I completely disagree. It isn't a complex issue and companies don't get to decide whether to "allow" politics or not. Politics are a part of EVERYTHING... Ignoring and trying to moderate that is just foolish.
I'm also profoundly deaf, using two BTE hearing aids as well and your comment is 100% what I'm frustrated with as well. My hearing aids are CONSTANTLY "adjusting" noisy environments for me - Usually exactly when I don't want them doing a damn thing. I'm very good friends with my audiologist, but it would take hours upon hours in her office, fiddling with all the various controls and options, to get things perfect. I want to be VERY clear too, it isn't a problem of have too many controls, that's actually an amazing benefit... The problem is that we can't reasonably expect audiologists to really spend the hours upon hours of time making minute tweaks and adjustments to capture that perfect hearing aid experience. It would just be SO much easier if after wearing them for months and I suddenly noticed my "noisy environment" adjustments were actually annoying, I could go in and make adjustments on my own.
It's also infuriating how sub-par the accessories market is. I have a compilot air 2 (bluetooth add-on) that lets my hearing aids connect to my phone, car, computer, etc. It's great, but at $300 I really expected it to work for more than a couple of hours... It also has to be clipped within 12 inches of BOTH hearing aids? My phone communicates through bluetooth across the house to my computer... Is there really no way around having to clip this dongle on the neck of my shirt? It doesn't bother me now, but damn. People in meetings and in public constantly think I'm recording them or something. Nevermind the disgusted look I've gotten at a urinal. It's just... Not ideal.
This. I was thrilled when Google announced Louisville would be getting service. Louisville is a relatively tiny city in comparison, and not long after the announcement both AT&T and Time Warner/Spectrum lowered prices AND raised speeds. AT&T dramatically increased their own fiber rollout too.
When I first started hearing about the micro/nano trenching issues... I was really shocked Google would be so careless and downright stupid. After being allowed to use the poles, they chose to trench? In a city that not only regularly floods, but has near-constant road construction? Never mind how little quality control they imposed on the contractors to trench the lines, half of them appear to have been laid on the ground and half-ass covered with some dirt. It's an absolute disgrace of civil engineering, particularly from such a large and engineering-centric company.
Also, just as an aside, now that Google has completely abandoned Louisville and we're left with Spectrum and AT&T in most areas... Both have raised prices, and it appears that AT&T is starting to slow it's fiber rollout in some areas.
As I pointed out in another thread, Louisville is in the middle of Karst country and hugely restricts underground work for very good reasons due to all the limestone underneath the city. The city was very clear they had to use the utility poles because more than a century of civil engineering backs up the city's reliance on its utility poles. Google knew trenching wasn't a viable solution in the city and they did it anyway.
I disagree in a way... If my cost of living and all other expenses don't change, and I just switch jobs and instantly got a 20% salary increase... Whether I'm making a $30k salary or a $200k salary, that's a lot of extra money to throw at savings, hobbies, retirement (retire earlier?), etc...
UWP was broadly criticized because of how it operated. Every notification I got from UWP was something along the lines of "In order to rename this file, _____ program needs access to LITERALLY EVERY FILE AND PERMISSION AVAILABLE ON YOUR COMPUTER AND/OR HOME NETWORK"
Maybe if these notifications were less vague, they wouldn't be hounded as annoying and useless... Just saying.
Go to a local Walmart/Target/Lowes etc. Hardware stores and even some supermarkets have them. If not, literally just post a photo on facebook asking friends for some or ask around at work. It's extremely common because you really can't kills it unless you actively try usually. I water mine once a month usually and it's happy. The only thing I would say is if you get a cutting, try to multiply it as fast as possible so you can experiment with which windows/light will help it grow the best.
Not these particular ones, they have been genetically engineered to do this job. They added a gene from mice liver that takes out certain toxins. I think/hope the team plans to commercialize the plants though.
It's funny you say that. I've killed two in the last few months. I've tried super low light, normal light, and my succulent shelf. I've tried watering regularly, and never watering. The leaves just reliably turn this soft brown and then it dies back to the vine itself then entirely dies off. (Seattle, indoors)
Nothing makes me feel quite as incompetent at gardening as when I'm able to kill the plants everyone else says should be foolproof ><
It is impossible to over-water this plant. It will grow in only water, without soil, provided the water is rich in nutrients. I stuck a tiny sprig in the corner of my aquarium, hanging over the top edge, and it has now grown almost across the entire room ( https://1drv.ms/u/s!AvN2CzyomlrtiddUmysi3I51CdE39A ). Make sure there are several sets of "nodes" or bumps on the stem that are under water or soil level, and keep soil really moist in general.
Ugh that looks amazing, I'm so jealous. Looks like you get more light than I do, but I'll try on the "more water" side, as well as fertilizing. Thanks for the tips!
