ratsforhorses

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by ratsforhorses 4y ago
Maybe our economic systems have to be rethought? A tree is worth more dead than alive..... European economies have been accumulating wealth for centuries through colonization and exploitation of humans lifetimes... in the end what do you h
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by ratsforhorses 4y ago
Who are their customers? Other companies... honestly when you take a bit of perspective, the need for companies to make a profit is a huge cause of the overuse of resources... indeed the lack of a social net in the US is probably the cause
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by ratsforhorses 4y ago
On youtube there's an American guy called Hinkle dishing out pro Russian viewpoint, I mean even Trump was a Putin apologist and under the veneer he's probably still got a grudge against Zelensky for his 2nd impeachment so I expect
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by ratsforhorses 4y ago
Honest question , how are they "very different from Romania or Poland"? Do you mean bigger? Also hypothetically if Belarus wanted to join the EU (after a regime change ofc) what would your objections be?
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by ratsforhorses 4y ago
I completely agree, I think the problem with "agricultural" land is that due to WW2 (in western Europe) we jumped too quickly in the 50's from a largely rural society to mechanised farming to pick up the slack from all that
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by ratsforhorses 4y ago
He's old, autocratic and in power, also hugely trying to appeal to the (rural) "believers" ...so I don't think so... I think you have to be a special kind of honest when being a believer to admit you may be wrong.... and
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by ratsforhorses 4y ago
I'd also like to throw you some links... https://elpocito.wordpress.com/ Pfaf.org plants for a future Ic.org intentional communities Basically "unproductive" land is/should be cheap, being out of the hus
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by ratsforhorses 4y ago
There's a guy who made it big in Silicon valley and bought 150 hectares near Cluj , north west Romania, he's built/building 28 houses with a school and afaik there's a agricultural component attached... curious if he&#x2
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by ratsforhorses 4y ago
I love the idea, living in Europe I had the opportunity to squat in my younger years and the fun of living with others while having the opportunity to transform the house we lived in was extremely empowering... have you ever heard of Hunder
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by ratsforhorses 4y ago
Maybe they just realized there's a bunch of expenses they don't need...or can streamline... I think and see how Covid gave a bunch of people time to focus on what they found was important... literally in my case I've found it
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by ratsforhorses 4y ago
Atmospheric water generation (AWG) uses technology to produce potable water from surrounding air. Here's a cool example of using the sun to do just that... https://youtu.be/VQRAtwz3Igs https://en.m.wikipedia
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by ratsforhorses 4y ago
Is this also true for places like Detroit, small inner towns in the mid ? West... my impression was that once banks got involved lending money the prices took off, I was under the impression that getting a house loan directly contributes to
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by ratsforhorses 4y ago
No idea if this is on spec, but i use Youcut to make clips from films i watch, it works with Chrome, maybe others?
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by ratsforhorses 4y ago
"there is no easy solution for the NHS. People are living longer and longer, and the required pot of money for running the NHS is getting bigger and bigger. Something will need to change, and I think it will be more private healthcare.
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by ratsforhorses 4y ago
Will Musk let Trump back on Twitter? I dislike the latter but was under the impression both are kind of buddys? It's just I thought a lot of advertising revenue was driven by polarization of issues and both have used Twitter to push th
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by ratsforhorses 4y ago
"other European countries including Netherlands, Hungary, Poland, Lithuania, Greece and others are purchasing in rubles. Also, India and China are purchasing a large amount of oil. https://www.reuters.com/business/
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by ratsforhorses 4y ago
Atm I don't know how to answer, history itself is writing on the wall, I just came across Charlie Chaplin's last speech from the dictator and think it quite relevant "I’m sorry, but I don’t want to be an emperor. That’s not m
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by ratsforhorses 4y ago
I did not want to suggest "ask you to go cold on your heating and kill your industry " ...maybe you're overreacting.... I suggested giving Germans some time out to extend their Easter celebrations... why not italy or austria
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by ratsforhorses 4y ago
We need to educate people that plastic atm is not really recyclable and they need to avoid using it... buying bigger quantities wrapped in paper, not buyng that mixed salad... changing buying habits is key, legislation another...unfortunate
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Ask HN: Why can't Germany just go cold turkey and turn off Russian Gas?
2 points by ratsforhorses 4y ago|21 comments
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by ratsforhorses 4y ago
I picked up this comment from a HN user in another thread but it got no traction, seeing Germany drag it's feet on sending arms and Zelensky's recent comments about blood money I think it's especially relevant... "seeing
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by ratsforhorses 4y ago
I found this in my archives http://www.ecomowtech.com/hardware.html it's probably 8 years old, lovely idea, wonder if they ever did something with it... tangentially maybe microbial batteries could one day become effic
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Data Brokers, by John Oliver(youtube.com)
12 points by ratsforhorses 4y ago|1 comments
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by ratsforhorses 4y ago
Pretty sure this has been posted before....
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SpaceX ending production of flagship crew capsule(reuters.com)
15 points by ratsforhorses 4y ago|3 comments
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by ratsforhorses 4y ago
Switzerland locks you into obligatory health insurance, starting at around 200$ a month but with 2k franchise which you pay before you get covered or more like 400$ a month and then you're still liable for 10%of the bill...it's a
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by ratsforhorses 4y ago
I live in Romania and often wonder why there isn't more medical tourism...a good way to have a holiday and get a diagnosis.. I've had surgery done here, maybe I was lucky because it was dirt cheap but the hospital stay was beyond
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by ratsforhorses 4y ago
Just my 2 cents, but seems to me Western society depends a lot on meat, bread, diary as "food" , the fast food for the masses, sugar or glucose syrup made from corn is another huge ingredient as is palm oil... there's a great
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by ratsforhorses 4y ago
I totally agree, here in Romania, prices have skyrocketed since the banks became involved... one might argue they fund new construction but the downside is it's destroying a lot of the authentic inner cities with "ugly" high
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by ratsforhorses 5y ago
I'd say thats the approach I've been taking (ie using a jacket and hat) one winter I used an electric blanket, went to work a bit early during the winter, my room managed to stay above 3C, boy was I glad and enjoyed the warm up of

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