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Anecdotal: I felt much more connected to Kurt Vonnegut's writing knowing that I had walked the same streets as him. The cultural aspects of his characters hit differently being able to match it to people I had met in similar places, albeit at different times.

We need sunlight prescriptions

It's incredible how many hacks there are to make PDFs semi-usable.

"...it is closely followed by wind power—which is really another form of energy from the sun..."

By that logic, fossil fuels are also a form of solar power.

People would stop eating

easy hack: maintain a garden in an area with poor soil. between clearing, aerating, digging, mulching and weeding you can get all of your cardio AND some fresh veggies!

Unfortunately it's not all economics. The prison system in the US exerts its power on the population using fear. The goal is to have a certain amount of people in prison, not to save money by getting them out. There are myriad ways to achieve reducing the prison population if that was the goal.

Apple acquired DarkSky and sunsetted their API in the past few years. It always seemed more accurate to me than any other weather service. Sad to see it go.

It really should be a static page.

That's one way to limit bandwidth

I'm left curious as to why our taste receptors are so attuned to sweetness if high sugar foods weren't historically correlated with being high in energy.

At the beginning of the conflict I noticed my feed was fully leaning towards supporting Israel, even if it was only the posts of 3 people. Somehow the 30+ people demanding the stop to the bombing of civilians didn't really start appearing until late November.

They were posting the entire time, but Meta's algorithm decided not to show it to me.

I thought I was buying something more dependable. Now I have to deal with the issues listed and more.

1. Carseat in the back triggers the seat belt unbuckled beeping that never ends.

2. Collision avoidance slams on the brakes when grass is leaning into the road, especially while reversing (a common occurrence in rural areas).

3. Battery dies when doors or trunk is left open due to the car running its computer.

4. Less control over lighting. All the interior lights turn on after turning the car off and opening a door.

5. "Infotainment" that looks like it was made in the early aughts and has no customizability. Why pay for a screen you can do next to nothing with. I can't even replace it to get a real equalizer for audio.