Xylakant

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by Xylakant 4y ago
Burning wood/biomass or gas generated from biomass releases the CO2 that has been captured by the plant while growing. Replanting the same plant will capture the same amount again. It’s effectively solar energy using photosynthesis in
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by Xylakant 4y ago
I have had cards expire and the new cards sent to an outdated address, and when that was discovered, the bank blocked all cards since they could have fallen into the wrong hands. I happened to be traveling at that time. I’ve had cards be bl
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by Xylakant 4y ago
I prefer cash and would at the same time use an encrypted messenger to communicate with the government. While cards are certainly convenient, they have failed me at very inopportune moments. I’ve also recently witnessed how someone could no
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by Xylakant 4y ago
I don’t see how it is an obvious GDPR violation. The GDPR is a lot more nuanced than “all private data is protected”. It has exemptions for data published based on a legal requirement (could be the case here), data that cannot easily linked
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by Xylakant 4y ago
Is a court case that twitter lost a better source? https://www.lhr-law.de/magazin/social-media-recht/olg-dresde... It’s not surprising this exists. It’s equivalent to the Hausrecht in the physical world - if you m
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by Xylakant 4y ago
Solar may replace the heat component in some applications (as in this one), but in refining steel the carbon is required for the chemical process - it binds the oxygen from the iron. Carbon in that application can be replaced by hydrogen, b
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by Xylakant 4y ago
> He certainly has the right to ban anyone. That is not true in all jurisdictions and definitely not in Germany. Since twitter offers it’s services to the general public, bans must be non-discriminatory and are open to challenge in court
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by Xylakant 4y ago
While it will have little effect on the system, paying your maid substantially more than market share goes way beyond virtue signaling. It has substantial effect on her life, possibly on the life’s of her partner and children as well. It ma
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by Xylakant 4y ago
That’s what apple has largely done and that’s what a lot of small repair stores complain about. Requiring an AppleID to activate a phone, tying components to the crypto processor on device, etc. all is part of this - and it just happens to
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by Xylakant 4y ago
The quote from the answer suggests a slightly different motivation than reducing screen time. > I use a setup similar to the above to allow an automated train to run around my son's city without the need to have a screen nearby the
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by Xylakant 4y ago
I agree, some Cyclist do seem to have little regard for their own safety - but it’s their own safety. A car making a close pass endangers someone else’s safety.
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by Xylakant 4y ago
Selective enforcement is even worse. It leaves the decision to the cops and who are they going to go after? The ones that are weak and have little power to defend themselves.
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by Xylakant 4y ago
> What I'd really like to see is cyclists giving themselves that much space. If I had a penny for every time someone's squeezed through between my wing mirror and the kerb in start/stop traffic with just an inch or two to
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by Xylakant 4y ago
I do think the same thing about python. The occupy a ver similar space and I already know ruby, so I have very limited incentive to start doing stuff in python. But that doesn’t mean I dislike it, or believe it’s a bad language.
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by Xylakant 4y ago
There are mines that set themselves up in the proper orientation after deployment, the AT2 for example https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/AT2_mine
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by Xylakant 4y ago
> Forcing platforms to actually follow their terms of service, however, is revolutionary. People going to court to unblock a twitter account is a reasonably common thing in Germany at least. Even having a lawyer fax a letter will often b
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by Xylakant 4y ago
According to the article, they also use stock photos for their staff, which would be a huge red flag.
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by Xylakant 4y ago
The article continues to say that Zurichfund itself is fake, so you can’t take their website as source of truth. You’d first need to establish that Zurich Fund exists.
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by Xylakant 4y ago
It is fairly common in Germany. There’s a special size of candles that fits those holders (Christbaumkerzen) and they’re a thing you’ll find everywhere in shops around Christmas time. I’ve never had a tree with LED in my entire life. You mu
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by Xylakant 4y ago
I still use those.
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by Xylakant 4y ago
Isn’t the “it’s not cheap compared to mass produced.” sort of the description of a hobby? I bake (on and off) as a hobby and while that is comparatively simple in terms of equipment, if I start considering the time and actual costs, the pre
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by Xylakant 4y ago
If you follow the thread, there’s a link to https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/201... which contains this introduction: ======== It is widely recognized that rocket launches can be an an
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by Xylakant 4y ago
Waterproof bags or backpacks are absolutely common for electronics. Alternatively, you can buy simple rain covers for backpacks. Bike panniers are at least somewhat water resistant unless you opt for the cheapest. That’s really one of the e
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by Xylakant 4y ago
I have kids. They’re sitting happily in the dry under the canopy. It’s great. Wherever I need to drop them off, childcare, sports, friends, I park right in front. Predictable travel times, no stuck in traffic. My long term cycling average s
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by Xylakant 4y ago
Yes, or a rain jacket. But trousers still get wet if it’s a bit windy. And then I’m back to square one, or at least close to.
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by Xylakant 4y ago
Waterproof boots or neoprene overshoes. I’ve also seen people with rain trousers that cover the shoes.
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by Xylakant 4y ago
I don’t think that Berlin has substantially more mountains in the city than Amsterdam. I live on one of the molehills that pretend to be a mountain and I have 22m of height difference to the river. It’s noticeable but hardly insurmountable.
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by Xylakant 4y ago
I go to work by e-bike. I have a pair of rain pants that I pull over my regular pants, and a rainproof jacket. I wear glasses, but my helmet has a visor. Would a car keep me drier? Yes, absolutely, but I’d still need to walk from parking lo
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by Xylakant 4y ago
I checked the charge time for a twizy a while ago and that’s in the same ballpark regarding battery size, even slightly bigger. It charges to 80% in 2.5 hours and to full in 3.5 hours on a standard European wall socket. No fast charge, obv
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by Xylakant 4y ago
One major issue is that you need a considerable acceleration to achieve a velocity sufficient for orbit - and unlike a rocket, a space gun would need to achieve that on the ground. It would also need to achieve a very high speed for the obj

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