agtech_andy

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by agtech_andy 11mo ago
For those reading this and wanting to pick nettle, it is important to pick young leaves, and not from plants that are in flower. Once the leaves are older, there are all sorts of oxalates, and you should really avoid them if you are sensiti
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by agtech_andy 2y ago
Zip codes are great for anything with delivery logistics. Anything else is a loose correlation at best, that will likely change over time.
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by agtech_andy 2y ago
I was once in a fast-growing startup, where the CEO told us in a company all-hands that we had 18 months of runway and that our future was looking great! Some of us devs booked long-delayed vacations after months of grinding hard on release
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by agtech_andy 2y ago
No, but it is related to alıç. That family spread around the world. Yeni dünya (loquat in English, which comes from Chinese) is a completely different thing.
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by agtech_andy 2y ago
I used to get very frustrated that others could not intuit information the way I could. I have a lot of experience trying to express quantities to leaders and policymakers. At the very minimum, I ask people to always think of the distributi
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by agtech_andy 2y ago
There was a graduate statistics seminar program in Pyongyang for a bit. https://community.amstat.org/sspa/communityblogs/blogviewer?... http://www.the-psi.org/psi-in-the-news.html
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by agtech_andy 2y ago
Someone recorded a few car journeys and put them on Mapillary. Here is one that anyone interested can check out. https://www.mapillary.com/app/?pKey=1680771775466497&lat=39.... Probably the closest thing to a Stree
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by agtech_andy 2y ago
One of the major uses of graph databases is to sell companies on the need to use graph databases.
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by agtech_andy 2y ago
100% agree. It is a race to the bottom that Americans will never win. Americans who want a normal wage and life are never going to be able to compete on price with someone in South America or Eastern Europe. This is the kind of things that
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by agtech_andy 2y ago
It is all a house of cards. A bunch of people in the city became dangerously levered bagholders, and the city is pushing people to come unnecessarily. It is a huge amount of waste of time and resources for the sake of an economy.
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by agtech_andy 2y ago
I lived in Turkey for over 3 years. It is really sad how taxis were by far the worst part. When Uber came to Ankara, it was a massive improvement in my quality of life. In Istanbul, there are a few things to watch out for but Uber is still
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by agtech_andy 2y ago
There has been a massive (but slow) sell off of natural diamonds. People in the industry have known this time was coming for a while. It is very much a bag holder problem. In some countries, people (often families) have saved for a long tim
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by agtech_andy 2y ago
I have had a lot of success using BoundaryML ( https://www.boundaryml.com/ ) for this. They have also been super responsive for any of my questions.
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by agtech_andy 2y ago
Yes. They just have to pay a few thousand per month to places that do it as a service.
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by agtech_andy 2y ago
It is a very compelling article and nice to read about the Liberian farmer entreprenuer, but the South also had tea, tobacco, and yaupon (black drink) which are all stimulants.
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by agtech_andy 2y ago
If you think this way, you should be covering up the camera lenses on all of your devices. It is happening everywhere already.
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by agtech_andy 3y ago
This is a completely unfair and unfactual assumption you made. I entered Saudi Arabia just this morning with a star of David necklace on my neck (yes it was under my shirt, but it wasn't hidden or anything). There was not even the slig
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by agtech_andy 3y ago
I am someone with a computational physics background who is coupled with someone who is training to be a surgeon. We lived together during much of her medical school, and thus, are constantly around medical professionals. I would absolutely
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by agtech_andy 3y ago
While American chestnuts are often more flavorful, they are almost always smaller than the commercial Chinese and Japanese varieties.
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by agtech_andy 3y ago
What will become clear over the next 5 years is the extent to which the worldwide environment is polluted with PFAS. Given how much PFAS has been found in remote corners of the world, I think it is safe to assume that most of the world has
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by agtech_andy 3y ago
Only someone with a PhD could come up with a take this bad. The article essentially boils down to a plea to let people grow hard drugs instead of the food they need to eat. "Money" is better than actual usable things they can grow
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by agtech_andy 3y ago
I wish this was the case in Turkey, where I am currently living. But it seems like QR menus are one way to handle inflation and changing prices for the restaurants. I hate QR menus with a passion, but I also feel for the restaurants who wou
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by agtech_andy 3y ago
The reality is that US regulatory agencies have been extremely permissive for many years. Many other nations piggy back on their findings. We need a massive increase in enforcement. What we will see with cheaper and more available testing i
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by agtech_andy 4y ago
An example of a gambling dystopia is Serbia. There are gambling places everywhere, even in small towns or next to otherwise scenic places. It is terribly depressing to be constantly reminded of this massive suck on productive society. And t
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by agtech_andy 4y ago
I do agriculture stuff in Turkey. This has been a useful heuristic. I estimate that 90% of the people I have faced who get angry or make a big deal about this are bureaucrats who didn't get into their position by merit.
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by agtech_andy 4y ago
Quince is able to hybridize with apples and pears. https://cornusmas.eu/catalogue/intergeneric-hybrids has some information about some interesting mixes (and he sends out great plants if you are in Europe). Palms also
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by agtech_andy 4y ago
I worked at a fintech and it was obvious that some of our users had serious issues with gambling/game spending. Like so bad that they would run out of money regularly before their next paycheck. This fintech didn't exploit them, b
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by agtech_andy 4y ago
Carpinito Brothers out in Kent is doing one this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from 10 until 4 PM. They are a great spot if you haven't been there before.