These two challenged my beliefs about the state of the environment:
S4: E18 – Ten Global Trends Every Smart Person Should Know | Marian Tupy
https://www.jordanbpeterson.com/podcast/s4-e-18-ten-global-trends-marian-tupy/
S4: E:51 – Apocalypse Never? | Michael Shellenberger
https://www.jordanbpeterson.com/podcast/s4e51/
This one was riveting, terrifying, and made me realize how important it is to preserve our democracies, if we're lucky enough to live in one:
S4: E26 – Tyranny, Slavery and Columbia U | Yeonmi Park
https://www.jordanbpeterson.com/podcast/s4e26/
Corecursive podcast #069 "The Original Remote Developer" about Paul Lutus and writing software for the Apple II - and making it rich. Quite an orthogonal thinker, which made it inspiring even if it isn't 1985 any more.
“You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end—which you can never afford to lose– with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be."
Have you ever seen them work, or seen data on them? I've never had them work, and they don't seem like they would either - bunch of seeds landing in a ball together would lead to too much competition, right? That is, if they didn't sprout while the ball initially dried.
I think the temptation is to put too many seeds into the mix, creating the problem you identified. When you broadcast seeds you want a certain number of pounds per thousand square feet and instead you have a ball that will cover a few square inches. You aren’t trying to fill an empty lot, you’re trying to get a few self-seeding plants established.
I did some in a couple places where I no longer went, so I have no idea what happened to them, and unfortunately the spot where they seemed to work got turned into a building the very next year. I’m in areas with low clay content in the soils so it’s difficult to source materials without buying them.
My guess is that loss of individuals to vehicle strike is not important for the overall population. What's important is the carrying capacity of the habitat which, according to this article, has been significantly increased.
It's likely as nothing compared to running over the strip with a tractor / slasher twice a year ... BUT I expect the timings of those ensure minimal impact to the life cycles of the insects, plus most that are in a mobile phase of their life will likely fly out of the way quickly enough.
Either way, the fact numbers are increasingly rapidly suggests the tradeoff is in favour of the butterflies.
Most butterflies will mate, make territories and remain in the flowered area. As they have yet all that they want, the need to move on and cross the road will decrease. Many butterflies will lay in weeds also so the area is safe for they for most of this live cycle. And in winter they simply will migrate. Is much better than the other option, safer for bikers and cheaper for the government.
I'm a parent of 14 and 11 year-olds and we're always struggling with this. I'd like to chat with you about this further. Find me on #parents-with-tech on freenode IRC (I've invited one other parent I've found).
I'm a parent of 14 and 11 year-olds and we're always struggling with this. I'd like to chat with you about this further. Find me on #parents-with-tech on freenode IRC (I've invited one other parent I've found).
My electronics side projects during university were what got me my jobs, post-uni.
Also, one key: Do the difficult stuff you're dreading first. Always. A lot of famous successful people point to this habit as the main reason for their success.
Specifically:
Minecraft running in Minecraft https://youtu.be/-BP7DhHTU-I
or
Game of Life running in Game of Life https://youtu.be/xP5-iIeKXE8
Bonus: Digital clock implemented in Game of Life https://youtu.be/3NDAZ5g4EuU
Surreal because it makes it apparent that our universe could really be emergent behavior from a simple set of rules.