I think this should be a warning to anyone running a federated socmed node. Since twitter had to deal with an absolutely massive userbase and high content generation rate, moderation required a full time department and even then it wasn’t perfect. Imagine having to deal with that as a large node admin.

I don’t see anything wrong with this explanation? Sweat (or more pendantically the water in sweat) does evaporate and that effect does remove total heat from the body.

I think this sort of development is a symptom of the largely inflexible nature of land use policies in the US. Since for the most part, the US is stuck with regressive policies like parking minimums and single family zoning. In our current state, it takes a private company to get past the bureaucracy. I think this shows that if there was a solid push for land use reforms, we wouldn’t need a private company to make livable, walkable cities. The market does exist for this kind of living in the US, even in a state like Arizona.

Honestly I can see a future where privately developed and owned enclaves may become the norm since as you say, it gives a rather high level of control to a company in terms of who lives there, who works there, etc. I imagine that this could be a very lucrative business model, especially without guardrails, like the US likes to do.

As a side note, I peeked at the Tempe zoning maps where this development is sited, and of note is the fact that this is built right next to the light rail which helps with carless living. The development is one of the few areas that are zoned mixed-use in Tempe, most of which are also located near the light rail. It seems like there are a lot of plans in store for that light rail but it goes slowly as it always does in the US

Have you checked out hide glues yet? Hide glue is a type of adhesive made from boiling animal hides. It has a pretty long history. Titebond sells some under their brand, and Old Brown Glue is also a pretty respected brand. It’s a bit more expensive than Titebond 3, but that’s not too bad imo, especially since it’s natural and relatively easy to find. You could try using granules instead of the ready-made stuff, but it might not be worth the hassle for a one-time project. Plenty of information on usage on yt if you want to look into it, the search term has a exceptionally high percentage of old geezers which is interesting but also expected.

Even if youtube wasnt already recording watch history under the table, all the data that youtube needs to generate meaningful recommendations is already there in my subscription list.

I can’t help but feel like this is thinking way too far ahead. It feels to me that society has to get people into riding bicycles as an option before even thinking about refining the processes around building bicycles. A big factor of lifecycle (heh) assessment is the amount of usage you get out of a given produced object before it becomes necessary to replace. Making the option to ride the bike easier, more accessible, more inviting is how you make bicycles more sustainable.

re: carbon fiber cargo bike emissions
Clearly there needs to be more studies because this feels like very narrow view of cargo bikes especially when the market for consumer cargo bikes is largely occupied by Urban Arrow (aluminum), Riese & Muller (aluminum), Larry vs Harry (Aluminum), and many more that construct cargo bikes out of aluminum or steel. Just looking at some commercial models of cargo bike it seems like for the most part those are made from aluminum as well. I believe that Urban Arrow offers models for businesses.

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