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  1. Comment on Weather forecast is for extreme heat in Europe. Heat related deaths are expected. in ~enviro

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    Yes I read about it. There's a lot of questionable things in that bill. Take care I hope for better times in the future!

    Yes I read about it. There's a lot of questionable things in that bill. Take care I hope for better times in the future!

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  2. Comment on Weather forecast is for extreme heat in Europe. Heat related deaths are expected. in ~enviro

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    Yeah this year we are upgrading the wooden window frames to plastic ones with triple glass, that should make a huge difference. At this literal moments I'm preparing the floors for underfloor...

    Yeah this year we are upgrading the wooden window frames to plastic ones with triple glass, that should make a huge difference. At this literal moments I'm preparing the floors for underfloor heating. Then comes cavity wall insulation, and next year I'll look into heat pumps and solar panels. I am happy we are in a position to do all this and would want do do even more if it all wasn't so god damn expensive haha.

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  3. Comment on Weather forecast is for extreme heat in Europe. Heat related deaths are expected. in ~enviro

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    I don't recognize this pride argument you talk about, for me locally the argument I hear is usually that the real heat is only a few days at a time and a few weeks total which is true. But you'll...

    I don't recognize this pride argument you talk about, for me locally the argument I hear is usually that the real heat is only a few days at a time and a few weeks total which is true. But you'll be pleased to hear that at least in Northern EU heat pumps are indeed a big thing nowadays and as a homeowner you can even claim a subsidy. It's on my list for our home for next year. Can't wait, we're installing in floor heating to that will be used to cool too in the summer.

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  4. Comment on Tempest Rising accidentally launched a week early on Steam, and the publisher has decided to just go with it in ~games

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    Awesome you mention this game, I've been following it too. It's not only free btw, but also open source, very cool. Another quick mention would be Forged Alliance Forever, which is a community...

    Awesome you mention this game, I've been following it too. It's not only free btw, but also open source, very cool.

    Another quick mention would be Forged Alliance Forever, which is a community project revitalizing the old Supreme Commander Forged Alliance. (You need to own the game on Steam or GOG)

    https://www.faforever.com/

    2 votes

  5. Comment on Kindle modding wiki in ~books

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    Pocketbook is even easier imho and I like their devices. I know they're less popular but it's worth a look.

    Pocketbook is even easier imho and I like their devices. I know they're less popular but it's worth a look.

    1 vote

  6. Comment on How do I trick my brain into accepting eating less? in ~health

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    Look into this op, I'm a huge coffee lover, I had periods when I drank 12+ coffee a day still thinking it didn't hurt my sleep. Now I keep under 400mg caffeine per day and make sure the last dose...

    Look into this op, I'm a huge coffee lover, I had periods when I drank 12+ coffee a day still thinking it didn't hurt my sleep. Now I keep under 400mg caffeine per day and make sure the last dose is at least 8 but preferably more hours away from bedtime. Difference is night and day, pun intended.

    Andrew Huberman has a few interesting podcasts on this topic, he's a coffee lover too I believe.

    I'm not sure if this is the cure for your diet woes(probably not). But I have some experience there too. I get massive hunger when I do strength training so for me it helps to track calories and weigh myself so I don't lose weight too quickly. Or eat too much. Then for the midnight cravings I save some calories and set some healthy filling things apart for me to munch on. Like almonds, rye bread. That sort of thing.

    5 votes

  7. Comment on Girlfriend and I bought plan B at Costco yesterday, pharmacist said they'd already sold more than 100 since the election in ~society

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    I'm sorry to hear all this stuff it's heartbreaking. But on the topic of pain with IUD placement my wife is the same she goes to the hospital and gets sedation, so a short term narcosis. I'm sorry...

    I'm sorry to hear all this stuff it's heartbreaking. But on the topic of pain with IUD placement my wife is the same she goes to the hospital and gets sedation, so a short term narcosis. I'm sorry about my ignorance I'm not sure if that's a possibility where you are, we are in Europe.

    12 votes

  8. Comment on UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pitches mandatory national service at eighteen in ~society

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    They won't, here in the Netherlands you hear this mandatory service things every election year and never again after that. Why? It costs money(wages and supplies) and there is already a shortage...

    They won't, here in the Netherlands you hear this mandatory service things every election year and never again after that. Why? It costs money(wages and supplies) and there is already a shortage in a lot of sectors. Why on earth waste people working or studying to have them do what? Shovel a park? Guard the border with Belgium? It's laughable.

    5 votes

  9. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~tech

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    Also if the card can't be removed, every laptop I've seen has those wires connected to the wifi module that serve as antenna, clipped on with a little connector. I imagine without those it...

    Also if the card can't be removed, every laptop I've seen has those wires connected to the wifi module that serve as antenna, clipped on with a little connector. I imagine without those it wouldn't do much if anything.

    3 votes

  10. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~society

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    Yeah that's definitely personal, I also quit smoking years back and I also notice how far away I can smell it in the air or even on people now. Marihuana is just worse to me.

