I try to open my bedroom window as little as possible because the air outside is usually poor quality and I have an active air filter monitoring my room and removing crud from it. I LOVE living in a car centric city in a country who's government has been partly captured by oil companies and dealerships at all levels.

I like to think the plants I have in my room help with the CO₂, but I don't feel they make that much of a difference.

6d ago

How often are your windows open? What about during Winter? or during Summer? Do you open windows to let in fresh air?

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snoons @lemmy.ca 6d ago

Unless the air quality outside is poor or worse, the window stays open so I can cope with the reactive compounds created by the gas stove in my rental. I don't really know when my roommate cooks, so I just leave it cracked open a bit. I do live in Canada's PNW so it's not that big of an issue.

6d ago

It doesn't matter who you elect. In the long run you'll be unhappy no matter what.

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snoons @lemmy.ca 6d ago

give me an r value

6d ago

AIs can generate near-verbatim copies of novels from training data

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snoons @lemmy.ca 6d ago

Copy + Paste except it costs billions of dollars *and isn't even 100% accurate.

1w ago

Cry cry

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snoons @lemmy.ca 1w ago

Just lock yourself in the walk-in freezer to give yourself a moment to reflect on why you hate The Tasks.

1w ago

How does the weather affect your mood?

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snoons @lemmy.ca 1w ago

I was born and raised in northern Alberta and I hate the cold too. For me it's just the pain of waiting on the side of a road for a bus that's already twenty minutes late or sitting in the cab of your truck at -35°C waiting for it to warm up so you don't bust the engine. I hate the heat also though, it could sometimes get up to +35°C in my hometown, so like a 100 degree temperature difference... it really sucked and you can't escape the heat, at least not with the places I was able to rent back then.

The lack of sun doesn't effect me that much, but maybe that's because mushrooms are always a part of my diet. In fact, my favourite days are damp and overcast, which is why I live on the coast now and love it except for the high unemployment. ;-;

1w ago

What are some Ship of Theseus bands, where all original members have been replaced by someone new?

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snoons @lemmy.ca 1w ago

Of the bands listed I've only ever listened to In Flames, and it makes a lot of sense. I liked Come Clarity and A Sense of Purpose, but the newer stuff is just mediocre.

1w ago

God I hate living through history

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snoons @lemmy.ca 1w ago

Well, they're people that will literally shit themselves just to make [minority they currently hate] smell it. There is no reasoning or logic, just hate and the emotion that comes with it.

1w ago

Polytheist theology history!

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snoons @lemmy.ca 1w ago

F) Other

1w ago

russia Claims Its Ka-52M Used New 30mm Rounds to Kill Ukrainian Drones, But Evidence Suggests Otherwise | Defense Express

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snoons @lemmy.ca 1w ago

"Russia claims" a lot of bullshit lol.

1w ago

Cry cry

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snoons @lemmy.ca 1w ago

Real. It takes a lot for me to go through with those, but there are sort of catalysts.

I had to buy new shoes when the treads on my were worn smooth and I kept slipping on things. There were also some tiny holes along the bendy bit at the top and it rains a lot where I live...

I sold all my btc (~.5) awhile ago and used it to get laser eye surgery so I'll never have to buy things that live on my face ever again, or at least for a really long time. So worth it. Glasses are really annoying, and I hated buying new ones... sometimes the shops didn't have any you would like.

I have no energy left to apply to places. I've been unemployed for almost six months now... I would get some traction when I wrote a specialized cover letter but that took up a lot of my energy, and it's emotionally draining to pretend to be excited about a job when it's just a fucking job. >_< Even with that I got 3 interviews out of ~200 applications, which didn't go anywhere. I've had my resume looked at and everyone says it's great. I'm on a break year from school, so I guess no one wants to hire me because of that. ;-;

1w ago

Why does cats (and similar animals) can live with the exact same food every day, but we (humans) need a variety of food to survive?

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snoons @lemmy.ca 1w ago

Usually can't afford that much upfront, wish I could tho.

1w ago

Why does cats (and similar animals) can live with the exact same food every day, but we (humans) need a variety of food to survive?

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snoons @lemmy.ca 1w ago

I suppose that's why we added mild pain to our diet. Mix things up a bit.

1w ago

Why does cats (and similar animals) can live with the exact same food every day, but we (humans) need a variety of food to survive?

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snoons @lemmy.ca 1w ago

To add on to other peoples answers regarding the complete nutritional makeup of pet food; many animals can make a variety of the amino acids they need to survive with just a few inputs (like deer and cows eating only (mostly) plants), but some, especially predatory animals, cannot. They get those nutrients from the prey they eat, which in turn got them from the plants.

It essentially comes down to which enzymes any given organism can create, which ones their DNA codes for *or which microorganisms are allowed to exist within their system. Humans can't make a bunch of these amino acids themselves. Many (maybe all of them, not that far into my class yet) of the reactions taking in place in any living organism are entirely reliant on enzymes to catalyze them; that is, without them these reactions would take millions of years to complete.

BTW there are appr. 37x10¹⁷ (3,700,000,000,000,000,000) reactions happening in your body every second. All of them (or at least a great majority of them) require enzymes to complete.

1w ago

Why does cats (and similar animals) can live with the exact same food every day, but we (humans) need a variety of food to survive?

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snoons @lemmy.ca 1w ago

I ate only soylent for a long time, and the lack of chewing did cause me some issues: first was bad oral hygiene. I brush and floss twice a day (after breakfast and before bed), yet I still got a cavity. Chewing normal food also cleans off plaques on your teeth, so when you're not chewing anything those plaques just sit there fucking your shit up. Second (*and this is just my conjecture) chewing causes activity in a certain part of the brain to spike, so if you're not chewing anything that part atrophies and causes depression. I forget where I read the chewing part though. So, along with the cavity, I also felt generally sad about everything. I would still definitely have it for lunch everyday because the nutrients are there, but yeah, unfortunately you have to chew stuff. I thought about just chewing gum, but those are all chock-full of microplastics so...