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Not OP. The Storm before the Storm, Mike Duncan.

He's also the podcast host and narrator of Revolutions, a deep dive into major revolutions starting in Britain with Charles Stuart and ending with Stalin (well, technically ending …

John Oliver made his last episode of Last Week Tonight about surverillance with particular focus on Flock and its many abuses. Last I checked it had 1.5m views on Youtube. Breaking…

The chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency on Saturday expressed "serious concern" after Moscow accused Ukrainian forces of launching a drone attack on the Russian-occupie…

This is the most sensible solution to this problem I have read on HN in the 2 years I've been here. Think of the positive effects taxation would have: no whack-a-mole for every loo…

Just remember how pissed off America was when egg prices went up because of avian flu. Tangent: The high egg prices were only partly because of avian flu, a significantly higher im…

Remember when Musk in his capacity as DOGE boss cut the USAID funding for condoms in Gaza, because they didn't know Gaza is a highly HIV infected region in Mozambique? If they were…

Storage in the required dimensions is an unsolved problem. No, it's not. Decommissioned nuclear plant infrastructure used as massive battery storage. https://gesi-deutschland.de/en…

One day, everyone will always have been against this This is a very insightful book, highly recommend.

That would mean we all pay for the CO2 emissions of the US army since they are the world's largest single institution consumer. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/333873233_H…

It also reduces efficiency of solar energy generation by 5-15%, so we had better build out additional energy supply to account for that. https://www.science-gate.com/IJAAS/Articles…

They cannot post links (if you post a link === [dead] comment). HN used to cite sources. A Lot. It's less now, but your 'problem-solved' proposition would ban new accounts from lin…

but this still seems unlikely to me. It is already underway and going live soon: Below, our current progress report: COMPLETED: Sponsorship Agreement COMPLETED: Exploration Contrac…

I run Nobara, which is basically a beautyfied Fedora variant. It's pure Fedora with addons that make it easier to handle for Windows-damaged users. I left Windows last year, no reg…

If you do so, please include Esslingen castle (Germany). It's still standing and they have a lovely (and famous with Americans) Christmas market there. https://de.wikipedia.org/wik…

epstein files people not getting cosequences France has started a new investigation and will try to extradite Ghislaine Maxwell, since she is a french national and has installed an…

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Reduce the efficiency of solar energy generation by 5-15%. Best build alternative energy sources before attempting geo-engineering.

I live in Germany, and you are completely wrong. In my state the Greens have ruled for 15 years and the economic success was pretty good with the state having a higher GDP/capita t…

What did you think flagging was for? (Genuine question) Same as on other sites: Spam and/or bot, abuse and/or insults and other ad hominems and particularly the point in the guidel…

Thank you. On an unrelated note: I found this map where you can view the changes in political geography over time via scroll at the bottom. It's my goto with historical posts. http…

Iran signed UNCLOS 1982 which most countries signed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_parties_to_the_United_... in which Iran stated that only parties that signed are entitled…

1. I will look into that. A heads-up: the FSFE has already submitted a case for device neutrality regarding both, the ability to completely uninstall AI features and the unlimited …