The article says that page views dropped by 6.6% from the day before the blackout to the second day of the blackout. Those numbers seem quite small to me and sobering about the impact of the blackout. At the peak of the blackout, views were only down 7%? I would imagine that views are recovering as more and more subreddits are being forced back open. That doesn't seem like it will have a big impact on reddit long-term!

To be clear, I'm not happy about it or saying this to defend reddit! It's just my takeaway from the article. Maybe someone more familiar with these metrics can explain that 7% is actually a really big and significant impact?

Very nice! Looks like it's 3D printed, is that right? Do you plant directly into it or is it meant to hold an inner pot?

Thanks for posting this! I opened RIF this morning to see what would happen and I was surprised to see that it seems to still work (I didn't try logging in). I hope it's what you described and not some kind of mistake that's going to cost RIF millions of dollars!

This book is the one I've liked most. It's more detailed than most of the books I've read, which I want! But there are lots of good books out there. What I've learned is that flowering is a complex process governed by many different factors and differs between species (of which there are tens of thousands for orchids!).

First it needs to be healthy, so getting appropriate levels of light, water, humidity, and temperature. Then it may need some kind of environmental trigger, this could be daylength/seasonality, change of temperature, or even change in atmospheric pressure from a storm! But then the total opposite too: if a plant is dying it may flower as a last ditch effort at reproducing itself. So basically it's pretty impossible to make it flower on purpose unless you know the specific needs of your plant, just keep it healthy and hope for the best :)

Generally Phaelenopsis orchids (the most commonly available for sale and iconic type) want to be heavily watered (even soaking the pot for 15-30 minutes) and then allowed to dry almost completely over a week or two, more or less depending on the temperature and humidity. Keeping the soil/bark constantly moist causes the roots to rot, so you want it to dry (but not so much that the leaves get floppy/wrinkly). They like bright but indirect light, which is tricky -- not direct sunlight but in a bright location all day. Warm temps, with night time minimums above 60. Higher humidity (mist them with a sprayer sometimes if you can). At least that's what I have taken away from the reading I've done!

Yay, happy news :)

I definitely agree with you! It's neat to have alternatives available. So far I feel that comments are higher quality here. So even if reddit goes on, I can enjoy the interaction here.

What are you worrying would be unsafe about the clothes?

One time I was climbing out of a pool and my old swimsuit tore into pieces and fell off into the water because the fabric had disintegrated. But I think that's a pretty unique situation related to the chlorine in the pool. And the only thing that got hurt was my pride!

Thanks for sharing the word "satisficing"! I've never heard it before and it's really nice to have a word for that concept.

I definitely fall into the maximizer category and that causes some of my purchase paralysis. For many types of item, I've started just buying the wirecutter recommendation and trusting it to be good enough. Clothing and furniture feel more personal and less generic, so the wirecutter strategy hasn't applied, but I will have to try to find a way to satisfice with those purchases too.

Unfortunately can't help you there as this one was in bloom when I got it :)

Has yours grown additional side growths? As far as I understand each fan of leaves only blooms once, then the side growths have to mature and those will each bloom once and so on.

I'm having this same issue with comments not coming through to lemm.ee. Compare https://lemm.ee/post/544163 with https://beehaw.org/post/902307

On lemm.ee the post has only 2 comments, while on beehaw it has 10. The reply to my comment is visible on beehaw but not lemm.ee and I didn't get any notifications about it.

The comments are 5 days old so it doesn't seem likely to be a slow sync issue. Sorry I don't have any technical knowhow to fix this issue but hopefully these example links help.

It looks like a slipper orchid. That is a general term for several groups of related orchids. I don't know what genus or species it is, maybe someone else will!

I tried a reverse image search and several images come up that match the flower pretty well. Unfortunately the sites didn't have any more detailed information to identify the exact plant, they were mostly stock photo sites and just said "slipper orchid"

Thanks for sharing your thoughts, they're really helpful! You kind of combined the concept of satisficing from one comment with the deadline suggestion from another comment in a helpful way. I think reframing my goal as you suggest would work for me. I'm definitely looking for the perfect chair right now. Maybe if I was looking for the good enough chair today it would help me pick. I worry about getting buyer's remorse, but realistically I'll just be happy to have a chair.

Sorry I couldn't be more help! Where was the picture taken?

Three more nests and new sets of eggs incoming in that case! :)

My gut feeling was closer to 9-8, about the same as last year. I feel like the roster is a bit better but not hugely.

By position group, I think:

• Offensive line: better (new center, second year for rookie tackles)
• Receivers: better (finally have a third WR!)
• Running: about the same (lost Penny, who wasn't able to play much, but was great when he could, replaced by a rookie)
• QB: ??? (Geno was really good at the beginning of the year but tailed off later)
• Defensive line: worse (lost several contributors)
• Linebackers: better (hard to know how much Wagner has left, though)
• Secondary: better (Witherspoon, healthy Adams)

Looking at the schedule, it does seem easier than I expected to get to 10 or 11 wins! I think winning 5 of 6 in the division is a bit optimistic, so I could see one more loss there. And probably a loss from one of the Lions, Panthers, Giants, Browns. But I could also see getting to 11!

I'm you! Except in my case making the spreadsheet of features makes it harder for me to eventually buy the item. I always think there's another item I just didn't find yet or I get overwhelmed by there being too many items to compare. Good top about the imperfect correlation between price and quality!

Interesting article by the way, thanks for sharing. I never think to look at the Lions' own site for coverage.

We'll see! Their pitching is really phenomenal, so they deserve some more wins.

Thanks for the deadline suggestion! I think that would help me. I'll have to think about how to combine a deadline with something to make it more fun, maybe a nice lunch afterwards.

oh funny! I like the logo