htrayl

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htrayl,

Disingenuous attribution of a local environmental variable to a national crisis is pretty pathetic. Oregon isn’t even exceptionally high on the opiod death rate.

htrayl,

Also that the average house was like 1/3 the size of new homes today and a large portion of families had one car or fewer.

htrayl,

I think it’s not quite as bad as it appears - it’s just that despite the alliance most species still self segregate (understandably, requiring different conditions for comfort). We just see the story from the human side.

htrayl,

It still doesn’t really make much sense in a world where the vast majority of things are replicated. The only things that would give them worth are things that cannot be replicated:

  • Specific real estate
  • Experiences
  • Favors?
htrayl,

This was literally the first thing I said about the “unbreakable windows” for the cyber truck. That is NOT a good thing in an emergency. This is just one example.

htrayl,

You have to leave incentives for people who are the ones who are going to create the jobs for all those people trying to climb the ladder.

Oh my god, FUCK OFF

htrayl,

Oh fuck off dude.

htrayl, (edited )

Coffee also is high in polyphenols - the benefits almost certainly outweigh the drawbacks. Just don’t drink coffee after the morning.

htrayl, (edited )

There are plenty of studies displaying improved cardiovascular health in those who drink 1-4 cups of coffee a day.. Generally, cardiovascular risks of caffeine from coffee are not important for the average person’s health decisions.

In addition, there is a good argument for caffeine prior to exercise - it improves performance and therefore results and therefore health outcomes.

Also tea has caffeine as well (technically dark chocolate too, but less than tea so not really a concern).

And again, the solution to sleep issues are to not have caffeine (tea, coffee, or otherwise) more than a few hours after you wake up.

Withdrawal symptoms are not a major concern - they are temporary at best.

Edit: there are plenty of sources of polyphenols - but frankly the average American does not get nearly enough generally. If you have a typical American diet, I would not recommend quitting coffee as a health measure unless you have already drastically increased consumption of polyphenols generally.

Actual Propaganda - FEDOR (2017) (lemmy.world)

Seven years ago a video went viral of a prototype Russian robot, the ‘FODOR’, dual weilding Glock pistols. For those of us not paying attention at home this technology is notably absent from the war in Ukraine. This is a subtle nod to the fact that the idea of humanoid robots fighting wars is stupid....

htrayl,

Something like a 6-8 leg mech will likely be extremely practical:

  • Can climb stairs and other obstacles
  • Can manipulate the environment (open doors, move objects, etc.)
  • Can jump (very well, if spiders are a good baseline)
  • Redundancy (losing one leg doesn’t prevent the mech from continuing)
  • Can go prone
htrayl,
  • Pretty much any hobby is carbon positive. Gardening is almost certainly on the lower end of carbon positive hobbies.
  • In the agriculture domain, growing plants for the sake of direct consumption is not the primary source of emissions - that would be animal based agriculture by far.
  • Gardening promotes community resilience and health.
htrayl,

For reference, the number I have seen is that for city roads, 70% comes from local taxes (property tax generally) on average. Potential cyclists are already more than paying for a fully equipped cycling infrastructure, it is just being used to subsidize driving and lock them into that

htrayl,

Quite frankly we need a separate spending bill specifically targeting sustainable travel. I would say something like $2.5tn. (Real) high speed trains, commuter trains, trams, bike lanes, etc.

htrayl,

Welder isn’t too crazy of a tool. It’s usually more like, get your 3d printer AND your welder AND your CNC AND your drill press AND your table saw plus a million other hyper specific gadgets.

htrayl,

What. No. We drive far more, and have more cars. In 1960 nearly a quarter of households didn’t even have a car. Now that is only 10%.

Here is a study on occupational movement, which has decreased significantly (100 kcal a day - which is roughly a pound bodyweight energy lost per month).

In addition, people had far more incidental and leisure movement - considering that hours of TV watched nearly doubled.

Of course, our trash diet is a huge aspect, and probably the lions share - but the lack of movement is not insignificant

htrayl,

That’s why the vast majority of people who lose weight either fail or end up regaining the weight in less then a couple years.

Seriously, you have a better chance of quitting heroin than losing significant weight and keeping it off.

htrayl,

AFAICT this this is an LFP battery and some rumors say it will be the first to sell with a sodium ion for BYD. Both are significantly safer than LiOn

Why does our civilization send signals and our location into space?

Individually doing atmospheric analysis for every planet in the galaxy is probably an impossible task for a civilisation confined to a single solar system. Listening for signals is something our civilisation already does. If we discover radio signals from a primitive civilisation in the next star system over there’s a non-zero...

htrayl,

Disagree. The counterargument is simple - space is large and time is long. We aren’t a threat now but we could easily become a threat in, say, 1000 years. Which, is basically no time at all in interstellar politics. Any species who could potentially become a technical capable threat should be assumed as a technically capable threat.

htrayl,

Except most people are not going to tolerate having a multiplicity of apps, and if people in your circle don’t already use signal, they definitely won’t now. Whereas previously, I was getting pretty decent traction from people slowly adding it.

htrayl, (edited )

There are definitely financial incentives, they are just underground now. Which is worse in every way.

htrayl,

Like salad forks?

htrayl,

Meh, maybe 10% of a single generation at most know how to use computers. Technically savvy millenials vastly overestimate how technically savvy other millenials are.

htrayl,

If you mean “point and click” level of proficiency, sure.

htrayl,

For some reason the “zero risk of getting an STD” made me cringe the hardest.

htrayl,

They don’t care about hypocrisy any other time.

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