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The_v ,

A political science professor in Idaho.

www.boisestate.edu/…/scott-yenor/

The_v ,

There are many things that are unsupported in this article

First off, the laboratory methodology changed for testing food. Modern testing techniques much more accurate than the ones in the 50’s and 70’s. They did not run the older methodologies on modern food. So basically the entire premise is comparing apples to oranges. We don’t know if the changes are due to reality or procedure changes.

The second study on rice had me smiling. From somebody who knows nothing about breeding cereal grain it would seem to be a slam dunk, however reality is more complicated. All cereal breeders struggle with the tradeoff between maximizing yield and lodging resistance. Lodging is when the stalk falls over. When it falls over major yield losses can occur (50%+ depending on the stage). It also causes major difficulties with harvesting on equipment and time. Extra CO2 increases plant size and kernal size. A taller plant with a heavier seed head that a slight breeze will knock over. Breeders will select genetically smaller kernals and smaler stature plants to compensate for increasing CO2. This is the major reason that all hybrid wheat attempts have failed. It makes a huge plant that falls over.

Some basics on nutritional density of vegetables.

Fruit size: in general the larger the fruit lower the nutritional density. The plant only has so much it can create or pull from the soil.

Nutrient density is affected by position on the plant where it is grown. Earlier set fruit tend to have higher nutritional density than later set fruit. You can look up more on this on source/sink studies.

Nutrient availability: plants that are slightly nutritionally deficient will produce smaller fruits/seeds. The smaller size will make the fruit more nutrient dense.

The weather is the single largest determining factor. When a plant is happy with ideal conditions the nutrient density is lower. When the plant is stressed and grows more slowly, it produces less yield with higher density food.

Genetics: Sometimes plant breeders select for higher nutritional density like watermelons. Sometimes they select for lower density like strawberries. It all depends on the market requirements.

The_v ,

You would get similar amounts of total nutrients however, you’d eat more carbohydrates. The larger apple has less nutrient density.

The_v ,

It’s all in how the poll is written.

Mormons only have around a 30% activity rate to what their records say or 3 out of 10. Right in line with the rest of them.

So if we assume that 55% of those don’t attend do not associate the corrupt organization known as the Mormon church on the poll. Then 67% of the remaining 45% is 30%. The 15% who associate but don’t attend are jackmo’s.

The_v ,

High value crop consultants - good ones can make a surprising amount of money (200k+) This isn’t your dumbfuck row crops like corn and soy. Think fruit trees, nut trees, viticulture, vegetables, organic production etc.

Many college graduates have a job offers their junior year. Anymore you’ll want to have a double major of biology/Ag.

The_v ,

Overweight people who are attempting to diet are more likely to have diseases linked to being overweight than average.

Truly a groundbreaking and shocking study! /s

The_v ,

I have worked outside at those temps and humidity. The only way I could survive was by putting ice under my large floppy hat. There is no other way to keep yourself cool under those conditions. I would go through a gallon of water every hour and still be dehydrated. It was brutal.

I would go home and fill up a tub of cool water and sit in it for 30 minutes to cool down. I was fully acclimatized to temps 40-45C then too.

The_v ,

Imagine a solid hardwood pallet, mostly oak. The supplier sends them out on a deposit. If you don’t return them they charge you the full replacement fee.

Some of them are 40+ years old.

The_v ,

It’s just a bottle of ink that you pour into the tank. You can find generic ones for $7-8.

My wife prints 1-2 boxes of paper per year in color. About 10% of those are photograph quality. A laser printer wouldn’t cut it for the photographs so I got her an ecotank.

The tanks hold 130ml of ink so they last a long time. The largest HP cartridge held like 49ml of ink of I recall correctly. Most of them had under 10ml.

If you print infrequently or an absolute ton (like an office) a laser printer is better. If you print a case or two of paper per year and photographs, the inkjet is better.

The_v ,

I am an expert in crops. I have traveled the globe to learn about them. I have created new varieties to plant. Landowners around the globe seek me out for knowledge and seeds.

