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About vimy
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Comment #47967859
Engie was lying. They just didn’t want to be in the nuclear business anymore.
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Comment #47312608
Export is only a small part of their emissions.
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Comment #47195829
They are boxing in China. Taking away China’s oil. First Venezuela. Now Iran. Decoupling from China while taking out China’s allies is the overarching foreign policy.
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Comment #46482202
Seeking work | iOS / macOS developer | Worldwide | Remote Location: Belgium - No problem to be available for US timezone if needed Technologies: Swift | Objective-C | AppKit | UIKi…
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Comment #46394566
ChatGPT has conversation branches. Or do I misunderstand? Just edit a message and it’s a new branch.
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Comment #46161334
Interesting that most of the shows you like are +- 10 years old. From the early Netflix days.
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Comment #44684485
The US is in fact increasing support right now. Trump lost his patience with Putin. You also underestimate the Chinese support. The war would have been over in 2023 if it wasn't fo…
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Comment #44684294
China is actively supporting the Russian army. They don't want Russia to lose. The Russians won't stop in Ukraine. It can't be more clear than this which country is a greater dange…
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Comment #44682176
EU is building Wero to replace all the national payment systems. It uses sepa under the hood. https://wero-wallet.eu/
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Comment #44677616
For standard credit cards in EU it’s mandatory to pay the full balance every month. And it doesn’t cost anything, there are no interest rates. Not sure how much banks profit on it,…
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Comment #44548768
Lol, if you don’t understand we need jobs in Europe this debate has no point. Wow… > The European Union’s chemical sector is facing a series of headwinds that the European Chemical…
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Comment #44546931
It’s late, my brain has shut down but I can name 2 on top of my head: Steel. Anything chemical. We already lost half our production. :o You should read some financial newspapers. T…
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Comment #44544893
Gas price are still twice as high as four years ago. Whole industries are collapsing because electricity is too expensive for factories. Personally, just heating my home has become…
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Comment #44537679
Well, we don't have that capacity.
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Comment #44536944
> In Europe we don't have much fossil fuels, so our "hippiness" is not really a choice. We have plenty of oil and gas (normal and fracking). We have just convinced ourselves its be…
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Comment #44536318
Batteries can’t cover a dunkelflaute that lasts weeks. Like what happened last year (or the year before, not really sure).
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Comment #44475601
A license key is not a login. And a server like that is not a big deal. Source: me, I do this way.
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Comment #44474969
A simple license key and monthly ping to license server (5 usd digital ocean) is enough. Pirates is the cost of doing business. Just ignore them. No need to make this too complicat…
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Comment #44474624
You can just charge subscriptions for local first software. No cloud is irrelevant. Only the value to the user matters.
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Comment #44467554
Let me be more clear. European emissions are down compared to the 90s. By a lot. And yes, taking into account 'exported emissions'. And yet we consume more. Time to rethink what yo…
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Comment #44462986
> exporting all our 'emissions' to China A popular narrative but it’s false. Even when we take it into account Europe’s emissions keep dropping. It’s a small % of China’s massive e…
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Comment #44391981
> We wanted something that would talk with us — realistically, in full conversations — and actually help us improve. So we built it ourselves. The app relies on a custom voice AI p…
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Comment #43979598
I’m not sure seeing AI art and thinking scam is a thing. Most people can’t even spot AI art. His website seems fine to me.
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Comment #43536109
Did you change the fan settings? Default is for fans to be quiet. If you go to energy management in settings you can choose “more power” or something instead of automatic. Your Mac…