Afireonthesnow

Afireonthesnow t1_jd5dqa2 wrote

Reply to comment by washingtonpost in I write The Washington Post’s Climate Coach column, where I help people figure out what they can do to help curb climate change. Ask me Anything! by washingtonpost

What are your thoughts on America really missing the transition from car centric communities to walk/bike/transit based communities in the distraction of electric cars?

Cars use a TON of energy. They are really really inefficient and the environmental impact of battery production is substantial..

I'm not promoting ICE vehicles either but I hope we can get to a country where a family has 1 or 2 cars instead of 2-4+ even in rural areas... Biking transit etc is just SO much better for land use, concrete production, energy power trip etc. I'm really frustrated that people think they are saving the planet by switching to an EV when they really aren't changing very much. The manufacturing of that EV is a lot of GHG emissions as well =\

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Afireonthesnow t1_j11woz2 wrote

Reply to comment by Trelloant in The Finalmouse Centerpiece is a keyboard with built-in CPU and GPU, and its screen animations are powered by Unreal Engine 5 by thebelsnickle1991

It's a split hand ergodox with grey key caps. When I say layers I mean like if he hits a function key all the keys do something different

It's convenient for coding/some gaming etc and limits how much you have to move your fingers to type. Improves efficiency all around

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Afireonthesnow t1_j0e9y5y wrote

Reply to comment by dinosaurs_quietly in D.C. Bar panel tentatively finds Giuliani likely committed ethics violation with false election claims by Pomp_N_Circumstance

I fucking hate Rudy and I gotta kinda agree on this one. I watched the whole movie, obviously including the Rudy bit and it was weird, he needed to be more professional, but I think blown a bit out of proportion.

  1. He was getting interviewed by who appeared to be a nervous young professional that's a little star struck. Anyone would assume this person is in their 20s . He at multiple times tried to tell her she's doing great and once tried to reassure her by squeezing her hand. Not exactly appropriate to touch someone at all but seemed like a genuine gesture that I didn't perceive as malicious.

  2. The actress led him to the bed! He wasn't like oh hey let's go back here now, he followed her then say down to remove his mic.

  3. Rudy is an old guy. My grandpa has to sit down to do most activities, his movements are awkward, he can't put on pants standing up. I can definitely see someone of Rudy's health and age struggle to maintain balance when removing a weird wire that you aren't super familiar with and just lay down to try to straighten out a shirt or prevent the wire from riding up his shirt and appear indecent.

In a normal setting I feel like it would have been an easier detachment that the staff could do for him, or the interviewer would give him some privacy to get situated and let him return to the main room once he's removed the wire that's hidden under his clothes.

Idk, maybe his intentions were malicious and he thought he could get sex from this girl. If so, screw him even more. I just didn't feel that clip was enough to justify him being some pedo. He was clearly set up to be viewed in the worst light possible.

Again, not an apologist at all. He didn't handle that situation properly but I didn't get the feeling he was trying to fuck the girl either.

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Afireonthesnow t1_iw0g0m5 wrote

Reply to A Final Farewell, Me, Watercolor, Pen, Ink, and Colored Pencil, 2022 by wow_wow_meow_meow

You should check out the song Nesso by Heilung, maybe you've already heard it! It's inspired from an old healing spell that would draw worms out of horse's infections and feet, or venom from a snake bite. The song today is sung with the knowledge of modern science applied, so a desperate plead for a loved animal to survive a wound that we know they will not survive by singing this spell to them.

Just seemed to fit dead on with this painting

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