User contributions for Elie
25 March 2025
- 03:3003:30, 25 March 2025 diff hist +5 Talk:Test added a newline before signature; i hope to automate this soon
24 March 2025
- 22:4722:47, 24 March 2025 diff hist −174 Talk:Test No edit summary
- 22:4622:46, 24 March 2025 diff hist +112 Talk:Test →Test 2: new section Tag: New topic
- 22:1622:16, 24 March 2025 diff hist +172 N Talk:Test Created page with "Testing - just seeing what happens when I post a comment without a 'subject' (using DiscussionTools) ~~~~" Tag: New topic
- 21:0021:00, 24 March 2025 diff hist +367 MediaWiki:Common.css No edit summary
15 March 2025
- 14:2314:23, 15 March 2025 diff hist +1,840 N Disposable vs reusable Created page with "thumb thumb|The whole point of banning plastic bags is to reduce waste. But in this particular case, it did the opposite. The store discarded its whole stock of plastic bags because they weren't allowed to hand them out anymore. This could have been prevented if policy makers had put more thought into their policies. It's better for the environment to '''..." current
- 14:2314:23, 15 March 2025 diff hist +322 N Plastic-free packaging Created page with "==Discussions== * How easily could crop residues (which are fairly abundant) be turned into materials that could replace plastic packaging? {{talk|Need to consider the energy footprint of such a process}} * How much disposable plastic does the world produce every day? ==See also== * Decarbonize the energy supply" current
14 March 2025
- 14:5314:53, 14 March 2025 diff hist +244 Plant-based food No edit summary
- 11:2711:27, 14 March 2025 diff hist −17 Animal welfare No edit summary current
- 11:2711:27, 14 March 2025 diff hist +163 N Animal welfare Created page with "=Animal welfare= ==Actions {{fists}}== * Abolish factory farming - affects billions of animals * Abolish cruel animal testing - affects millions of animals"
- 11:2011:20, 14 March 2025 diff hist +42 Abolish cruel animal testing →Case examples and their alternatives current
- 11:1711:17, 14 March 2025 diff hist +1,574 N Abolish cruel animal testing Created page with "'''Animal testing''' comes in many forms, some of which are extremely cruel. There needs to be alternatives. ==Case examples and their alternatives== {{empty}} {{talk|Should there also be an "actions to take" section below? Nah, probably no need for it. Each ''case example'' can have its own action campaign link.}} {{talk|For some of these, the alternative could be: "None. The harm to animals outweighs any scientific benefits here."}} {{talk|A little nuance here: Let's s..."
- 10:5510:55, 14 March 2025 diff hist +35 N Abolish factory farming Redirected page to Abolish factory farms current Tag: New redirect
- 10:5410:54, 14 March 2025 diff hist +2,005 Plant-based food No edit summary
20 February 2025
- 02:0102:01, 20 February 2025 diff hist +711 Lower the cost of housing No edit summary current
- 01:5801:58, 20 February 2025 diff hist +367 Build low-cost neighborhoods that don't suck No edit summary current
- 01:3301:33, 20 February 2025 diff hist +655 N Talk:Build low-cost neighborhoods that don't suck →FAQ - "Why do you use the word 'suck'?": new section current Tag: New topic
- 01:2401:24, 20 February 2025 diff hist +394 N Build low-cost neighborhoods that don't suck Created page with "Some common problems with existing low-cost neighborhoods: * Crime * Long commutes - nothing in the area * Lack of third spaces * Boring aesthetics * It's not even that affordable Here's a radical idea: It's perfectly possible to have low-cost housing that '''doesn't''' have these major problems. ==Designs== {{empty}} '''Join the {{tp2}}.''' ==See also== * Lower the cost of housing"
- 01:0901:09, 20 February 2025 diff hist +925 N Shortage of single-person homes Created page with "This is when single '''''people''''' (especially single adults) greatly outnumber single-sized '''''homes''''' (i.e. bachelor, studio, 1-bedroom units, etc.). ==Effects== * High cost of housing. * People have to live with roommates or even ex-partners, even if they'd rather live alone. * Makes it harder for anyone who needs to escape an abusive relationship. * Shortage affects couples & families too:<br />Since a single-sized home can be almost as expensive as a multi-b..." current
19 February 2025
- 23:3623:36, 19 February 2025 diff hist +40 Lower the cost of housing No edit summary
