Why?

It’s possibly a terror tactic they are taught and ordered to carry out. Before October 7th, we know that the IDF had the directive to shoot to maim Palestinian non-combatants. The idea probably being that the others would look at them as examples to avoid.

Or it could be just plain old sadism. For a period of time, the IDF had decided to implement this “humanitarian rule”, where they’d call the inhabitants of any building they were targeting with a missile, and tell them to evacuate. They’d call and just say “within the next 30 minutes your apartment will be bombed”, and then they’d just hang up immediately without pause. In the beginning a lot of the calls turned out to be false alarms, which made people think it was a prank. Then the warning started turning out to be real, and the people wouldn’t evacuate on time. Then, when people started heeding the warning, the IDF would “accidentally” call the neighboring apartment block instead of the one being hit. Then, when people started warning the whole neighbourhood, they’d start calling too early (hours before a strike, to make people exit, then go back in after a while, then be reluctant to exit a second time), or too late (2 minutes before the missile hits, giving people very little chance to evacuate).

There’s really little point in looking for rhyme or reason to what the IDF does. The Nazis were doing the same things to the Jews. Some of the attrocities commited were direct orders. Others were initiatives based upon directives. Others were just people feeling like the orders didn’t go far enough, and they needed to add their own inhuman flavor. Others thought they were just being loyal, or they were fitting in with the rest of the group. And others were just sadists looking for an excuse to make people suffer.

Whenever this question comes up about the motives of genocidal maniacs, I’m reminded of this scene from Come and See (If you haven’t watched this movie, just stop reading, put it from the beginning and watch it).

We like to ascribe logic to these people to make ourselves feel that at least they adhere to some sense and reason which we can fight against, but it’s dubious they operate on the premises of logic. Or we like to say they’ve gone crazy and have become irrational and illogical, because we want to avoid admitting that they used to be normal people, like us. Either way, we should be looking at the effects of their actions first and foremost. Whatever reason the IDF has for doing what it’s doing, it doesn’t make it any more or less horrific, inhumane or brutally criminal.

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Fair enough. My main experience has been with Reddit (and Youtube early on), as well as a few forums here and there. Consistently, if I ever brought up any of the third candidates, even as a question, I’d be attacked as a shill for the other side trying to waste votes. I’ll admit that now, because media has become deranged as well, people are a lot more willing to act fervently and lash out. But I’ve been seeing the basic behaviour since forever ago.

And back when I first started getting involved in online discussions, you still had the whole “patriotism” parade going on as well. I’ve been called “Unamerican” multiple times (people just assuming I was American in the first place), I’ve been chastised and banned for “not respecting the troops”, I’ve been reprimanded for calling out the stance of candidates on the wars in the Middle East. And especially during election season, if I were to mention that I’m a communist, the American conservatives would almost always conflate me with a liberal, and the American liberals would almost always conflate me with a conservative.

I’m not an American, or living in the US, but I’ve been following US politics since 2006. In online spaces it’s always been this bad.

Maybe Grant.

“I know that the human being and fish can co-exist peacefully”

Bush during his campaign in Michigan. There was a proposal to remove electricity-generating dams, in order to protect freshwater and migratory fish species. He expressed his opposition to that proposal, and then said this beautiful quote in an attempt to make it seem like he’s for the environment.

Every time I learn something new about this guy, the more bewildered I get at why people consider him such a benevolent heroic figure.

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Last I heard they slowed down its implementation but is still something that will happen?

I guess we’ll see. I also think web pages work differently to games, in regards to the money that goes into developing them, and the expected revenue. Western companies would be perfectly willing to make 2 versions of the same game so they can keep milking Western audiences and keep selling to the Chinese players. But logistically that might lead them to dead-ends, such as trying to balance PvP between a European whale and a Chinese player.

It also means that now there will be data available to compare youth development, gambling addiction etc, between China and the West, which might hasten existing similar actions in the EU, UK and US.

Chose this video, because a liberal showing respect for China is just cherry on the top.

The Marvel movie catalogue wouldn’t be complete without the debate.

That’s impossible, because the Stalin and Hitler were best friends!

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It’s all fine ideas when you are an outsider looking in, but to me at least, it sounds like it just gives the illegal part of the sex industry more insentive to traffick human beings instead of hiring a legitimately consensual sex worker.

I assumed his plan was to have a carbon dioxide sensor that would activate the fan. Humans don’t breathe out carbon monoxide and it doesn’t float in the atmosphere in large quantities, so while life-saving by itself, a CO sensor would be useless for activating the fan regularly. For purposes of ventilation, a rise in carbon dioxide concentration means a reduction in oxygen.

Carbon dioxide is heavier than carbon monoxide by the way.

Yeah combining blades into one.

I have done something similar but not for living conditions. Rather for a room containing fermenters. I don’t have pictures to share though, since I no longer work at that place.

If you don’t have the knowledge to put together a make-shift fan, then I’d suggest to go out and buy something like the one that another commenter suggested. I only suggested something like that because it would cut down your costs significantly. If you have no experience in doing something like that though, it’d be a lot safer to buy something ready.

CO2 is heavier than O2 and naturally sinks to the bottom. So you’d need to install ventilation pipes around the room, connecting between cellar floor level and the ground level above. A computer fan is not big enough to cut it, and you are thinking about it the wrong way as well. You need to move large volumes of air, so the smaller the fan diameter, the more RPMs you need to achieve desirable movement of sufficient air volume, which means more sound produced by the movement of the fan.

What you could do is take a couple old stand or wall fans and weld them together to create a 6-blade double-sided fan. Then dig an S-tunnel for ventilation, and line it with aluminum or PVC to create a sterile surface. Install the fan somewhere in the middle, and connect it to a fan motor modified to work at slower RPMs for silent running, but running constantly.

You can camouflage the ventilation tunnel’s exit by building a small structure around it that makes it look like a brick grill maybe. Whatever ventilation system you use, you’ll need it to be covered to protect the fan’s electrical system and the cellar itself from rain. You’ll also need to install grills/filters to prevent critters from moving through, especially stuff like mice, snakes, or venomous insects/arachnoids.

As for mould, you need to make sure the place is not susceptible to humidity, so a simple dehumidifier should suffice.

Aside from a CO2 sensor, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to also have a humidity sensor and maybe a carbon monoxide sensor as well. You don’t need much else.

I have “Show Score” as checked. I also have “Show voting arrows in list view” as checked, if that makes a difference. Try setting that and see if it works?

Here’s what I see:

I use Jerboa. I think there’s some confusion here, unless I’m mistaken. You can see the upvotes/downvotes on comments and posts next to the arrows. But if all the votes are positive, the arrows don’t show any numbers, and instead you just see the overall vote count on the top right.

Basically, the numbers only show if there’s downvotes.

I’ll downvote my comment to exhibit this.