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[–] oce@jlai.lu 3 points 4 days ago (11 children)

It depends on your use case, do you have non-common needs like specialized software that may not work out of the box?

[–] oce@jlai.lu 1 points 4 days ago

The majority of the plants humans grow through crop-based agriculture are fed to non-human animals.

It's not that clear, it depends on the country. See the part about share of cereals dedicated to animal feed in this link, it's about 15% in the USA and the rest of the feed is byproducts of crops used for human reasons. https://ourworldindata.org/land-use-diets

[–] oce@jlai.lu 12 points 4 days ago (16 children)

This is also covered by the study and the article I shared above. It would require using more lands for crops that feed people, but that's ridiculously small compared to the land that would be regained from stopping animal agriculture, which is 75%. Just removing cows would do the vast majority of that.

Crops for feed can be regained and if most pasture land is inappropriate for crops, some are, so we would gain from freeing those too. Furthermore, this land can be given back to biodiversity, which will also benefit us in the long term, if just protecting biodiversity for the sake of it is not a good argument for you.

Again, I am not vegan, I mostly advocate for reducing, not forbidding, consumption proportionally to ecological impact. If some people for medical reason require meat, I'm completely fine with it, this would likely be a small percentage of the current consumption.

Omnivore, not obligate carnivore except for a few exceptions maybe, so we could use a low meat diet or a fully plant based diet fine.

[–] oce@jlai.lu 2 points 4 days ago
[–] oce@jlai.lu 15 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

In European cities, the worst noise over capacity ratio is motor scooters and those large motorbike that are designed for noise (such as Harley-Davidson).

[–] oce@jlai.lu 20 points 4 days ago (20 children)

They are also fed grains and soy in varying percentage depending on regions and countries.
There is also still the use of land, energy, fresh water and the methane emissions typical of cows.

This is another break down of the above-mentioned study: https://ourworldindata.org/land-use-diets

You can see that indeed, the USA does better than other countries on not dedicating crops to animal feed, but it is still about 14%, while the world average is around 40%. Isn't that a lot that could be earned back?

[–] oce@jlai.lu 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

First story kinda reminds of French female rapper Diam's who got famous in the 2000' for her songs talking about women emancipation and her positions against right populism. After about 10 years being at the top, she announces retiring because she converted to Islam, married, had a kid and stopped making and listening to music because it is haram, she later moved to live in Saudi Arabia. She also published an autobiography in 2012 and a documentary in 2022 to explain her trajectory where we learn that she had many psychological troubles since her teens and being bitten by her partner at 17, had stays at a psychiatric hospital in 2007, stopped her treatment, attempted suicide and converted to Islam at the end of 2008.

[–] oce@jlai.lu 47 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (27 children)

How is that bullshit? I am not vegan, but that's just a scientific consensus and a major reason why plant diet is way lower carbon than a meat diet. If you need to grow plant food for your animal food, eventually you have to grow way more plant food.
Most animals raised for meat consumption are fed with crops, notably soy, not wild grass.
Thinking animals raised for meat only consume resources (land (first cause of biodiversity loss), plants, water, energy) that would not be useful to humans anyway is undoubtedly wrong.

Researchers Poore and Nemecek are a great source of meta-analysis information about those subjects. Check this summary here for example: http://environmath.org/2018/06/17/paper-of-the-day-poore-nemecek-2018-reducing-foods-environmental-impacts/

Let me know if I misunderstood your point.

[–] oce@jlai.lu 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Tu parles de quel chiffre exactement ? Le "turnout" est estimé à environ 65%, l'un des plus hauts depuis 1900. Donc c'est plutôt un tiers qui n'a pas participé et un peu plus d'un tiers qui a voté pour lui. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/presidential-election-senate-house-results-b2642817.html
Pour comparaison, c'est similaire à la participation aux dernières législatives en France. Mais moins que nos dernières présidentielles qui tournent autour de 75%.

[–] oce@jlai.lu 2 points 5 days ago

That girl with the fringe.

[–] oce@jlai.lu 42 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

There was a boy in French high school who seemed a bit impaired, in the sense that he seemed way more childish than people are at this age, so he was often mocked, and I don't remember him having any brilliant grades. Turns out he went into the top of the top of the French scientific universities (École Polytechnique).
Think Harvard level of prestige (countless top scientists, leaders and CEOs from there), but specialized in science, with way fewer seats, fully paid by the state and an extremely competitive entry exam that the best French students spend 2 to 3 years preparing for after high-school, with the vast majority failing and entering the next schools on the prestige list (still a lot of other prestigious schools under it). I guess he exploded his intellectual potential at this time, when others just implode into depression due to the high pressure.
I was floored when I learned about it and really happy that he took his revenge this way.

[–] oce@jlai.lu 5 points 6 days ago

They may actually use English if they don't have the same native language, many have another native language than Hindi. Also if they want to be readable more easily by the rest of the world like I'm doing currently.

