@gnievchenko Not to mention that fitting minisplit units is kind of ugly, and there’s few installers.
So there are lots of barriers!
But innovation is helping to solve these issues.
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Titus Frieling
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Great example of LLM slop because I’ve yet to meet a person who talks about “social rights to thermal comfort”.
I’d go further and say this is an excellent showcase of slop injection where the LLM takes the position of terminally online discourse rather than the normie reality.
The reality behind Europeans not having AC is that heat waves in Europe used to be limited. Europeans would not invest several thousand € into something that *might* be useful for a few days a year tops.
It’s only since 2010 that we’ve started to experience consistently high temperatures in summer. The fact that *central* europeans didnt respond by immediately installing AC everywhere has less to do with le wokeisme, and more to do with historical bias - the adults in charge of making these investments have lived most of their lives perfectly fine without AC, so the expectation is that this is a blip. Moreover central Europe has a high proportion of old houses, where AC installation can be expensive, and often requires permission from some local body. My mum has only recently began to consider AC because she didn’t think the €10k price tag and bureaucracy was worth it for a few days a year.
Yet consistent heatwaves have led to a change in attitude: when I moved to Berlin in 2020, the new build I moved in had an AC system installed.
All this to say that people on here do incredibly mental gymnastics to fit their ideology on why Central Europe is not awash with AC, while the reality is much simpler.
Patrick Collison@patrickc
I asked Claude about the air conditioning debate in Europe, and it really didn’t pull any punches.
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Titus Frieling รีทวีตแล้ว
This guy opposed the from day one, has participated in opposition politics, ended up having to flee the country, and probably cannot go back safely so long as Putin is in power. I think he's allowed to whine a little bit.
5G Reptilian Surfing on Chemtrails@5G_Reptilian
The typical "anti war" ruSSian. They're the biggest victims of everything. So oppressed. These whiny idiots are just as pathetic and despicable as Putin's supporters. Here's a well-known one, going on yet another whining rant. Deport them ALL back. Let them rot in their country.
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@abignale_jr @alec_sears Sitting when you pee is a mark of civilisation.
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@alec_sears Pretty funny, though you still look like you voluntarily sit when you pee.
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Very few people know this but when I was running the social media for the RNC I looked up numbers that the QAnon idiots thought were somehow important, and I would specifically schedule posts for those times.
No one ever caught on but I thought it was funny
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Titus Frieling รีทวีตแล้ว
@xwanyex (And I think you've got the magnitudes wrong - you are willing to make *larger* sacrifices of economic growth than a left-NIMBY type is)
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@Schilted @owenjonesjourno They should have scrapped the triple lock instead. It sank them either way, this way they would have at least achieved something worthwhile in their self immolation
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@owenjonesjourno "Rightly"
Fuck no, that was the correct decision Labour made, one of the few. Rich pensioners should not be getting free money when so many other elements of society are massively struggling.
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Rachel Reeves thought she was being soooooo clever when she scrapped the universal winter fuel payment.
She thought the electorate would see it as showing Labour was prepared to make tough choices.
But the British public were rightly repulsed, and she helped sink her government
Rachel Reeves@RachelReevesMP
From taking our party from the worst defeat in modern history, @Keir_Starmer turned it around and delivered a landslide majority just four years later.
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„Luftwaffe“ is literally just the Translation of „air force“. I’m pretty sure the Austrian air force has the same name.
The analogy is more like if the 1. Panzerdivision would be renamed as „Totenkopf“.
Mind you this would be literally illegal as using the symbols of national socialism is forbidden by law.
@grok expand on the analogy I make here and how the controversial name is very unlike e.g. „Luftwaffe“.
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@TitusFrieling @Tatarigami_UA German airforce is still called the Luftwaffe, despite it being an instrument of Nazi atrocities- and we’ve no problems with that, since neither the air force, the people, the govt aren’t Nazis
Can you comprehend this?
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President Zelensky took a step backed by the entire nation, including ex-presidents. Poland’s internal political struggles under Nawrocki should not come at the expense of Ukraine-Poland relations amid Ukraine’s struggle against a common threat which poses threat to both states
Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський@ZelenskyyUa
Yesterday, the President of Poland noted that the Order of the White Eagle is not an ordinary award. It is a symbol of the highest trust of the Republic of Poland. It signifies a special bond with the Polish state and the special gratitude of the Polish People. Such a symbol requires not only merit, but also respect for the values that form the foundation of our community. Therefore, if it is considered that this special symbol may remain with Catherine II, Benito Mussolini, and Gerhard Schröder, then we in Ukraine will not argue with that. Ukraine is grateful to the Polish People for their support and cooperation, which play a significant role in the struggle for our and your independence from Russia. Ukraine never forgets solidarity and understands that cooperation between states and peoples in our region is one of the tangible security guarantees for Ukrainians and for each neighboring state. Ukraine will continue to defend itself in this war unleashed by Russia, and we will undoubtedly achieve a dignified peace. Ukraine is grateful to all peoples, states, and leaders who will continue to stand with us in the defense of freedom and who, together with Ukraine, will serve as guarantors of postwar peace in Europe and a new, real security. Ukraine will remain open to all meaningful formats of engagement with Poland in order to try to avoid conflicting interpretations of the difficult and painful chapters of our shared past and to ensure proper respect for all innocent victims of the 20th century. And Ukrainians are doing everything in our power to ensure that Europe does not suffer defeat in this century. I am proud of our people and of EVERY Ukrainian warrior – of the millions of Ukrainian men and women who deserve unquestionable respect for the heroism the Ukrainian People have shown in defending themselves against Russian aggression. We believed that the Order of the White Eagle, awarded in 2023, was meant for the Ukrainian People and our army. That is what was said at the time. Today, I sent the Order back to the President of Poland. I believe the future will confirm the respect Ukrainians deserve. Glory to Ukraine!
