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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why isn't it considered vegan to harvest animals who die naturally?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  We probably kill insects just by walking, but it's not reasonable to never move again to avoid that.

  There's this Hindu sect whose adherents wear veils, sweep the floor before them, and/or tread very slowly and carefully to avoid injuring, killing or eating any small insects. As you said, it's about doing as much as you can, but if it were a competition they'd win for sure.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There should be a "last used combination" faucet handle for sinks so you don't have to balance hot and cold everytime during winter⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  People here saying single handle faucets must have much better ones than what we've got where I'm from, no fucking chance of getting the same temperature again after shutting it. And the middle of it is extremely sensitive, it goes from 10% to 90% in like the middle two millimeters, and I think the pressure of the hot water overcomes the cold's so you have to turn a bit left and then right again to stabilize the temp.

  For my shower, which is the one that matters most for me, I got a thermostatic one—you set the temperature on the right handle and the flow on the left one, and that's it, perfect temperature forever. Even if someone flushes, which only happens when my sister is visiting because she doesn't understand boundaries, it doesn't change one whole degree for more than a second, only the flow is be affected.

  As a side note my grandma's bath tube some 30+ years ago (it had probably another 30 or more) had two handles for hot-cold, left and right, and then another two for the shower-faucet flow, up and down. It wasn't as fine tuned as my modern one, but worked quite well. You would only open or shut without touching the proportion of hot/cold.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Late Uncles Electronics stash: Things to not use anymore because of safety and obsoleteness and things that are as good as new⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Tin-lead solder is what you use to solder electronics. Don't use it for pipes, tho, for that you want tin-silver.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨28-pound electric motor delivers 1000 horsepower⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I recognise their username. It's half sane takes, half absolute wankery with them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Where is modern Punk?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  First, punk is where it's always been: in the streets, the boroughs, in the young people that are discovering how trashy this world and society are... I've been out of the scene for quite a while, but from time to time I do still go to some concert or other events.

  Second, Edelweiss is not anti authoritarian, or anti right wing at all, even if it's meant as a 'fuck you' to the nazis. It's a nationalist song sung by a member of the Austrian military. For context, the Austrian right was divided on this matter, with the Austrian fascist party being staunchly against the Anschluss. Julie Andrews rocks, though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's interesting to see what qualifies as a swear in different languages.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It has many variations: 'hijoputa', 'hijo de puta', 'hijo de la gran puta', 'hijo de la gran putísima', 'hijo de mil putas'...

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It does. I'm posting this comment on the Mbin pwa on my iPhone, works pretty well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to Decide what an Appropriate Medical Response is for Loved Ones⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  [Not a doctor, take with a grain of salt] This is the only reaction I would consider appropriate in that situation. Bees kill lots of people, you don't know if you're allergic until one has stung you, and anaphylaxis acts extremely fast, specially in the neck so close to the airways.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to Decide what an Appropriate Medical Response is for Loved Ones⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I'd say you're doing alright. When in doubt go to emergencies and let the doctors and medical professionals decide if they send you home, unless you're in America and this would bankrupt you that is. Better to be safe than sorry, specially with your kids.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨as many human heartbeats happened between 1970 - 2025 as in the entire medieval age⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And the widespread use of stimulants like coffee, tea, and cocaine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just a little bit more⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The unit of pressure in the SI is, in fact, the pascal. 100 psi = 689.5 kPa. For whatever reason we use bars for the tyres, tho. My car tyres run at 2.3 bar, which is a nice and easy number to remember not like the equivalent 33.358679678 psi, so ugly and difficult.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨He really said this, look it up!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It exists! That's the actual name of the game! I am.. uhm.. what's the opposite of 'terribly disappointed'??