Two modern techniques for building are SIPs (structural insulated panels) and ICFs (insulated concrete forms). Both methods involve foam insulation and also reduce the time to build. They're both just as costly, though. SIPs are constructed in a factory and the panels are trucked to the jobsite but exterior siding and interior drywall still need to be done on site. Stone and brick are great materials for longevity but are less energy efficient.

We blocked them a long time ago. They really are awful.

There are channels built into the wall for wires to go through. Plumbing is typically through floors to avoid thermal bridging in the walls.

Mastodon.social is still open to them afaik

That block was preemptive on a lot of instances. I know my admin proactively blocked them as soon as we knew what domain they would be federating from.

That's okay, most fedi instances have already blocked them. The flagship Mastodon instance is the only one that's being so welcoming to Zuck.

Another thing he did was add a ton of debt to the balance sheet that has to be serviced. Twitter was already unprofitable as-is but he has made that a much tougher hurdle with all that debt.

Look everybody! A liar sharing misinformation!

I guess if you don't poop, pee, eat, or use gas maybe? A real life trip across Texas takes at least a day of driving.

Not expecting below-freezing temperatures is stupid considering what happened in 2011. The dipshits who run the wind farms are to blame for not planning ahead.

The areas they cut power were nonessential. They kept areas with hospitals powered. The sub-grids were not granular enough to only keep the hospitals powered. The need to cut was just too much to be able to roll the blackouts. Our house hasn't had power for at least 54 hours now.

Sorry about replying to myself but the snap that was up there was vscode by Snapcrafters. This one is code by vscode (really?) I uninstalled vscode and installed code and it kept all my extensions and settings. Even my recently loaded files were there. I don't see any difference and I don't really care personally that this one is the official version and the other was built by the community. I guess snapcrafters could insert malicious code in their snap but I don't have any reason to suspect that would happen so it really doesn't make a difference to me.

Was that not an officially packaged Snap? There's also a deb you can download and install. I don't see what the need for a snap is. Heck, there's a Flatpak but it's the open source version without telemetry so I'm sure Microsoft would prefer you not use that one.

You're using Windows? You think GMP's UI is terrible? You don't need all its features?