goddammit

Diese Steine sind schon mal ein guter Anfang, genauso wie der Horl. Richtig geil scharf (also so dass ich mich damit rasieren kann) würden meine Messer aber erst mit der richtigen Technik und Abziehledern. Und da gibt's kaum was gscheiteres als das Vierkant-Werkzeug von Schmiedeglut IMHO. Preislich zwischen den Billigsteinen von Amazon und dem Horl.

Unbedingt die Videos zur Bedienung des Herstellers auf YT gucken (auch wenn mir der Typ auf'n Sack geht) und ein paar von Outdoors55 zur fundierteren Ergänzung.

Not OP, but English, I'm assumi gng: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parcheesi?wprov=sfla1

I feel like there's two stories here:

1. Snap is a pedo grooming ground

2. Police are generating fake CSAM

3. is, well, yeah . Like any major network you have creeps, Nazis and pedos and it's good to root them out. It's weird that themselves don't do that.

4. is ... difficult. I feel like the cops that prompt GenAIs to produce (sexualized) images of children risk severe trauma. It must be punishing to ask a a machine to produce fake images of morally reprehensible material. That's gotta take a toll on you. What's even more important is that those people could be spending their time taking down actual child abuse images.

I can't wrap my head around that.

There cannot be any medical reason for doing this, surely. Even more interesting that the medical profession hasn't changed guidelines by themselves by now.

going mir heute auch so. Ankunft daheim 1 Uhr nachts statt neun. Zwei ausgefallene Züge in Folge (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻)

I mean, they're probably not touching handlebars when riding side by side.

I think that might be volcel? as in voluntary celibate?

Na der scheint ja ein mächtiger sympathischer Zeitgenosse zu sein

chapeau!

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In a sense it was, though:

"Tesla is legally obliged to compensate for cleared forests 1:1 with new plantings. The new plantings are mixed forests with a deciduous wood share of more than 60 percent, which is more ecologically valuable than the felled trees on the site. In addition, the new plantings lead to the conversion of species-poor landscapes into habitats for birds, insects and small mammals.

By December 2021, around 90 percent of the required initial afforestation had already been implemented, and the remaining areas will be completed in 2022. The growth is monitored and controlled by the forestry authority and only released after several years of growth and when specified criteria are met. These new plantings will take place at various selected locations in the state of Brandenburg.

In addition, Tesla has announced that it will voluntarily replant areas that will be significantly larger in total than the planned factory site. In order to achieve the best possible result, Tesla says it is working closely with environmental and other expert groups.

Extensive avoidance and replacement measures were carried out to protect possible habitats for reptiles. Among other things, potential habitats were protected by fences. In addition, additional fences were erected to prevent further immigration of reptiles into the project area. Over the summer of 2020, sand lizards, grass snakes and forest ants were professionally relocated to the remaining area that had been applied for clearing.

The following replacement measures were carried out, among others:

• Two areas (a total of around 10 hectares) were created for sand lizards and grass snakes by clearing and building habitat structures in the immediate vicinity.
• 21 forest ant nests were protected and successfully relocated to suitable locations in the immediate vicinity.
• Replacement habitats for protected bird and bat species have been created in the immediate vicinity to ensure that the ecological function of resting and breeding sites is maintained in the spatial context.
• In the immediate vicinity of the site, Tesla has installed a total of 702 boxes as compensation (including 368 bat boxes, 329 nesting boxes and 5 nesting baskets)."

Google translated from Land Brandenburg.

... and that's not all, apparently.

Still don't like neither Tesla nor Elon, but in this particular instance it seems the Guardian lied by omission.

Kannst du ein Foto deiner Trocknungsapparatur machen? Ist das von den Dimensionen her so eine Tupperdose? Oder eher ein Regal, wenn du sagst dass da ein Raumentfeuchter reinpasst?

Don't get me wrong, I love me a good pumped hydro solution, but they do come with a couple of disadvantages:

a) as others pointed out, you need a somewhat steep gradient between two places. Preferably for a bit of distance so as to increase efficiency by putting more turbines in. Their need for a gradient limits their use in flat locations such as the entire US Midwest, for example.

b) comparatively expensive and longer construction process than other storage forms.

c) usually you have to build the upper reservoir. That's an environmental harm. IMHO not that big if a concern, but it's there.

d) if you don't build out a reservoir, but use an existing lake, you risk contaminating it with algae / cyanobacteria and wreaking havoc on fish and other wildlife.

hey, I agree that there should be tampons in bathrooms. It just seemed like you were misunderstanding each other, so I tried to help out. I also think that we should be able to cover the, idk, 500k per year to outfit schools with tampons.

I think someone has to pay for the tampons.

yes, I know. I meant it more along the lines of whoever comes up with a method for standardizing bias in media puts their own bias in the methodology.

For example, I feel it is a political statement in itself to have a "bias spectrum" from left to unbiased to right. This implies that both left an right are "biases", while only the center is truly neutral and therefore an arbiter of truth and facts. Enlightened centrism, anyone?