- 23:3423:34, 19 February 2025 diff hist +2,150 N Convert office space into housing Created page with "Ever since the pandemic, more people have been working from home. A lot of offices have been nearly vacant, while housing is scarce & expensive. It would really help if we could convert some offices into housing {{light|(especially if it can be done inexpensively)}}. ==Technical challenges to overcome== ===Window space=== ====If we want every bedroom to have a window==== <!-- ALT: instead of the above heading, maybe just introduce with: As a general..." current
15 February 2025
- 03:5003:50, 15 February 2025 diff hist +647 N the change wiki:AI policy Created page with "AI-generated text is '''not allowed''' on this wiki, for the foreseeable future. LLMs (large language model AIs) are '''not''' reliable enough for the type of content we're trying to create. Writing on this wiki requires a solid understanding of the physical world, along with asking the right questions (which are often too novel, too specific, or too quantitative for LLMs to answer correctly). The world is full of facts that, when put into writing, might ''linguisticall..." current
- 03:1103:11, 15 February 2025 diff hist +494 Biofuel added 2 more TODOs current
14 February 2025
- 22:1322:13, 14 February 2025 diff hist +5,986 N Israeli-Palestinian conflict Created page with "Category:Problems {{minor|For this page: * We '''are''' going to criticize ''both sides'' on their violations of human rights. * We are '''not''' going to be idiotic pro-status-quo centrists who equivocate on everything. * We must re-appropriate the talking points from the idiots who use them wrongly. }} ==You might get called a "'''jihadist'''" if you say this, '''but it's true:'''== * Israel drops bombs on Palestinians - civilians are killed. {{talk|TODO: add dea..." current
- 22:0122:01, 14 February 2025 diff hist +12 3-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict No edit summary current
- 15:0815:08, 14 February 2025 diff hist −140 Stop vegetable oil waste No edit summary
- 15:0815:08, 14 February 2025 diff hist +578 N Talk:Stop vegetable oil waste Created page with "==Some notes for researching efficient deep frying== Important metric: : Ratio: {waste oil output} / {oil input} :: This should at least be better (lower) than the status quo. :: By the way, we also still need to estimate the status quo. Googling "efficient deep frying" isn't super helpful, as most of the results focus on energy-efficiency rather than reducing oil waste. Googling "zero-waste deep frying" doesn't come up with a lot either. Any other ideas on how to get s..." current
- 14:5614:56, 14 February 2025 diff hist +460 Stop vegetable oil waste No edit summary
11 February 2025
- 06:0206:02, 11 February 2025 diff hist 0 Template:Talks Slight change of text color, to make it more distinguishable from red links current
- 06:0006:00, 11 February 2025 diff hist 0 Template:Pn-block Slight change to make it more distinguishable from red links current
- 05:5905:59, 11 February 2025 diff hist 0 Template:Pn Slight change to make it more distinguishable from red links current
- 05:5205:52, 11 February 2025 diff hist −19 Template:T2 Trying brown link text and no grey background this time
- 05:4005:40, 11 February 2025 diff hist +752 N the change wiki:Color scheme Created page with "==[Feb 11, 2025] Draft== Regular, ''italic'', '''bold''', {{C|#777|light}}. {{C|#08F|Click here}} {{C|#88F|Already clicked here}} {{C|#B45|Nothing here}} I'm talking bro {{C|#0B7|(...)}} and I got {{C|#0B7|nuances}} if you know what those are <small style="color:#0B7;border:1px solid #0B7;border-radius:0.5em;padding:0em 0.35em;font-family:monospace;vertical-align:10%">'''i'''</small> I use {{C|#885|questionable words}} sometimes bc i got no choice. But it's all goo..." current
- 03:4203:42, 11 February 2025 diff hist +66 N 3-state solution Redirected page to 3-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict current Tag: New redirect
- 03:4103:41, 11 February 2025 diff hist +66 N 3 state solution Redirected page to 3-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict current Tag: New redirect
- 03:2403:24, 11 February 2025 diff hist +255 War →General principles for peace current
- 03:0603:06, 11 February 2025 diff hist +827 N 3-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict Created page with "# A small chunk of Israel remains a Jewish state # A small chunk of Palestine remains a Muslim state # The rest becomes a non-religious democratic state for people on both sides who just want peace and are willing to coexist with each other. {{x|This would also help enable the Palestinian Right To Return}} ==Geography== {{empty}} {{talk|Maybe do an isochromic population map, see visually how many people are clustered near the borders (which would showcase one of the..."
