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by Xixi 6y ago
I don't think iPhone/iOS market shares in the EU are high enough. I couldn't find a definitive source, but it seems to be somewhere between 14% [1] and 25% [2], the latter in the wealthier European markets. These numbers also
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The challenges of hydrogen for airliners (Part 5: the hydrogen tank)(leehamnews.com)
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The challenges of hydrogen for airliners (Part 4: hydrogen safety)(leehamnews.com)
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The challenges of Hydrogen for airliners (Part 3: application space)(leehamnews.com)
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by Xixi 6y ago
I’ve travelled to many places around Japan, never once has anyone told me that Osaka wasn’t in Japan. There are lots of stereotypes about people coming from various cities/regions in Japan (Tokyo: cold, Kyoto: indecipherable, Osaka: un
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by Xixi 6y ago
I'm sure many Japanese salarymen would agree with your description. I used to work in a small familial company in Osaka where you didn't need an excuse to "exercise honesty", but from I gather it was the exception more t
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by Xixi 6y ago
Long term Python user: if I want to do something asynchronously I reach for Go or Elixir (unless it's just way more practical to do it right there in Python). Adding function colors [1] might have been a practical decision, but was I
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by Xixi 6y ago
Nitpicking: the A320NEO first test fly was in September 2014, and the first commercial delivery was in 2016, so it has not been flying for 10 years. About the 737 MAX: I calculated a while ago that it is, or rather was, about two orders of
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by Xixi 6y ago
I don't know how it works in Spain, but in France where illegal immigrants can also get some form of coverage, the process is definitely not done in hospitals: you have to apply for it, and then you are issued a specific insurance card
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by Xixi 6y ago
Single-payer universal healthcare is, as far as I know, never based on citizenship, but rather on residency. More pragmatically, it's based on where you pay your taxes. Example: I'm covered in Japan where I live and work, although
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by Xixi 6y ago
There is an easy fix for that: it costs 49 USD to change the battery of an iPhone SE in an Apple Store. Whether it's cheap or expensive is of course a matter of perspective. But an iPhone SE with a new battery is certainly better than
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The challenges of hydrogen for airliners, part 2: ecosystem(leehamnews.com)
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Do you actually check if the products you get are counterfeit? It's not like it's written "counterfeat, beware!" on it, so I mean the question literally: what steps did you take to ensure that these products where actual
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Airbus says A350 loans now WTO compliant(leehamnews.com)
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In France the standard notice for engineers is three months, and goes both way. It's not unheard of for a corporation to pay the three months notice when firing someone, without the employee actually coming in anymore, precisely to avo
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ITER: Make your own tokamak with 3D printing(iter.org)
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Boeing’s second quarter of 2020: cutting production as revenue halves(leehamnews.com)
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If I recall correctly, the ITER project was very badly managed until 2015, resulting in the project being about 6 years late. A new management took over then, and the project is now moving on pretty swiftly. But indeed it's taking way
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I don't know about the details of why size matters, but in terms of producing energy: "When supplied with 300 MW of electrical power, ITER is expected to produce the equivalent of 500 MW of thermal power sustained for up to 1,000
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by Xixi 6y ago
Given how the Supreme Court decision on abortion has come under fire, I would argue that a lot of American citizens believe that Nevada should in fact be able to to hold a referendum on abortion... About the EU, "The European Union is
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You are right indeed, TSMC probably didn't need Apple cash to get to where they are now. I forgot that for a very long time Apple was shopping at Samsung...
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Indeed, until the A8 it was Samsung, then the A9 was split between Samsung and TSMC. And from the A10 it was TSMC only. In any case, Apple cash going away didn't help Intel. I'm pretty sure it helps financing TSMC RnD now, just li
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by Xixi 6y ago
Boeing 747 made intercontinental flights a possibility, thanks to its huge size. Especially trans-pacific flights. Before the 747 you had to do many stops along the way, the 747 brought direct flights. It was truly a game changer, anything
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When Intel refused to make Apple's ARM processor for iPhones, TSMC was also unable to build a competitive high-end SOC. And yet 13 years later, here we are. Of course, Intel and TSMC both shop with ASML, and that's not a possibili
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by Xixi 6y ago
If you negotiate a deal with the highest authority in Ireland to access the entirety of the EU Single Market, then yes indeed you should care about EU laws. It's not like Apple is only selling iPhones in Ireland... If you sign a deal w
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Factcheck: Electric vehicles help to tackle climate change(carbonbrief.org)
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I think that Gizmodo article is getting it very wrong. They keep talking about "the A12Z intended for the Mac", but AFAIK there is no "A12Z intended for the Mac". When Apple switched to Intel their TDK used a Pentium 4,
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Risk of 40C heat in the UK ‘rapidly increasing’, says Met Office(carbonbrief.org)
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Few months ago I made a friendly bet with my American coworkers that 2020, 2024 or 2028 elections will see a non-Democrat, non-Republican president being elected. Bi-partisanism is so entrenched in American views of politics that American s
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by Xixi 6y ago
When western countries were hit by the first COVID-19 wave (Italy, France, New York, etc.), seeing how irresponsible people were, I nearly lost all hope to fight Global Warming. If supposedly educated people can't behave responsibly wh

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