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deightonrobbie

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On fedi since 2014.

I like reading and talking about
#Commons #Cooperatives #DeGrowth #AntiCapitalism #OpenSource #ClimateAction #Environment #Ecology #Sustainability #Right2Repair #RepairCafe #PermaComputing #Gardening #Veganism
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https://mastodon-belgium.be/@retrohouse
https://mastodon-belgium.be/@RepaircafeZuiderkempen
https://mastodon.pirateparty.be/@robbie

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danie10, to TeslaMotors
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The Dayun Yuehu will be the cheapest practical #EV in #SouthAfrica at under R400,000.

It is claimed to have a 330 km range and a top speed of 100 km/h, making it suitable as an urban commuter.

It's going to be very interesting to see how this does in SA, as the price is nearing affordable, and it is faster than the 80 km/h that smaller EVs tend to have.

Is this still with the high EV import tax I wonder...

See https://www.timeslive.co.za/motoring/news/2024-05-15-enviro-automotive-to-launch-a-sub-r400000-electric-suv-in-south-africa/

deightonrobbie,
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@danie10 don't you have the dacia spring?
https://ev-database.org/car/1319/Dacia-Spring-Electric

compost, to climate
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I am living next to several cities that are the worst for allergies.

This article points out is responsible for linked with . I quote:

" Climate change is leading to longer and more intense allergy seasons. More exposure to pollen can trigger asthma and other allergic responses.

Due to climate change, there is also an increase in carbon dioxide in the air, causing trees to make more pollen. Since 1990, pollen seasons have 21% more pollen. Tree pollen levels saw bigger increases than grass or weed pollen."

I have pointed out in several posts that the was responsible for my allergies here is the proof.

So again change deniers will be blocked and reported and are very unwelcome in this community. Your opinion is irrelevant.

https://aafa.org/asthma-allergy-research/allergy-capitals/

deightonrobbie,
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@compost Also something about diesel particulates and allergies:
https://www.vchri.ca/stories/2021/09/20/connection-between-diesel-exhaust-allergies-and-climate-change

deightonrobbie, to random
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https://cleantechnica.com/2024/05/09/2-5o-c-is-now-the-best-case-scenario-climate-scientists-tell-the-guardian/

'Many of the scientists said they foresee a “semi-dystopian” future, with famines, conflicts, and mass migration, driven by heatwaves, wildfires, floods, and storms of an intensity and frequency far beyond those that have already struck.'

hazelnoot, to random

heh ​:aqua_smug:​
Windows 10 reaches 70% market share as Windows 11 keeps declining

deightonrobbie,
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@hazelnoot "Later this month, Microsoft will showcase new AI features for Windows 11, which could become the first solid reason to leave Windows 10 behind"

Or it could be the reason to bury it for good 😜

IngridHbn, to random Dutch
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Een school hoort zijn leerlingen voor te bereiden op de toekomst. En als deze toekomst enorm beïnvloed of zelfs bepaald wordt door de klimaatverandering, vind ik dat het ook de verantwoordelijkheid van een school is om zijn studenten te tonen hoe er op een duurzame manier geleefd – en dus ook gereisd – kan worden.

https://www.knack.be/nieuws/belgie/onderwijs/laatstejaarsreizen-deze-vlieger-gaat-niet-meer-op/

deightonrobbie,
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@bartvdpoel
Niet kunnen meedoen met een reis op het einde van het laatste jaar is wel een raar criterium om weg te blijven uit een school. Als ze willen dat niet zo welgestelde gezinnen wegblijven kunnen ze dat op betere manieren doen vermoed ik.
@IngridHbn

compost, to random
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“The most environmentally friendly product is the one you didn’t buy.” —Joshua Becker

For you can start a compost pile and take the habit of composting the benefits are amazing.

deightonrobbie,
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@compost Now billionaires will start gifting each other private jets 😜

deightonrobbie, to random
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I run a little primary school . We celebrated by replacing our old insect hotel with a new one, planting some more herbs and labeling some plants.

Small insect hotel with a few pine cones, pieces of wood drilled with holes and short lengths of bamboo.
A square meter planter divided into 9 sections and filled Different types of herb. Some of the herbs are marked with their name by way of flower pots placed upside down on a bamboo stick. The circumference of the pot has been painted white and the name of the type of plant has been written on it.
A lsquare planter with some young strawberry plants. In the foreground is a little clay flower pot placed upside down on a bamboo stick. The circumference of the pot has been painted white and the name of the type of plant has been written on it.

enobacon, to random
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"the average modern American, by one estimate, travels 7,500 miles a year, and put in 1,600 hours a year to do that, they are travelling five miles per hour."

