u/Glittering-Art2922

I have a few cacti, I started collecting them this year. One of my cacti is almost 5ft tall with 4 other ≈3-4ft tall columns growing together with the main one. All columns are as fat and fatter than a soda can.
The rest of my cactus are pretty much all under 3ft.
The big one is in a 1 gallon pot and doesn’t ever seem to care whether it gets watered or not, contrary to all the others.
This prompted me to find out how it can remain so stiff and hydrated when I can’t imagine there’s any soil left for the massive root ball.
I’ve found different discussions on forums about “some” cacti being able to absorb water through the epidermis and others not being able to but it seemed like a lot of guessing.
This linked experiment and my anecdotal evidence leads me to believe that these cacti are also absorbing water through the epidermis, even without a “corky” spine. Does anyone else have any links to relevant experiments, personal experience/experiments, or other relevant info?

I live in the foothills of NC, my goal is to try to get something to live outside over winter if it were at all possible, more as an experiment than any particular need.
These prickly pear grow like weeds here (I’m guessing just about anywhere) and I am going to try to get some going here to try.
I worked an orchard for a couple of years and that’s where I learned grafting techniques, in which the whole idea was the fruit stock would be so much hardier and grow faster by using certain root stocks (obviously).
I have been in the desert over winter and know that it’s not without precipitation or extreme cold so what limitations am I looking at with this proposed experiment?
Does anyone have any full-year outdoor columns in NC/TN/SC/VA areas?

Is there a model that’s capable of breaking sound files down into particular tracks? Ie: a song that’s been produced on an unknown DAW, run it through a model that’s can isolate each instrument track into its own file so it can be imported into any DAW without issue?

I’m not even sure this is possible, but I’d buy (edit: rent/subscribe to?) the model if it was… 2nd edit: I would commission someone to build one, I’m just unsure of how it would work.. I know it would be a hit in the music production world.

Thanks in advance all you witches and wizards. 🫶

Hey all, I’m new to the world of digitizing/recording music. I was just wondering what route I would need to take if I wanted to be able to easily create multiple loops and be able to switch them on and off with their own separate buttons.

I’m not sure if this question belongs here, I also don’t really understand electricity and recordings or how the hell sound moves through a cable so my brain assumes electric=midi LOL.

I need some guidance, regarding the above desire, philosophy, Tom foolery, random related/unrelated facts or fiction, life, love, drugs and rock and roll, you know. Whatchu got of that gimme shit.

Love you, thank you 🙏