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Vikas

19:00

@Mitch Near Delhi or anywhere in India?

Mitch

Either!

I've heard Noida is pretty fancy. That's not too far outside of Delhi.

Vikas

I think there would be many but I'm not sure which ones.

@Mitch Yes but pollution would also be there.

It has new buildings that's why maybe you called it fancy.

Mitch

But Noida is all skyscrapers I think. At least from pictures or ads. Do people actually ive there?

Vikas

Delhi has old buildings.

@Mitch Yeah.

alphabet

I think the main problem in India is too many poorly-built cars, and too few regulations on emissions. Also the heat.

Mitch

19:03

@Vikas There's different kinds of pollution. Air pollution could be different even if nearby (well, far enough away). Water pollution depends on the source and on how it is treated afterwards... I'd figure a newly built city would have planned well enough for that (like Dubai? but I think they're starting to have problems?)

Vikas

@Mitch I meant the air pollution mainly.

In offices (and now in homes too) people use air purifiers.

alphabet

I would like to brag about our excellent air quality (compared to other big cities).

Mitch

@alphabet All the big American cities had bad air pollution up til the 70's. But lots of car emission regulations came into effect and I think that pretty much 'solved' it.

Except for Los Angeles.

I mean it's supposedly way better than it used to be.

but sometimes people are still encouraged to not go outside.

alphabet

In LA the horizon is usually bright white, not blue.

Mitch

that might be because of forest fires though.

s.H.a.R.p.R.i.F.t

19:05

What's an air purifier that's cheap and not noisy, including high pitch electrical? Blueair or levoit or what?

alphabet

@s.H.a.R.p.R.i.F.t I know someone in LA who has this one: nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/…

s.H.a.R.p.R.i.F.t

@alphabet Thanks, it comes highly rated in the reviews. They're all noisy, despite their claims. But high pitch noise is something I can't stand.

Mitch

So the moral of the story is that as prissy and overly-decorative as a lace canopy on a four poster bed is, it can save lives.

alphabet

Time to buy a canopy bed

Only issue: it'd be in the background when I have Zoom calls for work. The wonders of apartment life.

Mitch

@alphabet OK I'll bite, 'white' sky?

@alphabet Think of it as a conversation piece.

When people are waiting for everyone to show up, you can talk about it.

"Hey, do you have a big doll house too?"

"As a matter of fact..."

"hey are you worried about malaria?"

"No man and the canopy is not like that, it'd only keep out mosquitos the size of your fist"

alphabet

19:12

@Mitch There's this bright white haze that tends to show up in LA

Mitch

@alphabet only at the horizon? And towards the sea?

s.H.a.R.p.R.i.F.t

@alphabet The replacement filters are incredibly expensive because they're not sold in Canada, stil, it's 69$ USD in the U.S. without the markup here. The same goes for some models such as the Winix 5500-2, in the U.S. that costs 150$. In Canada, 485$ at Bestbuy wtf. It's a lost cause.

I'll settle for wearing a N95.

alphabet

@Mitch I mean this sort of thing

Vikas

msn.com/en-in/lifestyle/relationships/…

> 'My country, what are you doing with me...': Wagner's eerie poem for Russia after attempted mutiny

alphabet

> The Wagner-affiliated Telegram channel Grey Zone (which has more than 500,000 subscribers) on Sunday reposted a poem titled: "Everything was decided. Almost."

So not Prigz himself. I'm disappointed that he's not a poet.

Vikas

19:22

Who knows. He might have composed it.

alphabet

Another good analysis of what happened with Prigz: twitter.com/Stanovaya/status/1672991911538196482

Vikas

It's like what happens in movies. When a top leader's friend is accused of crime he did, they ask him to go underground for some time until things calm down.

That's what probably Putin and Lukashenko did.

Mitch

19:40

@alphabet oh. just call that what it is, smog.

This took me ages to figure out...

Robusto

19:58

@M.A.R. Oh yes.

Vikas

@Mitch Are you serious?

Mitch

@Vikas Am I ever serious?

Hm... I suppose sometimes I am.

'ages' = more than a second.

maybe two seconds?

probably 3

How did that bee get his poor head stuck in there?

Things like that will keep me up at night.

jlliagre

20:26

jlliagre

21:11

@Mitch Your comments are equally valid for that one :-)

alphabet

The 'Girk now wants Putin removed from power. Translated by ChatGPT:

> In short, it is necessary for us, the left and patriotic forces, to form a mass organized movement that can aspire to legislative and executive power to promote its political development program.

Oh yeah, I'm sure "the left" would absolutely love to work with Igor Girkin and his fellow nationalists.

(Assuming that translation is correct.)

(Though who knows? I'm not sure exactly what "the left" is in Russia. Leftover communists? Or the opposition types that Putin keeps killing? Or both?)