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by bgnn 1y ago
This isn't uniquely American, but obsession with wealth accumulation as an individual is. I don't think this applies to all Americans at all, but it is just mire commonly accepted than other cultures.
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by bgnn 1y ago
Yes and no. US can just print more dollars and pay its debt, which it is doing since Nixon. It doesn't need to default on its debt ever, as long as USD is the reserve currency. Of course the rate rhis happens is a delicate thing. Too q
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by bgnn 1y ago
Like Luxembourg, just make it free for everyone! People will start using it out of convenience. Let it be subsidized by tax money, it is fair.
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by bgnn 1y ago
Most European cities are transitioning towards dedicated bus lanes. In that case, in principle, that can be light rail or tram too. The biggest problem is crossing with normal roads. Trams are more tricky to implement than busses.
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by bgnn 1y ago
I disagree on all day frequent service. You need taxis or car-share services for emergencies. This is kind of the norm in most countries with good public transport and it just works, as long as the public transport is reliable. If it starts
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by bgnn 1y ago
Absolutely! I love rye bread too.
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by bgnn 1y ago
Hey, I'm Dutch and that was indeed a snarky comment coming from my own experience. Sorry that it's a big deal for you, or others it seems. That wasn't the intention.
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by bgnn 1y ago
Yeah, dry bread and cheese..
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by bgnn 1y ago
There are similar methods to model neural networks in analog. Switched capacitor circuits like CCD are semi digital as they are time discrete. This makes them very interesting for analog computing. It kinda never got popular though, as cap
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by bgnn 1y ago
Nice work. Just a comment: ADC clock is very sensitive to capacitive loading of the probe as it cannot drive that large load, it most likely fails to generate enough signal swing. It's not advisable to probe clock signals like that.
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by bgnn 1y ago
That's a silly the thought. ASML isn't controlled by the Dutch government. Also, everything in computing is dependent on semiconductors. ASML is just one player. There are tens of thousands companies involved in the industry and s
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by bgnn 1y ago
You are very right about electronics being much more capable than electromechanical systems. We can sychronize the frequency much better with GPS for example. This wasn't an issue for small scale solar, so apparently nobody implemented
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by bgnn 1y ago
It's the upper layer in the hierarchy that creates the impersonal "I'm just following the rules" behavior, aka accountability sinks. Surveillance is basically strengthening this, as every step of an employee can be trace
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by bgnn 1y ago
Yeah the big infra projects in the West somehow became like this. It's a very different story in Asia though.
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by bgnn 1y ago
Cool, real old school. Though they would be caught with all the cameras around these days.
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by bgnn 1y ago
This reminded me of my favorite David Greaber book: The utopia of rules ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Utopia_of_Rules ). Greaber, if I remember right, argues that modern bureaucracy started with efficient means o
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by bgnn 1y ago
So now one can hack a truck and steal its cargo? Neat.
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by bgnn 1y ago
This. Most of the jobs are in infrastructure and servicing (loading, maintenance etc). Those are using as much automatization as possible already.
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by bgnn 1y ago
most of Europe north of the alps is fairly flat in elevation. Railways are oversubscribed because they are not expanded enough, defunded if you like, to expand and fund the highway network. It is stupid to travel thousands of kilometers by
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by bgnn 1y ago
Germany actively hampered it by promoting diesel as THE greeen fuel.
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by bgnn 1y ago
that's a different problem. US cities used to have good publhc transport, but the urvanization policies since 50s is car-centric. plus, because of the American cars having huge engines they have bad MPG. The current situation US is in
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by bgnn 1y ago
why can't we just tax the gas at the pump? this is, at least, what I'm used to in Europe.
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by bgnn 1y ago
Oh I totally misunderstood that. Thanks for the clarification.
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by bgnn 1y ago
True. I wasn't really avoiding animal products but the idea was to not flood the soil with nitrogen. Bat guano is indeed bot great, which I stopped using after learning. Great thing about ot is thomoug high potassium and phosphate. Thi
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by bgnn 1y ago
High clay can by itself be quite problematic, especially reclaimed soil from sea and river deltas (so called polders) here in the Netherlands. These lands are very dense clay to begin with, rich with nutrients but not great for root growth
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by bgnn 1y ago
True. What I went for was extremely good yield, like 10-15kg per plant. That requires a lot of foilsge growth early on and proper pruning + a lot of water later on. Just good enough isn't that hard, though still the depth of yhe pot sh
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by bgnn 1y ago
Exactly this
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by bgnn 1y ago
This makes sense as pots require very high precision of soil composition and water management. You need good drainage but a water reservoir under the pots with some kind of wick to keep it watering from the bottom. Also the size of the pot
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by bgnn 1y ago
Oh carrots were in a deep compost bed (40cm) first. They only grew like 2cm long roots, nowhere near the box.
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by bgnn 1y ago
Glad you found it interesting! It goes so quick with enough care, it's so fascinating. It's impossible to find any place without a lot of worms now. I have the same issue with carrots. Parsnips are so much more harder though, they

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