labsin

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[–] labsin 1 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

A kilogram or a pound have no real tangible comparison to real world things unless you yourself make the comparison

A kilogram is a 1l bottle of water. A ton a 1m3 cube of water or a car. 10 ton a truck.

Anything bigger is just unimaginable ^^

[–] labsin 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I highly doubt it, but go ahead and prove your claim.

I would turn that around cause you are claiming filters help prevent cancer. Producers should prove that, but they don't. Filters don't help.

Speaking as an ex-smoker who didn't match the caricature

Good for you, but you are in the minority. I know no one that smokes that carry around a portable ashtray. If there is none in a couple of meters, they get thrown on the ground.

[–] labsin 7 points 8 hours ago

Smoking with a filter has no health benefits. Statistically, there are even more illnesses with people that smoke with filter cause they on average smoke more cause it irritates the throat less.

Our local cancer NGO even lobbied to ban filtered sigarettes as they cause more smoking and are plastic litter.

[–] labsin 2 points 2 months ago

Don't they already have electronic shifters?

[–] labsin 6 points 2 months ago

You've also seen tiger king?

[–] labsin 2 points 4 months ago

In Europe it's not. If an article is sold by a private person to a company, no vat is added and if the company resells it, vat has to be calculated on the profits only and not the full sum.

This is especially true for second hand cars.

[–] labsin 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Pure aluminium is only used when you need to have very little reactivity.

General construction steel has >98% weight iron. Around the same as most aluminium alloys.

[–] labsin 3 points 6 months ago

I think there was a Renault that worked like this. I think the main issue is that you need a decently sized battery that can supply enough power or else the ICE needs to start every time you hit the gas pedal like was the case with the older Prius models and then you might as well connect it to the wheels and you can have a smaller electric motor.

But batteries keep improving and you can pull more power per kWh now. Maybe with solid state batteries this power train could become the more affordable option.

[–] labsin 2 points 6 months ago

There was a scooter sharing company that drove around, swapping the batteries. It went out of business and now there are only the Bird style scooters.

If there were battery swapping stations, I'd definitely by me a bike.

[–] labsin 20 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

My money is on MusX

[–] labsin 1 points 7 months ago

That is the case in Belgium.

It is not enforced tho. If you didn't register as a donor, they will still ask the relatives, especially of they need to keep the body on life support after the person is declared dead.

[–] labsin 1 points 7 months ago

The other side has a ditch that might be an open sewer. Those need to be mowed.

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