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[–] BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 240 points 16 hours ago (5 children)

Better put their own wall up before the Americans start pouring in.

[–] rimu@piefed.social 127 points 16 hours ago

"I told you Mexico would pay for it!"

[–] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 45 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

I was literally just thinking retiring to Mexico doesn't sound terrible in the future.

[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 32 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Climate change is not boding well for Mexico unfortunately. You can expect severe water shortages in the coming decades.

[–] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 6 points 13 hours ago (1 children)
[–] huppakee@lemmy.world 24 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

But in Mexico the remaining water is less likely to be hoarded by billionaires, so you might still have better access to water after all.

[–] lolrightythen@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Can we make communities that are underground? Like fallout or silo

[–] Talentlesssculptor@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

Humans don't do very well without exposure to sunlight.

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 4 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

You can manufacture fish-eye glass domes that sit on the surface and lead to mirror-walled tubes that parascopically carry the sunlight to the deeper into the catacombs and distribute it to each chamber.

The outlets could basically just be slightly convex glass discs to fill the whole space with light, with simple aperture adjustments to control the amount of light in the room.

[–] Talentlesssculptor@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Aren't you just describing fiber optic cables?

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 2 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Similar concept, except using mirror-walled empty tubes instead of strands of clear fiber. It's not for transmitting data, just distributing natural light.

[–] Talentlesssculptor@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

Fiber optics transmit data through the medium of light, not electricity. It is exactly the same thing. The inside of the fiber optic cable is reflective and works just like a tube of mirrors. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiber-optic_communication

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 points 7 hours ago

I have seen at least plans, and I think it's actually been done, for using fiber optic cables connected to a skylight to transfer sunlight to rooms that otherwise wouldn't be able to have any.

Nothing about fiber optic cables are about data specifically. It's just a cable that transmits light in a very similar way a tunnel with mirrors would (but better). It happens to be very useful for data, but it's just sending light through it that's interpreted as data at the other end.

[–] Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus 2 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

I don't remember where, but i've seen architecture that moved natural sunlight throughout the whole complex. If anyone knows it, i would be thrilled to revisit that.

Edit: i remember it used mirrors to move the sunlight, if that helps.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 7 hours ago

Take your daily vitamin D pill!

[–] m3t00@lemmy.world 0 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

if you want the lifestyle. areas with many expats have higher prices. lake chapala area is one. speak spanish

[–] Tabula_stercore@lemmy.world 10 points 8 hours ago

"Expats" code word for fortune seeking migrant

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

This has been happening for several decades. My grandmother used to take regular trips across the border from Corpus Cristi to get her meds at pennies on the dollar.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Hopefully they'll just use steel slats!

[–] BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 5 points 15 hours ago
[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 1 points 14 hours ago

They already are. They work remote jobs in the US and call themselves Digital Nomads 🙄