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@gwynedd8364 @yuanyi_z I for instance didn’t know that „Ethiopian“ was a distinct sub-ethnicity, I recalled that the majority ethnicity had a different name
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@TitusFrieling @yuanyi_z Interesting. But then again, Ethiopia (for example) contains rather more ethnicities than just the Ethiopians.
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My lukewarm take on geographical renaming is that you get to dictate what your place is called in English if you use English as an official language. So the Indians get a pass with Kolkata, but none of the Türkiye nonsense.
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@illnevercallitx I would like to see the math on this. We won’t really have time to accumulate reserves to enjoy returns given the demographic outlook. I think we mostly missed the window of opportunity
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Unpopular opinion but that's needed. The state pension fund specifically was long overdue and is gonna be really expensive short term but very well worth it long-term.
Polymarket@Polymarket
JUST IN: Germany is reportedly considering raising the retirement age & creating a state pension fund as it grapples with an aging population.
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@subartss @jenschultheiss Das wären 20 kWh. Also eine Kühlleistung von vielleicht 50 kWh. Das entspricht 180 MJ. Damit kann man ungefähr 400kg Wasser von Raumtemperatur zum gefrieren bringen.
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@TitusFrieling @jenschultheiss Ich habe eine für 350€ gekauft. Jemand meinte mir, es kann locker auf 10€ pro Tag an Stromkosten aufkommen aber wenn ich ehrlich bin, hat die Person wahrscheinlich keine Ahnung
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An alle Dachgeschoss Bewohner.
Vertraut mir, dieses Teil wird die beste Investition eures Lebens 🥶
#Midea #Portasplit #Klima
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@subartss @jenschultheiss Mehr als 1€ am Tag sind das fast nie.
Das ist weniger als ein Eis am Stiel. Den ganzen Tag angenehme Kühle und ruhiger Schlaf in der Nacht >>>>>>> ein einziges Eis am Stiel.
Die Neuanschaffung für 800€ ist teuer, aber auch das. Weniger als ein Wochenende Urlaub am Meer.
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@MesoAnglic The saving grace is twofold.
1) Germany is much richer than both of those!! Stagnation at higher lvl obvs better vs lower lvl
2) there is a huge amount of scope for supply side reforms which are expensive in political capital terms but fiscally neutral or even contractionary.
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Germany really is the sick man of Europe. It was doing fine until COVID, and then it completely collapsed and crashed in on itself since then. Honestly a much worse situation than JP 1990s-now or UK 2007-now
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@arunninghacker But I think political unity behind glorifying historical genocidaires isn’t all that good for Ukraine over the long run
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People outside Ukraine might not grasp the significance of Poroshenko and Kuchma following Zelensky in returning the Order of White Eagle. Essentially, it’s a remarkable display of political unity. Maybe even unprecedented one.
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Titus Frieling รีทวีตแล้ว
My Portuguese friend: “Why should I be forced to buy overpriced German cars? They didn’t want to buy our overpriced t-shirts when China joined the WTO.”
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@constans I don’t like smelling of smoke after I go out though
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I am once again reminding people that bars are a den of vice and sin and we should expect people to smoke in them.
Asad🗽🍎@AsadFromNYC
I have personal beef with Mayor Bloomberg, but one of the greatest things he did was sign a law banning smoking in bars and restaurants across NYC. It’s probably one of the most positively transformative public health interventions in modern municipal history.
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@gwynedd8364 @yuanyi_z I think that shift is also because Burmese are an ethnicity and there are several minority ethnicities in Myanmar.
In the same vein actually calling Thailand Siam again would in a sense be better as „Thai“ is also an ethnic group
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@yuanyi_z Strange new front in the culture wars.
Myanmar is rarely called Burma any more, and that’s a change we’ve seen in the last ten years.
Turkiye would have okay. I think it’s insisting on Türkiye with the umlaut that is a bit much for anyone using the Latin alphabet.
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Titus Frieling รีทวีตแล้ว
By the time Trumpism is fizzling out, a lot of very slimy right wing types will try to pretend they were never really on his side. Don't let the bastards get away with it.
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Titus Frieling รีทวีตแล้ว
I know some people where this kind of thing has turned into basically a vacation home for family reunions. With a very high income family they even have permanent staff so it’s more like a bed and breakfast, the ones with normal incomes just do the work themselves. In India the „family holiday hotel“ concept would be much easier to make work given the high income inequality
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@justalexoki @AlexanderRodd But isn’t the fact that you spend time on actually aligning on the tasks, responsibilities, and deadlines quite valuable in and of itself?
Like, in a sense that is the more important part of most meetings than the actual content of what is said.
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@AlexanderRodd literally the opposite. everybody can focus on the actual meeting, nobody has to take notes or try to make up tasks mid meeting etc
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told a friend about how we use ai to transcribe, summarize, extract actions from meetings, then how claude executes on those actions etc and he looked like i was talking about some alien tech. he just started using chatgpt two months ago. two legitimately different worlds
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