WilsonWilson [comrade/them, he/him]

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Cake day: January 23rd, 2021

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  • The minimum amount of agricultural land necessary for sustainable food security, with a diversified diet similar to those of North America and Western Europe (hence including meat), is 0.5 of a hectare per person. This does not allow for any land degradation such as soil erosion, and it assumes adequate water supplies. Very few populous countries have more than an average of 0.25 of a hectare. It is realistic to suppose that the absolute minimum of arable land to support one person is a mere 0.07 of a hectare–and this assumes a largely vegetarian diet, no land degradation or water shortages, virtually no post-harvest waste, and farmers who know precisely when and how to plant, fertilize, irrigate, etc. From the FAO (the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (1993)

    .5 hectare ~ 1.24 acres


  • Cops face plenty of perils in the line of duty—and now they can add an unusual one to the list. In a viral video that made the rounds last week, a uniformed Boston police officer spilled out of the City Hall Plaza playground slide face-down and rattled around like a soda vacating a vending machine. He suffered minor injuries, NBC10 Boston reported. But the incident provided some major entertainment.

    Its been many years since I bought a can of soda pop from a vending machine but the second I read that I heard the exact sound in my head lol.













  • I’m currently living an ungrounded lifestyle and I have the adapters everywhere. The only device I decided not to plug in is the microwave since it has a high voltage transformer and the microwave I had was very cheap. Not having a ground wire is potentially a safety issue but not in the way most people think. The ground wire just provides an alternate path to return current back to the panel in case the hot wire in the device should come loose and touch the metal case on the device. You can install gfi outlets without a ground wire but the gfi does need to be the first outlet on a branch circuit and labeled as ‘no equipment ground’. You would need to figure that out by following the circuit from the panel and unless the outlet is turned off by a switch you need to turn it off at the panel while replacing the outlet. It’s pretty easy to do with a screwdriver and something to trim the insulation off the wire like a wire stripper or utility knife and I would use a meter to prove the circuit is de-energized before working on it. I’m not sure what their issue is with the adapters unless they are telling the rentseeker to rewire the house with a ground wire. An ungrounded gfi is exactly the same as using a 3-2 adapter your just using the 3 hole gfi as the adapter in this case but your also getting gfi protection. Not sure if I made it clear but ground wire and gfi are two different safety concerns.