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  1. Comment on Is Helsinki city centre's new neighbourhood, Wood City, the future of building? Developers are increasingly swapping out concrete and steel in favour of wood. in ~design

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    Maybe not so fast. From Norway - "Wooden road bridge designed to last 100 years . . .collapses" https://www.euronews.com/2022/08/15/completely-destroyed-wooden-road-bridge-collapses-in-norway...

    Maybe not so fast. From Norway - "Wooden road bridge designed to last 100 years . . .collapses"

    https://www.euronews.com/2022/08/15/completely-destroyed-wooden-road-bridge-collapses-in-norway

    https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/timber-bridge-in-norway-built-to-last-100-years-collapses-after-a-decade-15-08-2022/

    3 votes

  2. Comment on We must radically reduce carbon emissions by 2030 in order to avoid the most catastrophic damage of climate change. How can you help? in ~enviro

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    If you are young, there is a single (non) action you can take above all others to reduce your long term carbon impact on the planet. More than becoming a vegetarian, stop flying, switching to an...

    If you are young, there is a single (non) action you can take above all others to reduce your long term carbon impact on the planet. More than becoming a vegetarian, stop flying, switching to an electric vehicle, replacing your gas heater with a heat pump . . . have no children.

    6 votes

  3. Comment on The dying art of the hatchet job in ~tv

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    Thank you for this link - a fantastic summary of UnHerd and the pile of shite views they represent.

    Thank you for this link - a fantastic summary of UnHerd and the pile of shite views they represent.

    1 vote

  4. Comment on What's something you wish made a comeback? in ~talk

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    The 91% top tax bracket for incomes in the top 1% - from the early 1950's. And please, before the gaslighting starts, yes, I am very aware of the research saying very few of the top 1% wage...

    The 91% top tax bracket for incomes in the top 1% - from the early 1950's. And please, before the gaslighting starts, yes, I am very aware of the research saying very few of the top 1% wage earners in the day actually paid that rate. Nevertheless - the bracket existed and for many people, the 1950's ARE the golden age of the USA.

    9 votes

  5. Comment on What are some best anti-capitalist books? in ~books

  6. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~tech

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    Clear example of decline bias. The "ease" of personal computers in the 1980's? For those of us who grew up with a TRS-80 model 4 running CP/M, no, I'm sorry, the title is much too large of an...

    Clear example of decline bias. The "ease" of personal computers in the 1980's? For those of us who grew up with a TRS-80 model 4 running CP/M, no, I'm sorry, the title is much too large of an exaggeration. Some of the suggestions are true - applications should be "offline" by default . . .but others . . . I'm sorry, but I enjoy the occasional symbolic link to a file.

    3 votes

  7. Comment on I have cancer and now my Facebook feed is full of "alternative care" ads in ~tech

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    Other than the obvious advice of getting OFF Facebook, my other suggestion would be installing SocialFixer in Firefox (https://socialfixer.com/). Different than an adblocker (certainly install one...

    Other than the obvious advice of getting OFF Facebook, my other suggestion would be installing SocialFixer in Firefox (https://socialfixer.com/). Different than an adblocker (certainly install one of those also!), SocialFixer is a HMTL/CSS "fixer" solely for Facebook. Allows you to tweek how Facebook works . . but most importantly, allows you to "turn off" all Sponsored articles from your Feed! Also supports key word blocking - my list including Trump, GOP . . .

  9. Comment on Having children is one of the most destructive things you can to do the environment, say researchers in ~enviro

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    I have, quite intentionally, made this my first post on Tildes. Interested to see if this topic unleashes the same level of vitriol as it receives on some other platforms . . .

    I have, quite intentionally, made this my first post on Tildes. Interested to see if this topic unleashes the same level of vitriol as it receives on some other platforms . . .

    6 votes