LilNaib

DNS, web, mail, WireGuard, etc. I wrote the webserver in about 700 lines of Go and the other software is by other people. Currently I'm rewriting everything in Rust and will write an authoritative DNS server in Rust. Eventually I want all my services to run on my own software (except for WireGuard, which is best in-kernel).

My first professional mailserver was around 1996, with 400 users, up to over 3000 users by 2001. It was awesome then but now mail is the last thing I'd recommend anyone self-host. The ecosystem has been deteriorating for decades at this point.

Please do not do this.

Putting organic material into a landfill where it will decompose anaerobically (without oxygen) creates methane. This methane then leaks from the landfill, accelerating climate change.

There are SO many constructive things you can do with organic material. You can take a dead or dying tree, or one that is otherwise a poor fit for a particular location, and use it to make wood chips for mulching soil; biochar to sequester carbon and enrich compost when added to compost; building materials; firewood and more. All of these things sequester carbon and/or reduce climate emissions by reducing the use of fossil fuels.

Growing a healthy tree just to make some methane with it in a landfill is profane. Please don't send any organic material to a landfill, especially not healthy trees. Leave healthy trees alone unless they're causing trouble (such as by damaging a roof) and instead prioritize the use of dead/dying ones, or those that aren't appropriate for their spot (e.g. shading solar panels) or climate (e.g. trees that require irrigation).

And almost invariably, whenever you check the NS records or otherwise see who's hosting a neo-nazi website, it's Cloudflare.

I LOVE Becky Chambers! Working my way through the Wayfarers books and will read A Psalm soon. Super excited about it.

The books that help me keep a positive outlook are generally non-fiction books that help readers to become part of the solution in some way. Quoting David Holmgren in his book Retrosuburbia, "Focusing on our own behaviour avoids being disempowered by a sense that society seems generally blind and/or mad in relation to the real issues of our time." So in addition to the fiction of Becky Chambers I'd add:

• The Ministry for the Future, by Kim Stanley Robinson
• Being the Change: Live Well and Spark a Climate Revolution by Peter Kalmus
• Harvesting Rainwater for Drylands and Beyond by Brad Lancaster

There's a lot of room for improvement and people with different amounts of time and money can all partake.

• Don't buy gift wrapping paper; reuse old gift paper or use other things like paper grocery bags, old calendar paper or wall poster paper, etc. This takes WAY less time and money than going to the store, finding the stuff in the store, paying for it using money earned while doing work, coming back home, etc. And it makes presents stand out - those ones are extra special. You can also make your own holiday/birthday cards pretty easy.

• Buy used instead of new

• Don't buy goods at all - fix their broken favorite tool/possession and present it to them, or gift them an experience like a day of downhill skiing or hiking in the mountains. This may not even financially cost anything. If they really care about you then they'll probably value your company more than some material thing, and if they don't, you can get them a used coffee mug. :-)

I've been doing these things to the extent possible for years and have noticed improvements in the people I interact with as well. It's wonderful being on the receiving end of personally made cards and gifts.

Pathogen destruction is a function of time and temperature. Generally speaking, a compost bin at 140F/60C for an hour will kill most pathogens, or 130F/55C for a day, or 120F/49C for a week. And generally, compost bins will hold a peak temperature for between 24-72 hours before slowly dropping again, while adding fresh material will make the temperature rise again. Part of the reason time matters is because it isn't just heat that kills pathogens - it's also compost microorganisms that physically kill pathogens in the bin.

Getting compost very hot like 160F/71C like you say will kill pathogens quickly but it's not only unnecessary, it's also harmful, as a lower temperature will result in a more diverse culture of bacteria in the finished compost. Personally I aim for about 140F/60C.

And anyway, note that I said above 120F. It sounded like the GP was having issues with their compost that made me think that 120F would be a reasonable target to shoot for given their current situation.

Love the biking and zazen!

I did really well last winter then got out of the habit when it got warmer (I have a thing about smells).

Can you describe your setup? A properly maintained compost bin doesn't smell at all.

How to make one: take some fencing (you can get it for free from Craigslist) and make a bin a little over 1 meter tall and roughly 1 or 2m around, outside, on top of soil. Put dead dry plants or leaves inside on the bottom at least half a meter deep. That's your sponge material to keep certain things from leaking into the soil. Now it's ready to start taking inputs like toilet material, kitchen and yard scraps, dead animals, etc. Form a hole in the center with a pitchfork or other tool and put all inputs into that hole. Then put cover material on top of the freshly added material. Good cover materials are hay, straw or leaves, and they prevent smells. This cover material should also be present on the sides of the bin. Finally, get a compost thermometer and stick it in the middle of the material. The goal should be to get the temperature above 120F/49C. This will take a good amount of material and consistently adding it through the winter.

Before switching to a fully mulched food forest garden, I used a Fiskars reel mower. For a lawn I'd consider a reel mower first, then an electric, then a scythe. There are free reel mowers on Craigslist from time to time.

How much snow do you get? We get 50 inches (127cm) of snow in winter and a shovel works fine for us.

• They are okay with men having normal recreational sex
• They attack women for having normal recreational sex

They want men to have sex with women, and they don't want women to want it. They are pro-rape of women.

The documentary "I am Greta" shows one of her trips across the Atlantic Ocean in a solar-powered sailboat. It looked pretty scary tbh. She's already hard as nails.

Here's a video showing Brad Lancaster's permaculture house in Tucson, AZ:

https://youtu.be/KcAMXm9zITg?t=1715

I linked directly to a spot showing him getting good water pressure with only 2.5 feet (less than a meter) of head.

In other parts of the video he talks about filtration. You can watch the video yourself, it's awesome. I hope it inspires you.

It sounds like the place you lived is not a great example of rainwater harvesting and greywater, like they didn't really know what they were doing and cobbled together something mediocre. Do you think that water issues in Flint, Michigan are an indictment against the conventional water system? Or in India? I don't blame you for having a bad personal experience with something and concluding that that thing is bad. That's just how it goes. But take a step back and realize that the questions you have are solved problems. It's just that most people are unaware and many are resistant to change.

The fact that the conventional water system is starting to run out of water in some desert areas, and that the problem is growing, is proof in itself that this system is unsustainable. So we need less pushback and more engaged interest.

Quoting Wikipedia from the Central Arizona Project article:

"The 456 billion gallons (1.4 million acre feet) of water is lifted by up to 2,900 feet by 14 pumps using 2.5 million MWh of electricity each year, making CAP the largest power user in Arizona."

That is not simple at all.

"The canal loses approximately 16,000 acre-feet (5.2 billion gallons) of water each year to evaporation, a figure that will only increase as temperatures rise."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Arizona_Project

I think you're best suited to answer your own question. Since you're the one who wants to build nuclear, why don't you do it?

If the answer is expertise, no problem, just hire people.

If the answer is money, just band together with others. Online discussions always have tons of people who want the same thing you do -- you can pool your resources.