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Comment · 3 months ago
That's a fairly simplistic argument though. Deforestation converts forest into a cattle feed monoculture. That plant material locks in less co2 than a forest. There's the extra CO2 emitted from growing cattle feed as opposed to growing food for humans directly (via fossil fuels used in production). And then there's methane, which is a more potent greenhouse gas.

It's a topic that's way more complex than you seem to think. Climate scientists did not miss the simple fact that all carbon in a cow originates from the atmosphere. That's understood. But there's all the other stuff.

For the record I'm not vegan or even vegetarian. Attacking vegans for their beliefs is poor formimo

Comment · 3 months ago
not a Europe thing
Comment · 4 months ago
You went from "just drill an 8cm hole" to "rappelling gear, heavy bureaucracy, pipe routing etc". I don't think there's more to say here.
Comment · 4 months ago
to be fair car parking sensors are ultrasound and they are definitely not THAT inaccurate. Maybe your meter is broken
Comment · 4 months ago
Portable AC exists and people do use it, but it's loud and awkward with casement windows. This is a bandaid solution at best. Yet, I've seen them sold out in the summer, so people do use them.
Comment · 4 months ago
Not a whole lot more? Mounting a 40kg external unit on the facade of a building on the 5th floor is nothing to you? And that's after you get a permit to install it on the facade, which you will likely not (depending on the country).

If you have a balcony, you can mount the external unit there, but then you need to route the piping to the room(s) that need AC. Then you need to cover the pipes somehow, which is still perfectly doable, but goes way way beyond "drilling a hole".

You can have a portable unit, but it's loud, takes up space indoors and needs to be stored somewhere most of the year when it's actually cold rather than super hot.

Comment · 4 months ago
and regulatory hurdles in many locations, you can't really install AC in many buildings because there's nowhere to put the external unit
Comment · 4 months ago
I tolerate heat well, I feel very comfortable at 28C but I get cold easily. My sister is happy at 18C and starts overheating at 25C. Not everyone is the same.
Comment · 4 months ago
That's not the only thing required to properly install an ac unit. Do you genuinely believe people die rather that drill a hole? Lile that's the blocker? What a weird take
Comment · 4 months ago
5 years before hl2
Comment · 4 months ago
Good luck telling Siri to drive to Hronská Breznica. Outside of English speaking countries voice control is very hit and miss (mostly miss)
Comment · 5 months ago
Poland. My friend actually got a ticket for jaywalking at night across a completely empty street.
Comment · 6 months ago
do you have a source for the claim that he voted for Trump?
Comment · 6 months ago
Maybe that's what the new Friendster should be
Comment · 6 months ago
You can believe whatever you want. I found claude unusable due to limits. Codex works very well for my use cases.

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