Collecting wildflower seeds. - Lemmy.World

At long last some of the wildflowers I planted last year are blooming. I can see that there are frequently bees on them, so hopefully they are being pollinated. I would like to collect wildflower seeds from flowers that I would like to propagate and then spread them over bare patches to try and fill them in. How do I recognize when the seeds are ready to be harvested? How do I harvest them, just yank the bloom off of the stem? I planted a flower assortment with: Purple Giant Hyssop, Dwarf Columbine, Siberian Wallflower, Shasta Daisy, Lance-Leaved Coreopsis, Sweet William Pinks, Purple Coneflower, Blanketflower, Gayfeather, Blue Flax, Perennial Lupine, Russell Lupine, Maltese Cross, Dwarf Evening Primrose, Mexican Hat, Dwarf Red Coneflower, Black-Eyed Susan, Moss Verbena I probably will spread them after the first frost so they grow in the spring. [https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/b71c63c3-13bd-469b-99c3-fd70d307d753.png]

A joke about weirdos. - Lemmy.World

Three women each bet $1000 on which husband has the weirdest fetish. The first says: To get excited, we go to a high school and I put on a cheerleader uniform and act like a 17 year old. The second says: Boring. To get erect, my husband goes to a furniture store and fornicates with the sofas. The last says: So lame. My husband paints his face orange and brags that his penis is not a mushroom and his hands are big. Give me the money. We’re broke.

Recent examples of Western Blots from Open Access Papers? - Lemmy.World

Could someone recommend examples of high-fidelity, best-practices Western Blots from Open Access Papers? I would like to use these examples to see what kind of distortions or corruption might occur to these images when they are reproduced or archived in various ways.

My wildflowers were mowed down! - Lemmy.World

Last week my landscaper mowed down the mostly perennial, but a few annual wildflowers I was growing from seed. The landscape thought they were weeds because they were mostly not flowering yet (and there were a few weeds in there as well). So now what do I do? I have been watering it every day to see if I can grow some of the plants back. I put a lot of seed down, I hope something will last.

Happily married nonagenarian and/or useful idiot? - Lemmy.World

It’s the most useful wedding since Donald Trump and Ivana Zelníčková.

Creating a self-contained binary - Lemmy.World

I have a program (fldigi, pointed to by the github link) that uses dozens of shared libraries. I would like to be able to distribute a pre-compiled version of the program for testers. I could require each tester to install the shared libraries and compile the program for themselves, however, this would be extremely difficult for most users. What are some options for distributing a pre-compiled version of a linux program? Do I need to make a package for common distributions or common versions of each distribution? How about snap, nix, or flatpak? I don’t have much experience with using docker or preparing docker containers, and the particular program (fldigi) requires access to system hardware to function, which a containerized version would have to accommodate. This is going to be a temporary solution and I hope once the program is done being tested, my changes can be pulled upstream and then distributions will include it that way.

Eclipse Poster - Lemmy.World

I made a poster of my eclipse photos taken in southern Illinois. The PDF of the poster is downloadable as a 24 by 36 inch poster.

Is this a boondoggle or is it actually useful investment? - Lemmy.World

It seems to me these giant grants to a small number of organizations (Climate United Fund, Coalition for Green Capital, Power Forward Communities) seems like it could be delivering pork to well-connected people. Is this actually going to produce “clean” energy and help disadvantaged people? These seem like very large awards to a small number of organizations.

The eclipse shadow travels on the ground at about 2300 mph, so you could follow it with an SR-71. - Lemmy.World