I read not so long ago that someone tried to leverage human walking / steps. Now raindrops. I love it :)

With 2 electric cars… Belgium here so it’s not the tundra either but the house is sizeable and doesn’t share walls. Hot water alone was 150/200 kWh a month. It all adds…

Using rain for electricity sounds like too fun to be efficient enough xD I’m gonna look into that :)

I feel you… I got a nice 3k€ to pay for electricity just for winter months and that’s with a quite performant heat pump. But at least zero emissions here…

Yeah but that would not account for the electricity need: in winter we need between 1000/1300 kWh mainly for heating / domestic hot water. Other months under 250 even if we use air conditioning. So if you cover the 7 nice months you still get absolutely wrecked by the dreaded 4 in the winter cost wise…

Also if one chose to have some tree for natural shading it kind of forbids to have verticals. Shade was more appropriate in our case so there’s a very limited direct sun exposure.

I would have loved that but having a wind turbine is… not easy. Permits, psychotic attitude from neighbours… but that have been my go-to given we don’t have a stream to go hydro. I’m still happy with covering 8 ou of 12 months with our setup but it’s still unnerving to swallow the costs of the setup + utilities for winter months…

Yeah I saw that… Though I’m 3 years into solar and my measurements aren’t so positive. I am definitely not covering 62% of our needs yearly. The 4 less sunny months are killers when you need heating.

I you live where sun is abundant all year round… In which case (Las Vegas?) I would question the choice of having humans living in a fucking desert in the first place. But man I wish I could cover my needs between October and March here in Europe but no battery will help me store so much for so long :-/

You’ve seen a lot of oldies that are in working order after 60+? 70+? They are exceptions, not the norm. Longer isn’t healthier. Not on a functional level. Especially for those not in an office which is I think the majority.

Well some are doing it a bit more in the open than others though… USA really has no shame anymore.

Well… obviously as it impacts you… It’s a culture issue, it takes time and advocacy to improve… Today they are persons who are not confortable with the situation ; what about them? Dismissing their feelings as « bullshit » is a bit harsh I think. And not the best way to further the cause. This being said I’m not in your shoes so who am I…

Yeah it matters indeed for some. Culturally we are absolutely not in a place where everyone is comfortable just yet. I’m not saying it is ideal but ignoring where we are isn’t helping either. Indeed for the safety of trans persons first thing… and also to avoid hysteria.

Well there isn’t a whole lot of details in the article to start with but if this is just about lockers being branded it’s indeed stupid. But if the baths themselves are segregated there needs to be a line… or it’s mixed bath and then by all means, let everyone enjoy them. Also are those nude bath or can you put clothes on… we have both sorts here and yeah if it’s nude, and segregated I can see an argument. Clothed though that absolutely misplaced.

I’m a bit torn on that one. The ban was about preop based on the article which… seems fair? As long as it’s not mixed baths in which case who cares what one’s sports. But a dick is a dick whoever has it.

Haaaa noyb… never a dull moment with them.

Neat :) it certainly looks delicious ! Congrats to the chef !

Looks delicious. Did he made it from scratch ?

I wonder how recently « the rest of us » built that opinion because from my 43 years as a European I certainly saw a lot of adulation of USA for as long as I remember. Even the healthcare pov is rather recent… For a long ass time they were certainly seen as our betters.

Ho come on it’s not that simple. Add to that the language barrier. And in general precise language and accuracy are not making knowledge more available to laymen. Laymen don’t have to vocabulary to start with, that’s pretty much the definition of being a layman.

There is definitely value in dumbing down knowledge, that’s the point of education.

Now using AI or pushing guidelines for editors to do it that’s entirely different discussion…