BillDaCatt

joined 3 years ago
[–] BillDaCatt@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Food is a funny thing. It feeds and nourishes us, but it can also harm us. If I prepared the food and set some aside for myself, I would eat it. If the food was plated for a banquet and never served to a customer, I would eat it. If that same food was served to a customer and looked like it had not been touched, I would not eat it. I would never eat anything that had been served no matter how much I thought it was still edible.

Food can harbor unseen pathogens. Once food has been served, it should be considered contaminated and unsafe for anyone to eat except for the person it was served to. Unless you personally watched that plate go untouched the whole time and you never looked away, that plate should be considered unsafe for you to eat it.

[–] BillDaCatt@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I would imagine that the simple way is to emulate the paper envelopes of commercial seed packages. I believe the key to seed storage is to keep the seeds dry. A paper envelope will allow excess moisture to escape and also allow some moisture from the ambient air to enter.

You can buy paper envelopes or you can make your own with copy/printer paper and a bit of tape or glue.

[–] BillDaCatt@lemmy.world -1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

No disagreement there. He's not a smart man.

I just have this odd feeling that he can't stand the idea of anyone leaving money on the table, even if that money was never part of any plan ever before. I really think he might have started the war because for no other reason than Iran wasn't charging fees for passage through the straight and he couldn't stand to let it happen. That would be supremely stupid and I think Trump might be just dumb enough to have done it for that reason and only that reason.

[–] BillDaCatt@lemmy.world -4 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

I feel like this was part of Trump's plan all along. He sees a place where someone could be making money but isn't, and that drives him up the f-ing wall. No idea what Trump's angle on this might be, but considering how much of a hard-on he has for the Panama Canal and how the USA is missing-out on that revenue, I was pretty sure that fees would be charged when the straight of Hormuz reopened.

[–] BillDaCatt@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Aside from being a war crime... gee, I can't think of any reason

[–] BillDaCatt@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

I have this issue with one game in Windows. It recommends using a controller but fails to recognize my wireless Xbox-One controller. What it does recognize is the same controller plugged in as a USB controller. You might try that.

[–] BillDaCatt@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

Israel sucks! Fuck them. Some Jews are cool. But some Jews can also fuck right off!

If you think killing people because of the group they were born into is good or justified, fuck you!

[–] BillDaCatt@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Poorly prepared pufferfish (aka: fugu) would probably kill you. The pufferfish skin contains a toxin that, when expertly prepared, will make your tongue tingle a bit. When poorly prepared will really make your tongue tingle and will probably stop your heart shortly after that.

[–] BillDaCatt@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago (7 children)
[–] BillDaCatt@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I have no proof, but I feel like the AI push and Turnip getting re-elected and his regression of the EPA rules sounds like this whole AI thing was an excuse to burn more fossil fuels.

If I was invested in AI, and considering AI's thirst for electricity, I would absolutely make a similar investment in energy. That way, as the AI server farms suck up the electricity I would get at least some of that money back from the energy market.

[–] BillDaCatt@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Read it backwards.

[–] BillDaCatt@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Based on what I remember from my biology class, many traits are decided by dominant vs recessive genes. The genes in your DNA are arranged in pairs. Your parents each provide you with one half of that pair.

  • Recessive genes require both genes to be the same to be expressed.
  • Dominant genes only require one to be expressed.

Let's assume that tallness is the dominant gene and being shorter is the recessive gene.

If your father has one gene for being more than 182 cm and one gene for being less than 170 cm, he will be tall because the gene for tallness is dominant. If your mother has two genes that both select for being less than 170 cm tall, she will be noticeably shorter than your father because she has two recessive genes.

If your father gave you his recessive gene and your mother gave you one of her recessive genes, you would be noticeably shorter than your father.

This can also happen when both parents are tall but each of them carries both the dominant (tallness) gene and the recessive (shorter) gene. If they each provide only the recessive gene to their offspring, the result is an offspring that is significantly shorter than their parents.

 

The story is about an artist who isn't very successful until he notices some tiny creatures (aliens?) and they somehow get into his eyes. This makes his art really great, but also drives him crazy. His art is full of those tiny faces, because that is what he sees.

Not sure if it was in a book or a magazine, but I would love to read it again.

 
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