The_v ,

Weed guys can’t pay me enough. 😉

The_v ,

It’s been repeatedly shown to decrease company profits. As people work longer hours they amount of stuff they get done declines rapidly as they get tired. Their error rate also dramatically increases. This causes a rapid decline in overall productivity.

The issue is people believe that working longer hours is more productive in those cultures. Sadly people usually make decisions based upon unfounded beliefs not provable facts.

anders , to memes

Brute force protection

@memes

The_v ,

I have a strict, “do I give a fuck” policy when it comes to security.

I keep the harder to crack passwords for critical things like banking, etc… since there’s only a few I can remember them. I also always use MFA.

For all the other shit that I don’t give a fuck if it’s hacked it’s the good old *Banana$1234" type password that I reuse for decades and save to firefox’s password manager.

The_v ,

Legalization with regulation, education, and free accessible healthcare including mental health.

It decreases overall usage of all drugs and the decreases the crime rate. Addressing the reason people take drugs seems to work better than punishing them for using them. Go figure.

The_v ,

My library has booth Libby and Hoopla.

Hoopla is by far the better service. 10 books per month with a huge library to choose from. No waiting for somebody to return it in a line.

I use both mine and my wife’s library card so I am going through 20 books per month. Plus aother 5-6 on Libby.

The_v ,

What most people think of as being “really smart” is polymaths. These are people that suck up knowledge from many fields and make novel connections. It is believed that they are extremely rare. Some even argue they don’t exist

Modern academia focuses on a high degree of specialization which excludes most polymaths. So we have specialists that are highly intelligent in their narrow field of expertise but ignorant in most everything else. The bulk of the “smart” 1% are these types of people.

Iconic Old West tumbleweeds roll in and blanket parts of suburban Salt Lake City (www.seattletimes.com)

The gnarled icon of the Old West — ominously featured in movies as gunslingers square off on dusty streets and townsfolk shake behind curtained windows — rolled in over the weekend and kept rolling until blanketing some homes and streets in suburban Salt Lake City....

The_v ,

Depends on the species.

Sisymbrium altissimum - tumble mustard- and the lighter colored stems in the front of that picture is from the Mediterranean area.

Salsola tragus - Russian thistle - and the darker colored thicker stems in the picture is from the Eurasian steppe region.

Lauren Boebert's son was arrested over a spate of thefts as his mom tries to convince voters to look past her chaotic family life (www.businessinsider.com)

Rep. Lauren Boebert’s 18-year-old son, Tyler Boebert, was arrested on Tuesday afternoon and is facing 22 charges, including several felony charges relating to a string of crimes in her Colorado district....

The_v ,

Generation times can be very short when mental illness and/or heavy drug use are in play.

I had a cousin who was a grandfather at 32 and great grandfather at 46.

The_v ,

I met one who was just barely 30 once when I was over in England and it was not a fun story.

She had her daughter at 16 after being high on heroine. She had no idea who the father was. Her daughter had a baby girl after being raped by a cousin at 11.

She was a grandmother at 27.

The_v ,

Honestly I think it’s their quest for maximizing profit that bit them in the ass. They have been trying to sell discount store quality at midrange prices.

When I was a teenager and working, I bought from Sears, JcPenny and Macy’s when I could because they had nice quality stuff that lasted. I HATED shopping so I saved up and looked for better quality. They had it and if you timed it right you could get them at a reasonable prices (not cheap but reasonable).

Now they have the same crap as the discount stores with higher prices.

In order to get midrange quality anymore you have to order online, if you can find it at all. Many of the former quality brands “Levi’s, etc” are absolute shit now.

It’s No Surprise That “Skills-Based” Hiring Has Not Worked (www-forbes-com.cdn.ampproject.org)

This article outlines an opinion that organizations either tried skills based hiring and reverted to degree required hiring because it was warranted, or they didn’t adapt their process in spite of executive vision....

