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The Sagrada Família is a "recently" built cathedral, and I'd say is on a similar level as a Gothic cathedral. So modern society is not necessarily incapable of similar feats.

I'd prefer not to wash sheets of course, but also because I wouldn't trust previous guests to acually do it instead of just shaking the sheets out and putting them back.

Don't people build all kinds of tiny houses and live in them? How does that work with building codes?

Apparently the anti-islanding features in the inverters prevent this kind of situation. They need several minutes of clean power to start back up, and do other checks.

The Denmark to Sweden bridges are less expensive if you pay a yearly fee, it's usually worth it even if you only cross two times.

However it's not straight forward to figure out the optimal way to get from say Hamburg to Gothenburg. You can take the short ferry from Fehmarn to Rodby, and then take the bridges. Or you can drive all the way via Odense and the bridges. Or you can drive to northern Denmark and take the ferry from Fredrickshavn over. Or you can go to Kiel and take the overnight ferry straight to Gothenburg, which is expensive but you can sleep all the way. Then there is the Travemünde-Trelleborg ferry which could also be an option...

The Wolbachia bacteria already infect a majority of insect species and are widespread. They are not "mutated" in the sense that they are lab created, but occur naturally. Birds eat infected insects every day, and so do you probably every now and then by accident...

There is nothing about gene drives in the article, just lethal gene and wolbachia. These would necessitate continued release to some extent.

It is possible to release large numbers, this is how the older sterile insect technique works. It requires large facilities that can breed millions of insects that are then released, often from airplanes. It's just a question of money and developing an efficient breeding system.

The parasite will also evolve to maintain infection, otherwise parasites would not exist...

I mean, there is a sliding scale what "hosting someone" means. Most of this thread seems to assume classic dinner parties where you prepare all the food for the people, and they may include aquintances.

We often host a group of good friends, and it's more like a potluck. Brunch is especially easy, as everyone can bring some random dish and there is little coordination necessary. It's also pretty cheap, we don't really spend much more money than we would on regular breakfast. Dinner may be a bit more expensive as we usually do the main (meat) dish.

As they're all good friends we don't have to prepare the place either, they don't care when it's a bit messy. We're lucky to have a big place, but every now and then also go to other friends where people have to sit on the floor due to lack of chairs when there's more than 8 invited. It's fine (and I'm in my 40s, it's not a bunch of college kids).

I find it's pretty easy to come up with lighting projects like this, but to make it actually look high quality with a good finish is quite hard.

You can sometimes find old Nooks for cheap and they can be rooted to display static images, but it's not elegant.