I don’t even want to turn on the speed limiter because I’m getting random fantom breaking, it’s really infuriating.

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we named our first electric car “White Fire” as an hommage to the launch roller coaster “Blue Fire” in the theme park Europa Park (Germany) near where we live.

In January we gave back the white car to the leasing company and got a gray one, which is now named “Greyfire”.

Nice that’s also exactly how I browse Lemmy, so much variety compared to only focusing on communities you subscribed to.

Kelly Claxon, the singer? Definitely a very irritating sound!

Salt is pretty good, but yeah, mayo it is

Honestly, any platforms hosting user-generated content who use the legal argument that they only provide hosting and aren’t responsible for what their user post shouldn’t also be able to sell the same data and claim owning any of it.

Otherwise, take away their legal immunity. Nazis or pedophiles post something awful? You get in front of the judge.

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hey don’t belittle technological advancements in germany, people here at are the forefront of innovation: https://simple-fax.de/fax-ki

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Haha don’t get me started with US coins, I also have a fun story there: we arrived fresh off JFK Airport in NYC and headed to our rental apartment in Bedford-Stuyvesant Brooklyn. It was pretty far from the a subway station so we got a connecting bus to get us closer.

The next day, we thought of taking the same bus line to head to Manhattan, except our party of four ended up being expected to pay 4x $2.75 in a machine inside the bus… in coins. That’s 44 quarters. Yup, don’t have that on day 2 of my stay. So we walked 6 blocks.

I visited the UK back in 2022 and I was pretty baffled at how you can universally “tap to pay”. We visited a pub on the coast of Dorset where they wouldn’t even accept cash as a mean of payment. All in all it was nice, because it meant not having to deal with a foreign currency at all, we spent 10 days just using electronic payment, so as a tourist I think it was a good experience.

In Germany, where I live, you’re basically getting nowhere without cash, it’s still very difficult to eat out or buy small food items like bread or a sandwich. There’s also a culture of paying cash for many things, including pricier items like a second hand car! Shop cashiers usually don’t even blink if you try to pay with a 100€ bill (except if you’re coming super early and they don’t have change available yet). It’s not unusual for me to end up drawing a quarter to half my monthly salary in cash.

I first disliked it when I moved from France, but now I think it’s actually good for the society. You always have some change to tip a waiter or give to a beggar, a coin for the cart at the supermarket, get something from a vending machine… Also I live in a very quiet area so getting mugged is very unlikely, making it not so scary to carry cash around.

yeah, Germany loves its rules! But there’s also a strong Christian tradition, and if it taught me anything, is that it’s easier to ask for forgiveness than for permission ^^

At least it’s not a big volume and with the electric ventilation in the door frame, the air should recycle quickly. We will have a couple of CPU fans (or similar), with an airflow of up to 120 m³ per hour, it shouldn’t be too hard to refresh the complete volume of the building. But I’ll get a CO2 monitor, I wanted to get one for checking the air quality when we use our fireplace in winter too.

Good call, will do! A building permit wasn’t required as it its volume is below 40 cubic meters. You only need a building permit if it’s bigger, or if you install running water / heating / a toilet (basically if it’s “livable”)

❤️ We can all make Lemmy even cooler!

I was thinking of a piston door with calibrated skulk sensors… 😬

We’re gonna install a Ubiquity RFID reader at the door for access control, integrated in HomeKit, so we can enter with our phone/watch

Could get 3D printed ones that look like Minecraft torches!

Right now, we just have to fill the 30cm wide gap at the back and navigate between our neighbor’s plants, we’ll be done this week, it’s not really worth getting a small excavator just for that job.

The plan is to completely fill the slope up to the entrance, and dress it with granite boulders. We will then need a much bigger excavator to move that around, at least 4 to 6 tons. We found a guy who can come on his free time with his own excavator, definitely getting work done with him for the bigger earthworks.

Our main inspiration comes from a German garden designer, Peter Berg, who has beautiful projects https://gartenlandschaft.com/gartengestaltung/#hanggarten

yeah it’s purpose built for our space, until last winter, we had no idea what to do with that corner, it felt like it was pretty much useless space.

We will also have a small ventilation installed into the door frame to push in cold air at night on hot days, and evacuate excess humidity through the vent at the back.

haha yeah, no way to sneak in secretly to gurgle a bottle of wine ^^

the house is wood frame on concrete slab, it’s gonna be difficult to connect both buildings together

Thank you so much! I’m happy that it motivates others to realize new projects :)

It feels a bit sluggish as online content always seem to fit neatly in a 2 minute timelapse with upbeat music, the reality is less glamorous. But it’s the opportunity to hone problem solving skills and also maybe get in better physical shape, many upsides!

Thank you so much!

the Monday when my “weekly” post was due, we had 2 additional layers done, but it was very same-y and not really worth posting, so I thought I’d hold off until we finish the whole thing.