    Yeah that's definitely personal, I also quit smoking years back and I also notice how far away I can smell it in the air or even on people now. Marihuana is just worse to me.

    4 votes

  11. Comment on Finland has remained the happiest country in the world for the seventh year in a row, according to the annual World Happiness Report published on Wednesday in ~life

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    Yes you're letting it bother you more then you should, I live in one of the countries high on the list and I can't see how this would be a jab at America, let alone specifically. Secondly life...

    Yes you're letting it bother you more then you should, I live in one of the countries high on the list and I can't see how this would be a jab at America, let alone specifically. Secondly life isn't that perfect here lol. For some reason a lot of Americans seem to want to be the best at literally everything, and I think that's going to be impossible sadly. Finland definitively doesn't have the economy or tech the USA has for example. Life is quieter, and that has its pros.

    7 votes

  12. Comment on Learning new programming languages with limited time: Rust, golang, or otherwise? in ~comp

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    I'm in the progress of learning Rust and the free Rust book (it's usually called "the Rust book") is so awesome. It's definitely meant for (somewhat) experienced programmers. Brown university has...

    I'm in the progress of learning Rust and the free Rust book (it's usually called "the Rust book") is so awesome. It's definitely meant for (somewhat) experienced programmers. Brown university has an experiment going that tries to make it even better with quizzes, some more text and some tools visualising borrows etc. Very enjoyable.

    https://rust-book.cs.brown.edu/

    3 votes

  13. Comment on Nvidia CEO says kids shouldn't learn to code in ~comp

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    The death of coding has been predicted many times in the past years and decades even, but now we have AI. I'm curious what people think about this.

    The death of coding has been predicted many times in the past years and decades even, but now we have AI. I'm curious what people think about this.

    16 votes

  15. Comment on Fika, four-week-holidays and zero overtime – Sweden's stunningly healthy work culture in ~life

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    US has about 33x the inhabitants so I'm not sure what you're trying to measure here. It feels a bit like pointless one-uppance attempt. The really interesting question here is, what if America...

    US has about 33x the inhabitants so I'm not sure what you're trying to measure here. It feels a bit like pointless one-uppance attempt. The really interesting question here is, what if America gave it's workers more rights would their output be that significantly less? Or maybe more even?

    15 votes

  16. Comment on Should I bother installing another OS on my Pixel 4a? in ~tech

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    Jep, as far as my experience with custom roms goes things should mostly be fine for an older device. Just be cautious when a new Android version comes out and wait a bit to get that. It's no fun...

    Jep, as far as my experience with custom roms goes things should mostly be fine for an older device. Just be cautious when a new Android version comes out and wait a bit to get that. It's no fun beta testing an os when it's your daily phone.

    And with being cautious I mean read the discourse around that phone's custom rom. Xda developers used to be the go to forums for that, nowadays discord and telegram could be sources but it depends on the particular developer.

    3 votes

  17. Comment on Looking for help in purchasing an eReader in ~books

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    I have the Pocketbook Era and while the brand is lesser known in the USA (I believe) it's definitely the most open of everything I compared. It's just Linux, installing Koreader was literally as...

    I have the Pocketbook Era and while the brand is lesser known in the USA (I believe) it's definitely the most open of everything I compared. It's just Linux, installing Koreader was literally as simple as copy pasting files. I like the Dropbox integration for transferring epubs. Kobo is also quite open, but installing Koreader has more caveats and the Pocketbook let's me just replace the default reader app with it, which is awesome. I don't think Kobo can do that.

    1 vote

  18. Comment on In Spain, dozens of girls are reporting AI-generated nude photos of them being circulated at school: ‘My heart skipped a beat’ in ~life.women

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    Where are all the people who are always very worried about pedophilia now I wonder?

    Where are all the people who are always very worried about pedophilia now I wonder?

    12 votes

  19. Comment on Terraria dev Re-Logic donates $100K to Godot Engine and FNA, plus ongoing funding in ~games

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    Ah that explains a lot. Indeed a bit of a dumb decision. Thankfully modern open source projects seem better in accepting corporate funding and code. I'm still amazed at how good Blender is when I...

    Ah that explains a lot. Indeed a bit of a dumb decision. Thankfully modern open source projects seem better in accepting corporate funding and code. I'm still amazed at how good Blender is when I started learning that for fun.

  20. Comment on Terraria dev Re-Logic donates $100K to Godot Engine and FNA, plus ongoing funding in ~games

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    Gimp doesn't seem to be as well funded as Blender and now Godot as far as I can see. Blender really skyrocketed once they got some big corporate sponsors and could hire some fulltime devs. So as...

    Gimp doesn't seem to be as well funded as Blender and now Godot as far as I can see. Blender really skyrocketed once they got some big corporate sponsors and could hire some fulltime devs. So as long as Godot keeps listening to the community and don't fuck things up, which they seem to do, I'm quite confident. In fact I became a backer myself last weekend.

    5 votes