I hate when people refer to things from before 1750s as classic.
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I try to contribute to things getting better, with humor, sourced information, OC and polite rational skepticism.
Disagreeing with a point ≠ supporting the opposite side, I support rationality.
Let’s discuss to make things better sustainably.
Always happy to question our beliefs.
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World News@quokk.au•Russian Retailers See Horse Sales Surge Amid Worsening Gasoline Deficit
5·il y a 11 heuresBoth sides share history about that https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cossacks
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World News@quokk.au•Russian Retailers See Horse Sales Surge Amid Worsening Gasoline Deficit
22·il y a 11 heuresThey don’t have air anymore to inflate the wheels. Putin requisitioned all of it for his grandchild’s air guitar practice.
You got it confused with the steam machine deck.
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Technology@lemmy.world•Switzerland bolted 5,000 solar panels onto a dam wall 8,000 feet up in the freezing Alps. The plant now makes three times more winter power than any farm down in the valleysEnglish
11·il y a 12 heuresFor the same cooling reason some places have been covering irrigation canals with solar panels. The water cools down the panels and it reduces water loss through evaporation.
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Technology@lemmy.world•Switzerland bolted 5,000 solar panels onto a dam wall 8,000 feet up in the freezing Alps. The plant now makes three times more winter power than any farm down in the valleysEnglish
10·il y a 12 heuresI’m confused by the albedo argument. The reflected light would need to reach the solar panels, but the panels are facing up. So how could a surface of ice/snow be sufficiently facing the solar panels to reflect a significant amount of sun light towards the panels?
Edit: nevermind, using my hands to draw imaginary angles, I’ve concluded it can work with a facing normal white slope for some sun position if the orientation is favorable.
If they state an error margin of ±2 cm, I may allow it.
What about going to the thermae and an olive oil scrapping?
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You Should Know@lemmy.world•YSK that there is now a huge online archive of videos/photos detailing the genocide in Gaza.English
251·il y a 2 joursFor those who are scared to click the link, I have tried to find who they are and found this about:
Witnesses of Atrocities and Genocide We archive what others erase. Permanently.
We are a group of researchers dedicated to archiving war crimes footage from Gaza and the West Bank. Our team submits all evidence to the International Criminal Court (ICC), the Hind Rajab Foundation, and the South African legal team at the ICJ. If you’d like to contribute or join the effort, connect with us on Twitter or Telegram.
Tech companies are working overtime to censor and delete content from Gaza. We are doing our best to archive it before it disappears. You can browse the documented footage in the Archive, and download the complete raw source collections from the Downloads page.
In the sources, they link to various independent-looking channels and pages.
It’s hard to judge from this.I’d like to see various reputable international newspaper (not all of them are controlled by the USA/Israel) confirm the quality of this work. In particular, how they confirm the authenticity of the documents, which is tremendous journalism work and not for the faint of heart.
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You Should Know@lemmy.world•YSK that there is now a huge online archive of videos/photos detailing the genocide in Gaza.English
1·il y a 2 joursIt’s common on Reddit, it may come from there.
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Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world•the evolution of the grass at Wimbledon due to racket technology
1·il y a 2 joursYes, probably because the new rackets allow faster balls, so it has become too difficult to try to surprise the opponent with a short return at the net.
The packaging design seems to be shifted due some machine calibration issue, the words should probably be centered on the sides.
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Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world•the evolution of the grass at Wimbledon due to racket technology
22·il y a 3 joursFor a while I thought racket technology was something used to improve grass resilience, then I understood.
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Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•Sooner or later game loading screens are going pass before mine do
4·il y a 3 joursIt seems none of them exist sadly.
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Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•Sooner or later game loading screens are going pass before mine do
43·il y a 3 joursc/Showerstrokes
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Horror Games@piefed.world•Hideo Kojima's upcoming horror game OD is said to survive Microsoft's culling for the second time nowEnglish
4·il y a 3 joursThe game features collectibles strangely resembling the plastic toy version of Bill Gates. Shouting all of them will unlock something, but it has not been discovered yet.
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Technology@lemmy.world•Sony Abandons Social Media for 24 Hours+ After Controversially Killing Physical GamesEnglish
76·il y a 3 joursI am imagining the marketers leaving the office with life jackets riding small boats. 🛟🚣
That’s a strange move. I would have picked flying tiger in the sky.
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World News@lemmy.world•US Active Duty Air Force Major Calls for Trump/Vance RemovalEnglish
4·il y a 4 joursIsn’t it the basis of the military that you have to follow orders or you will be arrested? I guess he didn’t.


























To give another point of data.
People walking pilgrimages like El Camino de Santiago de Compostela routinely walk 23 km (14 miles) per day for multiple weeks. And those are people in all kind of shapes and ages, including slow walking grandparents. Trained people can do twice more.
Humans are really good at long distance, not just athlets. Modern life made us forget about it and anything longer than 5 km sounds impressive.