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[–] nettle@mander.xyz 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Most chilli can't take cold at all so would need to be overwintered inside. The exception to this is rocoto chilli, they are native to the Andes and are, imo, the nicest chilli out there. They are the only chilli/capsicum that I've grown that survives over winter, We just leave them outside in the garden bed where I come from, but it probably doesnt get as cold here as it does for you. They are a largish bush like chilli and are very prolific at fruiting. The flavour is spicy but sweet and tropical, so absolutly delicious and awesome for chilli sauce or just eaten fresh as part of a meal.

[–] nettle@mander.xyz 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

If Zig is easy than that means C is easy (as Zig is pretty much nicer written C) and if C is easy than, oh wait everything is written in C. I guess the only thing left to do is learn an unnecessary overcomplicated abstraction of C like java or C++.

As for the question, pick a task than pick a language, servers? Go seems to be replacing Java for the next generation, Games? Zig C# Odin C C++ Lua, Rewrites? Rust. Random small scripts? Python. Bare metal? C C++ Zig.

Also Zig Odin and Go are all C like languages if you learn one you learn about them all (with the exception of manual memory management for Go). My biased self recommend Zig as I think its the nicest, you almost certainly won't get a job in it but the skills will transfer directly to C or Go where you can get jobs.

[–] nettle@mander.xyz 2 points 1 week ago

Zigs goal is to be more pragmatic than C.

It is quite possibly the worst language to vibecode in, it is updating fast so LLMs usually don't know what format to use (meaning a person who knows zig must fix those format errors). You can also get an LLM to write terrible rust code and while it will perform shit it will probably work, Zig on the other hand has manual memory management and everything has to be thought about or else it won't work. This is why once Anthropic bought bun they decided to vibe remove zig.

As the previous comment said the lead developer for zig really, Really, doesnt like AI and much of the community is also using zig because of its human focus. (Such as me)

The great benifit of Zig over C in my opinion, is it is more human readible, especially in terms of what is happening with memory management. Zig aims to have no hidden actions making it just as low level than C while making more sense and hiding less.

[–] nettle@mander.xyz 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They look so good! I have wanted to grow a luffa plant for so long but I'm determined to do it this year. (The season is not right yet here). Glad to hear their fun to grow. Are you planning on eating them or leaving them to become sponge?

[–] nettle@mander.xyz 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Your ferns are beautiful! What maidenhair is that first photo cos its huge and I love it

[–] nettle@mander.xyz 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Yea I love those both too, another of my favourite are shield ferns, for their beautiful brown and dark green colours, unfortunately I wasn't able to keep mine alive which was sad.

Anyways here's an update with more of my ferns I'm growing:

My family heritage staghorn (originally my grandads):

Some NZ native maidenhair (Adiantum aethiopicum) and another native fern I forgot the name of (bottom left)

Some wild native Rasp fern (Doodius australis) looking lovely and pink. Who's growth I've been encouraging:

There's lots of wild ferns around to, including giant tree ferns. These photos here are just the ones I'm currently somewhat cultivating.

[–] nettle@mander.xyz 6 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Maidenhair (Adiuntum something):

Staghorn (Platycerium bifurcatum) and some little hen and chicken ferns in a tarrerium (Asplenium bulbiferum)

Nephrolepis (back), and 2 mystery ferns (bought them in an unsorted clearance lot):

I've got some of other ferns outside and in other places, but its dark rn so I can't take photos. Will post them tomorrow when its light outside.

Its so hard to pick a favourite I love them all so much. I'd like to try to grow some from spore soon, would love to know what ferns your growing/your favourites too

[–] nettle@mander.xyz 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

someone has been trying and it looks like it has potential if it keeps on being developed: https://github.com/Fancy-Mumble/FancyMumble

[–] nettle@mander.xyz 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is amazing I didn't know they could be coulored like that either. Thought it was coulor swapped first. Beautiful photo

[–] nettle@mander.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

I love micromoths too. we've got a micromoth called Zealandopterix zonodoxa its so cute and even has little mandibles that it can eat with. I love them so much.

[–] nettle@mander.xyz 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yea we can grow lùcuma here to (my uncle grows some), but Im not a big fan of it. Though I haven't tried one since a kid so I should try it again (lots of my other food preferences have changed). How do you like to eat them? I've heard they are best in smoothies?

[–] nettle@mander.xyz 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Yea they fruit great, we haven't harvested any yet but they should be ready soon. (Or now I better check). They are so delicious

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Found this in a tourist magazine. Oh the things you can trademark

 

Floss things get a lot of rep for working well, but looking bad, sure we appreciate function, but here's some floss games that feel AND look good. These games are optimized for mobile, often polished to a tee, AND have the looks.

All links are for F-Droid

Tell me any more open source Android games you think look Amazing (on F-Droid or not).