 

Avec un chômage à 2,4 % en décembre 2023, il existe 120 offres d’emploi pour 100 demandeurs. Désormais, de nombreuses petites entreprises sont poussées à la faillite, faute de bras. ... la stagnation des salaires, en dépit de la pénurie. Ceux-ci ont encore baissé de 3 % en valeur réelle en 2023.

 

“Quand on veut, on peut”. C’est une idée extrêmement répandue, dans la culture, les médias ou la politique : la France est, et doit être, un pays méritocratique, un pays où l’on réussit par la force de son mérite. Cet argument régulièrement avancé par les plus privilégiés sert surtout à légitimer l’existence du système en place. La méritocratie existe-t-elle vraiment ? En d’autres termes, partons-nous réellement avec les mêmes chances dans la vie ? L’effort est-il récompensé socialement et économiquement en France ? Est-il même souhaitable que le talent et le travail soient à ce point récompensés ? Ne faudrait-il pas remplacer l’adage quand on veut on peut, par quand on peut, on veut ? Éléments de réponse avec Salomé Saqué.

Journaliste : Salomé Saqué Montage : Colas Tran Son : Baptiste Veilhan Graphisme : Morgane Sabouret Production : Hugo Bot Delpérié Directeur des programmes : Mathias Enthoven Rédaction en chef : Soumaya Benaïssa Directeur de la rédaction : Denis Robert

Le site : https://www.blast-info.fr/

 

Ludmila Petranovskaïa, une psychologue de renom, a récemment tenté de dresser la liste de toutes les pertes subies par le peuple russe afin de montrer que « tous les Russes ne bénéficient pas de cette guerre ». Sa liste mentionne : l’effondrement de la monnaie nationale et des valeurs mobilières ; la fermeture mondiale des frontières aux touristes russes ; la fin des perspectives d’études à l’étranger pour les jeunes ; la restriction des droits civils et des libertés ; la dégradation de l’enseignement et de la culture ; la séparation des familles en raison de l’émigration, etc.

Après avoir lu cette liste, j’ai remercié une fois de plus le destin de ne pas être né à Moscou et de ne pas avoir encore perdu tout contact avec la réalité. Parce que si l’on considère que les deux tiers de la population russe sont « le peuple russe », alors « le peuple russe » n’a rien perdu de tout cela. Pour la bonne raison qu’il ne l’a jamais eu.

 
 

J'adore les aubergines à la chinoise, j'ai à peu près retrouvé le gout avec cette recette : https://www.undejeunerdesoleil.com/2016/09/aubergines-sautees-sauce-soja.html. À la différence que je ne les fais pas suer avec du sel, parce qu'après, c'est difficile à dessaler. À la place, je les fais sécher à sec dans la poêle avant de les faire sauter comme dans la recette. Il faut bien attendre que les aubergines soient fondantes.

L'omelette est mélangée avec de la sauce soja à la place du sel. Je déverse le mélange dans une grande poêle huilée et bien chaude. Je la fais remonter sur deux côtés opposés pour augmenter sa longueur. Ça me donne aussi une meilleure prise pour commencer à la rouler. Quand je l'ai roulé au 3/4, je la recentre et chasse la liquide pas encore cuit du côté à rouler pour qu'il crée encore de la longueur. On peut être plus au moins rapide selon le niveau de cuisson souhaité.

Le quinoa est cuit à l'eau, puis passé à la poêle un peu pour le rendre un peu croustillant et assaisonné à la sauce soja. Je laisse toujours un peu cuire la sauce soja dans la poêle pour qu'elle révèle son goût carné.

 

I generally have a "home" Firefox window with my most used tabs pinned. Sometimes I close it before another window, so I was frustrated to "lose" it and having to redo my pins. But recently I discovered this feature. Joy!

 

 

I've noticed that when meeting a foreign person, mentioning that you like a beloved artist from their country is one of the best way to create a good vibe.

Which revered artist/group (not necessarily musician) from your place should I learn about?

A few examples I'm thinking about (correct me if I'm wrong):

Country Artist
Argentina Carlos Gardel
Australia Powderfinger
Austria Mozart, Falco, Thomas Bernhard
Beligum Jacques Brel, Stromae
Brazil Raul Seixas, Zé Ramalho
Cabo Verde Cesária Évora
Canada Leonard Cohen, Céline Dion, Gordon Lightfoot
Egypt Umm Kulthum
France Daft Punk
Germany Kraftwerk, Die Ärzte, Franz Kafka
Iceland Björk
Italy Elio e le Storie Tese
Malawai Evison Matafale
Mali Salif Keita
Scotland The Proclaimers, Sean Connery
Sweden Astrid Lindgren
USA Dolly Parton

Edit: Spent my Saturday morning vibing, adding the "consensual" suggestions to the table.

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