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@ nettle @mander.xyz

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  • don't trust cloud services with creative work

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  • graphite looks promising but is still in early days

  • Multitaskers

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  • Mines simple: a small desert bowl.

    • Super easy way to make fancy steam poached eggs - pour a thin layer of water on the bottom of a pot and place small bowls on top (Coat each bowl with oil beforehand). crack an egg into each bowl, turn on heat and place lid on. Cook until white is firm but yoke runny. Serve on bread with avacado or butter
    • place on top of butter to keep fresh
    • cookie cutter! (Good for other doughs too)
    • mini terrarium for micro greens (if bowl is glass)
    • your own unique measuring unit that no-one else will understand
    • upside down as a stand for raising other dishes up
    • 1 person baking vessel - bake things in it
    • scooper
    • lid for jar
    • pot for herbs

  • How come nobody has forked Mumble to create a better Discord alternative?

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  • Dragonfly [oc]

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  • This is amazing I didn't know they could be coulored like that either. Thought it was coulor swapped first. Beautiful photo

  • Lance-leaf Coreopsis looking good

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  • I love micromoths too. we've got a micromoth called Zealandopterix zonodoxa its so cute and even has little mandibles that it can eat with. I love them so much.

  • [DISCUSSION] Favorite/highest quality sandwich ingredients?

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  • My favourite sandwich ingredient would have to be avacado. Though I realise its unobtainable for most people, Im lucky to grow 2 fruiting tree's so get em for free.

    fresh baked bread with a drizzle of olive oil. Toped with avacado, homegrown olives tomato and lettuce (and some very old Edam if you feel like it). But don't forget to add some homemade Rocoto chilli sauce somewhere along the way, adding some sweet tropical spice.

    Unfortunately avacados are seasonal. We get them for about half the year. For the other half I must sit and wait, patiently biding my time. Waiting for the sun to rise on a day when the avacados will ripen once more.

  • Is there any practical use for pine cones?

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  • Use them to predict the weather! Their scales close when its humid (predicting rain) and open when its gonna be sunny.

  • Learning go while making a project. Looking for beginners who want to learn go to colab

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  • At first I thought: ooooh! I wanna learn go and raylib. So I looked at the repo, then realised I know basically nothing. I'll have another look tomorrow, to try again and hopefully learn a bit more. However I think I'm a long way away from being able to contribute anything, but would like to contribute some day. Good luck though!

  • Parasitic Fungus Eating German Wasp [oc]

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  • Sorry :( here's a baby fern to hopefully make you happier

  • Parasitic Fungus Eating German Wasp [oc]

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  • Sorry for getting that wrong, I'll update it to say parasitic rather than carnivorous. Looks like it might be that species. thank you! Will check on it tomorrow to see how its developed

  • Mycology @mander.xyz
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    Parasitic Fungus Eating German Wasp

  • Tiny guys on the handrail

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  • A whole little world

  • Jokes and Humor @beehaw.org
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    Irony™

  • i call him little sqidgy

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  • Yep, the only exception I can think of is if its a ladybird, cos then I find the opposite to be true

  • What tree is this?

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  • You said you got it from online so i did a quick search for matching images and the photo comes from Trees South africa (the watermark that is partly cropped out in your image says this to) according to their website it is Harpephyllum caffrum.

    https://trees-sa.co.za/tree/harpephyllum-caffrum/

    Higher resolution image is on this sight which further back up it being Harpephyllum caffrum (leaf shape and arrangement match) def not karaka as karaka leaves are shaped differently.

    Edit: red --> resolution (stupid auto correct)

  • I want to make these stackable shelves but using pine - bad idea?

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  • I would say it would be fine, the only problem would be warping as the pine will be quite thin (plywood is more resistant to this).

    But if you don't care about everything being perfectly straight I think pine would be plenty strong enouph and wouldn't warp noticeably much either (just pick straight boards from the store). So yea I think it would be fine.

    P.s. (if you join multiple boards together its usually less likely to warp but I don't think this is necessary for your usecase)

  • Sharing one photo every day until I forget (Day 15)

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  • The hairs are naturaly made by the plant and are called trichomes.

    The "hairs interfere with the feeding of at least some small herbivores and, depending upon stiffness and irritability to the palate, large herbivores as well. Hairs on plants growing in areas subject to frost keep the frost away from the living surface cells. In windy locations, hairs break up the flow of air across the plant surface, reducing transpiration. Dense coatings of hairs reflect sunlight, protecting the more delicate tissues underneath in hot, dry, open habitats. In addition, in locations where much of the available moisture comes from fog drip, hairs appear to enhance this process by increasing the surface area on which water droplets can accumulate." wikipedia

    The stinging spikes of stinging nettles are also a type of modified trichome which is pretty cool

  • Can i grow a hydrangea tree from a mature shrub?

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  • I think it would be too much effort to try and train an old shrub into a tree when hydrangeas are so insanely easy to take cuttings of, and the cuttings grow so fast. (So much so that when we prune our hydrangeas many of the fallen branches accidentally become new plants).

    tho I love hydrangea bush's too and this is a lovely mature one. So I reackon you should keep this one, take a cutting, and grow the cutting into a tree somewhere else, and then you get the best of both worlds (:

  • The Hilarious Reason Why Elon Musk Is Panicking Over Tesla Stock Value

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  • That's not the main reason to not buy apple products lol

  • Open Source Android Games That Look Amazing! (On F-Droid)

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  • Trying now, thank you!

  • Open Source Android Games That Look Amazing! (On F-Droid)

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  • True I did indead I even forgot I downloaded it as it was unopened. It does look fun though, will give it a try.

    On a similar note I also forgot Feudal tactics, which looks even worse then unciv. but it is still a fun strategy game. I'll add these both to the list, thank you,

  • Free and Open Source Software @beehaw.org
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    Open Source Android Games That Look Amazing! (On F-Droid)

  • Free and Open Source Software @beehaw.org
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    my tier list of open source android apps I've tried:

  • Nature and Gardening @beehaw.org
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    My Earina autimnalis orchid flowered!

  • Nature and Gardening @beehaw.org
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    A fern growing on a fern growing on a fern

  • Nature and Gardening @beehaw.org
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    Dendrobium cunninghamii orchid flowering near Christmas

  • Nature and Gardening @beehaw.org
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    Beautiful green cicada having just shed