Just to clarify are you getting cuttings that are dying or established plants in a container? If you are getting cuttings make sure that you are cutting nodes and not just the leaf steam if you are trying to propagate. I've added a video that I've used to know where to cut the vine for propagating.
I'm getting established plants in a container, from a local garden place. Small (2-3 inch) pots, but established.
The _ONLY_ thing I can think of after watching your video is that the house gets cold at night, since we only keep the bedroom fully heated, so my current attempt is on my cactus shelf which I keep warmer.
(The link is appreciated regardless, if I ever got one to "stick" I'd love to propagate it)
I've generally avoided tropical species exactly as you say, but after having decent luck with some of the "you can't kill this" plants (zz plant, sansevieria, some ferns/aloe/simple cacti) I figured I'd throw a wider net.
Unfortunately our house both gets _very little_ light and is often quite cold so that already precludes a lot of options. Some day I'd love to live somewhere that allows the "room full of giant bushy plants indoors" setup.
I have had the same pothos plant for the past decade. Once it was a single small plant. It's now a half dozen large plants. Some suggestions:
- If you're fertilizing them, maybe stop doing that. Fertilizer is good when done right, but it's easy to overdo it and burn your plants. Pothos can survive for years in the same potting soil, so stick to plain water and see how they do.
- Give them a small cup of water twice a week. A total of 250mL per week is probably good.
- Put them anywhere near a window, but maybe not in direct sunlight.
- Keep the temperature around 20-25°C (room temperature).
That's basically all I do. The only time I've managed to harm them is from using too much fertilizer.
If it makes you feel any better I also manage to repeatedly kill plants with a reputation for being unkillable. I just now have a broad leaf plant which has somehow decided to bend towards the floor instead of standing up straight. with all the fronds upside down it is quickly dying.
Looks like a Dracaena fragrans, a tropical tree from Africa that is a very popular houseplant. Unfortunately your plant seems very ill. Roots and stem are dead and probably hollow. Only the upper part is alive for now, but unable to get water and nutrients so is dying.
This happens typically by a fungus attack when the plant roots are left in stagnant water that gets too cold at night. The fungus kills the plant from below.
At this state your best try would be to discard the old plant and use the green part as a cutting. Unroot the plant, use a sharp knife to remove slices of black and rotten tissue (Work from below towards the upper part). With luck you will find green and healthy tissue eventually.
Now clean this upper part and cut all leaves by half (to reduce evaporation in a rootless plant), if the stem is wrinkled put it in clean warm water for an hour. If available, put some cinnamon powder over the wounded area, let dry for a few hours and then repot in a new recipient with some moisture. You can use a half plastic water bottle with holes at the bottom, (thus you can take a look for new roots).
The plant will probably not do too much until spring, but this is normal. To be successful you will need a warm area (71-75Fº), some light, and good soil.
About the soil. The cheap stuff in your photo is probably the main reason for your problems to keep plants alive. You are using a poor quality mix of compost and polystyrene, too dry and low in nutrients. Don't recycle it!. Just pick some standard soil from a garden, an orchard or (even better) a forest. Normal earthworm soil will be great.
Is still possible to save it. Dracaenas root easily from cuttings (the inferior leaves will be sacrified in the process by the plant but new leaves will regrow soon after the new roots are ready). Good luck
Try describing the process, that's usually what I look for at least when I'm looking at products/services/apps (I'm a designer). Briefly walk through how you can create a folder, throw files in, forward a domain/port, and then it's public. The best product pages I've seen offer a short brief like your current site does, but then also offers the very detailed technical bits behind a "read more" button or accordion. Best of both worlds that way I think.
Thanks for your suggestion! I was hoping to perhaps put together a short video to show it off in action (it really is quite simple).
That said, it might actually be easier for me to use the "accordion" approach, as you suggested, My video editing skills are pretty limited and this is currently a side project of mine that's completely bootstrapped.
It's exactly this mindset that creates such a huge plastic problem. You aren't wrong, and you shouldn't feel guilty either. People in charge of deciding packaging should be taking their end customer's ideas and habits in mind. Why are all my vegetables and fresh foods packaged on styrofoam trays, wrapped in plastic, and packed home in a plastic bag? At least the plastic bag can be reused, but the rest has zero hope of being reusable. It's also a huge problem to recycle plastics that have food waste on them.
All in all, plastics are really not needed in most of the things we buy.
I think what he's getting at is more along the lines of people losing weight and being healthier on any form of diet because before going on any diet, some people are drinking soda by the gallon and eating whatever the body wants, when it wants. Doing that means that for most people, they're consuming far more than 2k calories a day, most from "craving" sources like fat, sugar, and/or other emotionally rewarding food groups.
Going on any sort of diet sort of controls all that, and makes the person more vigilant of what's going into their body. So going from consuming wildly more than 2k calories a day, they might be consuming something closer to what their body actually needs, or less even. Metabolism catches up, and if the person is dieting, then they usually tack on some extra exercise too and that further helps their overall health etc.
