It cost at last 50 million in a fancy name designer fees.

Steel wool and elbow grease is what it looks like to me.

Because flossing sucks…

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3894074/

Basically, make a “business argument” for the upgrades. CEO’s are generally business bros with limited practical experience. They understand sales and people pleasing/kiss assing. So the right argument is usually how it will increase sales and make their employees more productive and happier.

Unfortunately with the current equipment being 7 years old, “anything is better than the shit we currently have”. With win10 being put to pasture, your company needs to do a full replacement. So buy the cheaper ones that the CEO wants, then work on convincing him to buy the higher end ones when the cheap shit dies in the next 2-4 years.

Phrase it like "Due to the urgency of our upgrade needs and budgetary constraints, I understand why we need to buy lower quality equipment. This equipment has a life expectancy of 2-4 years. I recommend when these lower quality models need replacement we go with a higher quality model and a life expectancy of 5-7 years. This will in the long term reduce our expected cost by $xxxx/year.

Or be in a religious cult like Mormons. Of course they will send you to a foreign country and confiscate your passport until your 1.5-2 years are over.

Fun fact: Organic production is worse for the environment overall.

It’s less damaging per hectare under cultivation, but more hectares are required to produce the same yield. So it’s more damaging per kg of production.

FYI there is only two suppliers of carrots in the U.S.: Grimmway and Bolthouse.

This one is Grimmway.

So if you have organic carrots, double check on this one.

If I recall correctly they linked a bunch of powermacs together with FireWire.

Why google became the dominate search engine in the first place was because every other search engine was an ad infested nightmare fuel.

There is a limit of shit that people will put up with. Google is pushing that limit hard right now. Which is why I no longer use it.

I am guessing the driver had the hatch buttoned up and was driving by periscope. It’s a bit hard to see out of them apparently. We’ve seen several similar videos.

In my state they ended up passing a distracted driving law that includes eating while driving. It’s a secondary enforcement law (they can’t pull you over for it).

If you run a red light while eating a hamburger, you’ll get the primary fine (running the red light) plus another $100 fine for distracted driving.

Why? because for some people taking a drink or a bite of a burger will make them crash. This is especially true in urban areas with a ton of things a driver needs to be aware of and react to.

The plant will adapt in time. Monsteras are tough but a bit dramatic at times.

I forgot mine outside when I lived in an area that seldom frosted. It frosted hard (22F). I thought I had lost it. It came back from one little piece of stem.

Just call it the diva it is and let it grow out of it.

My wife’s Pomeranian.

All cuddles until you piss him off by going somewhere without him. Then your shoe is chewed up and in the middle of the backyard.

I caught him heading for the koi pond with one the other day. Little shit…

It’s a shit ton harder than people realize… well at least to go anywhere in the industrialized world. Unless you are independently wealthy or have an extremely high demand job.

Billy Bob who’s career is working at McDonalds isn’t going to get approved.

With a smaller plant you definitely do not want to remove heathy leaves. In general never remove more than 10% of the leaf area at any one time. If the newer leaves are smaller then the spot you have it is definitely too dark.

And to answer your original question, “Why is plant knowledge voodoo?”.

There literally hundreds of thousands of plant species. Each of those species is adapted to different environmental conditions. The requirements the species need are further modified by its interactions with micro-orgsnisms. So the answer to most questions about growing them requires an significant depth of theoretical and practical knowledge on the subject.

A large portion of humans quickly revert to mythology when any topic becomes slightly complicated.

If it’s putting out new leaves it’s using fertilizer to grow. It doesn’t matter what time of year it is. If it’s indoors, seasons don’t really matter except for light levels. When to fertilize also depends on the type of fertilizer and the needs of the plant. In general it’s best to use slow release fertilizer (less chance of over doing it). The best time for that is the spring but 2 doses might be needed. If using liquid, a 1/4-1/8th dose amount with every watering is better.

Monsteras are very dramatic when they run out of nitrogen. They turn a bottom leave bright yellow in a day or two. If you catch it early enough and give them some fertilizer you can save th leaf.

As for light, 3-4 hours in the spring or fall. In nature monsteras are tree climbers. In low light conditions they grow toward the darker patches hoping to find a tree trunk. Then they climb up until they get enough light then produce giant leaves and fruit.

My mortgage with putting a new roof on the place this year combined was less than ghe average rental for an equivalent place

Hell with refinancing when interested rates were at the bottom, my mortgage is less than the last rental I had 15 years ago

Damnit that one is close. Literally drove past there on Friday. Less than 30 miles away.

Most of the towns irrigation water is from the canals. Mine on the same system (downstream) cost $500 for 6 months of water. It’s non-treated surface water.

They likely haven’t paid the regular water bill for months to get it that high.

Please do not cut off the leaf. Removing a leaf before it is completely brown inhibits it’s growth. Plants relocate mobile nutrients from older/dying leaves to newer ones. Be patient and let the plant do its thing.

Browning in the middle of the variegation is usually due to a drastic change in light. This causes what is essentially a sunburn.

A few tricks from way to many decades growing them. They like direct morning or evening sunlight for 3-4 hours. Watering - completely saturated the pot then allow it to dry out (I water mine only once a month or two). Fertilizer - they do best with a fertilizer with a 3:1:2 NPK ratio. You can give them a bit extra K when they are putting out a new leaf.

Do not move the plant if possible. Rotating them is a great way to mess them up and get sunburn.

Layoffs are common very large companies because of how they operate.

Although they start as innovative companies once they hit a certain size threshold internal inertia prevents any significant innovation.

In order to maintain growth they must buy smaller innovative companies and capitalize on the innovation using their vaster resources.

After they have sucked every last bit of money the purchased innovation, they layoff employees they purchase with the innovative company and all those they added in its ramp up.

They then go on the hunt to purchase the next smaller innovative company.

Mega corporations are a parasite on the economy.