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Started by altered, November 21, 2019, 05:11:04 AM

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altered

Quote from: Cramulus on June 06, 2020, 03:23:06 PM
where do you think is the best place to sling smut stories these days?

To your niche! But use a platform that doesn't do a whole lot of vetting, like Amazon, for publishing. (If you are remotely worried someone might not publish your smut, pick a less strict publisher.)

Figure out where your niche lives online (vampire bullshit is gonna be big in goth communities, etc) and put ALL of your PR work there. Ad spends are way less important than identifying big names in the niche community (for example Twitter user @vexwerewolf in the werewolf furry community) and asking if they could read and recommend your book. The niche is going to be small, spend freely, and listen more to each other and their gut than to advertisements.
"I am that worst of all type of criminal...I cannot bring myself to do what you tell me, because you told me."

There's over 100 of us in this meat-suit. You'd think it runs like a ship, but it's more like a hundred and ten angry ghosts having an old-school QuakeWorld tournament, three people desperately trying to make sure the gamers don't go hungry or soil themselves, and the Facilities manager weeping in the corner as the garbage piles high.

Freeky

Quote from: chaotic neutral observer on June 04, 2020, 02:15:45 PM
I run a reasonably-sized hobby garden, about 30 ft. on each side.  If I wanted to scale up to the point where it accounted for a significant part of my food intake, I expect I would need to quit my job to take up gardening full-time, and invest several tens of thousands in equipment and land.

And then I'd spend the winter eating mostly potatoes and beans.

But I don't grow potatoes.  They're boring, and for a few bucks I can buy a bag at the grocery store.

Unless you're almost completely mechanized, gardening requires the equivalent of doing bad-form squats for hours on end.  If you have back or knee problems, it will severely exacerbate them.  And if walking is difficult for you...I don't think this is going to work out.  Sorry.

i appreciate that you're trying to save me from heartache, but there's plenty of ways to do it that don't involve shoving seeds into the dirt that's at ground level.

aquaponics planters can easily be raised and set over the fish tanks, leaving them at waist height - that's probably the best setup for space restrictions, anyway, and gravity helps in the water cycle too, saving me from yet another pump system to figure out.

hydroponics can be done upright, and it's another popular space saving technique that maximizes output and minimizes space, and can be as tall as you please, though some plants don't do well with that and we'd need more experience to get the finicky plants to thrive.

we could do raised plant beds, or potted plants, or hanging pots even for lighter things like herbs. what i'm getting at here is that i'm aware of my own limitations and have put in the work to find solutions that already exist.

Doktor Howl

Molon Lube

chaotic neutral observer

Quote from: Freeky on June 06, 2020, 07:36:17 PM
i appreciate that you're trying to save me from heartache,
Well, this is awkward.  We seem to have a misunderstanding.  Your heartache was not my concern; I don't know you, and so mean you neither well nor ill.


I will rephrase:
:snob:
It's all very well if you wish to attempt a tomato or two in a window box, but let's leave the large-scale stuff to the professionals, hmm?
Desine fata deum flecti sperare precando.

Bruno

Quote from: Freeky on June 04, 2020, 04:10:55 AM
Quote from: Cramulus on June 03, 2020, 01:11:35 PM
Quote from: Freeky on June 03, 2020, 02:13:55 AM
so, i'm getting really big into alternative ways to grow crops n shit, because while my fiancee really wants to go a traditional farm that uses horse technology route, i think the reality is just really going to be way too onerous for the two of us alone to produce the majority of our food for, what, minimum of five people at this point, two of those have dedicated incomes from outside sources (bee is one of them), two of us are severely impaired by chronic illness (i'm one of them), and then boi is gonna be a teen so probably not real hot on unpaid labor, which is totally fair i feel.

i really like the idea of going with grow bags and sack farming, because you can grow so fucking much food in a square meter cube, it's ridiculous.

here's a rad fucking video about it, 2:43 long https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAXHn0-gxZA and here's another longer one, 11:26 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBGx5nPHp3M

that's cool, I'd never heard of sack farming

how much space do you have?

none, at the moment. they're working their student debt off, and i'm waiting for SSI hearings. we're hoping for at least a couple acres of property, but who knows honestly when we'll even be ready. ideally, a property with ten or more acres, which isn't impossible in some states, but we might have to settle, which is fine tbh! sack farming would do us well, and i've done a lot of research into how to feasibly do aquaponics and hydroponics.

