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dumples

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  • You put ANYTHING in a DnD and you better be prepared for your players to fight it or fuck it and usually both

  • biodiversity and soil health

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  • I always mow in anything I have pulled into the yard

  • biodiversity and soil health

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  • I get it. I have been doing packets of seeds to get one or two even when I press into the soil.

    I get sprouts and then those get chomped. Everyone loves Sunflowers

  • Kids have to learn how to handle the little things on their own

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  • Always. That's the point

  • Kids have to learn how to handle the little things on their own

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  • Hit him with a pillow will knock him unconscious. If you want to be human put a cup over him and slide a piece of paper under and let him roam outside.

  • biodiversity and soil health

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  • Looking at the health of the whole garden / ecosystem has made me very zen. Especially when pulling things I don't want or have too much of. I've been trying up transfer some to abandoned areas for things that aren't common. They usually die but they were going to die when I pulled them anyhow.

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  • Me planting in my garden meant to feed wildlife:

  • biodiversity and soil health

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  • Rabbits love clover and all legumes actually. So if you got dutch white clover in your lawn they will go for that first. They will be enough to discourage most eating of garden plants. They avoid everything except my sunflower which they have been eating while they are low. Or at least something is.

  • Growth narratives on the new social networks

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  • I think with that is an unexpected inflection point that looks inevitable in hindsight where one network dies and another thrives. It happened with Digg and Myspace. You if you focus on long term organic growth it can happen but unknown when

  • what are good in-person activities for making friends?

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  • The two that I have had the most success were both hobbies I enjoyed that had a regular group that happens weekly. One was an in person weekly DnD game at a local game shop. It was great to chat about TTRPGs DnD and other nerdy things with everyone since I loved it. (It was in Chicago and few of the older people played with Gygax which was awesome.)

    The second was a weekly distance running group that I am still kind of a part of. We run for an hour for a similar route and then go out for pizza. It was great to chat with whoever was my own speed. when running and then with everyone for food afterwards. I do some endurance sports and it was fun to hear about all the crazy things the really good ones did.

    Both were weekly, in person and were things I was interested about. These are the key

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  • That is why I love fantasy stories. They really show how gender and norms are social constructs. Its fun to play with

  • Oxalis might be my favorite plant right now.

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  • I just bottled my wood sorrel infused apple cider vinegar. I have it growing everywhere and I need to weed it constantly so I usually eat it. I do a few times per year to grab all of it and make it into a vinegar. Its one of my favorites vegetables / herbs

  • A random Hollyhock decided to grow in our yard!

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  • A random hollyhock also grew last year but didn't bloom. I love hollyhocks they are beautiful and kind of giant which I enjoy.

  • How can I start getting familiar with the plants, trees and animals around where I live?

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  • 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

  • All my classmates are using AI and I hate it

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  • So in 2015 I made a career move from doing a lot of project management in a STEM field into Data Science. I had the math and statistics background but no coding experience which not necessary for the program. It was a program for working professionals with all classes in the evening or weekends so a similar program set up. For each course we went through a topic and then had an example programing language where we could apply this concept. So during this program I started with 0 programming languages known and ended up with like a dozen where I at least touched it. Most people had one or two programming languages that they used for their job which they relied on.

    It was a difficult program since I had to learn all of this from scratch but it taught me how to learn a new programming language. How to google the correct terms, how to read documentation, how to learn a new syntax and how to think to write in code. This was the most valuable thing I learned from this program. For you focus on what you are learning and use the tools that assist with that. That means using ChatGPT to answer your questions, or pull up documentation for you or even to fix an error if you get stuck, (especially syntax errors since it can get frustrating to find that missing comma but its a valuable skill to practice). Anyone who is having their code full written by them are missing the learning how to learn.

    For SQL its kind of struggle to learn because its an odd language. Struggle and you will learn the concepts you need. Using ChatGPT for everything will be a huge disservice for them since they won't learn all the concepts if you jump ahead. Some of these more advanced functions are way more complex to troubleshoot and won't work on certain flavors of SQL. Struggle and learn and you will do great

  • What's your best tip or hack for camping?

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  • There's always a sweet spot for temperatures. I love a 70 degree day and a 50 degrees night.

  • What's your best tip or hack for camping?

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  • Very true for all seasons. Remember it will be both hotter and colder than you expect. Usually in the same day

  • What's your best tip or hack for camping?

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  • Exactly. Nothing sticking out

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  • Best time of the year to camp is spring and fall. The nights are cool while the days are warm. You are either too early or too late for mosquitos. It can be less busy as well.

    Summer camping gets too hot both during the day and at night.