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New comment by mdoms in "Growing food in hard clay"

mdoms — Tue, 24 May 2022 00:57:52 +0000

I see the gypsum misinformation continues to thrive in the gardening world. Please keep in mind while reading articles like this that this world is absolutely riddled with old wive's tales, misinformation and muddled correlations.

If you're interested in when gypsum will and (most likely) won't work for you, read this article. It's based on actual science and brings receipts.

https://www.gardenmyths.com/gypsum-improve-clay-soil/

New comment by mdoms in " 120k SVG logos, also available in PNG format"

mdoms — Wed, 18 May 2022 19:31:23 +0000

Fantastic resource which is sadly very America-centric. I searched multiple major Australian and NZ brands (Penright, Supercheap Auto, Marmite, Vegemite, Irwin, Bunnings, Enzed) with no or poor results. But every American brand I could think of is present.

New comment by mdoms in "The tech sector teardown is more catharsis than crisis"

mdoms — Wed, 18 May 2022 19:11:31 +0000

They sure were! No need to read the rest of the comment!

New comment by mdoms in "The tech sector teardown is more catharsis than crisis"

mdoms — Wed, 18 May 2022 19:04:33 +0000

What do you mean, so what? Have you not read the article under discussion?

New comment by mdoms in "Netflix lays off about 150 employees"

mdoms — Wed, 18 May 2022 00:41:09 +0000

Obviously.

New comment by mdoms in "Plagiarized in a plagiarism atonement essay"

mdoms — Wed, 18 May 2022 00:05:54 +0000

No.

New comment by mdoms in "I want an iPhone Mini-sized Android phone"

mdoms — Tue, 17 May 2022 21:09:43 +0000

People who will happily continue using 15-year-old hardware are not a great market segment to target.

New comment by mdoms in "Billion-Dollar Crypto Loan Is Easy to Get, but Gone in a Flash"

mdoms — Tue, 17 May 2022 05:02:06 +0000

Law is law.

New comment by mdoms in "Almost all searches on my independent search engine are now from SEO spam bots"

mdoms — Mon, 16 May 2022 19:22:37 +0000

Million Short also has an option to remove only e-commerce results which is invaluable if you still want results from sites like Twitter, Wikipedia and YouTube but don't want online shopping spam.

New comment by mdoms in "The ‘flawed five’ engineering productivity metrics"

mdoms — Mon, 16 May 2022 19:12:53 +0000

Because as a business we seek efficiency. And how can we know if we're efficient if we can't measure output? It's only natural to want to get the most out of your dollar from expensive resources like developers.

New comment by mdoms in "The ‘flawed five’ engineering productivity metrics"

mdoms — Mon, 16 May 2022 19:01:13 +0000

Large PRs are one of the most serious anti patterns in day to day work.

New comment by mdoms in "$3B in Bitcoin was sold in a last-ditch attempt to save UST from collapse"

mdoms — Mon, 16 May 2022 18:44:11 +0000

Is it a cryptocurrency? Then it's a scam.

New comment by mdoms in "$3B in Bitcoin was sold in a last-ditch attempt to save UST from collapse"

mdoms — Mon, 16 May 2022 18:34:10 +0000

Unlike volatility in crypto markets?

New comment by mdoms in "The problem with Bitcoin miners"

mdoms — Sun, 15 May 2022 19:03:30 +0000

So in a fantasy universe that doesn't exist this analysis doesn't make sense. Ok?

New comment by mdoms in "The problem with Bitcoin miners"

mdoms — Sun, 15 May 2022 19:02:35 +0000

This is covered in the article.

New comment by mdoms in "XOS Electric Trucks"

mdoms — Sun, 15 May 2022 08:36:04 +0000

> Delivering Right Now.

> Enabling Electric Fleets. Right Now.

Great, how much and where do I buy it? Got an order page? When is my delivery date?

New comment by mdoms in "I Trained My TikTok"

mdoms — Sun, 15 May 2022 03:48:51 +0000

> Boredom is nature's way of making the universe go forward

I generally agree with your comment but no, this is a ridiculous piece of scientism.

New comment by mdoms in "You're Not Losing Fat Because You're Eating Too Damn Much (2016)"

mdoms — Sat, 14 May 2022 21:10:44 +0000

I lived with a dieting obese couple who would reward themselves with a "cheat" dinner if they'd been good for a whole 2 meals prior.

New comment by mdoms in "Coffeezilla, a YouTuber Exposing Crypto Scams"

mdoms — Sat, 14 May 2022 19:20:17 +0000

"We" would be any nation with legitimate climate targets.

New comment by mdoms in "Luna Cryptocurrency Collapse: How UST Broke"

mdoms — Sat, 14 May 2022 03:45:05 +0000

> Even if you don't care about crypto, even if you think people who trade in crypto are idiots, please remember there are real humans behind these things.

I don't care. There is nothing, NOTHING you could say to make me care about selfish cryptocurrency assholes.