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solbear

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  • Interviews with the Computer Underground - Episode I: Santiago Roland, Administrator of Undernet.uy

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  • This was a cool read, thanks for sharing :)

  • Best way to regulate water retention?

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  • Hehe, now there are three different suggestions for a gravity-feed system, so I will need to take a closer look at how I could set that up!

    Thank you (and to the other suggestors)! :)

  • Best way to regulate water retention?

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  • Oh, I were not aware of these. I'll have to check my soil mixture to see if they contain any, and at least be on the lookout when getting new bags. Thanks :)

  • Best way to regulate water retention?

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  • I don't have a water outlet on my balcony, and I wouldn't want the noise associated with a water pump running. But I have been wanting to add moisture sensors later, and if I could find some other way to regulate water flow in, I could use that to control it.

  • Best way to regulate water retention?

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  • It's a balcony setup without a water outlet, so this is unfortunately not possible.

  • Best way to regulate water retention?

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  • The way I designed the baskets in the end was to have holes to allow water to seep in only at the very bottom of the baskets. That way I can still make use of the entire reservoir, but reduce the amount of water that is in contact with the wicking material. This was a change from my initial design that had holes along the whole basket. This approach did reduce the overall moisture I believe (I mean, it should right?), but since it was later in the growing season with higher temperatures, I couldn't judge the effect very accurately.

    I have tried to think up some way that would allow me to completely close of the water from the wicking material and reopen after it had dried out, but so far I've not had any luck with this.

  • Gardening @lemmy.world
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    Best way to regulate water retention?

  • Good resources to get started with composting?

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  • Not yet, but I've been so far doing some reading on it: 1) Worms Eat My Garbage by Mary Appelhof and Joanne Olszweski and 2) Compost City by Rebecca Louie.

    I am planning on printing this https://www.printables.com/model/60965-small-fully-printable-modular-vermicomposter soon. Not ordered the filament yet. The 3-box-setup can also fairly easily be constructed in a DIY-fashion from plastic boxes.

    And then place it outside on my balcony when outside temperature allows the worms to thrive and by the time we get to Fall / Winter again, I will find some space in my inside storage room. I also have some room within my apartment that I could use, but want to gauge potential smells and escapees first... :)

  • Writing Club - December 2025

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  • Congrats on landing your job! But yes, it really can be a drain, and I've been struggling with this for some time myself to have sufficient surplus to get to writing during a regular work week. Unfortunately between work, housekeeping and some other personal projects that for the time being need to take priority over writing, there's not been much left for writing on my projects. However...

    Last month I mentioned I was trying to set up Neovim for writing. I didn't quite get as far as properly setting it up, but I've been trying to use it to get used to the keybindings, and I've done my yearly (very personal) retrospective write-up (or rather I've started and gotten quite far, but it's still a WIP into January) and will follow up with a 2026 outlook, also entirely personal. At least this is getting me writing again.

  • Good resources to get started with composting?

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  • Nice idea checking with restaurants. But it sounds like you end up getting quite a lot of compost this way? I will likely be unable to have too big an operation, but my efforts can be spread across to sites (one at home on my balcony and one with a friend with more outdoor space, though no garden in the classical sense).

  • Good resources to get started with composting?

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  • Cheers, saving those resources! Yeah, I am planning a trip to the library soon to see what they have, but my local library is quite small and I am happy using digital versions of any books I find that would be suitable!

  • Good resources to get started with composting?

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  • I’m super lazy when it comes to compost. There’s a few things that I do depending on the time of year. Also, I’m only composting plant matter. Any meat or bones that my parents eat usually gets sent to the city compost.

    Plant matter only here as well. I have access to two places where I can start composting: very small scale on an apartment balcony (where I would want to try vermicomposting), and a house with some more outdoor space, but no traditional garden (it's got a slanted area with vegetation that is planned to gradually become some terraced beds).