Key: EXGL - extremely good looking

My favorite's:

Super Retro Mega Wars - play retro games like Tetris, Snake, Atari breakout and space invaders, in style! EXGL

TriPeaks - beautiful pixel art tri-peaks solitaire. EXGL

Lato - more of a demo than a polished game, but still very fun to ski from peak to peak, and its gobsmackingly beautiful (heavily inspired by Alto's Adventure). EXGL

Xeonjia - slide around on ice in this polished pixel art RPG

Fruity Game - perhaps not conventional beauty, but as you merge fruit you will realise it is art of the finest order

Libre Memory - a gorgeous app to play memory, with a creative "very hard" mode, bringing a whole new level to classic memory

gauguin -a unique sudoku like game that's a lot of fun

Flowit! - a puzzle game with fantastic level design

Ricochlime - ricochet through your enemies defences

Antimine

  • fancy customizable minesweeper.

Other games which are also fun but aren't (imo) as polished and/or good looking as the ones above, or just aren't for me:

Feudal Tactics - a fun strategy game, its pretty great, except it looks really bad (though the MS paint like looks do carry some charm)

Vector Pinball -very fun pinball with great sound design

Ball2Box - put the ball In the box

RuamBaller - fun pixel art galaxian like game (bit to easy though)

SUD🩷KU

LibreSudoku

Mindustry - looks great, though I haven't played it much, so that's why its here (may be moved to my favourites soon)

BlastOff - guide your rocket to space through debris

Astroids revenge - I nearly deleted this game because the default android controls suck, until realising better controls are hidden in settings, why.

2050 - 2048 but circles, fun and creative take on 2048 but the visuals are a bit lacking

pixel wheels - looks are great but the controls are pretty bad (imo).

unciv - civilisation building game, I haven't played this yet but once again it looks fun

Honorable mentions:

GLXY - simple and quite elegant space gravity simulator (I love it but it's probably not what people reading this list want)

Hope you found a game you like!

Edit: added unciv and feudal tactics

 

Heres my tier list of open source android apps, I have only included ones i feel I have used enouph to understand.

Please tell me any of your favorite open source apps as I would love to hear.

S tier- OpenCalc, firefox, thunder, organic maps, Aegis authenticator, wikipedia, F-Droid, Clock.

A tier: open camera, fossify suite, k-9, termux, simplenote, Acode, pie launcher, translate you, lavendar photos, Heliboard,

B tier: gallery (by iacoblonut), peer tube, simple keyboard, floris board (might be higher if it used haptic feedback interface by default), unexpected keyboard (would be S tier if shift did not carry on selecting text once released).

C tier: FreeDcam, libre camera, geo notes, free paint.

Checkout my post of my favourite Floss android games here

Edit: after using the apps some more I have:

• moved "translate you" from S to A tier due to no offline translation

• added lavendar photos to A tier (my new gallary of choice)

• added Clock to S tier (a much better Foss clock then fossify clock)

• added Heliboard to A tier due to recomendations below (my new main keyboard)

And added a link to my post about my favourite floss android games.

 

About a year ago I rescued a native Earina autimnalis orchid that had fallen on to the road. I placed it on a tree with some sphagnum moss behind and watered it occasionally.

I was worried it wasn't happy, but then new shoots started growing, and before I knew it, flower spikes emerged!

A conservation friend of mine, who has cared for native orchids, said she's never seen them flower in captivity. So I wasn't expecting much from the spikes.

Then today when I checked how the orchid was doing, It was flowering with some of the most beautiful flowers I have ever seen :).

 

Here's my current record for most ferns growing on top of each other!

A tree fern called a ponga (Alsophila tricolor) forms the base, growing on this tree ferns trunk is a hen and chicken fern (Asplenium bulbiferum).

Hen and chicken ferns grows little bulbils (baby ferns) on its fronds, when the bulbils are old enouph, they drop off to become a new hen and chicken fern.

These bulbils make up the final layer of ferns of my fern stack, making it a magnificent 3 layers of fern.

 

Dendrobium cunninghamii, in Puketi Forest, New Zealand. In full bloom :). Its indigenous Maori name is Winika and a Maori canoe (Waka) is named after it

"In the fork of the tree grew a type of orchid known as ‘te winika’ which blooms with masses of white and green star-shaped flowers, evoking the huia feathers worn by high ranking rangatira (chiefs). This led to the auspicious name being given to the waka taua, that served Maaori royalty for many purposes, from transport to ceremonial duties."

-50 years of majestic waka at Waikato Museum Source

Image by me

 

I found this while walking through the Bush it was on the track with its exuviae right next to it. They are bloody deafening at this time of year but I still love to see them. Unfortunately I couldn't get any photos with the eyes properly in focus (as well as the exuviae) and my dog was desperate to carry on walking so this is the best I got.

Edit: spelling

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