Comparing things like this between countries is not straightforward. For example, Australia spends $14.1k per student while New Zealand spends $8.6k. That's about 5.2% of GDP for both countries. From those numbers, would we conclude that Australia is overpaying, or New Zealand is underpaying, or that the two countries are comparable?
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/education-spending-by-country
If the mountain contains valuable minerals then the cost will be negative; you can make money by removing it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountaintop_removal_mining
Though, depending on the geology, you might not want to build a town on the resulting site. Sometimes heavy metals leach out of the disturbed rock, resulting in polluted surface water.
While not being exactly what you are proposing, you could consider mastodon.social and lemmy.world the de facto front page for each service. They are by far the largest and best-known instances in their respective networks. Many new users start at those instances, get their toes wet, and then branch out.
I'm not arguing that's how the network should be structured, though.
Well-meaning people: We are requiring the city to install X miles of bicycle infrastructure!
City: Slaps some paint in the right lane of a busy road and calls it a bike path. Done!
Unintended discharges aren't a bug; they are a feature to keep life exciting!
Not so much eating, but having to choose what to eat, prepare/order it, and clean up afterwards. Sometimes, after a full day, it's one chore too many.
Killing in the Name by Rage Against the Machine
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/dec/20/rage-against-machine-christmas-number-1
TIL. This is awesome.
The comment linked below has a numbered list contained within a spoiler. It renders as expected in lemmy-ui, but Summit shows the last number in the list as outside the spoiler. I noticed the behavior on version 1.61.1, and it's still there after upgrading to version 1.62.0.
https://sh.itjust.works/comment/18673459
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That's awesome work!
I think I identified all the games
Metal Slug 3
Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse
Sonic and Knuckles
Mega Man Zero
Super Mario 3
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Kirby's Dream Land 3
Mom unplugged the router as punishment for not washing your own laundry.
That looks... uncomfortable.
I think that goes to my point about simple comparisons being difficult. Norway has a high GDP relative to its size, so 4% might be more than enough for their situation. You also have to account for things like the labor cost of teachers, which varies by country.