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A Wheezy Steampunk posted:plant paths i used to work a mile and a half away from here when i was in grad school 
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rotor posted:missile plants have more empty space around them just like the fertiliser plants do, right? lmao
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Aug 5, 2021 00:14
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SmokaDustbowl posted:just like the fertiliser plants do, right? lmao its so weird to me that we have to manufacture plant fertilizer. like you pay to get rid of poo, then you pay mine a bunch of fossil fuel and stuff and pay to run a factory that produces artificial poo as a silicon valley guy, it really seems like the poo poo industry is ripe for disruption
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Aug 5, 2021 00:17
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hbag posted:i live in northwest england dont you loving dare ever compare me to a londoner again the gently caress's the difference?
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Aug 5, 2021 00:18
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DELETE CASCADE posted:the gently caress's the difference? the accent
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Aug 5, 2021 00:19
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The haber process makes fertilizer out of thin air and it's absolutely amazing
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Aug 5, 2021 00:19
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PokeJoe posted:The haber process makes fertilizer out of thin air and it's absolutely amazing idk i remember them using a lot of coal edit: quote:The major source of hydrogen is methane from natural gas. The conversion, steam reforming, is conducted with steam in a high-temperature and -pressure tube inside a reformer with a nickel catalyst, separating the carbon and hydrogen atoms in the natural gas. Other fossil fuel sources include coal, heavy fuel oil and naphtha, i guess it just gets the nitrogen out of the air, which seems like a good place to get it from. rotor fucked around with this message at 00:22 on Aug 5, 2021 |
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Aug 5, 2021 00:20
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvbAdK4l804
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DELETE CASCADE posted:the gently caress's the difference? loadsamoney vs. buggerallmoney
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Aug 5, 2021 00:22
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there's lots of kinds of fertilizer and you gotta get non nitrogen stuff somewhere else
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Aug 5, 2021 00:22
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rotor posted:idk i remember them using a lot of coal it's theoretically possible to make ammonia entirely from air and water, though.
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Aug 5, 2021 00:22
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cjs: wild hair up my rear end, thinking about housing. https://www.zillow.com/b/221-Baltic-Ave-Caspian-MI/46.063184,-88.629224_ll/ Thinking about sending a blind letter to this house offering a cashier's check for it. That's the house my grandparents raised my father and all my aunts and uncles in. Idea is to live in the UP spring through fall, airbnb or short term rent a place in a warmer climate for the winter. At least i'd loving own something before I die, and it'd soothe my soul.
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Aug 5, 2021 00:24
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Jonny 290 posted:cjs: wild hair up my rear end, thinking about housing. do it
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Aug 5, 2021 00:27
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bump_fn posted:do it corollary: so long as you're comfortable with distance to hospital what with the ol' ticker issues
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Aug 5, 2021 00:28
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Aug 5, 2021 00:30
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Jonny 290 posted:cjs: wild hair up my rear end, thinking about housing. looks like a nice house. do you actually want to have the family memories linked to it?
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Aug 5, 2021 00:31
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Sagebrush posted:it's theoretically possible to make ammonia entirely from air and water, though. wow check out noted alchemist john deez nuts over here
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Aug 5, 2021 00:32
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don't do ever money dealings with family
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Aug 5, 2021 00:32
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Jonny 290 posted:cjs: wild hair up my rear end, thinking about housing. Town that size if you meet a nice woman you'll have to double-check that you aren't cousins. Why not find a place closer to the regional metropolis of Iron River
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Aug 5, 2021 00:35
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or the storied megalopolis of iron mountain!
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Aug 5, 2021 00:36
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Yeah, both of the houses hold a lot of joyful memories for me. We visited every Christmas and sometimes in the summer too. There is NO economy up there so everything is super cheap; they do have a small hospital in town and thank you for bringing that up. And as long as I can get a somewhat passable cable modem at either, i can work no problem. the whole area is just peppered with these tiny clear water ice cold lakes that were created by god herself. they're so beautiful. I just emailed a couple assessors finding out who's got jurisdiction and asking if they can give me any info on the current owners.