Now if we could all learn to see the hidden potential of pushing one lane of cars off the road.

https://www.resilience.org/stories/2024-03-30/the-hidden-potential-of-bicycles/

deightonrobbie,
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@enobacon It's a pity no sources for the data were provided. Also, I'm fine with people saying "calories" in normal every day conversations, but in an article about energy it sounds more plausible if the correct terminology is used. In this case they highly likely meant 0.15 kilocalories which is 1000x more than 0.15 calories. (which still only a tiny amount when compared to cars)

deightonrobbie,
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@enobacon There is only one type of calorie. However saying an average man with a sedentary job needs to eat 2 million calories per day doesn'r sound as intuitive than saying he needs to eat 2000 kilocalories. It's like saying you drive 20.000 meters to work instead of saying you drive 20 kilometers to work.

ronanmcd, to random
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It has been suggested to me that phones are too big for pockets and we should resurrect scabbards for this use. I'm only passing on this information

deightonrobbie,
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@ronanmcd I remember phone scabbards fondly 😜

repo, to random
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Dat zal hem leren...

Voetballer Sofian Kiyine die met zijn auto in sporthal van Flémalle vloog, krijgt opschorting van straf
https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2024/03/19/sofian-kiyine-proces/

deightonrobbie,
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@repo Allemaal goed en wel, maar als hij 1.6 promille alcohol in zijn bloed had dan gaat de verzekering de schade aan de sporthal niet betalen. Wie dan wel?

gerrymcgovern, to random
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Big Tech's lack of transparency is undemocratic

Google warned Dorchester County, USA, that the amount of water it needs from the county's utility to cool computer server farms and other equipment it plans to build is a closely guarded "trade secret." Google has imposed a gag order on officials elected by the public, warning them that they must not tell the public anything about Google project.

Big Tech is a threat to democracy.

https://www.postandcourier.com/business/charleston-google-data-center-public-records-oregon-portland/article_c5f00fd8-d6f9-11ee-b3c1-f3f5e0012225.html

deightonrobbie,
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@gerrymcgovern If they're going to be using next gen AI GPU's which draw up to 1000 watts a piece they will need to secure even more water 😞 😞
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/nvidias-b100-and-b200-processors-could-draw-an-astounding-1000-watts-per-gpu-dell-spills-the-beans-in-earnings-call

baldur, to random
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JFC, people in tech are really out there saying that language models will be better at therapy, financial advice, and career advice than trained people.

WTF is wrong with you people? Do you really have no clue about what other people’s jobs actually involve?

Language models can’t even do maths how are they supposed to get good at financial advice?

And therapy? Just… 😑

What’s wrong with people in tech?

deightonrobbie,
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@aguleb VC funding on blockchain is probably drying up so they need to find a new shiny toy.
@baldur

LeftistLawyer, to climate
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Pretty sure needs to kick the living shit out of humanity at least two or three times before we internalize Aldo Leopold's sufficiently for humanity to live sustainably on this planet.

Sorry folks.
We just don't cut the evolutionary mustard. Carrying capacity is a harsh master.

I wish your family's genes good luck in the coming

deightonrobbie,
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@LeftistLawyer It already did. Several civilisations in the past ran out of natural resources and died off. We're too arrogant to learn...

gerrymcgovern, to random
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Degrowth is the only hope

Imagine a world where you work three or four days a week. In your free time, you play sports, spend time with loved ones, garden, and engage with local politics. Overnight shipping, advertising, private jets, billionaires and SUVs no longer exist, but health care, education, and clean electricity are free and available to all.

We must massively reduce our energy and material consumption to have any hope of saving our environment.

https://grist.org/looking-forward/the-growing-popularity-of-degrowth/

deightonrobbie,
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@gerrymcgovern Durability and public transport are also key in degrowth. I have a feeling that most if not all degrowth concepts automatically benefit the most vulnerable in society.
@elmyra

gerrymcgovern, to random
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"Imagine easily replacing batteries and other components yourself, extending the phone’s lifespan without needing specialized technical knowledge. This, coupled with seven years of updates, would truly be a game-changer."

What we need is innovation in order to create a phone where you can remove the battery. This would be true innovation: doing something thought impossible, doing something that's never been done before. What a challenge!

https://www.gizchina.com/2024/02/11/beyond-updates-the-true-value-of-seven-years-of-smartphone-use/

deightonrobbie,
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@thibaultmol
Many people pay a lot more then €200 just for bragging rights 😜
@tschenkel @gerrymcgovern

aral, (edited ) to fedora
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In our new place I don’t have the luxury of being right next to the router and connecting directly to it via ethernet so I wanted to see if I could team up the powerline connection via ethernet with the WiFi connection and, at least for incoming traffic, Fedora seems to team the two interfaces automatically and I’m seeing a considerable increase in bandwidth.