Is this all just to have something to do, or a situation where you're fucked if you fail?

It would probably be wise to at least start out small, and see how that works out. Youtube videos are ok-ish for back porch scale projects, but anything like that on the scale of acres definitely needs some real adult supervision, which would mean, at a minimum, paying a consultant with a degree in the field.
Formerly something else...

Suu

We're doing pretty good with container gardening in the backyard using just 5 gallon buckets with holes drilled in them, on top of pallets to keep them off the sand and draining. Another friend is using IKEA bags rigged with cement blocks into a square bed, and then filled with gravel for drainage, and soil. It works like gangbusters.

I have cherry tomatoes, zucchini, runner beans, marigolds, and lavender outside. In my lanai, I have rosemary and basil to control them so they don't take over the yard. Rosemary does amazingly well in Florida sand and heat, so it may do good in Arizona, too depending on the water requirements. It could be work looking into if you like to cook with it.


In other news, that tropical storm's low pressure finally hit the East Coast, and I've had a migraine since yesterday afternoon. If anybody has the remedy for pulling a fucking sword out from behind my left eye, let me know.
Sovereign Episkopos-Princess Kaousuu; Esq., Battle Nun, Bene Gesserit.
Our Lady of Perpetual Confusion; 1st Church of Discordia

"Add a dab of lavender to milk, leave town with an orange, and pretend you're laughing at it."

altered

Is it far behind or sort of like just barely past it?

Also, aside from the headache and light sensitivity, any other migraine symptoms? If it's a cluster headache like I get, I learned a decent remedy very recently.
"I am that worst of all type of criminal...I cannot bring myself to do what you tell me, because you told me."

There's over 100 of us in this meat-suit. You'd think it runs like a ship, but it's more like a hundred and ten angry ghosts having an old-school QuakeWorld tournament, three people desperately trying to make sure the gamers don't go hungry or soil themselves, and the Facilities manager weeping in the corner as the garbage piles high.

Doktor Howl

Quote from: chaotic neutral observer on June 07, 2020, 03:59:04 PM
Quote from: Freeky on June 06, 2020, 07:36:17 PM
i appreciate that you're trying to save me from heartache,
Well, this is awkward.  We seem to have a misunderstanding.  Your heartache was not my concern; I don't know you, and so mean you neither well nor ill.

You're a better man than I am.   :lulz:

I want to see this happen, for the same reason I enjoy watching a freight train derail.
Molon Lube

Bu🤠ns

Quote from: Freeky on June 04, 2020, 04:10:55 AM
Quote from: Cramulus on June 03, 2020, 01:11:35 PM
Quote from: Freeky on June 03, 2020, 02:13:55 AM
so, i'm getting really big into alternative ways to grow crops n shit, because while my fiancee really wants to go a traditional farm that uses horse technology route, i think the reality is just really going to be way too onerous for the two of us alone to produce the majority of our food for, what, minimum of five people at this point, two of those have dedicated incomes from outside sources (bee is one of them), two of us are severely impaired by chronic illness (i'm one of them), and then boi is gonna be a teen so probably not real hot on unpaid labor, which is totally fair i feel.

i really like the idea of going with grow bags and sack farming, because you can grow so fucking much food in a square meter cube, it's ridiculous.

here's a rad fucking video about it, 2:43 long https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAXHn0-gxZA and here's another longer one, 11:26 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBGx5nPHp3M

that's cool, I'd never heard of sack farming

how much space do you have?

none, at the moment. they're working their student debt off, and i'm waiting for SSI hearings. we're hoping for at least a couple acres of property, but who knows honestly when we'll even be ready. ideally, a property with ten or more acres, which isn't impossible in some states, but we might have to settle, which is fine tbh! sack farming would do us well, and i've done a lot of research into how to feasibly do aquaponics and hydroponics.

Hi Freeky! long time no talk! Have you ever looked into a hugelkultur? I started one before i had to leave it abruptly.

Suu

Quote from: altered on June 08, 2020, 05:52:06 PM
Is it far behind or sort of like just barely past it?

Also, aside from the headache and light sensitivity, any other migraine symptoms? If it's a cluster headache like I get, I learned a decent remedy very recently.

