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Shouldn't the y-axis better be called "Standard DeviationS"? According to one comment on the site, the 3.5 means "3.5 times the SD", which makes much more sense to me. I initially …

it makes private energy storage a viable investment option. You can just invest in a large battery (or other storage system) and make a profit over buying/selling energy. I really …

unfortunately in German, but here's a recent talk on how to self-host your won music streaming: https://media.ccc.de/v/gpn23-153-tschss-spotify-und-co-self-... you can scroll throu…

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while I certainly do oppose many of the cuts of our civil liberties, I think that statement is quite an exaggeration... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Press_Freedom_Index

https://freedom.to/ (I expected it to be harder to find with that generic name) edit: I like Leechblock for Firefox

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FYI: here are the videos of the latest matrix conference: [1]. I think there's a lot of interesting stuff going on! also, instead of hosting your own server or using some (more or …

no shit, Sherlock! ;-)

See here for some archives: https://hacker-archive.org/s/Start/item-set/6601 https://github.com/mwarning/chaos-sticker-collection

Here's a good talk that gives some advice on how to make good stickers yourself: https://media.ccc.de/v/camp2023-57194-from_c3stoc_with_love_...

There's a big difference between the materials that's used for the sticker itself (paper, plastic) and the glue they used. By now I have a good feeling about the "removability" of …

What's that "NUDES" sign in the background?

"Following an official letter submitted to the United Nations by the Republic of Türkiye, the country's name has been officially changed to Türkiye at the UN. UN spokesman Stephane…

I enjoyed "The Night Watch" a lot: https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/mickens/files/thenightwatc... > A systems programmer will know what to do when society breaks down, because the…

I think Parent is using a Gigaset GS5

Oh, hello, i recognize your username from the jolla forums :-) I do have two Gigasets here (GX290 and GX4 pro) waiting to be flashed, but I still need to finally set up a windows m…

> "banking apps still require Android compatibility layer" I would say that this is really not the OS's problem, but the bank's problem. I find it absolutely intolerable that there…

I wouldn't say "Sailfish failed". It's still well alive, mainained and useable. All they need is some more traction and a proper business case

Ah yes, sailfish is actually pretty usable. (Unlike Ubuntu Touch, tbh). I've used it in the past on my Nexus5 for some years. However, they are still not 100% open source and they'…

Time flies like the wind. Fruit flies like banana.

my family takes care of a large-ish forest, so I have to help since my early teens. Let me tell you: think twice, it's f*ckin dangerous. Chainsaws, winches, heavy trees falling and…

Obligatory xkcd: https://xkcd.com/1987/ (I've seen https://xkcd.com/927/ in the comments a few times, but apparently I'm the first one who had this one in mind)

it's not always 9 pins. you can get pretty creative regarding the number and type of pins (high current, coax) you can fit in that shell: DE with 2 High current contacts: https://d…

Here's the actual EU directive: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/1996/53/oj/eng I tried to find some official document that properly explained how and why they agreed on these val…