BastingChemina @ BastingChemina @slrpnk.net

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Interestingly, an area I found where the spelling of words can evolve extremely rapidly is geography.

I'm mapping on openstreetmap and finding the right spelling for small dwellings and locations can be an impossible task.

Unless there is a clear physical signage for it somewhere the name of a single place can change drastically in a few decades. From one generation to another the name changes and finding "the right" spelling is sometimes an impossible task.

I have a lot of cases where the cadastral map, the postal database and the mapping institute each have a different spelling/name for the same location.

I have young kids in the house, if I installed a handheld bidet I'm certain that they will use it to spray each other when I'm not looking, regularly.

So I'm planning to install a bidet but in not ready yet

Yes, since the 60' in the US the measurements are based on the metric system.

In 1959 the inch was redefined to be exactly 25.4mm.

So the US and any other country using the imperial system is just using metric but which weird conversion just to make things harder.

Yes, it was implemented during the French revolution.

40% of the world's population lives in coastal area. Tsunamis are devastating as well so I'm not certain that a giant asteroid falling in the water would be less deadly.

I disagree, but in not in your situation so I can be wrong.

Unless you are producing way, way more electricity than you can use I think net metering is a great arrangement for the customer. (Not so much for the utility company)

The electricity is usually bought by the utility company at a much lower cost than what the customer is paying. Because the generation cost is only a percentage of the cost, there is taxes, maintenance of the grid ...

For example in France we pay 0.1952€/kWh, but the utility is buying the solar electricity produced by household at 0.04€/kWh.

Meanwhile with net metering your electricity is virtually bought at the same price as what you are buying your electricity for.

My dishwasher does that. On the Eco cycle it opens the four at the end of the cycle to let it dry

It's not really a competitor, Steam's business is selling games, not consoles.

The steam deck is just one way for them to increase sales on steam.

It makes way, way more sense in my opinion.

Humans are terrible batteries, but the processing power of our brain on the other hand is amazing.

Based on the FLOPS (Floating point operations per second) today's supercomputer powered by a nuclear power station does not match the processing power of a single brain, powered by a few potatoes.

Net metering is great, much better than being paid for the surplus.

With net metering the grid is basically an free, infinite, 100% effective battery.

This is normal in all the developed countries.

Having and raising children is not a concern only for the mother, the whole community needs to be involved.

You were not allowed to but I can guarantee that you were still screaming in public.

I like the fediverse

Beans soup, chickpeas soup, lentil soup, they are all amazing.

My favorite is beans and sauerkraut soup and Ukrainian borstch

I've looked it up and the Katy Freeway on the picture has an average of 219 000 vehiclra using it per day. Let's be very generous and assume an average of 1.5 person in each car, so around 329 000 people are moved each day thanks to this highway.

A single metro line or two tramway line moves more people per day than that.

It's data, it's based on a study from 1972: "The limits to growth" and it has been updated using recent datasets.

Once you zoom out a bit:

limits to growth

Replace the gun with a car.

How much of the "outside" can a kid access today without taking the risk of being it by a car ? As soon as he crosses the door of the house he risks his life.

I don't understand how we accepted that as normal.

Now compare that with a carless world, kids could go everywhere.

Abduction or aggression are still a risk but almost insignificant compared to the risk of being hit by a car, yet this is the one we are talking about.

So a horse is cheaper than a car. The average yearly cost of car ownership in the us is around $12k in the US.

This includes car depreciation, insurance, maintenance ...

There is the Starshot Breakthrough project that study the feasibility of sending probes to our closest stars.