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Cake day: July 22nd, 2023

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  • This is how my tech interview went this week. For every question the panel had I returned a battle story. They were laughing and serious at the same time. Bagged it!

    But… HR stuck their nose in and wants their guy interviewed. So now I have to wait a week for them to (hopefully) say, “Thanks but we’re going with Shalafi71.”





  • Let me add 12 Angry Men to that list.

    Had no desire to watch it, but people on reddit were flipping over it. Put it on late, figured I’d get to bed for work the next day. Nope. Glued to the screen for every second of it. You can feel the heat and physical closeness of the single room it takes place in.

    Didn’t think my Filipino wife would like it, maybe wouldn’t get the English. Nope. She was perfectly still absorbing it all.

    Only thing that feels out of place is the old-timey, fast-talking 50s feel from some characters. OTOH, you could re-shoot the whole thing, almost word for word, and it would still be a masterpiece. LOL, and make an excuse for a borked AC unit.







  • shalafi@lemmy.worldtoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldWe are so cooked
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    6 days ago

    Making bee hotels for solitary bees is child’s play. Take a chunk of wood, drill holes, hang in a tree.

    Technical aspects:

    • Don’t use pressure treated lumber, anything else is fine.
    • Look up “solitary bee hotel” for your area to see what size holes to make for the locals. In any case, it’s going to be a variety of different sizes to cover all your bases. Doesn’t have to bee (heh) perfect.
    • Make the holes, especially the edges, nice and smooth. They’re not dumb enough to nest their if the hole is raggedy and might jack up their wings.

    That’s mostly it. You can research easily enough in an hour or less There’s a woman on YouTube that sells bee hotels and has solid advice for making your own. Wish I remembered her name. Anyone?

    Damned satisfying when you find the holes plugged with wax! You have new tenants! Stupid easy and basically free.

    CAVEAT: These things are single use. Chunk 'em out every season, or better, burn them. Keeps the mites out. Make another for free.