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Epic fined €1.1M over manipulating children through in app purchases(nos.nl)
122 points by hvb2 9mo ago|43 comments
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by hvb2 9mo ago
> Large solar farms and neighbourhood batteries operate at a much higher efficiency than domestic installations. Maybe, but that power is typically generated far from where it's consumed and so you have significant transmission loss
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by hvb2 9mo ago
Having done 2 solar installs, one over 10 years and one 6 years, both going strong. Nothing else needed, it just sits there and produces. So, from my experience, that's not the case. Maybe the people you know keep tweaking because they
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by hvb2 9mo ago
Google/MS/Meta will be around, probably. The other AI companies? Certainly not all of them. I wouldn't rule out the current expenditure on AI to be a risk to the big players either. They're putting so much money in this.
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by hvb2 9mo ago
I think you should look up actual construction times on reactors in developed countries. Be VERY happy if you can do it in less than 15 years. > Even if the AI companies all die, our global electricity consumption will keep going up marg
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by hvb2 9mo ago
> Nuclear power works too, it’s clean and low carbon impact. You want an AI company to invest in a project that takes decades to complete? What are the chances they're around when it completes and what powers their datacenters while
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by hvb2 9mo ago
There's a lot to gain from just efficiency it doesn't have to be degrowth. But forever growth also isn't sustainable. No matter how productive we are, the planet would still not survive.
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by hvb2 9mo ago
There are more of them in swing states. But the internet is full of them for quite some time, I would expect them to see some of those
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by hvb2 9mo ago
> Yes, but for now the USD has more or less survived. Excuse me? It lost over 10% in a year against the euro and almost 10% against the British pound. https://www.xe.com/currencycharts/?from=USD&to=EUR
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by hvb2 9mo ago
> 1 billion people are using AI, not dramatically changing their lives yet of course but for sure they go 'wow incredible I want to be part of this' Subtract the part that doesn't know they're using AI or when they do
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by hvb2 9mo ago
I would envy the person who can live in the US and be unaware a presidential election was yesterday... Like, they start running ads 18 months ahead of it... How do you miss all of those ads
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by hvb2 9mo ago
Yes, but all of that infra is aging and no one saved for the day when they need to be replaced. Given where France's national finances are... When that day comes, expect massive hike. They're essentially taking out a loan on the f
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by hvb2 9mo ago
> Could you please explain your objection to steam-based power? My guess would be that you're taking energy that you burn, you then boil water, water then goes through a number of turbines, then to a generator and then you might hav
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by hvb2 9mo ago
> What's wrong with steam? > It's better than carbon. Steam isn't occuring naturally (except for geothermal etc) so you first have to put in energy to produce it > you must overbuild to supply power or rely on non so
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by hvb2 9mo ago
I've seen dummy wires being put in when the conduit goes in. Say initially you need 2 wires from A to B. That probably means there's plenty of room left. So you just put 4 more other wires in there. When the time comes you need to
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by hvb2 9mo ago
Your fellow Americans disagree, they will buy their stuff from whoever is the cheapest. People need to understand that it matters how they spend. They can't expect everyone else to pay for things to be made in America when they're
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by hvb2 9mo ago
> They happen because we do awful things to people around the world in a variety of ways in order to maintain our way of life. And having been lucky in the last century+ that none of your neighbors did anything wild. Not having to fight
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by hvb2 9mo ago
You do realize the guy also ripped up the trade deal with Mexico and Canada, right? That was negotiated by whom again? Oh, right, trump in his first term... So the only conclusion I can draw is that he's like a toddler. If you give him
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by hvb2 9mo ago
> The most obvious example is North Korea - if the US had the ability to transition that country into democracy with little risk of something going wrong, they should obviously do that. So let's say they take out Kim jong Un... Now
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by hvb2 9mo ago
As a European I think you missed my point. For science/math would you rather go to Rome or MIT? I know which one I would pick if they cost the same. A lot of it is also the people you're surrounded by.
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by hvb2 9mo ago
I meant does this to the US or any other country. The precedent that's being set is that you can just fly in and kidnap a head of state that you disagree with. > If you think the EU’s “diplomacy over force” approach will deter anyon
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by hvb2 9mo ago
> I get the concern about forever wars some are raising, but this clearly isn't going to be a forever war for the reasons you state. Plus if the US secures some oil Why would the US be entitled to any oil here? And how would that be
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It doesn't care about regions. There's a lot of precedent for annexing resources though. Let's see if some american company is granted all kinds of rights to Venezuelan oil in the end. Which, if it happens, should really be t
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Let me phrase it this way for you. The best universities are in the US for a lot of things. But they don't scale. In another way, the top talent gets Ferraris for their tuition, the rest gets a bike. In a lot of European countries ever
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If that's the actual salesman? And the reason for asking is that it's not clear how that works Yes...
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You might have said the same of falcon 1. You're also ignoring the timeline issue. You want to talk about SLS and it's timeline? Or new Glen? They're spending their own money, who are you to tell them not to. As to space debr
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It takes a lot more effort to be first. When they were making the roadster, who else was interesting in BEV? For SpaceX, who is landing rockets for reuse? With all due respect, China at this point does seem to only get in when the early ado
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> Pretty much every electric car has charging stops built-in to the navigation That's my expectation too. > For some the quality of the data isn’t as high, but it will be there. This is a real issue. You might be stranded with lo
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If they're not available, then I can't consider them an option? I've obviously not tested every car out there. But for years Tesla has been the only car that came close to the convenience of a gas powered car. Their charging
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I guess I would always wonder who's paying them. YouTube doesn't pay them a salary so is it the ads or is this one side of the story paying for exposure

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