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[–] dgdft@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

You are not hosting csam on purpose. And most likely try to moderate as good as possible.

Look up what “strict liability” means in a criminal law context.

[–] dgdft@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

That makes total sense. Tyvm for the transparency <3.

[–] dgdft@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

@admiralpatrick@lemmy.world The spam ban on the OP of this post seems heavyhanded (at least from the outside). Can you review or offer additional context?

E: this seems to (maybe) be the reason for anyone else wondering https://lemmy.world/post/29949200/17158534

[–] dgdft@lemmy.world 29 points 3 days ago (2 children)

This is brilliant! You can even let the front truck pull all the others tied behind it so you need fewer working engines.

What if you added guide rails to the lane so the trucks didn’t have to steer?

[–] dgdft@lemmy.world 17 points 5 days ago (2 children)

It’s a useful way to dodge automated copyright flagging systems if you’re trying to churn out meme page content and crosspost it on many platforms.

[–] dgdft@lemmy.world 15 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

In general, candidates who are on the end of a rescinded offer do not have much in terms of legal recourse. Although it varies from state to state, unless otherwise specified, employment is “at-will”, meaning either the employer or the employee can terminate the employment relationship at any time and for any reason. Consequently, candidates have a difficult time enforcing a job offer or recovering damages for a rescinded offer when there is no duty on the part of the employer to keep the individual employed.

That said, there are some circumstances in which a candidate may have legal recourse if an employer rescinds a job offer. The candidate may be able to pursue a claim against the employer under one of the following theories: 1) Promissory estoppel, 2) Fraudulent misrepresentation, 3) Breach of contract, and 4) Discrimination.

https://career.mst.edu/resources/students/job-offers-and-rejections/

Promissory estoppel cases are generally a case of the juice not being worth the squeeze, but based on the information in the OP (i.e. hefty demonstrable sunk costs) this particular circumstance is likely to be an exception.

[–] dgdft@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago

One of my cats, despite being an extreme clinger, absolutely will not tolerate being picked up under any circumstance.

Lone exception? If there’s a bug she wants but can’t reach, she will meow until I come lift her up to catch it. One hand under her hind legs, one under her stomach - so she has both front paws free to pin the bug with. Fortunately, she’ll let me summon her too, so whenever there’s a moth or something hanging out on the ceiling, I yell “bug” and the cat comes running to catch it for me.

Right ol’ on-demand vacuum cleaner, that one.

[–] dgdft@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

FWIW, minimizing synthetic fabrics is great in the big picture since it’s a major source of particles that can wind up in the water and food supply, but wearing them has minimal-to-zero impact on personal health.

[–] dgdft@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

We can go back and forth on this all day, but I’m gonna just sum my point into a nice tight thesis: broadcast application of phosphorus is by far the biggest issue in terms of runoff (as you allude to re: lawn fertilizer). Home gardening use of phosphorus mixed into soil is entirely harmless by comparison.

I agree excess potassium is bad. Doesn’t happen overnight.

Plenty of reputable books and horticulturalists recommend even-ratio’d ferts for all these crops. My local ag office explicitly recommends 10-10-10 in particular for tomatoes year-round in a home garden context. It’s simplified, suboptimal advice; we’re on the same page there - but not malpractice.

[–] dgdft@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Phosphate - Excess phosphate is water soluable and runs off like nitrate. This causes all sorts of issues in waterways.

Not at all true for the purposes of home gardening: https://extension.missouri.edu/publications/g9181. Granular fertilizer worked into the soil and covered by mulch isn't going anywhere.

There is little potential for phosphorus to leach through soil into groundwater. Soil particles have a large capacity to fix phosphorus in forms that are immobile in soil.

Only 1/3 of it is immediately available. The other 2/3rd are insoluable and stays in the soil for months. It then releases over the winter and early spring and runs off into the waterways.

Entirely depends on the form of phosphate. See "Table 1: Percentages of water-soluble and available phosphate in several common fertilizer source". The runoff bit is still nonsense.

https://extension.umn.edu/phosphorus-and-potassium/understanding-phosphorus-fertilizers#materials-619210

Potassium - elevated levels of potassium in some species is an issue in others it’s not a problem. For example corn and other grasses will suck up extra K+ and store it. Howeve in tomatoes, peppers, potatoes etc it can inhibit the uptake of Ca+ and Mg+.

Sure - that buildup takes a while though.

The idea that hitting plants with 3-1-2 fertilizer causes top heavy growth is myth that is passed around gardening forums and many books To put it bluntly it flat out doesn’t happen. The root/shoot ratio is quite a bit more complex than that.

I agree that it's more complex than that, and early 3-1-2 is in no way a catastrophic death knell, but there's a grain of truth to it. As I think we also agree, pretty much every reputable source will tell you to prep the bed with a higher P+K feed in the early season.

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

There is a massive functional difference to anyone with two braincells to rub together.

The core devs can (and should) step in front of a bus (or tank) tomorrow; the core project will just fork, and LW and the other non-triad instances will do fine without them. I’ve had no issue on Lemmy blocking .ml client-side.

The only reminder of the triad’s existence is infiltrator trolls who make alts on other instances to post bad-faith arguments glazing the core devs.

[–] dgdft@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

Throwing out clarification since I think I was the one who threw out the even-ratio’d fert suggestion to you: your read is spot on.

The_v has a totally valid point here, but is substantially overstating the issue. Most plants do prefer an overall ratio closer to 3-1-2 over their lifetime, so if you feed them 10-10-10 endlessly, you’ll eventually get toxic build-up of phosphorus and potassium. Unless your starting soil is abnormally high in those already, that will take at least a few years to manifest, and can be easily addressed by switching to nitrogen-heavy feed until your plants take up the excess P+K.

Additionally, you don’t want to hit the plants with a higher-N 3-1-2 feed right out the gate - especially in hotter climates - since that can cause top-heavy growth with too much foliage but not a big enough root system to feed those leaves. That’s why many people add bone meal when planting or prep the bed with a higher P+K feed in the early season.

You won’t have any downside sticking with the 10-10-10 for a while; just don’t do it for years on end without getting your soil tested.

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by dgdft@lemmy.world to c/gardening@lemmy.world
 

Hey garden peeps!

I tried overwintering some of my pepper plants this year. The process worked very well, and was easier than I'd expected, so I figured I'd share the results in case anyone else finds this useful.

Only big catch is that you'll need a space that stays around 40-60 degrees across your winter season. If you have a garage, basement, shed, root cellar that meets those requirements, you're in luck - otherwise, you're probably better off sticking to starts, or barerooting in a used wine cooler.

I used this page as my guide: https://peppergeek.com/overwintering-pepper-plants/, but to summarize, you basically uproot your plants at the end of the season, prune them down to the bottom few nodes, root wash them, and stick them in fresh, cheap potting soil with a small light to hang out for the winter.

Additional notes:

  • I added crushed granite as a mulch to keep out fungus gnats.
  • Watered every ~3 weeks, going off of container weight.
  • Kept the light timer around 6 hrs per day.
  • I pruned new growth for the first ~6 weeks, then tapered off to avoid draining all of the plants' reserves.
  • I followed the standard hardening-off procedure to reintroduce the plants to the outdoors.
  • This was USDA zone 8, so the short winter made this EZ mode. Maintenance was painless and the plants were showing little sign of stress, so I don't think it would've been hard to keep it up a few more months.
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