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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Subaru brothers, unite!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  This is nice but not an option for me. This won’t pass through any chicane of the cycling network and I wouldn’t be able to leave my town. I also wouldn’t have any space to store it when not in use. Plus, I’m usually doing multi day trips that amounts to more km than what an electric bike can do on a single charge in a day. I travel further than what an electric bike can do, and pulling a camper behind would reduce even more the possible range.

  I fantasized a lot about campers like this, thinking I could leave it at my parent’s and tour my native region. But again, chicanes… chicanes everywhere.

  I would have to use the roads, with cars, and be very limited in range compared to what I’m used to. So unfortunately, as nice as this seems, it’s not really an option.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Subaru brothers, unite!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  You can physically live in a car but depending where you live, this might me illegal or difficult to do legally. You don’t have an address and governments usually don’t like that. And it’s also not always possible/legal to park a car somewhere a sleep in it.

  Still, motonormativity makes living in a car much easier than just roaming around with a tent. There are exceptions here called “relay villages” where people can legally park and sleep in their car or RV for the night. I love touring on my bike and some rail trails are going through those villages. And obviously you can sleep in a car there, but not pitch a tent for the night if you just have a bike. I’m so jealous of the privilege of people with RVs and cars sometimes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Turbines are our friends⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I know this is a meme community but I was curious about this. It seems some birds do get burned, but not blasted. It varies a lot depending on the installation and it can also be mitigated. Also, the amount of birds dying from this is significantly lower than just the amount of birds hitting windows. For the benefit of other curious people, I’ll try to condense the relevant information from wikipedia and the sources.

  In more general terms, a 2016 preliminary study assessed that the annual bird mortality per MW of installed power was similar between U.S. concentrated solar power plants and wind power plants, and higher for fossil fuel power plants.

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  How it was calculated for fossil fuel

  Sovacool estimated avian mortality from fossil fuel power plants across the United States as a result of collision with infrastructure, electrocutions, pollution and contamination, and climate change. In addition, Sovacool estimated climate change-induced avian mortality (in terms of habitat loss and changes in migration) predicted to be the result of fossil fuel power plant operations.

  A preliminary assessment of avian mortality at utility-scale solar energy facilities in the United States: www.sciencedirect.com/…/S0960148116301422?via=ihu…

  Review of Avian Mortality Studies at Concentrating Solar Power Plants: www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1364837

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  AFAIK there’s no equivalent word for alien in French. The concept is different. Everything coming from space is automatically extraterrestrial. If it’s coming from earth, it’s just a strange/different species or a different form of life. The vagueness of alien doesn’t translate well in French, unless we use the word ‘alien’.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  This is interesting as a language quirk. Alien can just mean “different” in English. It doesn’t need to come from space. But English also has extraterrestrial.

  As a non native speaker, I had to pause and wonder a bit about “alien”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What Phone do you guys use?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I have an old Realme GT NEO 3 with the stock ROM. There was no LineageOS ROM for it when I got it but there’s been one for two years now, so I may give it a try eventually.

  The camera is not good but apart from that, it works. I have Google apps installed on this one and use mainly Gmail and Maps. Maps is shitty but I also use openstreetmaps on the web through Firefox. I don’t have the YouTube app and watch videos in Firefox, with uBlock Origin, Sponsor Block and Video Background Play Fix. I tend to use the websites, or FOSS apps if possible through F-Droid. No weather app, I just go on the website with ads blocked. But I don’t mind paying for some apps that I use if they are useful and don’t have ads. Ads are the devil.

  And my backups are simple, using FolderSync connecting via SSH on my headless Orange Pi.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Great Tits⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Apparently horses sometimes eat small birds. They shouldn’t but it seems it can happen if they are hungry, or bored and/or curious.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can't click my app controls!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Mild guess. The dev(s) don’t know about navigation buttons. Gestures have been “standard” for a while now so maybe someone forgot about this as a possibility?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The HOA isn't going to be happy about the colour, though.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So we’re just spreading trash in the environment and feeling good about it because it can be reused by other animals?

  This just made me look up and learn about how tennis balls are an environmental problem.

  Every year, an estimated 300 million tennis balls are manufactured globally, and most of them end up in landfills. The rubber core is pressurized with air or nitrogen to give the ball its signature bounce. However, rubber itself is a challenging material to recycle, especially when combined with pressurization and other materials. The felt covering is partially synthetic (nylon), which contributes to the microplastic pollution problem. Synthetic fibers shed during play, adding to global plastic waste.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube Blocks Background Listening Workaround for Free Users⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  So far it’s still working for me with Firefox and the “Video Background Play Fix” extension.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Humanity has “lost the fight against climate change”⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The pandemic really killed off any hope I had that we would do anything against climate change. The environment got better for a few days and weeks while we were all working from home, and everyone around me was like “I can’t wait to go back to my commute”. People were eager to go back to the way they were. Pollution, inequalities, and all.

