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[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 4 points 1 month ago

C/E/F also have shutters, probably more types do that too

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 39 points 1 month ago (16 children)

Type E and F plugs are not really a thing anymore, today it's more common to find combined Type E/F plugs.

Fuses in british plugs are a mistake and only a requirement because of sketchy practices allowed in british electrical code immediately after WW2. Nobody else does that because nowhere else electric code is built in such a way that it is necessary. Switch seems to be mildly useful tho

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 10 points 1 month ago

i think they also did that last year, after strikes on refineries, and duration of it coincides with grain harvest. but this year much less oil refining capacity was struck

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

with wood, the problem was with lignin which is tightly crosslinked, meaning that it's insoluble and organism willing to eat it has to secrete some enzymes to break it down in smaller bits that can be absorbed

depending on plastic, this first step might be easier or even happening on its own. there are already bacteria that feed on nylon but nylon starting materials are easier to digest for them

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 31 points 1 month ago (1 children)

llms allowed them to glide all the way to the point of failure without learning anything

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 23 points 1 month ago

Live in the forest ig. Some defect to Ukrainians, there are flyers and websites and telegram channels for that, but hard to say how many choose so

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 3 points 1 month ago

trump and netanyahu have their sons (?) that do that job for them (on twitter mostly ig)

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 10 points 1 month ago

it's a legit thing even if we don't know how exactly it works

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

well, i see a large category of infrastructure problems (that will be 99% civilian use anyway - and not only transport, also telecomms, you can even put healthcare training in there) that is solvable by pouring money at them, and now it's politically convenient to let it rip even among pro-austerity neoliberals. if you want an example of what can this do, look at eastern eu countries and how they changed after funding went in

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

which ones? germany has government spending at 48% of gdp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_government_spending_as_percentage_of_GDP so 5% of gdp for defense will be closer to 1/10 of all government spending

going by 2024 numbers, russians putting third of government spending to defence would be closer to 13% gdp

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 1 points 1 month ago (3 children)

It all depends on how it all will get managed, but there are already longer term infrastructure projects that now got some funding and now also it counts under 5% NATO target. I think that more resources will go towards rail infrastructure, bridges are just more illustrative, but still for a couple of these village 7 ton level bridge there will be one 30 ton bridge in town nearby that will get overhauled

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 4 points 1 month ago (5 children)

in eastern nato countries there is logistical problem because army suddenly switched from 40 ton tanks to 70 ton tanks, for example, and old bridges or rail can't support them. this is just one of many small examples that add to that problem, and of course 99% of the time the stronger bridge will be used by civilians

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