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There is an experimental documentary about the CLODO available here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGVMu5OPu7E

I did exactly the same. So many good laughs !!! :))

HAHA. Very smart. The more you review the Copilot Agent's PRs, the better is gets at submitting new PRs... (basics of supervised machine learning, right?)

The whole podcast series is a gem. One of my favourite podcast of all time ! Highly recommended : https://historyofenglishpodcast.com/2012/06/25/episode-2-the...

(Former Microsoft employee speaking :) Windows has become ---let's face it--- a kind of malware. The various tricks they use to force you to use Edge & Bing are deplorable. I almos…

For podcasts downloads, I highly recommend Greg ( https://github.com/manolomartinez/greg )

Concerning the public key cryptography for the exchange of private encrypted messages, I would have rather represented the shared public keys by padlocks, and the private key by th…

Hydrogen peroxide as not a developer for the cyanotype process. There is indeed no developer involved in the cyanotype process.Hydrogen peroxide just speeds up oxidation.

Thanks, I didn't know that. From "Electrochemical synthesis of ammonia as a potential alternative to the Haber–Bosch process" (2019) : Water electrolysis, combined with an improved…

[A sidenote about investing in nuclear plants, with the example of the UK] The United Kingdom is an interesting example of a country which is very interested in having nuclear powe…

You need hydrogen to synthesize ammonia.

Not workable. Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe and is found in great abundance in all galaxies. It is particularly present in the Sun, which is problematic bec…

This video course by Mr Jancovici at l'Ecole des Mines in 2019 is just brilliant. But a bit depressing as well, I had to stop after 90 minutes... :)

(french guy speaking) Fun fact, I just saw yesterday evening at the theatres an ad by EDF (the French multinational electric utility company, largely owned by the French state, and…

Thanks! You just made my day ;)

I recommend that you watch the "Planet of The Humans" documentary to understand why there is no cheap or green energy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zk11vI-7czE

> A lot of cheap solar energy, from the best location. I recommend that you watch the "Planet of the Humans" documentary to understand why there is no cheap solar energy, no so-cal…

Since we have been living in a global economy for quite some time now, shouldn't we actually _pay_ Brazil to preserve its forest, a resource that the whole humanity/planet benefits…

Or take palladium for instance, which price almost doubled over last year. Its price has plummeted 43% in 18 days! In normal times, the demand for palladium (automotive catalytic c…

Doesn't this crash highlight a fundamental problem with stock markets ? NASDAQ: -25% in one month. CAC40 (french stock market index) : -33% over the same period. These stock market…

If you like comics and CS (because often nothing beats a good drawing): - Excellent ebooks by Julia Evans: https://wizardzines.com/ (Twitter account https://twitter.com/b0rk ) - (j…

I really like the comparison of TD with the Tetris game : "You can’t win. You can only control how quickly you lose" Already posted on HN here : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?i…

You might be interested by this video about the challenges faced by conservation scientists with Rothko murals : https://vimeo.com/111469325