About reparability, kobo has a partnership with ifixit for parts and repair guide.

I don’t want to imagine the level of procrastination I would have if I were immortal.

We don’t need tacos, we have tacos at home.

The tacos at home:

I have a rule for my kids is that I never say no to fruits and I try to always have fruits in the fruit basket (as long as they eat the whole thing and leave a half eaten fruit somewhere in the house).

My two year old is really enjoying that and can eat two whole apples and some grapes in a row. Sure he will not eat anything at dinner after that but I can’t be mad at him for eating fruits.

It took me a week to assemble my mk4 last year, between work, cores and kids but I loved the process.

I loved the process as well. The instruction is very well made and it’s an extremely satisfying process.

The printer is now getting close to 2500 hours of printing and still printing well.

Nettle and potato soup is delicious.

I doubt think it’s a DNA problem, the amount of roots depends on the amount of leaves.

So keeping the grass short keeps the roots sorry as well

Wasn’t there a story where scientists sprayed a whole tree with insecticide in the rainforest and they discovered tenths of new bug species?

No, I tried for a while but I gave up.

I switched to Onshape and I’m very happy with the switch.

I agree, all software developed or used by governments should be open-source.

There might be few cases where there is a legitimate reason for it not to be open source (no open source software available, need a proprietary software for running old legacy equipment …). In this case the decision should be voted on and the arguments exposed publicly.

I don’t know for other people but in my area the delivery person almost always calls me before dropping the package to check if I’m home and ready to receive the package.

Interestingly, an area I found where the spelling of words can evolve extremely rapidly is geography.

I’m mapping on openstreetmap and finding the right spelling for small dwellings and locations can be an impossible task.

Unless there is a clear physical signage for it somewhere the name of a single place can change drastically in a few decades. From one generation to another the name changes and finding “the right” spelling is sometimes an impossible task.

I have a lot of cases where the cadastral map, the postal database and the mapping institute each have a different spelling/name for the same location.

I have young kids in the house, if I installed a handheld bidet I’m certain that they will use it to spray each other when I’m not looking, regularly.

So I’m planning to install a bidet but in not ready yet

Similarly in France the “Gendarmerie nationale”, a branch of the French Armed Forces that do the police has been using “GendBuntu” on all their desktop since 2008.

It’s a version of Ubuntu developed specifically for them.

I disagree, but in not in your situation so I can be wrong.

Unless you are producing way, way more electricity than you can use I think net metering is a great arrangement for the customer. (Not so much for the utility company)

The electricity is usually bought by the utility company at a much lower cost than what the customer is paying. Because the generation cost is only a percentage of the cost, there is taxes, maintenance of the grid …

For example in France we pay 0.1952€/kWh, but the utility is buying the solar electricity produced by household at 0.04€/kWh.

Meanwhile with net metering your electricity is virtually bought at the same price as what you are buying your electricity for.

Net metering is great, much better than being paid for the surplus.

With net metering the grid is basically an free, infinite, 100% effective battery.

How ? Is it just AC ?

We oscillate between 300 and 800kwh per month and it’s with an old water heater, an electric car charged at home, a dryer and electric oven.

You were not allowed to but I can guarantee that you were still screaming in public.

Beans soup, chickpeas soup, lentil soup, they are all amazing.

My favorite is beans and sauerkraut soup and Ukrainian borstch

So a horse is cheaper than a car. The average yearly cost of car ownership in the us is around $12k in the US.

This includes car depreciation, insurance, maintenance …