What part don’t you get? If you can be more specific, people might be able to help you out with some largely spoiler-free hints.

For example, do you not get ‘what the goal is’ (this is a legitimate concern, and someone might be able to give you a direction to pursue for example)

Don’t do it, friend.

The better investment generally is to invest in index funds anyways, which makes your hands at least a little bit cleaner.

Steel, aluminium and battery production can also make good use of lots of cheap renewable energy.

Right, so I think it’s important that you understand that I’m in the very same boat - I have a mortgage and declining property values affect me quite negatively as well.

We can’t let that be a reason to perpetuate this system that leaves so many homeless and so many more in what essentially amounts to indentured servitude in the face of ever-increasing housing costs.

We’ll probably have to do some form of soft landing for the average person with a mortgage in order to not make the transition a disaster for them, but it still has to happen.

Fwiw, the picture doesn’t show someone setting themselves on fire, it shows someone having lit a Molotov cocktail.

Both have their place, and since they are so straight-forward to convert between, there’s no need to limit ourselves to one or the other.

Hg used to be the standard unit for buying candy by weight as well, but they switched around 20 years ago iirc

I’d advise you to avoid defeatism. This is a policy that has historically been implemented in various countries, and it can be done again if pushed for enough from the voting population.

Step one is identifying the correct solution, which we’ve now established. Step two is to spread the word about it.

Naturally, it’s a pretty convenient fraction of a liter to be working with while cooking.

This is only really a thing in a paradigm of housing scarcity. Can’t speculate on houses if houses are not abnormally rising in prices year over year.

The housing scarcity is the root cause, and is most effectively addressed by the aforementioned method

Fwiw, rent control is fully insufficient - what you need is a completely massive supply of affordable housing built, owned and operated by the public. Nothing short of this will make a dent

There’s a huge difference between fire codes and R1 zoning with massive setbacks/minimum lot size/maximum lot coverage/mandatory parking minimums/etc.

That’s “at-will” though, isn’t it?

It’s hard work to maintain and develop your own engine.

It hit -8 C last week where I am, still a pleasant 20 C inside without having turned the heat on.

I probably get a lot of free heat from my neighbours apartments though, I would guess.

As long as it’s bearable with additional layers on, I’m going to lean towards doing that, as cool bedrooms make for amazing sleep quality.

Nothing wrong with wood as a construction material. The key factor is the insulation.

I don’t, no.

I’ve given a suggestion in the thread, but I have no obligation on account of pitching in on the effectiveness of Duolingo.

If we’re talking about the best method, I wouldn’t recommend Duolingo, and this is coming from someone with more than a decades worth of using it.

It’s alright for slow casual learning, but fundamentally not good if you’re looking to learn a lot fast.

The quickest way is probably complete immersion, but I’m guessing that’s off the table. Second best would likely be one-on-one tutoring.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enFxS_EL2Zg