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SonicTheSith

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    Comment #39816438

    The thing is, we got an european energy market... just because Germany produces less does not mean there is less energy available... would be the same as saying that since californ…

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    Comment #39816408

    Even older homes, compared to the average US home is highly insulated. I live in an Apartment building from 1964, got doubled sided windows, and during the winter I do not need to …

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    Comment #34476865

    Nope, public repos have license, often open source licenses that state that you can freely use the code, or change it , but only if the resulting product will also be opensource. O…

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    Comment #34476851

    Are you high? How is ML learning superior to human learning? If I show a 3 year old a single picture of a Tiger, and tell him this is a tiger, the child is able to recognize a Tige…

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    Comment #33422462

    Whether or not Apple has a monopoly is difficult to say, especially in the traditional / original sense. The thing is, let us take the US as an example, even though there is a duop…

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    Comment #32153007

    I wouldn't describe, the process of recognizing your mistakes as self hate. As a German, I know my country is not perfect, none is, and I recognize that past mistakes should not ha…

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    Comment #29769455

    >Is it cheaper than demand shaping/wind/solar/grid-scale batteries though? That's the real question. Hmm, I think one should also add other factors. Space Requirements for Wind and…

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    Comment #29767823

    The thing is, While Nuclear is not cheap, it will be cheaper than the effects from un-softened climate change. While Nuclear is difficult to maintain and if an accident happens it …

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    Comment #29716562

    4 years ago I quit smoking. While the first week was hell because of the nikotin withdrawal. Getting rid of the habit itself took longer. Waiting outiside, after a meal etc. it is …

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    Comment #29711861

    yes iff you would need to contact a support hotline everytime you switvh the audio source or the headphones itself. if you are mocking the notion that it was courage to get rid of …

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    Comment #29428755

    Here in Berlin for example, in the first week of september my 85 year old grandparents received a booster shot invite letter from the Berlin senate. It said something like starting…

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    Comment #29359286

    Close, In Germany for example most German stores have the following payment options: 1 You get an invoice and transfer money before shipping 2 lastschrift - vendor pulls money dire…

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    Comment #29322116

    Apple could ignore doing that to iMessage simce nobody uses it in Europe, Whatsapp, telegram, signal and facebook messenger have about 95% of the messeging market in europe. Add Li…

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    Comment #28178663

    unless a profit can be made...

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    Comment #27896178

    Ehm, just so you every european country has such a system. Since you have to compare europe as whole to the US for size comparison. You can drive anywhere in europe through a syste…

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    Comment #26503878

    Most people here got the math wrong... it is not x of 17mil. but X number of cases for women vaccinated with AZ in the age group 20-50. This kind of thromboses seem to happen mostl…

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    Comment #26436806

    The mistake the EU did with the vaccine rollout is that it was talking to long instead buying. Otherwise something that needs to be taken into consideration is the following. Right…

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    Comment #26412181

    So if the vast majority of people survive, we should just let it rip? What would happen if we would let it rip: - Without any counter measures such as masks or lockdowns the rate o…

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    Comment #26411855

    Even with the link, I am confused about where the 22% came from...

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    Comment #26410517

    > The virus is there already, since quite a while. Sure but adding possible new clusters, is not that good of an idea. Furthermore, the chances that additional strains arrive there…

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    Comment #26409883

    You are aware that we have a global pandemic right? So if even you won't treat everyone as a possible threat, the chance that 'guests' bring in the virus is high. Since Japan is an…

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    Comment #25831402

    > I think this is dangerous thinking, lies are bad but censorship is worse because someone has to decide what is a lie and what isn't, and that quickly becomes politicised. Thing i…

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    Comment #25732015

    Hmm, in Germany, the Telco's gave up locking the phones in 2017. Because it was to expensive. I can not remember if it was a hard lock - as in any other sim card is blocked or just…

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    Comment #20807757

    UK ain't all of Europe! Mainland European countries heavily subsidies infrastructure such as Internet, Electricity, etc. They even invest billions in the construction of new power …