    If the garden is established, I’ll have a few dumping spots in the garden and rotate between each spots so they have a chance to break down. I’ll also put layers of garden trimmings on top so the food waste is covered and broken down a little quicker, or so it seems to me.

    So you basically get a full batch of good compost from each of these dumping spots? How long would you say it typically takes from you deposit til you can use the compost?

  • Good resources to get started with composting?

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  • Oh, are they hard to keep alive?

    What is the typical timeline for when you can start using the soil after starting the compost?

  • Good resources to get started with composting?

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  • Did you browse the older posts in the community already? I guess it might be nice to add some good links to the sidebar though.

    Yeah, and I found some good things there, but a lot of the posts were quite old and I wanted to contribute to some activity here as well and give people new to Lemmy since those posts were made to contribute with their favorite resources. Links in the sidebar/Wiki would be very nice as a starting point!

    In general it very much sounds like you are overthinking it. I started composting by throwing foodwaste in a bucket and it worked just fine 🤷

    I quite enjoy the research, so I wouldn't say I am overthinking it. I am just looking for some recommended reading from the community to get started with the research. There's so much stuff online, and a lot of it seems AI-generated, so I try to get a more curated starting point from actual humans who are already into it, as in my experience direct recommendations from people are much better than starting from zero. :)

  • Composting @slrpnk.net
    solbear @slrpnk.net

    Good resources to get started with composting?

  • Writing Club - November 2025

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  • Thanks anyway, the slides hint at the general topic of each slide at least :) Seems like a fun lecture!

  • Writing Club - November 2025

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  • You don't like using Obsidian on mobile?

    Also, are you using LibreOffice because you use it for typesetting that final product, or because you prefer to write the actual text there vs. in Obsidian?

  • Writing Club - November 2025

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  • Nice to hear it is serving you well! I will take a look at those plugins as well, but yes, I can imagine it can quickly get out of hand. Currently I am just patiently going through the Neovim Tutor whenever I have the time, and have set it up using the kickstart configuration (which comes with a handful of plugins) and will go through the init.lua file later. I will also prioritize setting it up for coding as I want to switch at work but can't really do it before I have a somewhat functional workflow going.

    Currently using LaTeX through VS Code, but having tasted the power of the vim keybindings, it keeps calling me to switch! (I know there are some vim-extensions for VS Code, but I anyway want to move away from it)

  • Writing Club - November 2025

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  • I've been on a "hiatus" for some time, if you can call taking time off something I hadn't spent too much time on to begin with a hiatus. Much going on on the work front, which has pretty much drained all my energy and creative energies, and what I've had left have gone towards off-screen activities like music. But I'm starting to feel some motivation seeping back, and as a weird run-up to what I hope will be some writing over the holidays, I'm trying to set up Neovim on my laptop and getting used to the keybindings, and besides coding use that for writing (Markdown and LaTeX).

    Speaking of, how are you all setup for writing?

  • Writing Club - November 2025

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  • I would love to see that story of our understanding of light!

  • Toyota Hilux Electric review | Autocar

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  • kWh. kW is a unit for power, kWh is a unit for energy (power of 1 kW delivered constantly for 1 hour). Power ratings for batteries are a thing as well, so best not to confuse them.

  • Balcony Gardening @slrpnk.net
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    Mold growth on soil-filled wicks submerged in water - cause for concern?

  • Balcony Gardening @slrpnk.net
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    Full-spectrum grow lights controllable from Home Assistant

  • Europe @feddit.org
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    Discussion

    Should the EU adopt an official, simplified auxillary language?

  • Asklemmy @lemmy.ml
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    How do you keep up to date on current events?

  • Balcony Gardening @slrpnk.net
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    Best way to connect and seal two plastic water containers?

  • Worldbuilding @lemmy.ml
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    Inspiration for world-building for a novel set in a Solarpunk world

  • Solarpunk @slrpnk.net
    solbear @slrpnk.net

    Inspiration for world-building for a novel set in a Solarpunk world

  • childfree @lemmy.world
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    Maintaining and making new friends when everyone seems to be having kids?