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- Comment on All this AI nonsense is an attempt to capitalize on the mere act of human thinking 3 days ago:
Rent the Skill for sure. If this is the skill you are expected to be an expert or at least experienced you would avoid it as much as possible to avoid being dependent.
- Comment on respect dandelions! 2 weeks ago:
Exactly. They can move very far on wind currents as well as the fact they are useful plants for people. It would be very easy to carry some seeds or an entire plant with you when you move somewhere new. As well as the fact they are small enough to get caught on pant legs, shoes, clothes etc. to hitch a ride
- Comment on respect dandelions! 2 weeks ago:
You think that human developments didn’t occur in the Americas before European came in?
Dandelions are a very human centric plant which makes sense that they traveled with humans as they traveled around the globe. This travel could be accidental or brought on purpose like many other different plants.
- Comment on respect dandelions! 2 weeks ago:
If you have a dandelion problem I would recommend you mulch / mow the dead dandelions you pull back into your yard. Dandelions are a dynamic accumulator which means they are very good at pulling up vitamins and minerals from the soil which they incorporate into their roots leaves, etc. This means dandelions will contain those minerals when being mulched and mowed back into your yard. If you are having a dandelion problem it likely mean your yard needs one or more of the minerals that they accumulate. So my mowing it back in you will feed your lawn and reduce their appear in the future
- Comment on respect dandelions! 2 weeks ago:
The gist from what I have read (mostly from Native American herbalists) is that there is a oral cultural tradition for using dandelion for both food and medicine in North America. These oral traditions have various uses for the plant that likely predate European settlement. The basic concept is that Europeans never considered that a plant that they had in Europe could appear in North America unless they brought it. It was never considered to be native in both places even though the people who used in North America have a long tradition of use back by an oral tradition. However, since this was an oral tradition no one thought to consider it valid since it wasn’t written down. Since this has been suggested there is some genetic studies that back up that concept.
I found most of this information on the Dandelion section in Plants Have So Much to Give Us, All We Have to Do Is Ask: Anishinaabe Botanical Teachings. They have a good description and I have seen it mentioned now in a few other books.
- Comment on respect dandelions! 2 weeks ago:
Dandelions are now basically considered native around most of the globe. There is compelling evidence both ethnobotany and genetic that dandelion are native to both Eurasia and North America.
- Comment on We have reached the “severed fingers and abductions” stage of the crypto revolution - Ars Technica 4 weeks ago:
Different kind of crypto nerd but still
- Comment on I installed Linux on this 8-inch mini laptop, and it's my new favorite way of computing 4 weeks ago:
I loved my EEEPC. I used while study abroad before smartphones were common. It was great to carry on me at all times. If I needed directions or to check on a website I would sit at a café / restaurant / bar to have a coffee / wine / beer to grab the wifi. It was great and small enough that I could carry it open if needed. I loved it. I thought it was the future until the iPad took over
- Comment on What's the point in getting married? 1 month ago:
What they used to saying in the gay marriage rights movement was the rights of marriage don’t kick in the good times but in the bad. It’s all the sickness and death and divorce when it’s needed.
- Comment on Why is the NFL draft day so "special"? 1 month ago:
Its such a big day they made a pretty okay Kevin Costner movie about it
- Comment on What's the point in getting married? 1 month ago:
I know there are certain legal situations where an official marriage changes who has certain rights, but aren’t those same rights available if you make other legally-official decisions E.G. a will or trusts, etc?
This is not the case. Marriage gives you a lot of specific rights that can be covered by other legal documents but never together and marriage will override it. This is one of the main goals for giving gay marriage is all of the legal benefits of marriage which are expansive and complete. (This is of course in the USA this is not the case in other locations.)
There was a few legal pushes to separate these legal benefits from marriage into different legal rights that can be granted piecemeal. If you are intersted I would read The Other Significant Others which talks about people who prioritize friendships over marriage and how they interact with their “other significant other” which includes the legal discussions.
- Comment on Something Bizarre Is Happening to People Who Use ChatGPT a Lot 2 months ago:
This makes a lot of sense because as we have been seeing over the last decades or so is that digital only socialization isn’t a replacement for in person socialization. Increased social media usage shows increased loneliness not a decrease. It makes sense that something even more fake like ChatGPT would make it worse.