The_v ,

Much easier to just raise business taxes by enough to pay for free education at all levels.

Tax based upon the average education level required for the job in the industry. This would change them all to a skills based hiring system overnight.

The_v , (edited )

Been around a lot of Medical Dr’s (have a few friends from university).

Your average Medical Dr’s is not a scientist. They are mostly diagnosticians. The follow the methods and guidelines developed by research scientist. As such they often have large holes in their understanding of how things work.

The_v ,

“When you were a kid…” No they fucking did not. Some kids have always been little shits and some “parents” only qualifications were functional gonads. It’s always been that way and always will.

Your memory is fading so you don’t remember.

news.ucsb.edu/2019/019669/kids-these-days

Just like many other distractions before them, phones take kids attention away from school activities. Kids have always looked to avoid classwork. Pre-cell phones, teachers were collecting comic books, different popular toys, friendship bracelets etc… it’s just the lastest issue on constant battle: Teachers try to get kids to learn, kids do everything they can to avoid it.

Most schools around here have implemented a no phone policy during class. If the phone is out, it’s sent to the office for them to collect at the end of the day.

Because of this policy, in my kids middle school some very talented kids are creatively bypassing school controls on their Chromebooks to play games. It’s an ongoing battle between a loosely organized group of 50 kids and the schools IT department. By my count the IT has squashed 9 different versions each more sophisticated than the last. The kids are hands down winning right now with a truly elegant and devious solution.

The_v ,

It’s so weird that here in my state they are having 100+ applicantions for every open position.

Could It be because it pays one of the higher wages in the nation and the state next to it pays on average 1/3 less.

It’s almost as if there is no teacher shortage, there is a shortage of pay to teachers.

The_v ,

I have a hard time doubting Ukraines estimated Russian casualties.

They have posted video after video of Russia assaults with 5-8 APC’s with a tank or two being absolutely demolished.

I wonder what the life expectancy of fresh troops are now. I doubt they can get experienced troops to leave their trenches and rear positions. So you know it’s some conscript from a remote impoverished town being sent in meat waves to the front.

The_v ,

They usually are buried. Bombs were usually dropped from over a mile up. If the soil was soft enough, duds could be completely buried on impact.

The also used carpet bombing techniques. So if one bomb didn’t blow, the nearby explosion would help bury it and hide the soil disturbance.

They find these all the time in Europe.

The_v ,

The partial payment wasn’t large enough if it left you wrecked at the end. Generally the partial payment should pre-pay to cover all of your expenses and labor. The final payment is the profit margin. That way you are never on the hook for a potential loss and will always break even.

So for the bakery, they should have had a full prepay policy on all special orders. Even if “customers” walked away because of the policy.

The_v ,

In the absence of the horrors of the diseases, people do not understand it’s risks.

For a large percentage of people, the fear of things they don’t understand, outweigh then knowledge of the horrors of the diseases.

It’s why I am in favor of mandated immunizations for minors (no exceptions other than serious medical conditions.).

The only qualification to be a parent is functional gonads. Their brains don’t have to be fully functional.

The_v ,

In Mormon culture, moms with more than 5 children receive constant positive reinforcement. Just because they have that many kids they are instantly viewed as “Good Moms”. So many narcissistic women have tons of kids due to social expectations.

Then at church and in front of social media they present a perfect image of the happy Mormon family. Hidden underneath the children’s clothing and in their minds is written a long history of abuse and neglect.

Traditionally all abuse including sexual abuse has been handled by the untrained clergy and mostly covered up. Recently more has been pushed to the legal system as lawsuits against the church are becoming more common. With the churches hundred’s of billions in funds and assets at stake, they are covering up less.

The_v ,

The “less horrible” news is many of those antivaxxers are also unprotected. Quite a few of them will face the consequences of their actions.

Pre-immunuzation measles mainly killed children because most of the adults had been exposed to it before.

The_v , (edited )

Important things I had to learn on my own in adulthood:

How to research and vet sources.

