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You’re right that European nuclear is not "independent" if that means "mined entirely inside Europe". But the dependency profile is not the same for Russian pipeline gas. Uranium i…

As a person who believes in democracy, don't you think it should be the US Congress the one declaring war?

Nobody is saying "don't pay the developers". Some of us advocate for "pay the developers to develop free and open source software". Rent-seeking is not good for society.

How are you subdued if you become the prime minister?

The “no transaction cost” claim is doing a lot of heavy lifting here. Cash may feel free to the person handing over a coin, but only because the costs are hidden upstream. Someone …

How is providing factual information (e.g., "The full court ruling is available at https://court.rulings/case_123456.pdf ", or at least "The case is number 123456.") not part of th…

At least the OP excerpt focuses only on Ford’s efficiency engine: precision machining, interchangeable parts, and the moving assembly line combined with extreme production volumes …

You're right to point out that English pronunciation varies widely across regions, but that doesn't fully negate the value of a systematic orthography. What germandiago is referrin…

What of those two options did Finland choose? In reality Russia shares a land border with 14 countries, 6 of which are already NATO members (of the others the second largest border…

These penalties are essential to counterbalance the financial trade-off companies often make by deprioritising accessibility. Without serious consequences, it’s rational for execut…

This is exactly why the EU's Digital Markets Act exists. And why it needs teeth. Google disabling Nextcloud's all-files access on Android, while quietly letting its own apps and bi…

Morocco might (again).

I met her briefly in 2014 through common friends in Berlin, and then saw her live in some early (before midnight) session in a semi empty small club in Kreuzberg. Some other friend…

You should definitely check out Tropy: https://tropy.org/ It's open-source, so no worries about a company shutting it down, and it handles a lot of the stuff you're asking for. It’…

I was there the week before, I was with a group of students on our way to the Niagara Falls and we stopped there for a snack. All I remember is that there seemed to be very little …

I like that scenario. But wouldn't AI just explode the verbosity of patents instead? The value of the humans' word count might go down, so they write less (less billable hours), bu…

> Any halfway-competent engineering manager knows she should spend more of her time with her top people, because anything she can do to improve their performance is that much more …

Probably more than 1/5.

The point is to convince the people driving ICE cars that the chargers exist.

Why can't the journals share reviewers? Once the reviews are in, the editors decide if they want the paper in their journal, and if more than one does, the authors get to pick. Obv…

Tom Scott mentioned this on his video from yesterday: How they saved the holes in Swiss cheese https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evV05QeSjAw

Antennas get warm. Cats like it: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jan/10/starlink-...

My experience in the States, staying at a hotel 100m away from a restaurant and not being able to reach it by foot, says otherwise...

True. They also have smaller economies and are arguably less responsible for Russia's strengthening. They are also less vulnerable in case of military escalation.

A Lamborghini can be exchanged for a Toyota plus some extra change. I don't think you will find many people to do the opposite exchange.