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Aug 5, 2021 00:42
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thirty three thousand dollars for a perfectly nice little home. it would be twenty or thirty times as much in the bay area. gently caress's sake. we need to invent some sort of teleportation ASAP. imagine how quickly the real estate market would collapse if people could just put on a ring and step through a portal like doctor strange. live wherever the gently caress you want and just pop out anywhere else on earth when you need to. ugh
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Aug 5, 2021 00:44
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DELETE CASCADE posted:the gently caress's the difference? how quiet is the quiet part
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Sagebrush posted:we need to invent some sort of teleportation ASAP. imagine how quickly the real estate market would collapse if people could just put on a ring and step through a portal like doctor strange. live wherever the gently caress you want and just pop out anywhere else on earth when you need to. ugh That's actually the big moving part in this. Assuming that I don't winter there*, how am I gonna get in and out in october and february? Nearest airport is Rhinelander, WI which has puddle jumpers to MSP. One hour drive. I'd keep it furnished and would hire a property manager over the winter, so transport is the only question. Might be feasible (as long as Nargle's still alive) to just roadtrip it tbh. * we're talking 8 feet of snow on the ground when I was a kid. Climate change may have knocked that down, though, but regardless i may be able to preserve sanity longer by short term renting at lower latitudes over the winter.
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Aug 5, 2021 00:50
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Sagebrush posted:thirty three thousand dollars for a perfectly nice little home. it would be twenty or thirty times as much in the bay area. gently caress's sake. it might as well be in the desert though, that's ghost town poo poo jonny does have reliable cars though
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Aug 5, 2021 01:13
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Sagebrush posted:thirty three thousand dollars for a perfectly nice little home. it would be twenty or thirty times as much in the bay area. gently caress's sake. what'd be really wild is if you could just work from anywhere on earth via some kind of global computer network
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Aug 5, 2021 01:16
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I don't even see a power line to the house, or any sort of infrastructure
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Aug 5, 2021 01:17
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thats the trick. i gotta have a cable modem there at least. i assume they have broadband up there but we will see. also lol i bet amazon prime takes like 5 days but who cares SmokaDustbowl posted:I don't even see a power line to the house, or any sort of infrastructure everything's buried there. you cant have overhead power lines when you get 27 feet of snow total each winter
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Aug 5, 2021 01:17
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Jonny 290 posted:everything's buried there. you cant have overhead power lines when you get 27 feet of snow total each winter I see the gas line but no power, and look at that sidewalk.
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Aug 5, 2021 01:19
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yes it is a dying former mining town, sorry smoka there is no bus service here and the best you get for "infrastructure" here is an IGA that might have one kind of salsa. i know what's involved living up there, and all of it involves a slower, more thoughtful life also i could cut a check for it tomorrow and still have enough left over for a 4wd pickup, dirt bike, 30 foot radio tower (there's no code compliance in these towns lol), and biweekly road trips out to iron mountain to stock up on essentials at walmart
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Aug 5, 2021 01:21
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on the plus side you could pretty much blast music and do whatever you wanted and nobody would call the pigs because they don't go to wherever that is lol
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Aug 5, 2021 01:21
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SmokaDustbowl posted:I see the gas line but no power, and look at that sidewalk. looks like power comes off lines in the back "alley" behind the lots
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Jonny 290 posted:i know what's involved living up there, and all of it involves a slower, more thoughful life are you absolutely sure about this? because what seems slower and more thoughtful can be a real pain up the rear end
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Aug 5, 2021 01:22
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oh actually nearest walmart is in Houghton which is a couple of hours out. still nbd
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Aug 5, 2021 01:23
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SmokaDustbowl posted:are you absolutely sure about this? because what seems slower and more thoughtful can be a real pain up the rear end i mean if i try it for a couple years and it sucks hard i sell the place, maybe eat one paycheck of losses on it tops and try again elsewhere what a good story though if it ended up working for a while
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Aug 5, 2021 01:25
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I wish I could have a back yard
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Aug 5, 2021 01:27
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I've contemplated doing something similar and just writing a cheque for a rancher in a township in bumfuck saskatchewan or new brunswick but I needs me my big fancy internet connection and I hate snow
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Aug 5, 2021 01:27
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do it dude, dont let it be one of those things that gets talked about and never done make the offer! if that doesn't work buy a different house that's 50k or less. i'd do something similar, but moving a kid around yearly is a terrible idea. i'd probably get something in the smokies, but you feel me do it!
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Achmed Jones posted:do it dude, dont let it be one of those things that gets talked about and never done I disagree, it's a huge investment. hire an inspector before you put it down at least
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my grandfather built it. it doesnt need to be inspected lol (of course it does, i'd do all that)
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