No, an average German speaker from Germany wouldn’t understand it. It’s basically an extremely heavy German dialect, belonging to the group of Allemanic German dialects. Non intelligible dialects are not uncommon in many parts of Germany, though. In some German regions (e.g. southern Black Forest), the local dialects also belong to the group of Allemanic dialects. The locals from there might have a somewhat easier time getting used to Swiss German dialect varieties.

Yeah, this good news community is very depressing, really. Basically it’s only news of the kinds of the “orphan crushing-machine”. Very saddening from a non US standpoint.

To be honest, I’m pretty sure that it’s the other way around.

Or maybe the problem is that too many of us give more value to science instead of just believing in what we experience ourselves,

That sounds exactly like something a human made climate change denier would say after they happened to experience two consecutive cold winters in their area. I’d rather have them giving more value to science.

Make it a lactase toothpaste, and it might just work.

I’ve had overnight coldbrews, so five hours definitely sounds viable.

Problem about very old vacuums, they sometimes have extremely wasteful wattages (read: in the ballpark of 2000 Watts), while modern ones often use a maximum of e.g. 800 Watts. The high Wattage comes with almost no measurable performance advantage. Source: An article in the partly state-funded German product testing magazine Stiftung Warentest.

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About the art we see on slrpnk.net, it seems to me most of the buildings tend large, and like those of an architect selling grand projects, rather than buildings crafted by individuals on a smaller scale - is that intentional ?

Right? Having read books such as Cities for People (Jan Gehl), I understand that a human and walkable scale is paramount for cities worth living in. For people to feel connected to their city, a maximum of about 5 levels off the ground seems to be best. I can kinda confirm this from my own experience having lived in all kinds of neighbourhoods throughout Germany.

Generally density is desirable, though, to allow for efficient heating, public transport as well as lively neighbourhoods. But cities need to develop their density in the right ways. A dense Barcelona neighbourhood feels the complete opposite of some giant Sovjet housing, albeit the densities might be similar.

Almost nothing in your household consumes as much energy as an oven. Ovens consume from around 1000 (when already heated up) to 5000 Watts leading to ginormous amounts of carbon emissions on your average electricity mix. From an environmental perspective it’s completely crazy to bake your trash for 30 to 40 minutes (it’s like running your electric kettle at full power for 30 minutes straight). I’d rather not compost eggshells at all rather than baking them.