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[–] ___@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 1 week ago

Portugal doesn't have a property based golden ticket visa as of October 2023 due to concerns that it was affecting real estate prices in cities like Lisbon and Porto. But you can still donate 250K euro in cash or invest 500K euro in a local business that leads to job creation (among a couple other investment options). Another option for Portugal is the D7 visa, which requires you to live in the country 6 months the year for 5 years, but requires foreign income of 10K euro per year. Either way, after 5 years, you're eligible to apply for citizenship.

[–] ___@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 weeks ago

60% of the time it works every time

[–] ___@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Unfortunately those aren't safe either :/ The article mentions how several subs for the game Luigi's Mansion got banned, even though they have nothing you do with Mangione

[–] ___@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 weeks ago

+1 for Libby. Also shout out to Z-Library, Library Genesis, and the Internet Archive for all the book epubs and pdfs you can find there

[–] ___@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Or by connecting an Android phone to a computer, enabling USB debugging, launching a terminal and typing

adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.package.name.of.app

No root needed!

[–] ___@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 weeks ago

Try FitoTrack. I've been using it for awhile, measurements are very close to what Strava records. It does lack the social element though

[–] ___@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I'm not against a consolidated name that fully encapsulates the ActivityPubiverse, and still think that is important to driving people in. Fediverse is probably sufficient enough for the time being. But user activity begins when users can interact with it, so perhaps introducing instances as 'lemdro.id, a Lemmy platform' or something of that ilk could achieve that. That way, it's not seen as a competing standard, just an implementation of one. Then, as users become more familiar with the ecosystem, the hierarchy and segments could be learnt over time if they choose to do so.

[–] ___@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Fun fact: the solar roof debuted on the Prius for the 2010 model year, in 2009

[–] ___@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

An unpopular opinion I actually agree with! Part of the issue in my opinion is that houses are no longer made in ways that are designed for their environments. In the past, houses in warm areas would use large balconies or awnings to shelter the windows from the sun, which is where the greatest share of heat would come from. Also, high ceilings and transom windows would allow hot air to dissipate. Courtyards would serve a similar function. All of these provided natural ways for homes to cool without having to use ACs.

Now that ACs are prevalent, house design has deteriorated to what's cheapest to build, without regard to climate. This leads to higher AC usage to cool energy inefficient homes, all while pumping heat into the atmosphere that makes the temperature worse.

I believe ACs should only be used as a last resort. We should design our homes based on where they are, so that ACs are unnecessary except during the worst of heat waves. There are plenty of other ways to stay cool that don't involve ACs, so let's exhaust those before we turn down the thermostats.

[–] ___@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 month ago

I've known people who have taken the subway/metro to get between classes on the same campus, so this is still plausible

[–] ___@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago

I'm using it currently on a Pixel 7 Pro on GrapheneOS on Android 15 with no issues if that helps

[–] ___@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago

Perhaps right click on the sidebar -> disable compact mode? I haven't had any issues moving tabs between windows, but then again I keep the sidebar persistent

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