- 03:0003:00, 11 February 2025 diff hist +31 N Template:Discussion Created page with "[[{{TALKPAGENAME}}|discussion]]" current
- 02:2702:27, 11 February 2025 diff hist −1,272 Genocide that feels like self-defense is still genocide Decided to go with "Solution 3" (mentioned in the discussion that I'm now removing). I also added a new section "Important principles" current
- 02:1402:14, 11 February 2025 diff hist +172 N War This'll do for now i guess
- 01:5501:55, 11 February 2025 diff hist +136 Genocide that feels like self-defense is still genocide →Examples Tag: Visual edit: Switched
- 01:5001:50, 11 February 2025 diff hist +2,333 N Genocide that feels like self-defense is still genocide Created page with "'''Hot take:''' If you think you're {{t2|fighting|{{light|''More specifically:''}} using violence}} in ''self-defense'', but your definition of a {{t2|threat|{{light|''More specifically:''}} a threat that "shall be neutralized with deadly force"}} is so broad that it includes almost an entire ethnic group, then you are supporting genocide. <!--==Genocides that felt like self-defense==--> ==Examples== * '''Nazi Germany:''' The holocaust was motivated by the belief that..."
- 00:4200:42, 11 February 2025 diff hist −36 Template:T2 I don't like the dotted underline anymore, it draws too much attention and looks like an ad. Let's try a demure grey background instead
- 00:4100:41, 11 February 2025 diff hist +16 Template:Talks Background color: May as well make it match Template:Talk
8 February 2025
- 04:4204:42, 8 February 2025 diff hist +1,544 N Intermittent fasting Created page with "==Mode 1: The "warrior diet" {{light|(as it's typically called)}}== ===Not actually a diet but a meal timing=== Eat in the afternoon, eat in the evening, eat until you're full. Sleep. Wake up, drink lots of water{{x|or your drink of choice - tea & coffee are probably fine}}, skip breakfast. {{x|You'll probably poop in the morning but after that you're ready to roll!}} {{talk|TODO: I gotta debunk the myth that "breakfast is *always* the most important meal" - it depends o..." current
- 04:0804:08, 8 February 2025 diff hist +619 Food waste Added an FAQ draft in a talk bubble (placed under heading "Lack of understanding" for now, because I didn't know where else to put it) current
- 03:5103:51, 8 February 2025 diff hist +2,858 Plastic vs food waste No edit summary current
- 02:3102:31, 8 February 2025 diff hist +960 N Communism Created page with "==Context== The age old debate of "is communism good or bad?" tends to lead nowhere, because it's too broad, too general, too vague, and the anti-communism crowd uses a completely different definition of "communism" than the pro-communism crowd. So for this page, let's instead focus on how communism ''could'' do good for humanity, if implemented correctly. And that's a big '''if.''' The question this page will emphasize is: : If we (the people, the proletariat, the worl..." current
- 02:0502:05, 8 February 2025 diff hist +105 N Food Created page with "==Topics== * Global hunger * Nutrition * Reduce the amount of land required to feed the world" current
- 02:0202:02, 8 February 2025 diff hist +3,547 N Energy Decided to bring back the old current