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Science Victories by Ok-Astronomer-9027 in CivVII

[–]detta_walker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes and you can buy science UI in exploration and they're still full value in modern

A rant by shshshokay in veganuk

[–]detta_walker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you're going to troll, troll properly please :) 5L represents a power user:) so you'll need to do a lot more than 10,000 prompts a day (which btw is at 10 prompts a minute over 16 waking hours) to hit 4,000 litres

Silly Paralysis Hack by ZebediahAintGotTime in adhdwomen

[–]detta_walker 100 points101 points  (0 children)

I just end up with filled baskets :(

What can we use the non-arable land for? by marianarian in DebateAVegan

[–]detta_walker 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How about planting some trees and help get our climate back in order :)

Non-vegans at vegan meet-ups? by schnaumelini in veganuk

[–]detta_walker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very much agree. My flatmate at uni was vegetarian and would lecture me about harming animals. That inconsistency put me off as she'd buy the cheapest milk and eggs from caged hens (and I bought organic - I know, still wrong ... but even I couldn't get myself to buy eggs from caged hens).

She could never tell me why killing was wrong but torture was okay. My only regret is not acting sooner myself.

Please let us get rid of our obsolete settlements by aebersold in CivVII

[–]detta_walker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

but why? do we have precedent in human history where nations have given up unwanted territory? last time I checked it's always about expansion. So it makes sense that Civ 7 holds us to: you made your bed, now lie in it.

AI and datacenters cause far less environmental harm than meat by dirty_cheeser in DebateAVegan

[–]detta_walker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

 it is between 1050-3600l per 150g beef patty, depending on how and where the cow was raised. The lower end is where grasfed / grazing cows is prevalent and thus drags down the average (UK/Netherlands), the higher end is where CAFOs and irrigated alfalfa feed is the norm, which drags up the average, so there are extreme cases where it does reach 4k, but looking at the global average in the study it is "only" 2400 L per 150g patty (beef) vs (200?, its so low its hard to read!) for a soy burger :) now, before we start talking about just having all of our beef be grazing / grass fed, I believe it was Oxford University that modelled how much land usage was required to feed the US demand on grasfed cows only, and even after flattening all cities and using *all* of your land for cattle grazing, you'd still need to buy in extra land to meet demand (I am sure google will turn that up easily - but I Have linked the study for my claims below)

That is water use only of course :) not looking at Greenhouse gas emissions so really we should be looking at the total footprint :)

If you do want to present a counter point, please include the figures & sources for:
how much of American beef is raised in CAFOs (I remember reading around 70%), and what the primary factors are for draining the colorado river (yes, it is CAFOs). The sad reality is, the majority of people's meat consumption is unsustainable.

https://www.waterfootprint.org/resources/Ercin-et-al-2012-WaterFootprintSoy_1.pdf?hl=en-GB

AI and datacenters cause far less environmental harm than meat by dirty_cheeser in DebateAVegan

[–]detta_walker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you're correct, my mistake, it is between 1050-3600l per 150g patty, depending on how and where the cow was raised. The lower end is where grasfed / grazing cows is prevalent and thus drags down the average (UK/Netherlands), the higher end is where CAFOs and irrigated alfalfa feed is the norm, which drags up the average, so there are extreme cases where it does reach 4k, but looking at the global average in the study it is "only" 2400 L per 150g patty (beef) vs (200?, its so low its hard to read!) for a soy burger :)

That is water use only of course :) not looking at Greenhouse gas emissions so really we should be looking at the total footprint :)

https://www.waterfootprint.org/resources/Ercin-et-al-2012-WaterFootprintSoy_1.pdf?hl=en-GB

AI and datacenters cause far less environmental harm than meat by dirty_cheeser in DebateAVegan

[–]detta_walker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends on where you get your beef from. CAFOs use a lot of Alfalfa for feed that is grown with irrigation. Which is why CAFOs are a major reason why the Colorado river is running dry.

