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Are you stressed or anxious? Dogs often pick up your background mood better than you do yourself.

Yeah, don't know the guy beyond repeatedly hearing that he scores out of his league. But I've always thought he seemed pretty physically attractive. I kinda suspect that straight guys just have very little sense of what actually makes a guy look hot.

But what do you actually mean by "ignorance is no excuse"? You said that any system other tah democracy conflicts with the statement. But the standard meaning (the fact that you didn't realise you were breaking the law isn't an meaningful excuse in court) absolutely applies in autocracies or whatever. The point is certain actions are illegal and doing them will get you in trouble, whether you knew in advance or not.

I feel like you've got another meaning in mind, can you try and express it clearly?

I'm not sure you're interpreting that phrase in the way other people are. I think the standard interpretation of "ignorance is not an excuse" is "not being aware of a crime being illegal is not a legitimate defence if you commit that crime".

You seem to be thinking more about freedom of information, or education?

I've been looking at some selfhosted blogging options like Ghost because that seems easier than finding a suitable provider.

And for op, go for it! The more ai and advertising ruins the Internet, the more valuable I find real people just sharing their thoughts without trying to profit from it.

Love it! Broddrick is great in it, and his perspective helps keep the more legendary character and plot line believable. Looks gorgeous too (the film, not MattyB)

I watched The Thief of Bagdad (1940) recently, and was kinda shocked at how much I enjoyed it. There's a whole world of effects, such as using painted backdrops, that don't look "realistic" but actually do a lot more for creating fantastical vibe than even perfect modern cgi.

It also highlights the main problem with most "effects heavy" movies, in that they often focus on the effects instead of the story. And when that happens, it doesn't really matter how good they are, because fundamentally they're distracting from real core of the film. TToB has genies, monsters and flying robot horses, but they're all used judiciously and reinforce a sense of wonder, even when they look a little janky to modern eyes.

Compared this to The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958), which was celebrated at the time for it's Harryhausen stop motion effects. Sure, the effects are pretty cool, and at the time must have been very impressive, but it's too obvious that the audience is meant to be wowed by them. At one point two animated monster start fighting each other and I just didn't care. Aside from the novelty of the effect this scene wasn't building the vibes, they're weren't any significant stakes or character growth, it was just "look at what we can do!". Yawn.

We've got goats that are basically our resident lawn mowers. Moving then around the property is much less effort that mowing lawns or trimming hedges, they're amazing. And pretty darn cute. And the grass grows back much lusher than if it's mowed, with all the goat poop that they tread into it.

I'd say, they're like digging your own latrine. A totally effective solution, as long as you're physically able and your needs aren't exceptional.

I'm not sure I understand? The country depends on urban infrastructure for sure. But population density plays a big role in how necessary services are provided. You have to be very remote and rural in most western countries to not have electricity, because it's easier to connect wires than be fully self-sufficient in energy generation. But waste pipes are harder to scale over distances, and septic tanks provide an affordable local solution. I'd love for the local council to install and maintain pumped pipes for all waste, but it would be a huge and unnecessary expense for the community.

Similarly, wherever people cluster, you can make efficient transport solutions that serve the. But if someone lives hours away from the next habitation, it's hard to create a soloution that's more efficient than them driving to the nearest transport hub. And if we could get rid of 99.9% of cars owned by people not in that situation, I don't think we need to worry to much about the few farmers who still need them.

I basically agree with you, the more public transport provided, the less people need individual transport. But as a society, there are times when the right transport soloution for a specific household is pretty much a car. There's no point in having busses driving out to my rural property multiple times a day, just for me not to use it most of the time.

That doesn't mean it needs to be a private car owned by me. A government funded by taxi service would still be more cost effective than empty buses. When I lived in another part of the country, that's what they'd replaced the busses with due to lack of demand.

But it's a complicated transition. Currently I mostly use my car and trailer to get heavy building materials, and recover architectural salvage. Sure, I could buy a new staircase and have it delivered on a lorry, but is that really better for the environment than dismantling an old one and taking a couple of trips to ship it my property? There could be solutions, such as municipal vehicle rental. But sometimes a car or van is the sensible middle ground between a bike and a bus.

I'd say it's more like, wanting a car is like wanting your own septic tank rather than a connection to municipal sewers. In an urban area it would be an insane waste of space to have individual septic tanks. But in the country the cost of building and maintaining infrastructure for just one household would be incredibly wasteful.