Gasp0de

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by Gasp0de 4y ago
In Germany, we (via the grid operators) literally pay these power plants just for providing backup capacity. Another idea could be paying companies to stop consuming power in times of high demand. Things like cold storage facilities can eas
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by Gasp0de 4y ago
Solar and wind behave antiproportional most of the time. When there is less sun (due to clouds) there is more wind. With a little bit of overbuilding both energy sources, most of our energy needs could be compensated.
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by Gasp0de 4y ago
That's why it's wise to build both solar and wind, as they behave antiproportional most of the time. When there's more sun, there is less wind and vice versa.
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by Gasp0de 4y ago
Why aren't they investing massively into solar power? It's one of the cheapest energy sources currently available, and since a lot of the energy in Texas goes into cooling when the sun is shining, the load should perfectly match t
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by Gasp0de 4y ago
The internet tells me that split-ac systems (basically small heat pumps) have a life expectancy of 10-20 years. That's not too bad, for example an oil-based heating system (as we have in our german basement) also only has a life expect
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by Gasp0de 4y ago
Might just be me, but hiding that information behind a "license" link feels like you want to hide that you are just copying from Wikipedia. In fact, the Wikipedia current events section also has a pagespeed of 100, so what do we n
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by Gasp0de 4y ago
I don't think you read more than the (misleading and unnecessarily editorialized) headline on hacker news.
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by Gasp0de 4y ago
I have written to penguin and the other publishers on social media. Who knows, maybe it helps. I told them that the internet archive is important for research and academia and that I would not buy any books from them ever again if this laws
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by Gasp0de 5y ago
Unfortunately, Germany has been ruled by a conservative party for the last 16 years and they did everything in their power to sabotage renewable energy so that lignite mining could stay longer. However, heating in Germany is a difficult pro
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by Gasp0de 5y ago
That seems like complete bullshit, since Germany doesn't mine anything apart from lignite, which can't feasibly be transported. Do you perhaps have a source on coal export to Poland? Also, Germany exports more electricity than it
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by Gasp0de 5y ago
I use 6000/8000kWh between September and May though, because that is when I'm using a Heatpump to generate electricity.
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by Gasp0de 5y ago
This doesn't seem cost efficient at all, my (medium sized) house in Germany consumes about 3000kWh of electricity during winter. This does not include heating, which consumes another 15.000kWh (of heat energy from oil, so around 5000kW
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by Gasp0de 5y ago
This exists and is actually used in Germany, it is called "Eisspeicher" (ice storage). It is utilizing the effect that it takes a huge amount of energy for the water to go from solid to fluid, about the equivalent of heating water
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by Gasp0de 5y ago
I think its fair to ask for payment, but I think it should be waaaay cheaper. I know a few maintainers of really good, productive open source software, and some of them earn about 4000-5000€ per month from it. I feel like 1€ per month would
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by Gasp0de 5y ago
Would you be willing to put out 40$/mo with your 10 friends though? The product seems super expensive in my (totally unprofessional) opinion.
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by Gasp0de 5y ago
So according to Google one Beehive can produce 20-30kg of honey per year. For the 24 beehives in this machine that would be 720kg of honey max, selling for around 10€ per kg in Germany. That would make a maximum of 7200€ in one year, while
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by Gasp0de 5y ago
Doesn't it say "a truncated hash"?
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by Gasp0de 5y ago
I use Signal as my only messaging app. If someone doesn't have Signal installed it will automagically fall back to unencrypted SMS and show this using an open lock symbol and a grey send button.
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by Gasp0de 5y ago
All business models that promote VPNs feel parasitic to me. For example, there is this "unprotected" thing in red screaming DANGER to the unknowing visitor that feels exceptionally scammy. It says I am unprotected while I'm u
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by Gasp0de 5y ago
Any US based company can be forced to give up the data of European customers and be silent about it (see CLOUD act) so as far as I see it any US based company that adheres to the CLOUD act can not be GDPR compliant.
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by Gasp0de 5y ago
Aren't S300 a rather old system from the 1980s? I doubt that there is anything still secret about those.
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by Gasp0de 5y ago
When you say "most difficult", what exactly does it mean? I highly doubt that you are manually conversing with any of them.
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by Gasp0de 5y ago
https://storj.io
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by Gasp0de 5y ago
If I understand correctly they basically list what other people in the same role in the same company are paid. E.g. the company has 5 junior software developers and they are paid between 40k and 60k€ then that must be listed as the range if
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by Gasp0de 5y ago
They did that apparently, it is mentioned in the article. There are still ways to trace it. For example, if they do it in a short timeframe or in just two transactions you can match the amounts. Not many people send 100k$ in zCash around.
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by Gasp0de 5y ago
https://www.useapassphrase.com/
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by Gasp0de 5y ago
I don't know why, but I love Mapy.cz. Someone recommended it to me when I was hiking in eastern europe, and I use it daily for hiking and biking. I don't own a car but I occasionally also use it when I have rented or borrowed one
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by Gasp0de 5y ago
You're already earning 50k/year through dividends, if you can live with a lot less money then just quit and start some side project. Or just take a part time job and live for a while.
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by Gasp0de 5y ago
From my (German) point of view it isn't the decision of the German court that prevents American companies from doing business in Europe but rather the ridiculous laws that allow American spy agencies to request data from American compa
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by Gasp0de 5y ago
Because half the population can't afford to see a doctor and would rather die than leave a pile of debt to their families?

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