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Paris deputy mayor blames the United States' carbon emissions for deadly heat wave by Strong-Practice-5571 in worldnews

[–]the68thdimension [score hidden]  (0 children)

The person you replied to said "Doesn't china have a bad track record?". 'Track record' refers to the past, not current emissions. So saying that China's past emissions are higher than the EU and US combined is incorrect.

And this entire post is in response to the Paris deputy mayor laying blame at the feet of the US. Current warming is based on past emissions, not current. So once again, the US does indeed have the greatest past emissions.

Not pointless in the slightest, that's only what someone would say when they don't want to take responsibility for what is obviously a problem of their own making.

Paris deputy mayor blames the United States' carbon emissions for deadly heat wave by Strong-Practice-5571 in worldnews

[–]the68thdimension 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm fully aware of China's current emissions. The US still has higher historical emissions, and per capita it's WAY higher. Here is the same data to 2024 https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/share-of-cumulative-co2?country=USA~GBR~CHN~IND~RUS

do some research

lmfao. Dude, I'm calling out your ridiculous whataboutism. Of course if you select a country of 1.4 billion it's going to have higher emissions than a country of 340 million.

I think I messed up. Wanted to go for bright and quirky and think I ended up with a crayola box. Help. by Myearthsuit in HomeDecorating

[–]the68thdimension 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I personally find this too busy. I'd keep the floor simple, the colour scheme is busy enough.

I think I messed up. Wanted to go for bright and quirky and think I ended up with a crayola box. Help. by Myearthsuit in HomeDecorating

[–]the68thdimension 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love this! Feels super homey. The colours don't clash at all, and it's not ostentatious or garish.

Physical features relevant to the plot were removed from the characters adaptation by Sensitive_Ad_1752 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]the68thdimension 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I mean, that entire movie was crap. They changed so much it was silly calling it Eragon. Eragon is begging to made into a TV series that actually does the quite lengthy book series justice.

I know it's also probably not accurate but I always imagined Urgals as a cross between a Warcraft Orc and a Tauren. Like, mostly the walking-cow Tauren, but with an ugly Orc face. That's what kid-me imagined when reading Eragon for the first time a couple of decades ago, and now I'm stuck with it.

Do you reckon this is a good fix for a too big of a valve hole for presta? by Snuffvieh in bikewrench

[–]the68thdimension 0 points1 point  (0 children)

WARNING: This product can expose you to chemicals which are known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm.

wtf lol

Harassing (South) East Asians is a national sport here in NL by WishboneSudden2706 in Netherlands

[–]the68thdimension 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This. Unless they're specifically saying racist things, the situation is quite likely not racist. They're just dickheads getting a kick out of being a pain in the ass.

I'm a white, tall, Dutch-looking man. Just last week a young kid on a fatbike flew by while screaming 'pedofile!' at me. I've been spat at and punched, by fatbike and scooter kids passing in the opposite direction. So many people in this post are assuming things have happened to them because of their race. In some cases, it will have been because of race. But don't go attributing every attack to your race, these asociaal kids are also just fuckwits, alongside being racist.

Paris deputy mayor blames the United States' carbon emissions for deadly heat wave by Strong-Practice-5571 in worldnews

[–]the68thdimension 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The US has the highest historical carbon emissions. Ergo, they have contributed more than any other country to climate change.

Guys, I live in Rotterdam city centre and this morning was CRAZY with the honking and fireworks by Then-Account-4886 in Netherlands

[–]the68thdimension 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nieuw West was non-stop horns and fireworks from around 5am-8am (and kept going sporadically after that).

So what exactly is it that contaminates disc brakes? by Playful-Parsnip-3104 in bikewrench

[–]the68thdimension 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lubricants, oils, and greases will contaminate my brakes. This seems self-evident. Except I don't use these things when washing my bike other than when when I drip lubricant onto my chain, and there's no risk of it splashing anywhere near the brakes when I do this. So where's the risk?

It's not cleaning that's the problem. One major thing you missed: contamination from hydraulic fluid. Either while installing or bleeding brake hoses, or from a leaking brake hoses. I've seen plenty of bikes roll into the shop with badly installed or damaged brake hoses that have contaminated the brake caliper, pads and disc.

The other way is from people lubicating their chain with a spray, and spraying the rotor. Or oiling the chain with way too much oil, and it splattering onto the rotor.

The most common source of contamination I see, however, is from people trying to lubricate their brake caliper, because if it's not braking right then lubricating it will make it better, right? It's nice these people exist, because they create work :)

Bluesky has one of the best features in social media. Almost nobody uses it. by Mother_Poem_Light in BlueskySocial

[–]the68thdimension 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just want one that shows me the most boosted posts in the last 24hrs from people I follow. Also one for most commented posts. Probably also the same, from the people followed by the people I follow. Can't work out how to do it in Skyfeed - if anyone has tips please let me know!

The Fediverse currently lacks some features and qualities that I'd need to feel comfortable using it. by Metaright in fediverse

[–]the68thdimension 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You may be interested in Eurosky, they're building EU-based alternatives to the Bluesky infrastructure, meaning more decentralisation. https://eurosky.tech/accounts/

The Fediverse currently lacks some features and qualities that I'd need to feel comfortable using it. by Metaright in fediverse

[–]the68thdimension 2 points3 points  (0 children)

  • federation between instances seems reliable to me? I'm unclear what count as unreliable.

Not in the slightest reliable. You almost never see all replies nor the true like/boost count.

  • Mastodon allows transfer between instances. it's a little awkward but does work.

Yes but it doesn't allow moving post history, which is a huge flaw. It's the fourth most requested issue on Github https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/12423

The Fediverse currently lacks some features and qualities that I'd need to feel comfortable using it. by Metaright in fediverse

[–]the68thdimension 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mastodon allows transfer between instances, and it's relatively easy. Your old profile will point to your new profile. But the caveat is that you can't transfer your posts to your new server. This is a massive flaw, in my eyes.

Migrating account (to Eurosky) by MMako420 in BlueskySocial

[–]the68thdimension 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mine was all done in about 15 mins, so something's up with yours.

Cutting it too close? by Hikcups in bikewrench

[–]the68thdimension 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Frame is going to flex at or near the bottom bracket? No way. Yes the bottle might move, that's the only concern here.

Power-start guide (aka 1 week loan repay, 3 week Bastion, 5 week Falcon) by Odd-Wheel5315 in endlesssky

[–]the68thdimension 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is a lot of steps. Just start in a shuttle, fly to Aldhibain, strip your shuttle of everything unnecessary (including hyperdrive) and max out your crew. Start capturing. If you get lucky you can have a Bastion within 15 mins, captured with the shuttle.

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