It's mild today, so mostly an ache around the eye hole through the temple and some mild nausea and lack of appetite, but no actual barfing. On my bad days, it's a full blown flaming sword, and I see halos. They mostly occur right before the onset of my period (yesterday), and during tropical weather (also yesterday), so I'm surprised I'm not totally incapacitated. But it's always on one side of my head.
Sovereign Episkopos-Princess Kaousuu; Esq., Battle Nun, Bene Gesserit.
Our Lady of Perpetual Confusion; 1st Church of Discordia

"Add a dab of lavender to milk, leave town with an orange, and pretend you're laughing at it."

altered

Could be either, it sounds like. What helps me with cluster headaches...

Get the room as cold as possible to withstand without extra clothes. I have been setting the temperature to about 68F, YMMV.

Eat some high fat dairy or meat foods. Especially good is ice cream, it's also cold. This was inspired by learning that animal fats very efficiently produce DHA for the brain and nervous system to do basic maintenance on itself, but I imagine it works for other reasons too. Lots of reasons for this to have a useful effect.

Brush your teeth. The focus takes away from the agony, so it's easier for pain reduction tactics to actually work. Better still, tooth sensation is on the trigeminal nerve, so it interferes with the pain signals in the case of cluster headaches directly (cluster headaches are a kind of trigeminal neuralgia).

This goes with all the usual stuff: dark quiet spaces, lay down comfortably, etc. But I've had limited to no success with those, these (especially combined) work wonders.
"I am that worst of all type of criminal...I cannot bring myself to do what you tell me, because you told me."

There's over 100 of us in this meat-suit. You'd think it runs like a ship, but it's more like a hundred and ten angry ghosts having an old-school QuakeWorld tournament, three people desperately trying to make sure the gamers don't go hungry or soil themselves, and the Facilities manager weeping in the corner as the garbage piles high.

altered

I should have mentioned: if you don't eat animal sourced food products, take some Omega-3 supplements instead. It can't be just any fat, animal fats and Omega-3s are something like 8-12x more efficiently converted into DHA than plant fats. Olive oil might help if it's the real deal, the jury is out on that, but it is known that canola, rapeseed, coconut, peanut and so forth do fuck all for DHA production.
"I am that worst of all type of criminal...I cannot bring myself to do what you tell me, because you told me."

There's over 100 of us in this meat-suit. You'd think it runs like a ship, but it's more like a hundred and ten angry ghosts having an old-school QuakeWorld tournament, three people desperately trying to make sure the gamers don't go hungry or soil themselves, and the Facilities manager weeping in the corner as the garbage piles high.

Ari

for lack of a better spot - another three years have gone by: and holy fuck did my outlook on life change beyond just getting fucking old. :3
there is actually a life worth living now. who would have thought this even existed??

but i guess that is mostly thanks to black market prescription hormones which finally put my brain into its rightful soup. and then hrt did its magic, partially to the body, which i am still somewhat trying to kinda live with; but most of all - to ye ol' brainbox: which can finally work as intended and damn did it click into place.

so yeah;i am kinda back. new and improved. eksky/planeswalker is dead - long live Ari, the tentacle queen. yadda yadda.
now back to lurking to see what you have all been up to as of late. i missed this place.

eyyo
/ari atari

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Pergamos

Quote from: Ari Atari on June 09, 2020, 12:10:37 PM
for lack of a better spot - another three years have gone by: and holy fuck did my outlook on life change beyond just getting fucking old. :3
there is actually a life worth living now. who would have thought this even existed??

but i guess that is mostly thanks to black market prescription hormones which finally put my brain into its rightful soup. and then hrt did its magic, partially to the body, which i am still somewhat trying to kinda live with; but most of all - to ye ol' brainbox: which can finally work as intended and damn did it click into place.

so yeah;i am kinda back. new and improved. eksky/planeswalker is dead - long live Ari, the tentacle queen. yadda yadda.
now back to lurking to see what you have all been up to as of late. i missed this place.

eyyo
/ari atari

I don't remember you at all,  were you noteworthy?

Ari

moist likely, not.  :lulz:

i kinda dropped out eight-ish years ago. pursuing my own madness.
which is something i still do these days.

just figured i find out whatever this is now, and say hi at the very least.
frankly, the less anyone remembers the better - but it would be weird to start a fresh account just because of my past. gotta stand for who you became, and where you came from. yadda yadda

so, who are you then? :3

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