How to cook and clean.

Amoritization of loans (car and home) and agreements.

Rental agreements and the basics of contract law.

Student loans (the interests rate plus accrual of interest while your are in school).

Taxes - federal, state and local taxes. What their rates are and what they pay for etc…

Insurance (Health, Home, Renters, Car etc.)

Utilities - how they are calculated etc.

Credit cards, interest rates, late payment consequences etc.

Retirement Programs (pensions, IRA, 401K etc.). Investments, how they work, etc.

Basic home repair and remodeling (electrical, plumbing, etc.). Basic car care etc.

The_v ,

I have used Linux off and on for almost 20 years.

I install it, see if I can do everything I want.

Get lost in terminal hell.

Give up and uninstall it.

Until I can browse to a webpage, download a program and click on an icon and have it install and work, the OS is shit for the general user. It’s not that fucking difficult of a concept.

The_v ,

No it doesn’t.

My last attempt was six months ago. Still had a few key programs in a tarball. Dow

Then there’s always the random hardware incompatibility. This last attempt it decided to flip the screen upside down on my laptop screen. Fun times…

It’s come a long way, but for the average user, it’s not anywhere near polished enough.

The_v ,

That’s not a problem with windows it’s a feature. Even the barely tech literate people can use it to bumble their way through to get the job done, eventually.

They don’t use it well but they still use it. They also rarely break it anymore.

Those of us who worked with these people with win 98 and XP… Shudder. They ways they screwed up the system was truly remarkable at times.

The_v ,

Pointing out significant flaws that are holding the systems adoption rate back is never popular. Most of them are very techy and don’t have a clue what the average user needs. It’s a great way to get them all riled up.

I spent a few years as a process flow and bug finder for some programmers building a proprietary internal system. Then I trained non-tech savvy people on how to use the system. One of the most difficult jobs I have ever done. Bridging the gap between the two of them was brutal.

Spotify just changed their TOS, giving them unprecedented rights to create "derivative works" from audiobooks (storyfair.net)

They frame it as though it’s for user content, more likely it’s to train AI, but in fact it gives them the right to do almost anything they want - up to (but not including) stealing the content outright.

The_v ,

Make the policy change, see if they can get it to hold up in the courts. AKA normal business practices for corporate America.

The_v ,

I think drones overwhelming advantage is the range and terrain they are effective in. The ability to find and destroy a target that is moving behind cover is a huge advantage.

How many videos have we seen of assaults moving up behind a tree line for cover. Artillery can stop these but hitting a moving target from miles away takes a lot of shells. Air support can take them out but they are vulnerable on today’s battlefield. Weapons like the Stugna-P require line-of-sight on the ground so they have to let them get closer.

The_v ,

Want to have fun. Look up where you lived as a young adult and calculate how much it would cost today.

First wage out of college 28K. In two years it was up to 42K. Since it was a government job, I can look up the wage today. Start is at $37K, in two years its $55K

Studio apartment $650/month then, $1,800 now for the same place. Included heating and electricity and a awesome view from the 22nd floor.

Car with 30K miles on it, $185/month plus $50/month insurance. Now $550/month plus $200/month insurance.

Groceries $150/month (I ate well). Now $400/month.

Student loan, $50/month. Now $200 per month.

Phone (landline). $40/month. Now $60/month cell phone.

Take home when I started, around $1650/month. Expenses $1,125. 2 years later when I was making 42K, take home was around $2,450. I paid off the student loans, the most of the car, and had a ton of fun, traveled, dated, and eventually got married.

Today take home would’ve around. $2,150/month and the cost of living as I did would be around $3,010. Even after 2 years I could barely squeak by with around $3,200/month take home.

The_v ,

Facetious argument. Try asking what I included in my estimates.

Look up a basic midrange plan on a major carrier plus data, $45 with taxes & a cost average for $500 phone across 3 years ($13.88). Comes to around $60.

