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    Comment #49171306

    I don't get it 12B KWh = 12M MWh = 12,000 TWh?

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    Comment #48773367

    What is the point? As long as your camera has a decent clock, you just need to record a gpx during your shooting session with an external device and you can add geolocation after y…

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    Comment #48758871

    This can be solved by implementing RfC 3514.

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    Comment #47894247

    Freon bans?

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    Comment #47779449

    Well, you still need to track down the part and knowing what you want to search, so you need to examine the schema anyway. However, if your all application state can be represented…

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    Comment #47779071

    > Dealing with even sqlite is a pain in the ass when you just need to tweak or read something, especially if you're not the dev. How? With SQL is super easy to search, compare, and…

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    Comment #47588495

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_principle

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    Comment #47481323

    > I forget how to type braces or back ticks. US layout and compose key on AltGr. You'll never look back.

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    Comment #47335876

    I feel like today an engineer with a modern framework and AI con produce in an afternoon a product that deliver real value, something that 25 years ago would have required a full h…

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    Comment #47085261

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reprisals_against_commentators...

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    Comment #46432412

    Meet the "Hague Invasion Act": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Service-Members%27_Pr...

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    Comment #46059599

    Actually, I sense a mounting "AI fatigue". Angry comments under AI contents. Social media accounts that proclaim to be "AI Free". I was thinking today that the killer app for AI co…

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    Comment #46059401

    Much like "the Cloud" solved a lot of problems in IT, and replaced them with more, different, harder problems.

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    Comment #45986107

    But the point is, that's the same happening right now without religion. At least, with organized religion, you have someone accountable. Again, this come from someone without a rel…

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    Comment #45982643

    > You get certainty in an uncertain world. You get a community that will defend you. You get a simple heuristic for navigating complex issues. This is what faith used to provide. I…

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    Comment #45928718

    This is the real point. Just measuring the amount of water involved makes no sense. Taking 100 liters of water from a river to cool a plant and dumping them back in a river a few d…

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    Comment #45812982

    "X-ray light" sound a bit like beer soda.

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    Comment #45694187

    I can relate. May ask you how your relation with AI tools is? I tend to find myself translating my mental model into natural language, to have a machine convert it into code, then …

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    Comment #45051877

    > When all processes for deriving synthetic gasoline require more input energy than available energy from the output, you're not describing processes that "potentially offering a m…

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    Comment #44106444

    Sane people don't want to invest time learning a new UI just because it's prettier.

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    Comment #44003533

    It's quite common for tunnels. Like the Eurotunnel or the Simplon tunnel.

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    Comment #43279076

    It's all written here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Geopolitics

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    Comment #43278581

    There is a little issue: If 9 countries want peace and one wants war, you will have a war.

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    Comment #43253457

    The point, I guess, is that we had and still have mass organized protests against what happened in Iraq and Gaza. Some leaders paid a political price for that.

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    Comment #42998833

    I think higher cars simply need harder suspension to counteract rolling and rocking forces.