Guenther_Amanita

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Android apps run via Waydroid?

I water them with two ice cubes once a week

Stop that, now. It's an evil marketing trick from the industry to sell you more of their plants.While you may haven't killed it for now, the cold shock can severely stress the plant.

Don't over water it tho.

Best way would be to take it to the sink instead and let some hand warm water run through the pot.

but I've not had to feed them or mist them or any of the other things I keep reading online

That's because most orchids are very efficient in recycling their resources. I would recommend adding a bit of (mineralic) fertilizer. It doesn't need to be special orchid fertilizer, but it needs to have some micronutrients.

Right now, every bloom is on cost of other parts. You will see the plant decline over time. It will recycle what's left in the leaves and die a long death.

If you keep it healthy and properly nourished, it will thank you with lots of flowers!

Most comments there say to cut the spikes so it focuses on leaves and roots, but I really don't think they have enough space for more leaves or roots, and I'm worried that repotting will ruin whatever my streak is with keeping them alive on just ice cubes since that seems uncommon.

Leaves and roots will grow no matter what, it isn't either/ or. It's only when forming a massive new spike/ buds the vegetative growth slows down for a while.

If your plant looks similar to the one in the link, definitely cut it. Preferably not directly at the base, but leave one or two unopened nodes so a new spike can form as soon as the plant feels ready for it. That secondary flower spike costs less energy than forming a totally new one and can lead to multiple flowering waves all at once.

Most supermarket Phalaenopsis are hybrids that are made to be blooming constantly. As long as it isn't weak or something just let it do its thing.

If you prefer to get one single big flush at once, cut it at the base.

Regarding repotting: needs to be done yearly. You probably use bark as medium (the default), which will decompose. If it does, the roots will suffocate and the plant dies.

I personally use LECA, since it won't decay, but wouldn't recommend it to you right now, because if you change the conditions too fast the whole whole root system will just die 🤷

Semi-hydro is nice and something you can look into (for example, my plants only need watering every few weeks and flourish! I also don't need to repot nearly as often), but the transition is stressful.

Repotting is easy if you keep using a similar substrate (bark to bark).They don't care if they are overpotted, you just need to freshen up the bark because there are lots of waste products in there.

Look for high quality substrate (maybe online), since regular potting mix for orchids often sucks ass and will decay much faster than a proper one right away.

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Günther Unlustig 🍄 @slrpnk.net 2mo ago

This could also be just a text post

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Günther Unlustig 🍄 @slrpnk.net 2mo ago

You usually can access the settings from the status bar, can't you?

Günther Unlustig 🍄 @slrpnk.net 3mo ago

Add some amendments like perlite, LECA, pumice, whatever. They don't absorb as much water and make the soil more airy, preventing root rot

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Günther Unlustig 🍄 @slrpnk.net 3mo ago

Switching from a GNOME OS to a KDE OS or vice versa is problematic.

I did that a few times already on different installs and never had any problems, besides the window decorations/ theming being off and needing to set them again. What issues could be expected?

Günther Unlustig 🍄 @slrpnk.net 3mo ago

Cool thing is you can rebase anytime to any other flavour you want with one command and keep everything that's yours!

Günther Unlustig 🍄 @slrpnk.net 4mo ago

You can use Ventoy and burn even more isos on it, for example rescue distros, Windows, etc.

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Günther Unlustig 🍄 @slrpnk.net 4mo ago

What does it do better than Aurora/ Bluefin for example?

They offer the same pros - easy (no) setup, impossible to break, no maintenance, etc.

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Günther Unlustig 🍄 @slrpnk.net 4mo ago

Just for personal use. I'm a creative person and have lots of time for that, but no money.

So I just use my skills (many of which I aquire by doing exactly that) and build them to my own vision 😇 I wanna play musical instruments, but just buying something isn't personal enough for me. The DIY route gives me a very unique object in the end.

Doing that isn't easy tho. I have absolutely no experience with making music or playing instruments, so everything is done by research. For example:

The strings of the tagelharpa, opposed to for example a violin, consist of up to 30 individual strings each, with the correct ratio of nylon to sewing thread (and I even included a few metal strings on the drone), which need to be twisted to create the characteristic deep dark sound
Or, the steelpan needs to be tempered very specifically and then tuned by hammering on the note fields. Also very hard to do, and that's the step I'm currently struggling with 😬

Günther Unlustig 🍄 @slrpnk.net 4mo ago

That's the spirit! You got it!

Basically Kintsugi, but made by someone 13-year-old mentally 😂 Exactly what I imagined too

Just make sure you don't inhale any fumes from the plastic

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Günther Unlustig 🍄 @slrpnk.net 4mo ago

If nothing else works, maybe make the best out of it, grab a lighter (or soldering iron) and just burn a cool pattern on it?

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Günther Unlustig 🍄 @slrpnk.net 4mo ago

I already built a tagelharpa cello. Sounds great, but I currently have to upgrade the tuning pegs to proper ones because they don't hold the tone.

And a dulcimer-harp-thing out of my broken washing machine. Works great, but the tuning pegs are impractical and need to be exchanged for better screws. I also wanna try out different string patterns and materials. Has a very heavenly echo!

My rain stick is also almost ready. Only needs a few minutes more of painting. No pic yet.

Currently I'm also building a handpan/ steelpan hybrid. Very WIP

I haven't had the chance to post them on c/DIY, but will do it once I feel they're truly finished

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Günther Unlustig 🍄 @slrpnk.net 4mo ago

There's an official Eurorack variant available too! Here it is

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Günther Unlustig 🍄 @slrpnk.net 4mo ago

Sure, you may have a point. Or not, I don't know, really.

But can we maybe just agree that it looks fancy? You're literally creating music out of thin air. That's why it was called "Etherophone" at first, because you touch the ether itself and create harmony ^{`(or, in my case, weird mosquito noises and sirens...)}`

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Günther Unlustig 🍄 @slrpnk.net 4mo ago

You usually don't "wave" your arms blindly in the air, you have a defined set of fingering positions and movements. Once you've learned them, they're in muscle memory, just like typing on a touchscreen keyboard instead of a physical one.

You actually have a huge scale range. The octaves are defined by the location of your hand, the notes themselves are by the fingers. It's supposed to be pretty accurate and makes sense from what I've heard?

I couldn't think of always hitting the exact correct note out of hundreds just by a slider.

If you want something with a slider, theres the Stylophone Theremin