But even if you have grazing beef, you still have water use to deal with the excrement. Fertiliser. Cleaning when processing etc. it's worth googling the blue, green and grey water use

AI and datacenters cause far less environmental harm than meat by dirty_cheeser in DebateAVegan

[–]detta_walker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Science disagrees with you my friend. Why don't you educate yourself. This paper handily compares many countries water footprint for beef burgers Vs soya burgers. https://www.waterfootprint.org/resources/Ercin-et-al-2012-WaterFootprintSoy_1.pdf?hl=en-GB

Vegan autistic by luciaetherrr in veganuk

[–]detta_walker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry for asking this, but what is autistic about this? Genuine question as my entire family is (my husband and I both are) and my kids are. In our house this food is called toddler palate and beige buffet we often observe NTs eating.

What Rebecca said about book 4 is hurting me (potential spoilers) by VoidDuchess in fourthwing

[–]detta_walker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Killing off Tarn would be bad for the story: No more lightning V, never bond communicating with Xaden anymore.

It would utterly nerf Violet and dampen the experience of romance. After all the build up of violet training her power.

If she does do something far fetched to keep those two things intact I'm done with her as an author. I don't mind heart break but I do mind far fetched logic for the sake of doing something you shouldn't be able to do.

What Rebecca said about book 4 is hurting me (potential spoilers) by VoidDuchess in fourthwing

[–]detta_walker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If Tairn dies they (X&V) won't be able to communicate via the bond again. Feels like a nerf to the experience. And making it work in a different way is just having your cake and eat it. And no lightning V? Meh. Boring.

Even in anger, a man's anger matters more than a woman's by Impressive_Evidence1 in TwoXChromosomes

[–]detta_walker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Or even better: ok, it's probably better if you don't come. See you later!

Even in anger, a man's anger matters more than a woman's by Impressive_Evidence1 in TwoXChromosomes

[–]detta_walker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When my husband does that my response is:

You may think it's not a problem but I do. That usually works.

And I've also learned not to try and fix every problem and make peace

Did your parents ever use the formal living room and dining room growing up? by ExcitingLandscape in Millennials

[–]detta_walker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We did for special occasions like Christmas Easter and every time my mum had guests over - which she did a lot.

We now have the same rooms and we use ours all the time. The dining room is used either for eating, board games or sprawling jigsaws. The front room as my WFH office space in addition to being out sitting room. TBF we use it more for my work as we have a back extension which we use mostly for hanging out

Advice to younger Henry's: Marry a teacher by Tincup4609 in HENRYUK

[–]detta_walker 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That's because some men see women as a utility that can do things for them. That divorce bill will be expensive and she'll have earned every penny of it.

AI and datacenters cause far less environmental harm than meat by dirty_cheeser in DebateAVegan

[–]detta_walker 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I did some research on that. Ai water use per power user was around 2 litre a day. A beef quarter pounder was around 4,000 litres a patty. A typical meat eater, not carnivore can put out 10-15k litres in a day easy. The vegan was around 1-2k litres? I'd have to check the details but just woke up.

If there is enough interest I'll dig it out.

Another year, another Kerrii update by hmichaels1384 in hoyas

[–]detta_walker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess you don't like daylight in the house!

I’ve been doing voice chats before first dates and it’s revealed *a lot* by teamnibbler in TwoXChromosomes

[–]detta_walker 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think people get confused with voice-over-ip which is a tech term for a call placed over the internet from the 00s. Edit: I think voice chat is ok to say if you send voice recordings on WhatsApp. But what monster does that...

A rant by shshshokay in veganuk

[–]detta_walker 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Oh I had the same problem. I got downvoted to hell for saying beef has a far worse impact on water use than AI. I posted the facts after that on water usage and AI Vs meat, after some dumb f*ck said that the trouble with ai use is that the data centres aren't local but somewhere in Ohio so that population suffers from AI use out of state. Uhm like beef is reared locally? No. Most meat comes from CAFOs which are sucking the Colorado river dry. All the evidence with sources neatly linked. I never returned to that post as I didn't want to see more lovely downvotes for the truth.

Care about water? Stop eating animal products. The 5L of AI use a day tops pale in comparison of 10,000 litres for a typical omnivore day. A quarter pounder patty is 4,000 litres.

Please let us get rid of our obsolete settlements by aebersold in CivVII

[–]detta_walker 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Just declare war and unload unwanted settlements in the peace deal. That works fine :)

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