Or random application availability and/or ease of use.

Two cases in point:

• Photo Mechanic. It makes it really easy/fast to sort through tons of photos. There are some Linux compatible alternatives, but they’re just not as good
• Fusion 360. There are a couple of things you can do to make it work, but since Linux isn’t officially supported the install process can be a bit fiddily and there’s no guarantee that an update won’t break things.

Things are certainly better now than they have been in the past, but if you’re somewhat time limited (eg your computer is more of a tool than a thing to spend time tweaking) Linux can still be a bit offputting - especially if some of the core applications you use aren’t officially supported.

If mildew doesn’t get them, vine borers will :(

Thanks for the follow up!

It’s pretty annoying in 10 too. I had a big scratch folder on my desktop and one day it decided to start syncing with one drive after a restart and one of those setup/welcome like screens.

To be a good succulent parent you do need to tend toward the neglect side of things.

Potted plants in general tend to get over watered thanks to too much love and attention from their owners. Roots need the opportunity to dry out and pots do a good job of resisting that.

Many first time growers who experience dead/dying plants think it’s because they’re not doing enough, when the inverse is often the case: they’re doing too much.

Red dead redemption 2 didn’t stop at being pretty. If it did I don’t think we would all talk about it so fondly. Totally agree that it’s a great looking game though.

Thanks for following up! I played the OG halflife when it came out, so I will be sure to check this out.

Let us know what you think of it! It certainly looks like it could be entertaining.

Agree on jade. Older ones look great IMO.

Don’t ever expose it to young kids. They love whacking it because it makes chunks fall off :(

We made that mistake with our own kids (two human, one kitten).

Our jade is pretty big + old, and the damage happened years ago. At this point it’s probably due for a good pruning to help it have a better shape. The plant itself has some air roots that form every once in a while, but it’s happily flowering currently so it can’t be all that mad.

OP said in an earlier post that they’ve had the plant for years and that it started life as the top of a grocery store pineapple. I’m somewhat tempted to give it a go just for giggles.

Week? Man. I have a large Jade and water the thing evey other month. Sometimes it goes even longer than that. It’s happily starting it’s spring bloom after coming out from under grow lights in my basement to sit in front of a north facing window. All our smaller succulents are on a monthly ish schedule, but that’s not anything we rigorously watch/pay attention to. Weekly for a succulent seems too often, but if they’re happy they’re happy.

I hope I didn’t sound like I was implying that you should give your designs away for free :)

I understand what you’re saying - better to give the early design to a person who gardens as a primary interest than someone who 3D prints as a primary interest since the gardener will likely have insight into what works or doesn’t work for the act of gardening. There are some of us in both camps, but the overlap probably isn’t that big.

I’m assuming when you say 3D design, you using either CAD or modeling software? If yes, you could consider selling STLs as well as the finished product. Giving away, or heavily discounting, STLs for an alpha/beta run, would eliminate your shipping and material cost for testing. You would still be able to sell physical parts, as well as produce parts that are nicer than your average hobbyist will produce (for example, print molds and cast the planter in a more traditional material).

As far as where to post, I would try !3DPrinting@lemmy.world

This all assumes you’re working in software that can generate STLs.

Got it. Winter + forced air heat opens up the possibility of a whole home humidifier but since you can’t go that route a evaporative humidifier or two is the way to go.

Is this a winter or summer issue for you? Do you have central HVAC/forced air?

Duck Duck Go is repackaged Bing and Yahoo for the most part. - Said as a duck duck go user

At some point I should really try out one of the paid search options…

Really? Pixels have had that function for a while now. I always assumed it was stock.

It’s probably significantly more than 10-25 million a year in additional wages given the quality of employees, but it’s still likely pocket change next to things like the marketing budget. I work in a more capital intensive industry (tooling, hard parts, etc), but we still spend a few billion on engineering. Know what else we spend a few billion on? Marketing, amoung many other things. Job cuts always make me chuckle because they’re a, “we’re doing something” but we spend orders of magnitude more on material, facilities, etc.

If anyone is ever in SE MI, the Henry Ford Museum and it’s adjacent Greenfield Village are worth a stop if you’re into Americana and machinery. They’re both filled with a lot of interesting things to see, learn, and do.

Anything you need to do beyond Rufus or the like for installation? How did activation, auto updates, etc work?