LwL

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[–] LwL@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Heating. Swapping which is far above the price of a used car.

Edit: i realize now you said water heater, but switching off gas generally involves swapping the entire heatinf system, the costs of which are usually 5 digit for a single family home.

[–] LwL@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

HOA plus calling a priest to have the house blessed certainly point in that direction though. But I don't think that would be legal everywhere even there. Isn't much use to you though if the neighbour is the kind of psycho to shoot someone over this.

[–] LwL@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

In nem ökonomischen Kontext könnte man das schon so bezeichnen, wenn jetzt plötzlich jeder veganer wäre, aber selbst dann ist aber ganz klar mit Absicht so formuliert, um das als was schlechtes darzustellen.

In solchen Fällen macht die freie Marktwirtschaft halt mal das, was sie so macht bei sinkender Nachfrage. Das passierte ja auch nich von heute auf morgen, man hätte ja schon vorher auf was anderes umsteigen können. Mal davon abgesehen, dass Deutschland insgesamt immer noch verdammt viel Fleisch isst.

[–] LwL@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

It would need to have an atmosphere, so asteroids and most (all? Idk not an astronomer) moons are out.

Mars might be feasible at some point in the far future, but there's still the lag problem of 3-20 minutes depending on time of year, so not very useful for anything user facing.

[–] LwL@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Same in germany. One of many things that disproportionately affect poor people.

[–] LwL@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

I should've clarified, with "this" i mean more the general sentiment about regulation of these lootboxes that I've seen in other contexts as well - other than the general topic I don't really have an opinion on this other than it seeming a bit ridicous to reimburse every customer in full.

[–] LwL@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago (5 children)

There is one core difference to most other lootboxes, and it's that the skins you get from them have a tangible real world value. It is actually, in every way, resemblant of a slot machine. Put in money, receive an amount of money that is less than what you put in on average (though I guess it's never 0).

I'd have far more support for this if we didn't have something matching this entirely for decades, completely legal for kids, with the only difference being that you get a physical item instead of something digital. Of course, I'm referring to trading cards. By all means regulate both, but regulating the digital version while not touching the physical one is insane.

[–] LwL@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago

Which studies? A quick search doesn't seem to confirm that at all. From checking some of those studies, there seems to be a weak/low certainty correlation of lower meat consumption with lower cancer risks, a correlation (with geographical differences) of meat consumption with being overweight, but also other factors like smoking and low physical activity which really call into question whether other studies took that into account, and also a correlation between higher meat consumption and lower risk for depression (which I would also call into question given meat consumption's correlation with high socioeconomic status).

All I can get from those metastudies is a big nothing burger of "maybe"'s in either direction.

[–] LwL@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

You can't argue "this looks like a wasp so it is a wasp" and then extend from that to "and because of evolutionary history, all these other things that don't look like wasps are also wasps"

Defining groups of species with a common word is always going to be ambiguous, but you need to stay consistent in what you use to define it. By the same logic you can argue that humans are fish, because whales clearly are fish if you just look at them, and whales and humans are both mammals.

[–] LwL@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I've always acted assuming this to be possible, but it used to require either an unhinged individual or some other reason for a very dedicated investigation. The barrier being potentially that much lower is scary, particularly for anyone with a bit of internet fame that would rather stay anonymous

[–] LwL@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

It's a thing in germany too and I got very confused the first time I saw the chocolate. But idk if they're actually the same company

[–] LwL@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Having steam installed both ways was the easiest way to be logged in to 2 steam accounts simultaneously.

But also why does it matter, the whole point of arch is that you can turn it into whatever the hell you want. If that means using discover as your main source for programs, then so be it.

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