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Cake day: January 14th, 2025

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  • Depends what it’s used for. Coworkers use it to generate memes a fair bit. I also use it as a starting point for looking stuff up occasionally, partly because so many fucking websites are AI generated now I may as well ask a more direct question to AI instead. Then once I have a more specific answer I can look that up somewhere more reliable.

    Recent example there being looking up things to grow in my allotment, give general goals and conditions and get a list of things. Then see what sounds interesting from that list and look that up on the RHS website.














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    Got an allotment this year. Start growing a variety of things, see what works and what doesn’t. Here are some things I have been growing.

    Jerusalem artichokes seem to be growing nicely, not dug them up yet though to see how big they are underground.

    Tried garlic and it struggled, bulbs are all tiny. Ground likely too damp for them or planted too deep. Might try walking onions next year

    Radishes, the greens were nice, roots have mostly been nibbled by maggots though.

    Good king Henry/some variety of goosefoot, planted seeds and feels like I shouldn’t have bothered as it’s growing everywhere wether I want it to or not. Perennial plant and you can eat the leaves like spinach, seeds like quinoa, shoots like asparagus.

    Perennial kale - just getting eaten by insects so probably going to give up on that soon.

    Rhubarb and blackcurrants, recently planted so not had much time to comment on them yet. Seen other people nearby with fair size rhubarbs though so hopefully it will go well. Might make it into wine.

    I would suggest getting at least a few things that don’t require buying constantly new seeds. That is my longer term plan with things like the blackcurrants, take cuttings of the bush to propagate it further - it came with a label saying propagation is prohibited which I take as a challenge. Plant piracy!

    Quick edit - also in my garden at home I am growing rosemary, sage and bay which are all doing well. Got mint in pots which is struggling a bit, partly from neglect. Should be ok if I water it a bit more. A large barrel for it to grow in could be nice tbh. Stick holes near the bottom on the side so the bottom holds a reservoir of water is also a tempting idea, as long as it’s a deep enough barrel that the standing water is reasonably below the surface.




  • Well let’s start with how much you need.

    Then we can all cry. Currently looking at replacing HDDs with SSDs and significantly cutting down on my data storage requirements - basically uninstalling all those games I haven’t played in a long time and probably won’t. Plus it’s easier to avoid getting sucked into playing ESO and wasting money on it if it’s behind a 100+ GB download. Majority of games I actually play are under 5GB so I could go pretty heavy. Couple second hand 512GB SSDs perhaps? Under £100…