BillibusMaximus

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[–] BillibusMaximus 36 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

You need protontricks and the numeric game id.

From a terminal, run

protontricks game_id winecfg

And it will pop up a config window for the proton instance for that game. From there, you can tell it to pretend to be windows 10 instead of win7. You should only need to change it once. (Well, maybe again if you change proton version, or maybe not. I'm not sure how steam manages its wineprefixes)

[–] BillibusMaximus -3 points 3 months ago

So, yes. I'm well aware of that. But thank you (and I mean that sincerely!) for pointing that out. I'll explain...

But first, as an aside, I'll say I'm not a fan of snappy when it's also grossly imprecise (or worse, dishonest). There's too much dishonesty and "spin" in politics as it is, and we could do with less. But I digress...

Anyway, while you're correct about it being shorthand, I submit that there are people that don't follow gun-related politics, but have heard "regulate guns like the cars" and take it to mean exactly that because they're unaware that it has a deeper meaning.

In fact, there are 2 (unrelated) people in my friend group that believed this, until I told them basically what I wrote above. I didn't do it as some sort of gotcha - they're my friends - I want them to be able to make informed decisions based on facts. And they're not dumb people - they were just ignorant of the issue and parroting said snappy phrase without understanding it was shorthand for something different. Now they have a better understanding of the topic, and a better understanding of what kind of regulations they do and don't support. I don't agree with their positions 100%, but that's fine. My goal was to educate and get them thinking about it, not convert.

So, with respect, I intend to ignore your suggestion about how to respond to this phrase in the future, for as long as it keeps being used in the same way without any additional explanation. Not because I'm trying to be an agitator (I'm not), but because I think this discourse is helpful for bystanders that aren't steeped in this stuff, so that they don't misunderstand.

After all, if there were 2 people in my little friend group that didn't understand the phrase as shorthand, there are probably plenty more out there.

And to that end, thanks again for helping by posting the missing "additional explanation".

[–] BillibusMaximus 2 points 3 months ago

Maybe you're right. I get all confused when it's not in Möbius order.

[–] BillibusMaximus 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

To expand on this... Part of what happens to the nectar inside the bee's honey crop is the addition of various enzymes (IIRC invertase is one. I don't recall any of the others) that modify the sugars and other compounds in the nectar.

So nectar goes in, the result of nectar + enzymes comes out, then it's dried until the moisture content is low enough (~18% is what I was told as a beekeeper. Who knows how the bees measure it...)

[–] BillibusMaximus 65 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (4 children)

Not to be all "Well ackchyually" but most (maybe all?) of the moisture reduction happens after the nectar has been stored in the comb, but before it has been capped with wax for storage. So the bottom two panels are out of order.

Also, if anyone cares, the term for the mouth-to-mouth passing of the nectar is trophallaxis.

[–] BillibusMaximus 17 points 3 months ago

We used to feed our cats almost entirely dry food, with wet food as an occasional treat (no real schedule for wet, just every now and then).

But over the years we've had a number of cats that had health issues that were mitigated by switching to mostly wet food.

So now it's reversed- almost entirely wet food with dry food occasionally (every couple of days or so). At least, for our indoor cats.

We also take care of a feral colony (many of which we've TNR'd), and those cats get dry food for logistical and cost reasons.

[–] BillibusMaximus 98 points 3 months ago (2 children)

100%. They've just guaranteed that the sous vide unit that I have now is the last Anova product I will ever buy.

[–] BillibusMaximus 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2023/810.011

Looks like no more than 500ft apart, plus corners. With exceptions for fenced or cultivated land, and plots less than 5 acres with a dwelling.

[–] BillibusMaximus 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

To piggyback on this comment - if you normally use store-bought tortillas, try making your own instead. They're easy and cheap to make, and taste way better IMO. (Plus they won't have all the preservatives and other additives).

All you need is flour, a fat (traditionally lard, but I've also used butter, ghee, olive oil, or bacon grease with good success), some salt, water, and a skillet or griddle. Some people also use baking powder, but I think it's fine without (I prefer my tortillas to be chewy rather than fluffy).

[–] BillibusMaximus 17 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Interesting bee fact -

In a hive that has been queenless for a period of time (long enough that there's no way they can raise a replacement queen), one or more workers may develop the ability to lay unfertilized eggs.

Due to how honeybee genetics work, those unfertilized eggs can hatch into drones (males), which may then have the opportunity to mate with queens from nearby colonies.

I guess this is sort of a last ditch effort to propagate the hive's genetic material before it fizzles out and dies. Which I think is fascinating.

[–] BillibusMaximus 20 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I haven't tried this so I can't vouch for it, but it looks like you can add custom domains to a whitelist per https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1292986

So in your case, something like

browser.fixup.domainsuffixwhitelist.work = true

may work.

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