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toasty228

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    Comment #49216876

    It was simple because it was inefficient and archaic. Reducing pollution is not "nonsense"

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    Comment #49215071

    So what? One day the excuse is "it's too small", the next "it's too dense", the next "it's too large", meanwhile the 200 hab village next to mine in Poland has better bus coverage …

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    Comment #49206972

    It's already bad for your cardiovascular system. It's food as a mouth wash but don't swallow it, especially at the recommended doses of 3+ mouthwash per day with 3-5g each time

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    Comment #49201722

    Daily reminder that Flock safety cameras contain about 1 to 5 grams of gold in their internal circuit boards and wiring, and between two and 23 pounds of copper.

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    Comment #49186736

    > Prediction markets allow us to quantify risk. Might as well derivate it from existing casino's roulette games, it's not like anyone betting on these are subject experts. It's pur…

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    Comment #49181687

    They made it work in hong kong with buses/minibuses... it can work everywhere, as long as you try it a tiny bit. But no let's send billions to private company to add more 2500+ kg …

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    Comment #49180918

    I've been using macbooks since 2015 and I feel like every single update has made it worse somehow

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    Comment #49175773

    I know we're on a vibecoder shitposting forum but come on.... this "opinion" isn't even worthy of sharing to your friends after one too many helles. That's the kind of shit my gran…

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    Comment #49171457

    Solar panels are basically free at that point, they're pay themselves in <2 years in Greece. We're not talking about a 20k euros investment, even 1k would go a long way

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    Comment #49171439

    > The further we go down the renewables route the less we depend on despotic states for our energy. 80% of solar panels/batteries/windmills are made in China. We wouldn't even be a…

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    Comment #49171352

    Cool, a quarter of the country is in a "D4 exceptional drought" (1 in 50 years), half of the rest in a 1 in 30 years drought and the rest in good ol' regular drought. But the sun d…

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    Comment #49171254

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    Comment #49171136

    > Why Is Europe Warming Twice as Fast as the World Average? You'll find articles about every single land mass "warming up faster than average"... that's because the average include…

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    Comment #49171020

    I was going to write that too, same thing in France: warmest month ever recorded since 1900, 35% sunnier than usual, large fires in places which rarely had small ones in the past, …

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    Comment #49170180

    A lot of protein bros are all about muscle size and not much else. It's better than being a couch potatoe but it's far from optimal

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    Comment #49168239

    "Just eat the shit, everyone is eating the shit, eat the shit with us or you'll be a lonely weirdo" hm, ok

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    Comment #49166193

    You can see the same thing with restaurants generating their own menus/pictures. Some of them look absolutely terrible, visually ugly, way too information dense, the classic piss f…

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    Comment #49156093

    Unlimited slop "content" to fill decomposed brain shaped vessels, the future is bright!

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    Comment #49154537

    They already regulate the amount of rain water you can collect, or how much water you can take from your own well, or how many solar panels you're allowed to use You feel bad becau…

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    Comment #49154509

    > when parental controls already exist The same parents who give smartphones to toddlers to keep them quiet? Good luck...

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    Comment #49154495

    A 30-60min walk around the block before bed does wonders too

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    Comment #49148252

    Is anyone genuinely excited about these kind of scenarios?

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    Comment #49147461

    At what scale thiugh? When I was in school kids wanted to be firefighters or astronauts, now they want to be social media influencers

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    Comment #49146883

    It's been here for a while, where are the numbers? Youtube is also great for education, yet 99% of the watch time is pure brainrot entertainment

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    Comment #49146867

    > Now the masses can amplify their own voices instead. The the mass is pretty fucking stupid given what we can see online, 99.999% absolute dog shit tier slop