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by ratsforhorses 5y ago
I'm sure that wearing warmer clothing, keeping windows doors closed will keep in the heat, or open the windows and let a breeze cool you in the hot weather...for 10-20mins but ofc depends... Here in Romania unfortunately no such a law,
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by ratsforhorses 5y ago
But isn't one of the problems of global warming (ie where humans have a "future") the amount of waste heat we are producing? https://environmentalsystemsresearch.springeropen.com/articl...
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Buy Nothing groups offer an antidote to waste and isolation(washingtonpost.com)
15 points by ratsforhorses 5y ago|5 comments
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by ratsforhorses 5y ago
Just a thought, outside of humans, surely this thing would haves uses? Any ideas?
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by ratsforhorses 5y ago
So does masturbation.... could it be the exchange of molecules, a touch of human warmth or that feeling of contentment/happiness which is more important?
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by ratsforhorses 5y ago
What's to stop China moving in with theirs? I mean after all they're friends and that's what happened during the lasy war...
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Harvesting water from the air, sharing Project H2E's findings(x.company)
2 points by ratsforhorses 5y ago|0 comments
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by ratsforhorses 5y ago
Tangentially this made me think of a video I saw on the bbc about container sized houses that expand and build them selves using counter levers https://youtu.be/phJNZRr8Qoo
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by ratsforhorses 5y ago
It's also great for? Library, Mezzanine, Archive... stairs take up space, you might even use this for going down mines, wells...what other use cases?
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by ratsforhorses 5y ago
Isn't there an argument where humans arnt' here just to be fleeced? I mean who came first ? the chicken or the egg, are we just creating the monster that'll devour us? In a twisted way the profit motive basically is anti ecol
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Are there practical applications for “time crystals”(phys.org)
1 points by ratsforhorses 5y ago|0 comments
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by ratsforhorses 5y ago
Also of note, not sure about the cost or availability of wifi/internet on planes but it can/could/should be included into the equation, in fact I'm sure there's a place/market for groups working traveling...and
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by ratsforhorses 5y ago
You're probably getting downvoted because your remark is considered a platitude, but if you're interested in a book that digs deep into how fast we've scarred this world I'd recommend Clive Ponting's A Green History
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by ratsforhorses 5y ago
You're probably getting downvoted because your remark is considered a platitude, but if you're interested in a book that digs deep into how fast we've scared this world I'd recommend Clive Ponting's A Green History
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by ratsforhorses 5y ago
Isn't that what a majority of us do when we reach adulthood? and though the answer is subjective, yes it's easy, fun, interesting...also if you are interested in freeloading I'd recommend it, sleeping rough, squatting, food g
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by ratsforhorses 5y ago
What dinner takes 3 hours....? if we're talking about the poor, realistically soup was a mainstay...here in Romania we have all kinds and then there's marmaliga, basically polenta, add salt and if you're hungry delicious... i
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by ratsforhorses 5y ago
Maybe you're being ironic, but it sounds like you're whining... there are "other" Walmart shares, nowdays it's easier and cheaper to buy them...there are houses which'll appreciate in value (most? do) but weal
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New approaches to Quantum Computing(bbc.com)
1 points by ratsforhorses 5y ago|0 comments
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The UN wants 600 mil for Afghanistan(reuters.com)
3 points by ratsforhorses 5y ago|2 comments
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by ratsforhorses 5y ago
Could a billionaire pay?
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by ratsforhorses 5y ago
So are people from Sweden or elsewhere buying them in Norway?
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by ratsforhorses 5y ago
I always got the impression, that a majority of last century's earlier immigrants were WASP's (white Anglo Saxon protestants) with a strong current of underlying racism to other (non English) nationalities... also remember in the
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by ratsforhorses 5y ago
On the landing page I get prices in ? Rupees... (I'm in Romania atm....) and no way to get a taster... will see how my kid reacts to the link you've provided tomorrow :-)
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by ratsforhorses 5y ago
How about diverting war games....
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by ratsforhorses 5y ago
I remember one Maori telling me "it's your house, but it (all) our land..." which seems like a perfect antidote to the capitalistic cancer of printing free money, giving it to (unethical) corporations and letting them gobble
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by ratsforhorses 5y ago
Could you share where you get these predictions? In "Before the flood" a now dead astronaut explains, in front of a huge display showing currents, to L. di Caprio that Europe will likely go through another ice age when the Gulf st
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by ratsforhorses 5y ago
Here's the HN discussion about that https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28025121
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by ratsforhorses 5y ago
Feels like "our" ancestors must have felt in the 30's? The storm is gathering... I'd suggest finding a community of like minded people, (most of the western world remains oblivious) looking into growing insects, mushroom
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by ratsforhorses 5y ago
https://stareintothelightsmypretties.jore.cc/ have you seen this? Also really recommend reading "what the internet is doing to our brains" by N. Carr
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by ratsforhorses 5y ago
And then what? They send it to some collection agency, who sends you letters reminding you over 2-3 years...and..if the amount is a couple of hundred€ drop the matter...it'd cost them more to pursue it further...

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