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And after their revolutions their literacy rate rose pretty well.
Those peasants may have been uneducted, but they were smart.
Dialectics?
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The video does say that it probably would have specific applications and would not directly be used as an exterior building paint:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDRnEm-B3AI&t=249
Around 4:09
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We generally have sloped roofs for our homes because of our rainy season. Would green roofs work well there?
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Have tried curtains for windows.
Would covering the glasspanes with glossy paper or so(on the inside) help more?
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I'm in Kerala. We do have decent humidity in most areas here.
Which tree would be good for India/Kerala?
Regular buses in India are generally not airconditioned. Regular train coaches are not too.
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There is research that shows that white coloured roofing causes increased heating elsewhere, so it's not a fix-all solution.
Is it that the roof would reflect it back to the sky and heat the air, intensifying the greenhouse effect or so?
Would it be better overall than homes heating up and even more energy and heat used to cool it? Or would it that be worse off?
Lots of research associated with passive solar temperature regulation.
Cool. Are there any sources that share info on the ones that would be useful and available/suitable for regular use?
How do you deal with the heat in summer?
It is currently summer in India.
Are there any behavioural or infra modifications that would help handle the increased heat?
I have read about how white roofs would reduce heat absorption and energy needed for cooling
Are there other things like that? Especially ones that regular people can try? The other type(policy decision type) are ok too tho. Would be good to know them.
Also, are there any communities that would have discussions on such topics? Like a TIL or DIY community where people talked about general issues and solutions.
Is it this community?
I think it can work because of the same
I know that selfishness will make atleast some try to do any evil for a profit.
Capitalism is highly risky then.
Better to highly regulate it or try to develop out of it, right?
I think so, relatively.
Weren't they better than the Tsarist rule?
Like, public healthcare, education and other policies leading to high literacy rates, longer lifespans, low infant and mother mortality etc.
And if we compare them to the other major powers at the time, aren't they better than those since they made progress without colonies?
It has helped with some simple javascript bookmarklets
Translation and summarisation of text. Though, I do double check.
Also, getting an initial draft for some mails or rephrasing mails that I want to make more formal+concise.
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Why is the glass the optimist?
Maybe their meme idea won't work well with stick figures? Or they don't want stick figures?
Are you a bad person too?
Which are some good documentary films? Any that moved you?
I think the most recent documentary film I saw was Sicko. Saw it being shared after the insurance CEO issue.
Just shared a recent example I remember, films from all language or region are ok.
How are your New year(or other) resolutions going?
Did not have any major resolutions, but have been exercising decently for a year and half or so.
Any way to search and delete bookmarks in Android Firefox?
I can search in the bookmarks section and see some bookmarks that I want to remove, but can't select them while in the bookmark search results.
Is there any way to select multiple bookmarks based on a name or link and delete them?
I do know that I can do it by syncing to a PC and deleting it from there, but asking to see if there are alternatives ways.
How do(or how would) you handle this issue?
Accidently removed 'List all Tabs' button. How do I get it back?
Searched the net about it, but most of the articles on List all tabs seems to be on how to remove it
Communism in India?
What are your views?
Especially on whether land and education reforms are needed.
Which all are the community or mutual aid or govt-supported organisations in your area that aim to spread awareness/empower people?
In your locality, region, state, country etc
Any orgs like that.
Examples from the area I'm from, Kerala:
- Kudumbasree or Prosperity of the family
Org that was setup by the state govt to empower women, reduce poverty etc.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kudumbashree - Kerala Sasthra Sahithya Parishad or Kerala Science Literature Movement
Org with the aim to improve scientific temper
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala_Sasthra_Sahithya_Parishad
Another org that I've recently heard about in the state of Maharashtra, India:
Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmulan Samiti or Committee Eradication of Blind Faith, Maharsashtra
Read about how the leader of the org was gunned down by religious extremists
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maharashtra_Andhashraddha_Nirmoolan_Samiti
Do you change your hairstyle according to the weather?
Have been thinking of reducing hair length as it's nearing summer in my place and the temperature is rising. I generally choose a shorter(relatively) hairstyle during the summer and monsoon, because it feels cooler in the former and easier to dry in the second one.
Was thinking about it and remembered reading on how the hair on the head helps to reduce effects of UV rays. I don't stay out in the sun too much, so likely not an issue for me.
Started thinking about what the range of best summer hairstyles would be for people of different hair type(straight, curly, wavy/inbetween both) etc. and asking about it here to see how/what other people on think about it.