Also, I disagree with parts of their methodology. The headline "Habitual liar and convicted felon to seek US presidency again" would probably be classified as loaded language, whereas "Donald Trump wants to become president again" would be considered more neutral.

I would argue that the former example is, in fact, more truthful than the latter because it doesn't omit major reasons why this is newsworthy. But since the mbfc is founded on the illusion idea that there is such a thing as truly neutral common ground, it conflates perspective and bias.

thanks for putting it more succinctly than I did!

I actually meant to start a thread one of these days if we can't ban it! Glad you started the conversation!

My main concern is that by attributing a tactfulness and political rating to them, we're attaching weight to that. But who does these ratings? Especially when a pop/mainstream mag like the Rolling Stone is classified as "left" the same that explicitly politically left publications like Jacobin are also "left". That just strikes me as odd.

perfect 😂

Congrats on your weight loss journey! May I ask if there was a specific thing that motivated you to start and keep going? And how did you turn your mindset around?

that's gotta be satire

source https://www.ingenieur.de/technik/fachbereiche/energie/welche-fassadendaemmung-ist-die-richtige/

I mean yes, they kind of are? Building codes vary widely from state to state and while some newly constructed homes in the US do feature more insulation than older buildings, there's still room for improvement. Coming from Europe, most US homes would not be considered insulated.

See this article from German engineering magazine www.ingenieur.de (Google translated):

"Core insulation is possible in both new and existing buildings, provided that the outer wall is or was constructed from two shells. In a new building, two shells means that there is a stronger load-bearing wall that also functions as a heat store. It is 18 to 25 centimeters thick. The second shell provides weather protection, is eight to twelve centimeters thick and is anchored to the inner wall. In between is the insulation layer, which is ideally 15 to 25 centimeters thick."

And that's without outside/inside plastering / paneling. So insulation plus outer walls is typically 50cm+. Here in Germany nowadays it tends to be even more than that because a) we still don't believe in AC for whatever reason and so thick walls = at least some heat protection and b) home construction subsidies are usually tied to more demanding standards than the legal baseline.

So TLDR: yes, US homes do have some insulation wedged between its timber frames, but elsewhere building codes are much stricter

yeah, if it's something that other people can actually profit from I usually post it anyway, but most of the time it's "oh goddamn, there's two commas in line 72 where there should only be one" kinda stuff

To be fair, I've written countless stack overflow posts detailing my problems in hope someone would be able to spot the mistake or error only for me to realize what it was along the way and never even submitting it.

And I didn't even need a 🦆 for it

isso

wat labersch du?

maybe, but the article really doesn't justify the headline imo. The article reads more like her statements are coming from a "this worked for me, so try my way if you're struggling" place rather than a "work for me for free, removed" place.

not saying that in itself is good, but, you know, also way less infuriating than condemning those entitled youngsters

or maybe they just forgot to type out "achieve"

this song: https://youtu.be/AByfaYcOm4A

it actually is. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neonaticide?wprov=sfla1 has a bit to say on it, but doesn't go too much into the root causes. The majority of cases as far as I understand it stem from the mother not wanting to accept that she is pregnant. This is a delusion, mind you, and if untreated, can have dire consequences as shown here. To mothers who are not adequately prepared for birth (because they, for whatever reason, have repressed their pregnancy), giving birth must be about as traumatizing as if I were to wake up tomorrow with a third leg (that wants to be fed).

The German-language coverage of this is also very hit and miss. most outlets, like here, put an emphasis on here being a Porsche lawyer, which is a) bending the truth somewhat for shock value (she's a contract counsel for their financing subsidiary iirc) and b) completely irrelevant, as other outlets point out that this pathological behavior does not know class boundaries.

Konnte der Person irgendwann geholfen werden? Bei diesem Fall ist ja laut Lokalzeitung das Problem u.a. das keine Einsicht besteht und gegen deinen Willen darfste ja nicht in die Klinik gebracht werden, also passiert nichts.

oh wow. Danke, hatte Sonnentor genau deswegen auf meiner Shitlist.

ne, hat der Typ wohl einfach persönlich hier eingeworfen. Einfach so. Anders kann ich mir das nicht erklären. Komplett weißer Umschlag, keine Marke, keine Adressen.

the last time I looked into this I ran into the problem that most of the publicly traded heat pump manufacturers are huge conglomerates that produce just about every appliance under the sun. I don't want to invest in that. do you have any recommendations?

Yeah, the article is really lacking in information.

My guess: tech-bro VC-backed start-up culture has clawed its way into every field by now. So in theory while it should have been pretty easy going for anyone selling and installing solar the last couple years, competitors might have more capital at their disposal. That in turn means faster scaling and rapid expansion (like over at Enerpal and 1komma5) as long as the money keeps flowing. Doesn't matter if you're profitable, you just wanna squeeze out the competition.

That appears to be working.

Although it could also just be Sonnen's expansion into the North American market being deemed more worthy of attention, who knows

I applied for a job with them about a year ago, then got accepted elsewhere. Seems to have been a good path.

ja, da mach ich eh schon einen großen Bogen drum 😃