(It does only seem to use the ethernet connection for outgoing packets.)

deightonrobbie,
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@aral If I recall correctly, wifi is half-duplex, so having outbound traffic over powerline only may not be a bad thing.

suswatibasu, (edited ) to NoStupidQuestions
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of the day

Do you think libraries will NOT survive and eventually become obsolete? Please respond why below and share. If there's enough respondents, it will be used for an article.

deightonrobbie,
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@suswatibasu Depending on politics, libraries can dwindle or flourish. The public library in my local town of 12.000 inhabitants has all the "normal" public library facilities expected in Belgium, and also has a board game lending section. A couple of times a year I organise a week of surplus vegetable and plant swaps there.

peterdutoit, to climate
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    deightonrobbie,
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    @peterdutoit I work in 2 schools (2.5-12 y/o)
    I'm the only person who is climate literate out of about 80 teachers and staff. Apart from me there's one or two people who talk a bit about recycling or composting, but only when I bring up the subject. A lot of them do cycle to school, but the only reason is that they get paid 27 cents per kilometer for doing so.

    deightonrobbie,
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    @peterdutoit It's a Belgian federal incentive. This year it will rise to 35 eurocent for federal/local authorities and many companies.

    2023 (Dutch): https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2023/01/24/vanaf-mei-2023-heeft-iedereen-recht-op-een-fietsvergoeding/

    2024 (Dutch): https://veloplan.be/2023/10/20/verhoging-fietsvergoeding-2024/

    pvonhellermannn, to random
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    Does anyone have any advice here on how to make your Mastodon less eurocentric? I do regular searches, follow people from outside Europe/US whenever I come across them, etc, but it’s quite slow, hard work. I was wondering whether there is a more strategic way - ie is there a list of instances that are not Europe/US based, and from which I could follow one person each or something? Not interested in changing my own instance, just to get more global connections.

    deightonrobbie,
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    @pvonhellermannn In fact, you don't even need an account there to follow their feeds. You could just go to https://mastodon.social/public/remote
    same on other servers. Having a backup account can sometimes be nice though.

    @Judeet88

    Sustainable2050, to climate
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    EU CO₂ emissions have now returned to the level of 45 years ago. They peaked in 1979, and came down by about 1/3 since then.
    https://www.statista.com/statistics/450017/co2-emissions-europe-eurasia/

    deightonrobbie,
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    @Sustainable2050 Are these actual emissions or paper emissions? (eg a car which emits 120gr co2/km on paper under controlled conditions emits a lot more in real life)

    davidho, to random
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    Hey Belgian bike Mastodon, where can I get one of these hats from the X²O Badkamers Trofee series?

    https://x2otrofee.be/

    deightonrobbie,
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    @davidho Knowing x2o they're probably giving them away at their events. They were giving away inflatable "bath ducky" lifesavers at the beach last summer resulting in huge queues.

    kate, to random
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    It will be a few days before we get official confirmation from the National Grid, but I’m calling it now: 2023 was the year renewables overtook fossil fuels as the largest contributor to British electricity generation. In the 12 years I’ve been running National Grid: Live at https://grid.iamkate.com electricity generation from fossil fuels has fallen from an average of 25.1GW to 10.2GW, while renewables have risen from 2.5GW to 10.8GW.

    Figures for 2023: Demand 29.6GW Fossil fuels 10.2GW Renewables 10.8GW Other sources 5.9GW Transfers 2.7GW

    deightonrobbie,
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    @greenpete
    It depends on several factors.
    These figures may be about large scale injection. Behind the meter use of solar panels may not be included (and may account for a lot of that drop in demand).
    There is still a LOT of fat on the bone where electric efficiency is concerned.

    Some growth is expected in the long term, but imo in the short term, efficiency gains have a high chance of matching shift in use.

    gerrymcgovern, to random
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    The Growth Death Cult tells us that we can't slow growth because otherwise we'll hurt the poor. When it's the exact opposite. Greedy growth is devouring our environment and billions of the poorest will suffer most. Death spiral capitalism is ravaging all the social institutions it can, looking for a quick buck and a quick kill. AI healthcare is designed to kill poor people and minorities by denying them the treatment they need.

    How do we solve greed?

    Degrowth is the only hope.

    deightonrobbie,
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    @gerrymcgovern Politicians: "But how will we be able to pay debt?"
    me: Are you saying that after decades of letting debt rise you're trying to convince me you're going to pay off debt any time soon?

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