  If a pandemic didn’t budge us from overconsumption and the hyper capitalism that is slowly condemning humanity, nothing will. The threat was immediate and we didn’t change the system. So with a threat that is “far” in the future… the outlook is grim.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Got bad news for ya bud⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, about that.

  My province just had a very dry summer with very low water levels. Some wells dried up.

  At some point farmers were wondering how they would be watering their crops if it got any worse.

  Or what about flash flooding, either on flat ground, or in mountain towns? Or wild fires?

  There’s certainly places safer than others, but a lot more people are going to be affected than just coastal inhabitants.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kira asks Sisko for a runabout... again⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I was wondering about the instances when she borrowed a runabout and when the terrorism happened but someone’s gonna have to remind me.

  Once she brought back a few Bajorans that were still prisoners since the war, including Li Nalas.

  Another time she kidnapped a single Barojan scientist to force him find a cure against a terrorist bioweapon.

  What am I missing?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do they turn Federation into a dystopia?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  No, but since you’re mentioning it I might try. I’ve been so disappointed by the franchise that I didn’t bother looking into SNW, but just having someone that seems to be on the same page suggest it makes me want to at least give it a try.

  Thanks for the suggestion, and the detailed rant!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do they turn Federation into a dystopia?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m on the same boat. Apart from Lower Decks, I can’t watch the new shows. I keep hoping a new show might fix it, and be for me, but the longer it goes, the less I’m interested in Star Trek.

  Lately I’ve been thinking about unsubscribing from all the Star Trek communities, as all the discussions and hype about the new shows is making me think I’m no longer a trekkie. I loved TNG, DS9, VOY and tolerated ENT, but the new shows are clearly not made for me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Australians banned social media. Now they are worried about teenagers going outside with e-bikes⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The article doesn’t mention any “miles per hour”. Do people in Australia use mph?

  In December, the NSW premier, Chris Minns, announced a plan to halve ebikes’ power – and therefore reduce their top speeds – to 250 watts…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨London stabbing rates vs X posts about London crime⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  This reminds me of a Republican politician interviewed on TV being told that crime rates were down, and him replying “but I don’t FEEL safe”.

  Reality doesn’t matter.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨its a 1999 nissan actually⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh yeah. A car shows your social status and you want to impress others. If you drive an expensive car, of course women will want to be your girlfriend.

  I wonder what his father drives? Did he also give his mother cookies because he didn’t have the correct car to impress?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Same but with the current geopolitical situation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Simple⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  These are so disappointing nowadays that I don’t bother trying anymore.

  Two or three decades ago, the inside was gooey and runny. Eating one of these was a messy but delicious affair. Now every time I buy one, it feels like a dried paste that has nothing in common with what I was eating as a child. For a while I thought they were just old or bad but apparently it’s just how they are now. So it’s even not worth trying one now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Simple⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Isn’t that the Canadian version, avec la version bilingue de l’emballage?!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just vibing⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Technically, computers are running on DC. The PSU is fed by AC but its sole purpose is to convert all the power the computer needs to DC. It’s possible to only use DC to power computers and it’s probably/apparently more efficient.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Being a cynical bastard is great, since my expectations are that things will probably get worse. I’m alive to watch modern society and capitalism eat itself out, and if things are actually getting better it will be a pleasant surprise.

  Otherwise pass the popcorn while I watch us go through the great filter.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No explanation needed⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The plate will be round but the lasagna stays square.

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No explanation needed⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I can see the logic. It’s made in a pot, eaten in a bowl, fairly liquid and remains liquid while stored.

  And lasagna is a square/rectangular food.

  But what about stew? My father makes a beef stew in the oven using a square casserole. The leftover is refrigerated in the same square casserole and the whole thing congeals into a square. So to me stew can be square.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Capital i and lowercase L look the same in pretty much any sans-serif computer font⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  In French, he is il and it has always looked a bit weird when typed at the beginning of a sentence.

  Il y a un I suivi d’un l.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not an expert but from what I can find online, houses under 700 square foot (65 sq/m) are not covered by the local construction code so most municipalities don’t want anything smaller. It’s also forbidden to build a house with a single bedroom smaller than 320 sq/ft (30 sq/m), or a house smaller than 275 sq/ft (25 sq/m). According to old number, the average house here is about 1950 sq/ft (180 sq/m).

  But ultimately it’s the municipality’s choice so it can vary depending on the region where you want to build it. I dreamed of having a small house to keep as much land as possible, but after looking into what’s possible where, it would be much simpler to just buy something already built that is grandfathered with the land.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Also depends on local law. I live alone, always wanted a mini house, but they are illegal in most municipalities here because there is a minimum size for a house. So if I really want a mini house, it has to be in a mini house approved neighbourhood, along with other mini houses. Like a mobile house park but for mini houses. They can’t be built anywhere; they have to be specifically approved.

  After all, we can’t build a small house among bigger ones. Think about the neighbours’ property value!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Building a dream house also means an ungodly amount of debt for the mortgage. The matching kit is a better financial decision.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[REDACTED]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That definition made me think of samaras floating in the wind.