dont let any fertilizer get in a river/lake any fertilizer will unbalance its ecosystem.

Also sweet potato (Kumara) leaves are so so good. And easer to grow, and you get sweet potatoes, and they are healthier, and have much less oxalic acid. Only problem with them is they are not very frost resistant and require more light, if you want tubers, then spinach, (in low light it may not produce tubers but will still have leaves).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yes exactly, fertilizer are all about growing a plant as quickly as possible for as little money as possible, so many miss out important nutritents for nutritious plants in the eye of profit. Edit: I meant to have the original comment here on the main thread woops, this is all I wanted to say here

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Unfortunately the alpha roll-out had a major unpached bug causing a complete internal breakdown of the ethics and intelligence processing units in all those updated.

Some hypothesis that as alpha men now have the processing capacity of an ant, they may soon evolve a hive-mind. As this would allow all mental processing to be outsourced to a singular fat orange queen.

Edit: spelling

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

Our young Tui are practicing right now, its so fun watching them barely be able to sing, sounding like a donkey while trying there best to imitate the melodic adults.

Then they slowly grow up and learn new things until eventully they can perfectly imitate our car reversing beep, fooling us to think someone is stealing our car.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Lookd like its next to a sink, methinks soap

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Its always nice to see one of your videos, (much better than some clickbaity science news article) You asked in your description of the video what we think should be in the description, i think it would be nice to know where you got the sample from/its story as well as what we might be looking at.

I liked it like this in your previos videos e.g. spagnum one, and I think it makes it a lot more intresting.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

This is based on the large leaves with a fishtail shape and the purple pink old flowers. also it seems it does not spread by seed rather it "reproduces by bulbs and bulbils produced from the underground stems." source

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