toasty228

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by toasty228 2mo ago
That's a drop in the bucket Total insect mass dropped by 70% in Europe in 30 years, no insects = no pollination, no pollination = no flower = real mass scale extinction of pretty much everything that lives on earth since 80%+ of plants
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by toasty228 2mo ago
What do you even mean lol This is how cattle is kept in the US: https://www.hcn.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/sucked-dry-th... I'd love to read your definition of "natural ecosystems", is
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by toasty228 2mo ago
You're really close to figuring out that natural equilibriums and man made abominations have nothing in common even when the numbers look the same
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by toasty228 2mo ago
> not an unreasonable Yet we have absolutely 0 clue nor proof besides "it feels about right", that's not how the scientific method works.
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by toasty228 2mo ago
I think we made a big mistake by using biological terms for computer processes and now we have people like you coming to the """natural""" conclusion of going full circle and applying computer terms back to bio
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by toasty228 2mo ago
Of course, and your mac m5 is 10x faster than intel macs from 2015 so they're actually 10x cheaper in our calculations! Also your rent tripled since then, so it counts triple towards the GDP, the economy is doing amazing, don't yo
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by toasty228 2mo ago
Top of the line in price but inside it looks like social housing or cheap hollywood studios lol, it so fucking tacky
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by toasty228 2mo ago
About $100 per sqf, using literally the best material I could find for the envelope and most things, the tiles will last hundreds of years, the insulation is 50% thicker than most builds in the area, the windows are top of the line passivh
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by toasty228 2mo ago
Everything I can think of at the very least tripled in price since 2000, but according to official sources we have a cumulated 50% inflation since then
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by toasty228 2mo ago
You must be extremely naive if you think corporations do anything other than what benefits them in a very direct and often monetary way, especially food corporations. You're paying more and getting less, usually both in quality and qua
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by toasty228 2mo ago
Sure buddy, last time I was in the states I witness your glorious single pane sliding windows that weren't even air tight and shitty vinyl flooring that we don't even install in social housing here, that was in a multi million dol
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by toasty228 2mo ago
250sqm, 30cm thick brick for load bearing + perimeter walls, 30cm rockwool continuous external insulation, aluminium frame triple pane windows, glazured roof tiles, floor heating + wood stove backup, 15kwp solar panels installation, deep we
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by toasty228 2mo ago
I'm a software engineer in the capital of the supposed #1 EU economy and at best I'd be able to afford a 50sqm flat in a ghetto tier neighborhood. I'm actually moving to Eastern Europe because of this bs
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by toasty228 2mo ago
It doesn't work OK at all, you spend twice as much per capita for worse services on average
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by toasty228 2mo ago
Childbirth mortality, lifespan-healthspan, murder rate, paid vacation, worked hours per year, job security, etc.
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by toasty228 2mo ago
I don't think you realize how absurdly overpriced everything is in the US, which inflate GDP quite a lot... I paid less to build my entire top of the line house in eastern Europe than some American spend on a garage extension and a con
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by toasty228 2mo ago
If you're in the bottom 70% of the working class anywhere in western Europe you'll live pretty much the same way: you will never be able to afford a new car, you'll never be able to retire early, you most likely will never ow
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by toasty228 2mo ago
I was watching a documentary about the first food regulations in the US today, lobbyists are as old as the state here, good luck getting them out, the entire system was designed by and for them
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by toasty228 2mo ago
Or we can just accept it as a cool gimmick, we don't have to kill animals with supersonic trebuchets really
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by toasty228 3mo ago
It was simple because it was inefficient and archaic. Reducing pollution is not "nonsense"
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by toasty228 3mo ago
So what? One day the excuse is "it's too small", the next "it's too dense", the next "it's too large", meanwhile the 200 hab village next to mine in Poland has better bus coverage than the uni I
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by toasty228 3mo ago
It's already bad for your cardiovascular system. It's food as a mouth wash but don't swallow it, especially at the recommended doses of 3+ mouthwash per day with 3-5g each time
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by toasty228 3mo ago
Daily reminder that Flock safety cameras contain about 1 to 5 grams of gold in their internal circuit boards and wiring, and between two and 23 pounds of copper.
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by toasty228 3mo ago
> Prediction markets allow us to quantify risk. Might as well derivate it from existing casino's roulette games, it's not like anyone betting on these are subject experts. It's pure greed and fomo, sprinkled with a bit of
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by toasty228 3mo ago
They made it work in hong kong with buses/minibuses... it can work everywhere, as long as you try it a tiny bit. But no let's send billions to private company to add more 2500+ kg of metal that displace a single 70kg meatbag, such
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by toasty228 3mo ago
I've been using macbooks since 2015 and I feel like every single update has made it worse somehow
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by toasty228 3mo ago
I know we're on a vibecoder shitposting forum but come on.... this "opinion" isn't even worthy of sharing to your friends after one too many helles. That's the kind of shit my grandpa would say after drinking too mu
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by toasty228 3mo ago
Solar panels are basically free at that point, they're pay themselves in <2 years in Greece. We're not talking about a 20k euros investment, even 1k would go a long way
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by toasty228 3mo ago
> The further we go down the renewables route the less we depend on despotic states for our energy. 80% of solar panels/batteries/windmills are made in China. We wouldn't even be able to make them without fossil fuels in t
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by toasty228 3mo ago
Cool, a quarter of the country is in a "D4 exceptional drought" (1 in 50 years), half of the rest in a 1 in 30 years drought and the rest in good ol' regular drought. But the sun do be bright indeed

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