What are some issues(in your society, surroundings or pther areas) that you see, that would be relatively easy to fix, but isn't getting fixed because most people don't take notice of it?
And what would take for it to be noticed?
40 Hours in Chains: The Harrowing Ordeal of Indian Deportees Under Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
Kerala’s Growing Human-Wildlife Conflict: A Battle on Multiple Fronts
How do you clean your earphones?
How often do you clean it too?
One of my bluetooth earphones fell on a footpath, as I was trying to put it back into its case.
Now I'm thinking about the germs that may have gotten on it n all. Generally, I use some sanitizer to clean it from time to time.
Looking to see how others would clean their earphones in such a situation too
What are things that you think would be useful for others if they also knew it too?
Decent sleep, diet, exercise etc. would be the basics, so mentioning them first, so that specific info on it would be discussed.
Like any specific exercise that you think would be useful for most people etc, that's not really popular or so?
On exercise, I think light neck exercises and stretches are cool. Do be careful.
Tech stuff:
- Generally, Firefox with uBo is awesome on all devices. Some of the extra filters make it more cool.
- RSS feeds are awesome.
RSS-Bridge helps to get feeds for websites that don't offer one.
Lemmy supports RSS feeds
Android:
- Pipepipe and Newpipe have options to use WebM format. It saves data and space. Quite cool.
- Skipsilence(Fast forward during silence) option - Pipepipe and Newpipe
Comrade Brinda Karat on Budget 2025
What are your opinions on it?
How are your New Year Resolutions(or general good habits) going?
In my case, did think about exercising the legs more and have started a bit.
People who've used Xiaohongshu(Red note), how is it like? Also is there any FOSS client?
Have heard of it during the Tiktok ban and most comments about it seem positive.
I generally try to avoid using apps that are non-FOSS or opensource, and tried to use the website. I think it's my network provider, but I can't really use the site as it only seems to be available once every 2-3 reloads(I also use a private dns as without that it take 4-5 reloads). I also think that app users can easily change the interface language, as I couldn't find where the switch was on the website. Couldn't create an account because of the same too.
Is there any foss client for it? If not, is the app decent on privacy n all? I generally avoid meta apps, except Whatsapp(which is the major messaging app in India).
Also, what was your experience there? Most comments about the interactions seem very positive. But I have that doubt whether I'm being biased my pov as a leftist.
So I thought I could ask here and see the general opinion.
Thanks in advance.
Any apps for offline text translation? And offline text to speech? Is it available in your local language?
Found Translate You for text translation, but it uses online services. Is there any offline app for that?
Sayboard allows offline speech to text translation. It's quite cool.
It supports English and seems useful.
Was looking to see if there are models for Malayalam and other languages.
Saw a Malayalam vosk GMM model in gitlab. Tho, it can't be imported. It seems to need a chain training model.
Does anyone know any resources on that?
Or any other app that can do it?
Or is there some way using Termux or so?
Activity Manager - Helps to make shortcuts
Advanced activities and shortcuts launcher
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/27882871
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/27852459
It allows to launch exported activities from various apps and helps to create useful shortcuts
2 examples where I find it to be quite useful:
1 Quick Record shortcut for Audio Recorder
::: spoiler It currently does not have a quick recording shortcut.
Audio Recorder Gitlab issue where a user requests the feature. Maybe attention from someone here would be helpful? :::You can directy search for the app in Activity manager, open it and create a a shortcut for the Recording activity.
2 Shortcut to open Android/data folder in the native Files app
::: spoiler Context for the folder location I use here For Android 11 & onwards, you can't access the Android/data folder
Activity Manager - Helps to make shortcuts
Advanced activities and shortcuts launcher
It allows to launch exported activities from various apps and helps to create useful shortcuts
2 examples where I find it to be quite useful:
1 Quick Record shortcut for Audio Recorder
::: spoiler It currently does not have a quick recording shortcut.
Audio Recorder Gitlab issue where a user requests the feature. Maybe attention from someone here would be helpful?
:::
You can directy search for the app in Activity manager, open it and create a a shortcut for the Recording activity.
2 Shortcut to open Android/data folder in the native Files app
::: spoiler Context for the folder location I use here
For Android 11 & onwards, you can't access the Android/data folder(without root) from regular file manager apps like Material files(awesome opensource file manager).
The Telegram X app stores it's downloaded files in a folder there.
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