Ahh, no no. We can pay with card with no need for an app. This code reader thing can be used for 2FA when making an online payment or logging into the banking site, so one does not need to use a phone app.
Ahh, that sucks... I was hoping that the recently developed nutritionally-enhanced yeast would help significantly with such colony collapse. But this article attributes the deaths not to malnutrition but to the parasitic mite Varroa destructor, so that's another problem that needs solving. Poor bees are really being attacked from all angles.
Near my place there is a spot where the 'Yellow Stainer' (Agaricus xanthodermus) fruits. The yellow stainer becomes yellow when you cut it, and what makes it especially interesting is that the yellow pigment is an azobenzene derivative (4,4'-dihydroxy-azobenzene). Azobenzene is very well known in the field of photochemistry because it is a light-driven switch. But, in nature, it is extremely rare. I actually only know of this specific example....
So I am very curious about what the bright yellow is in this fungus....
It appears that the main component of the yellow pigment could be a compound called 'gomphidic acid'
This molecule is very similar to the molecule from the lichen that you posted a few months ago, vulpinic acid, except that one of the phenyls has 1 hydroxide group and the other contains 3 hydroxides.
This is the structure of vulpinic acid, for comparison:
I still don't understand why Gomphidius has a yellow base, what about the metabolism of fungi makes them choose vulpinic acid-like molecules as pigments, and whether there is a functional reason why the yellow stainer uses an azobenzene derivative and this one a vulpinic acid... My current guess is that the metabolism to produce vulpinic acid evolved and is often recycled for pigment production, and that the yellow's stainer is using the azobenzene as some form of defense mechanism (it would be very cool if it turns out to be a phototoxic one) and the yellow color is merely accidental in that case.
The Dyeball, as its common name implies, can also be used for dyeing wool. P. arrhizus is counted among the best mushrooms for dyeing and imparts wool with a deep brown to reddish-brown to blackish color. The pigments come from the tar-like gel between the peridioles, so younger Dyeballs work better.
I have had good experiences with it. I have not had problems with apps. Most of my apps I get via Obtaininum. As for the UI, I think it is fine.
I don't think Google will be able to lock my Pixel's bootloader, and, if they do, well it is already running the OS. So it shouldn't be a problem for a while. If at some time GrapheneOS stops being supported I will find something else. I don't need a guarantee of permanence to find it useful today.
I do take your feedback and other's seriously. I have looked into it and I also have my concerns about the fit, so I will talk to them.
If there is an example of mod abuse, a user report can lead to me taking direct action without contacting anyone. But a bad fit is not an emergency, we can talk and resolve it that way.
Following that same logic I suppose it’s okay for anti-vaxxers, fruitians, naturopaths, chiropractors, acupuncturists and conspiracy theorists to also join the team if they dedicate enough effort towards it.
If they have positive/valuable interactions with members of the community, enforce the rules fairly, follow the rules, etc... Yes, I don't mind.
In this case, the moderator thinking that eating exclusively meat is healthy is not the reason why I think they might not be a good fit to mod that community.
The user should be a commentator not a moderator,
I think so too
backgrounds are important to consider in predicting how they will shape the community
I do not disagree with you on this. When I said:
I am quite receptive to specific reports of specific actions, but I am not going to micro-manage users or mods and make assumptions/predictions about potential future behavior.
I am not saying that the background is not important. I am talking about delegation. The people who create communities and moderate them own them, not me. I (admin level) am not micro-managing the decisions of the community builders and running background checks on users. I respond to reports. In this case, I was responding to the user that tagged me, letting them know that I am alert and ready to respond to reports of mod abuse.
This is a disappointing response that will cause a schism in the community as I don’t want people like RFK Jr. anywhere near positions of power when it comes to health.
Why would it be disappointing? This is the drama community! Schism in the community is what we live for!!
No, but, really. Sorry to disappoint you, and I do appreciate you being attentive to the community and bringing this up.
Sure. I do not mind if people hold views that I disagree with, and I am very appreciative of anyone who chooses to donate some of their time and effort to moderation.
If someone abuses moderation powers to disrupt a local community, let me know and I'll try to understand the situation, have a chat with them, or possibly remove them if the situation does get out of hand. I am quite receptive to specific reports of specific actions, but I am not going to micro-manage users or mods and make assumptions/predictions about potential future behavior.
To be specific, in the context of moderating a "public health" community...
Acceptable: Mod or user posts often scientific articles discussing some positive relationship between the health in communities and eating meat. The user/mod may be biased to post articles that conform to their belief/opinion. If the content they post is high-quality and relevant to public health, and they do not overload the community with this single topic, then it is not a problem. Users are free to contribute on-topic however they'd like.
Unacceptable: Moderator removes posts about peer-reviewed scientific articles about public health benefits of vegan diets, a reasonable paper pointing out a risk in meat-eating diets, or bans users who make comments arguing against the conclusions or validity of a paper simply because the paper conforms to the mod's beliefs.
I video call my family over WiFi, usually when I am home. For me it is easy to get by without making a phone call. In the past few years I remember making one phone call to cancel an internet subscription and one to make a doctor's appointment. Calling is not my preferred medium, I strongly prefer e-mail. I do keep a prepaid SIM card inside my phone's case in case of emergency, but fortunately I have never needed it.
The hodufy works for a phone. I just wanted to experiment to learn. I don't use any of them often - I keep my phone in airplane mode and without a sim card and only use it with WiFi.
A few years ago I decided I wanted to improve my hand flute skills and began consciously practicing daily. Since then, I have developed the habit of playing the hand flute automatically when my hands are not busy.
That's interesting. I still don't fully understand the implications from a user-experience perspective. It looks as if the proof-of-work would go unnoticed when using a user client but presents a more significant challenged for an automated scraping bot. So, it does look promising. I still don't understand what it would do to a bot such as a 'PlantID bot' and other good bots. Do they have a heavy soul? I'll look into it.
For now, I have modified https://mander.xyz/robots.txt, copying the file that Dave from lemmy.nz found to work to prevent at least some scraping and bot load.
Ahh, no no. We can pay with card with no need for an app. This code reader thing can be used for 2FA when making an online payment or logging into the banking site, so one does not need to use a phone app.