As for the car, without asking what type of vehicle I was pricing out and the loan terms you have no clue. Think midrange with 700 credit score (recent college grad without any credit history to speak of). I was at 11.5% interest, on my first vehicle and a 8.5K loan over 5 years = $186.75 payment. Average price of a midrange low mileage vehicle today of the same quality is around $27K (looking to buy one for my teenager). With an 8.5% interest rate 5 year loan that comes to… $553.95 per month…

Your 45K car for around 600 indicates your loan is around 41K and you decided to take a longer than 60 month terms. Likely an 84 month term ($613.80/month) at 6.75% interest for 790+ credit. Which was not even offered 20+ years ago because it’s a stupid thing to do. A 41K loan at 60 months would be $841.18 at 8.5% interest rate FYI.

The_v ,

Got nothin huh… What a lame attempt to save face using an ad hominem attack.

Yawn… Boring.

The_v ,

Those thicker bags, tear easily and usually don’t survive longer than the trip home. It’s a stupid loophole. They also can’t be washed. So if you do reuse them, it’s a great way to buildup bacteria and molds.

In reality they are thicker single used bags.

The_v ,

I had to purchase new computers for my wife and son. So W11 home edition it is. $12 for for the family pack of startallback and the PC’s run as they should. It’s so stupid that I have to do it, but it clears out all the annoying shit so it’s worth the few bucks.

I have been using classic shell/open shell since Win8 anyways. My screens look the close to the same since Win7 and I am not changing anytime soon.

The_v ,

They successfully reverted adding a custom toolbar to the taskbar. I create one for each of my cloud drives and one for the desktop. It turns a folder into a menu.

I organize my files in nested folders. It allows me to open files/programs much faster than searching using the mouse hover on the folders

For example:

Clouddrive^research/2023/ file.

Older files or less frequently used ones are buried deeper in a folder tree. Actives ones are very shallow so it’s fast to find them.

The_v ,

My wife has a chronic illness with expensive drugs.

Healthcare is around 35% of our families gross income when you include in the cost my employer pays, what I pay, plus deductable and copays.

I avoid going to the Dr as much as possible because I have a separate deductible. If I went for everything I should it would be closer to 40% of our gross income.

Music Piracy Is Back, Baby (gizmodo.com)

“Muso, a research firm that studies piracy, concluded that the high prices of streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music are pushing people back towards illegal downloads. Spotify raised its prices by one dollar last year to $10.99 a month, the same price as Apple Music. Instead of coughing up $132 a year, more consumers...

The_v ,

At my last job all the default company phones where iPhones. So all the windows laptops had iTunes pre-installed by IT on them.

Having refused apple products due to poverty and being forced to use a Mac desktop at a previous job (clusterfuck) I had not seen it in years.

It’s one of the the most poorly designed, confusing dumpster fires of a program around. The company of “it just works” my ass.

I swear it was like 4 different uninstalls to get rid of it. Only to restart and see another mysterious program appear. I have gotten malware that was easier to get rid of.

Your appendix is not, in fact, useless. This anatomy professor explains (www.npr.org)

It turns out that the appendix appears to have two related functions. The first function is supporting the immune system. The appendix has a high concentration of immune tissue, so it’s acting to help the immune system fight any bad things in the gut....

The_v ,

Strange that dynamic system that has to adapt to a wide selection of rapidly changing pathogens under various environmental conditions would be extremely complicated.

Go figure…

The_v ,

Most people only have around 4 hours of highly productive work in them a day. The rest is just filler on an 8+ hour day when nothing much is accomplished. Or even worse, it’s when errors are made that take away from productivity as they fix them.

Commuting sucks out of the highly productive time. So if someone commutes for 2 hours a day, that’s 50% less productivity to the company.

For the managerial types out there. The old adage is completely wrong. Time is not money, productivity is money.

The_v ,

Engagement surveys of course. I always give a negative review on those.

They could have fucking paid me more with the money hey wasted on asshole company doing the survey.

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