I don’t want to sound like a luddite but overly relying on digital communications for all interactions is a poor substitute for in person interactions. I know I have to prioritize seeing people in the real world because I work from home and spending time on Lemmy during the day doesn’t fulfill.
- Comment on Is it possible to eat a toxic amount of culinary herbs/spices? 2 months ago:
It really depends on the herb but as a general rule you likely cannot. If you are cooking and decide to add double or triple or even 10x the herbs / spices then the recipe suggests you will be fine. The worse case scenario is that you make it taste bad. That being said everything is poison at high enough doses but for culinary herbs that is a huge dose. You will really have to force yourself to eat large enough quantities since it will taste very unpleasant.
There are plenty of other plants that are more dangerous.
- Comment on Digg is about to be rebooted. Thoughts? 2 months ago:
I was there that day. In the before time
- Comment on Multiple Lemmy Accounts? 2 months ago:
At one point I had three accounts but am now down to two. I had one at Kbin.social which was my primary and then I had one specifically for browsing lemmynsfw. When kbin.social started having issues I created my midwest.social account. Kbin.social died so I am now back to two. There is nothing wrong with having a few as a backup if your instance goes down or to see a slightly different feed. I think a lot of people have multiple
- Comment on What is your bath mat situation? 2 months ago:
We are just upgrading ours for our primary bathroom since we are doing a glow up. We are going to have two waffle style rugs / mats to fit our strange space. One for in front of the mirror and one in front of the tub. We have a large shag style one that was always on the floor but now has been upgraded to be used to get out of the shower and then hang to dry.
The “permanent” bath mat gives me the ick thinking about it.
- Comment on I don't want to enhance my productivity 3 months ago:
Never for when you are in the office. Unless you can “work” by goofing around with coworkers or wandering around holding things while listening to podcasts
- Comment on I don't want to enhance my productivity 3 months ago:
This when you pad your time and set hard boundaries for what you can do. I like to schedule emails for later in the day. It helps that I work from home
- Comment on I don't want to enhance my productivity 3 months ago:
I want to be as efficient as possible for my job. So I can get as much done in as little amount of time as possible so I can get back to my life. Only goal
- Comment on Is it a red flag if a potential employer rushes you? 3 months ago:
There’s so many different companies that are just resume hunting. Don’t know why really
- Comment on Is it a red flag if a potential employer rushes you? 3 months ago:
I’ve found that jobs that are actually hiring move quickly. They move from applications to interview within a few days. Constant talking about within the hour seems excessive.
- Comment on YSK in the U.S., you can buy produce directly from black farmers and they will ship it to you. It can cost less than your supermarket and will piss off people in power. 4 months ago:
I had to drop Imperfect Food as well from the same problems. It was just more expensive than I needed. I haven’t found a replacement yet unfortunately. We are now just buying food as needed. I have been interested in a CSA but haven’t done it yet
- Comment on USA| Trump’s FCC chair investigates NPR and PBS, urges Congress to defund them 4 months ago:
I recently watched this wonderful video by Matt Baume that he released 3 months ago about the last time republicans wanted to defund PBS and NPR. The stated reasons and rational always change but its just hatred of non-commercial media
- Comment on I took the term "Tree Skirt" literally 4 months ago:
Well I’m glad to see it. Good thing we have Christmas every year
- Comment on I took the term "Tree Skirt" literally 5 months ago:
What a wonderful dress and headpiece. It looks like the best kind of craft. Did you end up wearing it to a Christmas event to show off?
- Comment on Good ear protection for concerts. 5 months ago:
I have loved by Loops for concerts. They keep all of the music but remove all of the screaming. I used them when I watched Taylor Swift which was all screams and loved it
- Comment on Who stole all the pies? Michelin-starred chef 'gutted' at theft of 2,500 pies. 6 months ago:
I hate throwing away food. Its awful
- Comment on wooly bears 6 months ago:
Try white dutch clover. It’s walkable like grass once set it. Worth a try at least. It’s been working well in our yard
- Comment on They're called leaves for a reason. 6 months ago:
Just remember that month suggestions online are for certain geographic areas. You might need to move them earlier or later. (The best rules I have seen is when nights are above 50 F in North America)
- Comment on Drink it, I dare ya 7 months ago:
Its not even carbonated. I bought it thinking that carbonated coconut water would be awesome. It is not but tastes pretty good.