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bkor

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    Comment #47704657

    As said by someone else, the temperature of the oceans rose significantly more after the low sulphur regulation went into effect. See https://www.imo.org/en/mediacentre/hottopics/p…

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    Comment #46326797

    It gives "D is not a function". This on Firefox 146. Various extensions including Ublock Origin but that doesn't seem to cause it. Also doesn't work in a private window.

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    Comment #46190266

    > Productive and innovative businesses with really solid fundamentals (balance sheets) that were acquired and dismantled by PE. You have way too much (unneeded) limiting qualificat…

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    Comment #45061126

    > Update 1: Apparently, GNOME bureaucracy is holding up the processing the application of a new maintainer for over a month now. Could you explain this? You link to a closed bugrep…

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    Comment #43934457

    > So, I find that it's highly unlikely that the ISP is officially required to support a user supplied modem, although I haven't consulted the EU laws on this. Ziggo (called UPC in …

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    Comment #43703487

    > The EU can accomplish it with diplomacy. Agree. It'll likely happen that way. Still, dislike the initial incorrect assertion.

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    Comment #43703476

    > The EU has agreed upon programs in order to bring in, through an immigration policy, high skilled persons from non-member states. Where in this is the option that the EU provides…

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    Comment #43702444

    > Not only that, but being owned by the EU gives the ability for MITRE employees to have the option to immigrate to the EU to protect against any retaliation. According to which ru…

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    Comment #43691284

    > for those who do not want to watch a video like me. Thanks! It made me read his other articles. I liked this one more: https://www.thestockpot.net/videos/3dprinteddownpipe . A 3D…

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    Comment #43690373

    AliExpress highly encourages leaving a review. They also encourage taking pictures. As a result, loads of random pictures in reviews. You can do an additional remarks later, but I …

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    Comment #43690331

    > Obviously YMMV, but I bought some Amazon MTB pedals rated 4.7 starts @ 9k ratings. Every site is different, no? Amazon isn't AliExpress. Though lately Amazon if flooded with mark…

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    Comment #43690238

    > For cycling there are now a group of trusted companies that many people purchase from - WinSpace, Magene, iGPSport, that stand behind their products. Do you follow Trace Velo on …

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    Comment #43641712

    > if I go to France, I don't expect government announcements to be provided in English In Netherlands they'll translate things in various languages. If you get stopped by the polic…

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    Comment #43567311

    I noticed I made an error when remembering the memory type I saw a while ago. I meant the following: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAMM_(memory_module) That's a way to have the mem…

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    Comment #43566048

    > Socketed RAM CUDIMM is changeable and fast. > The user being able to swap parts easily is _neat_ but it's just not an required feature Mostly because people seem to have forgotte…

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    Comment #43566010

    > My ThinkPad X1 extreme is still chugging along but gets hot Not clear to me if you mean always or that it changed. Do suggest to check the thermal paste, plus clear out dust in f…

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    Comment #43409530

    It was merged Feb 14 2025. It'll be in GNOME 48 and Fedora 42. It's likely already in the Fedora beta branch.

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    Comment #41995729

    > Because what is implicit in saying that solar (or wind) is cheaper than nuclear per W produced is that it is a viable alternative to nuclear. I do not see that implication. Solar…

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    Comment #41995545

    > European grids have been connected for decades, way before new renewables were a thing. Agreed, but not in the amount of capacity that they're aiming for now due to increased (ex…

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    Comment #41995463

    > "then it is" what? economically viable? He still needs 100% backup from other sources, so you have to factor that cost in. Nope, you do not need to factor that in. If I put solar…

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    Comment #41993774

    > But in sunnier, warmer parts of the world Though solar panels prefer if it isn't too hot. Still, any such inefficiencies are easily outweighed by their low cost. In Netherlands i…

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    Comment #41993705

    > but it doesn’t scale up or down quickly. The newer ones can. Though that's partly my dislike. There's always yet another new technological solution for the various drawbacks. Whi…

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    Comment #41993674

    > Well as long as you have vast amount of storage capacity + overprovision Why would that need to be? The full needs need to be taken into account. But that's a TCO calculation, no…

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    Comment #41993613

    > Which it really isn't unless we're neglecting to count in the need for long-term backup power. But that's not what the topic, no? It was about economically viable. It wasn't abou…

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    Comment #41993600

    Have you also considered putting the solar panels straight up? This when using bifacial solar panels. Might help with getting the snow off. People started using them as fences, tho…