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EU unveils sweeping climate change plan(bbc.com)
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by drclau 5y ago
Side comment, on the subject of sleep, exercise and plenty more, I strongly recommend checking Huberman Lab podcast [0]. Also, I have no connection to him, other than being a listener who found the information useful. Links: [0]: https:&#x
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by drclau 5y ago
If I understand correctly, the GP asked specifically about this type, not space flight in general. And I think it’s a reasonable question: what will this edge-of-space-flight lead to? Is this an opportunity to reduce costs of getting to spa
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It's been happening for a very long time. Some put it back to the times when humans left Africa. It's known as the Holocene Extinction [0]. Though, it has never been as bad as these last couple of centuries. I think the fact tha
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocene_extinction "The Holocene extinction, otherwise referred to as the sixth mass extinction or Anthropocene extinction, is an ongoing extinction event of species during the prese
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I wouldn't go as far as to say it's completely irrelevant. If it was a leak, we will want guarantees that another leak is not possible (ie. better safety, or downright stop dangerous research, such as gain of function). It's
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by drclau 5y ago
Thanks :). If I'll find the time, I'll have to dig them up. Or maybe I'll attempt to contribute the important parts to an established project, like ezjail [0][1], which seems to be quite competent at handling jails, but is sp
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I completely agree. In fact, many years ago, when FreeBSD was my main OS (including on notebook) I went as far as to isolate each app that used internet into its own custom-setup jail [0][1]. I had Firefox, Thunderbird, Pidgin and a few oth
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I'm curious, how big is the range per level at the company you are hiring for?
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> I think the divide between WFH and return to the office boils down to something surprisingly simple: how much longer does your current lease last and/or how much office property do you own. Something I need to point out: the offic
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Let me be the devil's (to be read corporate) advocate for a moment here. You say: > Why? Work is where you spend one third (or more) of your time during your adult life. Why the hell would I not want such a significant portion of my
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by drclau 5y ago
I believe influenza viruses mutate at a much faster pace, hence defeating the immunity achieved from a previous infection, and from vaccines. Coronaviruses seem to mutate at a slower pace, in comparison.
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FYI, the name conflicts with FreeBSD’s nullfs [0][1], which does something entirely different. [0]: https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=nullfs&sektion=5 [1]: https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/m
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by drclau 5y ago
I agree w/ you about the message they send (ie. it's pretty much hypocrisy). But the inequalities were already there. It's not like if they stop flying private, they'll all of a sudden be less wealthy. At least they spen
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I don't know, but I have a hard time buying the private jets as the problem. How many of them are flying, in comparison to normal airliners? It's like saying that the 3 Ferraris in the city are the problem, not the million Volkswa
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So, Microsoft should buy Qt then.
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I think GP's point was that it's doable (ie. providing native apps for all platforms), not that Telegram is a good replacement for Teams scenarios.
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This is probably the first time I read about these side effects. Are you certain it's your perception that has changed (ie. neurological changes), as opposed to the actual smell? I would not be surprised at all if Covid has an impact o
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by drclau 5y ago
Maybe it’s their way of validating the identity of the person making the claim.
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It may be related to the horizontal eye movement, or the scanning of the environment. I heard this in Huberman Lab podcast, and iirc it's related to neuroplasticity. I wish I recalled more details, or at least in which episode he discu
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Chances are Nokia would have been a great competitor. Have you seen Nokia N9? It was in my opinion ahead of both iOS and Android at the time. But it was killed and replaced with Windows Phone.
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I also find that some low background noise helps. I'm using myNoise [0], but there are many such apps. Pick whatever works for you. In my experience, the main way it helps is by preparing me for other disturbances (sounds). I think tha
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Jumping to warp speed is the optimistic case. Here's a pessimistic case: weapons. Maybe we're seeing signs of space faring civilisations at war.
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I believe they can boot up from an external device, or over network, and run the tests. There's absolutely no reason to give them your password. I went through a battery replacement (out of warranty, but still covered by Apple), and I
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Can you share details on what material you used for the internal training?
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This reminds me of Ken MacLeod's Descent [0]. It's a great hard SF book, mainly about UFOs, governments and conspiracies, but in a typical MacLeod style it covers plenty more subjects. I can't recommend it enough, and I defin
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by drclau 5y ago
Ugh, you are literally putting words in my mouth. Don't do that to anyone, it's just horrible. I haven't said anything remotely like "if you die of COVID, I guess you were going to die anyway". Re-read my comment. I
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Beside everything we've been doing to fight Covid (lockdowns, testing, vaccinations), there's one more thing that we can do, and I don't think it's being discussed enough anywhere: eliminate as many of the Covid comorbid
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I agree with you on how governments often work. I can’t agree that’s the whole point, though. Why would it be? I’d be curious to understand why you think so.
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I am here for similar reasons, and I don't spend much time anywhere else, again for reasons similar to yours. On average, I found HN to be good, and that I believe is due to the people who contribute here. And I am rather surprised to

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