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I will always bring this up because I'm bitter.

They blocked my ads account before I had the chance to run my first ads with no provided reason and no actual way to dispute with a human being. It's houseplants, not drugs. And what's worse is that you can clearly see all kinds of scams and gambling ads running amok in the wild. Their detection and support systems are both abysmal.

Not from China but in the same region. Most new machines here now have a legit OEM copy of Windows. It's getting much more affordable, even in third-world countries now that it's not worth it to risk going for a pirated copy. Still happen, but much less common than it was.

Chinampas is not truly floating. But you can absolutely have a true floating garden, as long as the water is fertile and has enough oxygen in it. Plant roots can survive in water or in water-logged conditions, dissolved oxygen is often the limiting factor.

You can have a layer of soil in your floating garden too. You can mix in amendments that will make your soil very light and fluffy. A bunch of empty bottles/jars make a pretty good floating raft that can handle some weight. May not be the best if you have concerns about microplastics in your food, but that is what they've been using here in the Mekong Delta.

The Mastodon communities in general have been vehemently against Threads' ActivityPub integration and even go as far as pledging to block Threads preemptively and threaten to alienate instances that won't do so.

I understand their concern (I still, however, think it is extremely overblown), but you can't have your cake and eat it too. Even me, a techie, hesitate to sign up for some random instances ran by people I don't know, and with the risk of it getting shut down at the mercy of said people. Right in this thread, you will also see people that advocate for keeping it niche. That is completely fine too, but the Fediverse not taking off is partly self-inflicted and one could even argue that it is in fact the goal.

I wanted to run ads for my plant nursery. Their bot suspended me before I can even run my first ads. They don't tell you the reason why and you have one chance to dispute. Then it's another automated response, again, not telling you the reason, you're permanently blocked after that. Their system make it feel like they actively punish legit but inexperienced business owner while letting all sort of scam running around in the wild.

I agree. They did a very cool exercise. But let be honest here, most of the users today would not put up with a UX like that. Even for a tech person who is used to some very hostile UX day in and day out, I would still not use that if I have the option.

Why? I would love for the general public to be able to connect to Fediverse. I don't love Meta per se, but let be real here, the majority of people are not gonna sign up for random instances that run by someone they don' know, to interact with a very small and niche subset of people, with a risk of it being shut down by that said person due to whatever personal circumstances they may have. It's the biggest obstacles when convincing people to switch to Mastodon.

If this rumor is real and Threads takes off, you can still stay in whichever instance that you like, but now be able to get updates from the artist, the experts, educators, politicians, the influencers that would not have joined the Fediverse otherwise. And more importantly, more people now can get updates from you. Reach might not be something you personally appreciate but it's very important for content creators.

I just realize how poetic that is since you're now no longer able to view anything without logging in.

geohot was naively optimistic when he offered his so called "internship" to Musk. Ended up resigning in one month without delivering anything.

Leveraged buyout. Twitter is now forced to carry the debt that incurred from its own acquisition

Public goodwill is a thing. Also, their offer was lackluster. But with Youtube Music being a part of Premium and getting better and better overtime, more and more people are actually on the lookout for signing up. There's also a psychological aspect of it. Remember how it feels when you're just about to do something and someone told you that you have to do it? Taking the agency and initiative away tend to annoy people and have an adverse effect on the task. You might not be personally affected by it but it's a common thing.

Not that I know of, just from personal experience. Grains kept in good condition have ridiculously long shelf life. And for commodity crops like grains, the scale of production is just so insane that it is not possible for it to be all consumed at a short time frame after it's harvested.

Also, agriculture produce's price fluctuates a lot. Farming has a long feedback time, so by the time you harvest, the state of the market is no longer the same. Anything that can be stockpiled will be stockpiled to wait for the right time. This is not normally done by the farmer themselves, but the traders. Then it's just FIFO, the oldest grains at the bottom of the silos will be taken out first.

Yeah. A majority of grain on the market is not 'new'. It's been stored for a while, either waiting for buyer, or for the right time and the right price. Most country also have a national reserve to ensure food security. And they tend to be quite trigger happy with the slightest risk to that. I'm from a major rice producing country and when the first wave of Covid hit, they block exporting right away.

Eh, most static site hosting provider offer it out of the box nowadays