Yeah. I think this is one of the best examples of letting nix do the hard stuff for you.

Neovim, configured entirely through nixvim. I always liked neovim, but it’s never been as incredibly stable as now with nixvim.

Main/only IDE both in private and at work. Can’t ever go back, muscle memory has ensured that.

Don’t worry, you’re right.

There’s a very vocal subset on Lemmy who think that any issue children have must be the parents/teachers fault, and that no blanket rules should exist. It’s weird.

Sure thing!

For the barrels, they were simply sold with the bases. Didn’t see a reason not to use them, and also allowed me to drill the hole for the hose connector as close to the bottom as possible (used both for filling water in and for leveling between the two barrels, since the pump is only in one of the barrels, see last picture). I don’t remember what the barrels cost exactly, but it wasn’t too much and I’m happy with the sturdiness.

For the compost bin, we could have gone a bit more expensive tbh. This one was <25€, and as you can see, it’s not exactly shaping up to be a paragon of longevity. It sits on some slabs that were already in that corner, and I though it might help drain excess water…? Not sure though, I don’t think it does anything. The compost bin is also too small (and unsturdy) to go in with a shovel from the top and dig the compost over, which would really be beneficial. But still worth it. We put all our kitchen scraps in, almost completely eliminating residual waste bad usage for us, and I pull about 70l of compost out of it each spring.

If you have a place where you can place the bin in the garden rather than on the deck, dot it, I’d say. Take a look around youtube or something, there’s some really cool composting systems.

Good luck! Hope the pictures help. Sorry for being so slow to respond.

No worries. Same here.

Eh, it’s not really that sturdy when I e.g. move it around, but it’s enough for the peppers 🤷🏼‍♀️

Please share here when you end up building something similar! :D Good season to you too!!

Yeah it’s probably not very accurate 😄 Though to be fair… Weather has been amazing. So far.

AccuWeather has a monthly view on the website. I’m sure it’s flawed. But good enough to make me gamble!

Maybe this is a case if “the grass is always greener on the other side”, but I’m definitely a but jealous in return, haha. Raised beds with room to expand sounds like a dream.

Sorry to hear about the troubles with the deer and raspberries, but I guess such is nature 😄

Thank you kind stranger 🙂

Thank you, I appreciate the explanation! Have never had in lain out like that before. This actually explains the source of my confusion as well:

In German, there is a strict separation between what is meant by “Paprika” and “Chilli”. Above, you said you have lots of pepper varieties in stores, and then listed both things like bell peppers, which are Paprika here, and lots of Chilli varieties. In German, it would just be wrong to call e.g. a habanero fruit “Paprika”, or a bell pepper “Chilli”, and I think that’s were my hesitation comes from: I always feel like I’d be misunderstood if I just say “pepper” 😄

So, just for clarification: everything in the trellised beds are sweet, non-hot peppers.

Oh no… Well, you’re certainly more careful than myself. I meant it in the title, it’s a gamble. Last year I also could have planted out in April, but was cautious and waited for mid May. This year… Well. Let’s hope climate change is for once good for something /s

Thanks :) Ah, you mean this one?

I built that last year specifically for our paprika (capsicum? never sure what the English word is. Web search says “pointed peppers”? Not hot though).

The previous years, every time around August the twigs would be full of large, heavy, but unripe fruit. Inevitably, we’d get windy weather and a third of the twigs would break off. The soil in those pots is not very deep (15cm, ca), so the trellis needed to be able to stand on its own. I really like the outcome, no breakage last year :)

The original idea came from here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFWNV1V0x3o, adapted for our situation. The twigs end up kind of laying atop the supports.

Oh, and throwing a plastic foil over it in February/March also worked quite nicely to create a make-shift coldframe!

Very nice! Yeah I think you can do a lot with limited space. Ours also for sure isn’t as full as it could technically be. Have you upgraded to a “proper” garden then, I take it? 😄

Femboyhead Martin pls.

Nice, that one seems really similar. How do you like Laser compared to Inkjet?

Well then… compliments to your sister for the choice.

Wait, so the printer chose you?

I bought a Brother HL-L2375DW a couple of years back specifically for Linux compatibility, and it did NOT disappoint.

• haven’t had a single error
• has not refused to print a single time
• super quick, good quality, duplex
• using cheap 3rd party toner without complaint
• works perfectly from Linux

I don’t usually like to recommend brands/products, but this is the exception. If you need a printer, and black and white is all you need, go for this one.

I think the text is somewhat dubious in its arguments, but this (and the arguments built on this assertion) is just plain wrong:

[Signals servers have] a few important pieces of data;

Message dates and times Message senders and recipients (via phone number identifiers)

Signal clients implement the Pond protocol. As a result, Signals servers know who a message is for (obviously, how else do you get the message) but cannot know who it is FROM.

I’ve been playing around with implementing a secure/private messenger demo for myself, and have been consistently impressed with how privacy preserving Signal is when reading their papers and code. I wish it was selfhostable, but apart from that, it’s great.

The server would be NICE to be OSS, but ultimately, privacy breaches are prevented client/protocol side.

That ks for sharing this, this is fascinating.

Maybe the underlying rule is: the more you know about something, the more you are aware of its flaws, making the alternatives you know less about more attractive?