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Cake day: July 1st, 2023

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  • Thanks! That was quite a read. Had a laugh when I got to this “months later this post is still being shared with people when they ask about Kagi.”

    Don’t think its a scam still, just another shitty tech bro start up with no future other than making the founders rich. I guess that’s the scam though isn’t it…?

    I think the search is decent, and haven’t used any of the “AI” cos fuck “AI”. Still, with the info in there about privacy and PII, I am going to abandon this experiment and I guess go back to Searx for now?

    Thanks again for the info.












  • Well, because straight earth as in mudbrick (or concrete, normal bricks etc) is not insulation. That’s thermal mass. It stores energy. Insulation (like strawbales) slows heat movement. So you need insulation on the exterior and thermal mass on the interior for a properly thermally regulated building.

    At 2 inches thick of limestone, you can sure bust it up with a sledgehammer or similar. A punch won’t do much more than hurt your hand. Still, if you take tools to the majority of homes they break quite fast.

    Couldn’t say houw tall they can get but from memory I think I’ve seen 3 stories? Over that you’re talking more full on construction. I’ve seen a 4 story using super bales that was in an commercial carpentry shop


  • I built my own strawblae house and have worked on half a dozen others. I have designed 3 award winning homes, one of them was strawbale.

    Mice aren’t a problem, the walls are sealed with clay (inside) and lime (outside) render, the mice can’t get in.

    Same with fire, the straw is tight and sealed, they don’t burn. In huge bushfires in southern Australia a few years back, several families sheltered I a strawbale home as the fire passed.

    Moisture not a problem if you have proper eaves and footings, which you will cos you design it properly, right?

    Loads of massive benefits over brick or stick built.

    I have no data on wolves sorry, but definitely dropbear proof

    Happy to answer any questions.