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by V__ 2y ago
Typst is an open-source alternative to latex and typst.app is their closed-source collaborative web editor.
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by V__ 2y ago
Vehicle, gas and similar taxes are about €50bn in Germany. The cost of the road system is about €70bn. [1] https://www.forschung-und-wissen.de/nachrichten/oekonomie/au...
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by V__ 2y ago
> already substantial subsidies for the rail industry Though to be fair, there are also substantial subsidies for the whole road network.
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by V__ 2y ago
Since ente.io's server is just an object storage, I feel at some point either ente or someone else is going to make a drive app for it.
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by V__ 2y ago
I will continue using Windows 10 und probably have to make the switch to linux after EOL.
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by V__ 2y ago
This was the prompt I gave o1-preview: > There is a geometric thought experiment that is often used to demonstrate the counterintuitive shape of high-dimensional phenomena. We start with a 4×4 square. There are four blue circles, with a
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by V__ 2y ago
Hope you get it sorted and would be interested in a follow up. Double check your contract regarding cancelation periods and maybe get a lawyer if nothing else works to get an extension on your period.
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by V__ 2y ago
Have you tried calling them? Could it be linked to pixeldrain and some illegal files which were uploaded and they simply don't want to take the risk?
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by V__ 2y ago
> analyst “deciphered the account’s ‘seed phrase’ following analysis of digital devices” recovered from the home of [the suspect] Following the "stupid crooks"-trope.. he saved the password in the browser didn't he?
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by V__ 2y ago
100k here, 100k there and pretty soon you are talking about real money.
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by V__ 2y ago
Knowledge gets lost constantly, there is just so much of it that it happens on the sidelines. Just think about all the old software and hardware stacks which have been replaced and the people who were experts in it are now retired and dead.
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by V__ 2y ago
> Constellation, which plans to spend about $1.6 billion to restart the plant, is awaiting permits and expects the facility to come online by 2028 [and] would provide Microsoft with 835 megawatts of energy. I don't quite understand
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by V__ 2y ago
Shouldn't the circuit breakers inside homes trip first?
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by V__ 2y ago
I think it's the other way around. Simple, cheap and visible 'solutions' make companies look green without having to actually do anything. That it inconveniences people is just a great benefit, so they can resist future chang
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by V__ 2y ago
Talk about any issue you know a lot about to someone who knows nothing about it, and you will quickly understand why more direct democracy is an horrible idea.
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by V__ 2y ago
> Most of those migrants have come to the United States in what experts call the most significant migration wave in Cuban history. With the destabilization that a population drop of 10% has, the potential for more migration in the long t
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by V__ 2y ago
Right now on the frontpage: 'CrowdStrike broke Debian and Rocky Linux months ago, but no one noticed' [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41018029
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by V__ 2y ago
Maybe they mean this statement, however I don't see why their proposed changes are radical. [1] https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/we-need-more-than-deplat...
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by V__ 2y ago
Correct
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by V__ 2y ago
He didn't specify whether the scif itself was bugged or they planted a bug on someone, just that it wasn't a leak.
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by V__ 2y ago
I'll preface this by saying that I can't support this with a source, so take it with a grain of salt. An acquaintance of mine knew someone who worked in that German embassy. Apparently, the extreme isolation of North Korea also ma
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by V__ 2y ago
> For example, nowadays, parents expect their children to be free to go and do groceries alone or play outside without adult supervision only at around the age of 10 to 12 (if not even higher). Except, parents nowadays can get arrested f
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by V__ 2y ago
Yes
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by V__ 2y ago
What I don't fully understand is why TSMC's stock isn't skyrocketing as well. Isn't nvidia totally dependent on them, how can they scale to meet their sky-high evaluation without TSMC expanding massively as well.
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by V__ 2y ago
Does anyone know what the real goal of the project is? It's obvious that it will never be finished. Is it just some vanity act, money laundering?
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by V__ 2y ago
The thing is, there are a lot of other CMSs out there, which can do this as well with much less bloat. Statamic, Craft CMS etc.
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by V__ 2y ago
"The rape victim never accepted a peaceful surrender to the rapist, she is just as much at fault." This is how you sound.
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by V__ 2y ago
Although I like the idea, isn't a hung progress bar an indicator of a bad implementation in the first place? I think a good program should check whether progress is still being made and inform the user or self abort.
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by V__ 2y ago
> Crimes must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt, whereas civil claims are proven by lower standards of proof, such as the preponderance of the evidence. [1] https://www.findlaw.com/criminal/criminal-law-basics&#x2F
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by V__ 2y ago
> Consciousness evolved, therefore it must have provided an advantage This is also my personal belief, but frankly, consciousness might just as well be some emergent 'side-product' property in all 'higher' intelligent

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