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by immmmmm 5y ago
I live in Switzerland, 60% of my electricity comes from hydro. Ok ok, De Gaulle was maybe more concerned about energy independence. France doesn't do too bad? Any link? As far a i remember only a few African countries do "not too
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by immmmmm 5y ago
You are correct, the 5 degree might be a bit high in this context. It's quite possible however in SSP5-8.5 and even SSP4-7.0 from IPCC's predictions for 2100 ([0] for instance). A more conservative 2-3 degrees might be more accura
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by immmmmm 5y ago
Agreed, but thinking that a new energy source will solve that is completely incorrect. It can help, yes, but it's not a given fact that it will.
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by immmmmm 5y ago
For living in a neighboring country, speaking their language and following their policy quite a bit, i can tell you that, no, they are nowhere near serious. Just as an example, the best performing company this year is Total with 15B and whi
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by immmmmm 5y ago
To change the game for the survival of our species (if protecting a species that destroyed 75% of ecosystems as of today is really sth wanted anyway) we might want to protect the other species as well since we rely on them almost entirely f
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by immmmmm 5y ago
i learned multiplication table up to 10 time 10 during my phd, while doing 100+ pages long tensor/spinor calculations. at some point it looked more effective learning 6x7 by heart that using a calculator.
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by immmmmm 5y ago
just a stupid question: is it / will it be possible to use some language (python for instance) compiled to wasm to replace javascript for webpage scripting. i'm not a full time web developer, but do sometimes some simple web apps
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by immmmmm 5y ago
I'd highly recommend Vincent Racianello lecture(s) [0] for a introduction in virology (he talks phages obviously). Perhaps one of the most fascinating lecture i ever watched! [0] https://youtu.be/jX3MhWWi6n4
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by immmmmm 5y ago
makes me remember when i installed slackware 1.0 on the family's 386 when my dad bought a fresh 486dx. ah the joy of getting an X server running and recompiling kernel!!
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by immmmmm 5y ago
putting extremely sensitive RF detectors on top of extremely power RF emitters doesn't seems the best match
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by immmmmm 5y ago
the large rocket you're talking about has been said to possibly make that particular company bankrupt if they don't manage to ramp up their engine production soon. and the market for heavy launch vehicle is tiny. only 3 FH were fl
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by immmmmm 5y ago
i think Neutrality died when the Crypto AG story came out. being CIA's back office and being "neutral" is a quite interesting standpoint.. regarding F35 it's quite possible this get canceled, indeed it was close. this
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by immmmmm 5y ago
i'm swiss, our army is a joke, especially when it comes to IT. a 4+B CHF joke tho. while i support the use of swiss secure solutions for critical stuff, it should be noted our beautiful militia is mostly there for a reason: allow male
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by immmmmm 5y ago
there's a youtube channel where the guy build a 555 out of vacuum tube: https://youtu.be/bjAlzA4Cyys he also made a working 1 bit processor the same way: https://youtu.be/q9oB-6963DU
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by immmmmm 5y ago
there was a plot the other day of the "Temperature Anomaly (rel to 1980)" over Europe in the morning: the adjusted scale was going from -30 to +30 °C. i know climate change has the effect of "shifting and widening gaussians&q
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by immmmmm 5y ago
i have a PhD in theoretical physics (done in the same building where one of the core IPCC group is located) and been doing three postdocs in computational engineering and computer science. i am working my weekends to change career in order
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by immmmmm 5y ago
the doom narrative indeed sells, i has even been coined "doomism" by scientists like Michael Mann et al. i am however talking here of a personal literature review of several thousand papers over several years. not headlines. as a
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by immmmmm 5y ago
the single most terrifying experience of my life has been to read biology conservation articles these last two years, coupled with my increasing understanding of climate change (literature). we often forget that ecosystems (that we barely u
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by immmmmm 5y ago
it's true that evaporating water is pretty efficient at cooling stuff. still according to [0] it's 3m^3/s water consumption on average for this station, doable in many place indeed, until there is a mega drought where basica
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by immmmmm 5y ago
The article touches the point that nuclear energy requires water, and a lot of it, for cooling (which is often omitted in such discussions). This is important as the water cycle will drastically change in the next decades, to an extent that
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by immmmmm 5y ago
"Pas de Boeuf" in St Luc does 4 direction with a single cable. different system tho. https://youtu.be/8a4cvYpKGxg
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by immmmmm 5y ago
no. legalisation or at least decriminalisation can lead to less use, as was the case in portugal for instance.
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by immmmmm 5y ago
i don't think our biggest industry is watch nowadays.. but i agree with your explanation!
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by immmmmm 5y ago
yes, in french, via ggl translate: "Apparently it works in the plains but in the mountains, when for example a cow moves on the slopes, the radar identifies the animal as an enemy object", explained the Minister of Defense, Ueli M
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by immmmmm 5y ago
it was subcontracted to france and italy. i think they now do provide this service 24/7 due to minor backlash. however, the time a jet is in the air, the "enemy " is already in another country.
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by immmmmm 5y ago
I understand now better why my country (Switzerland) wants to purchase 30-ish of those for "National Skies Protection". It is well in line with their past strategies and accomplishments: 1) Provide a sky patrol, but on only on off
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by immmmmm 5y ago
the capacitive one yes probably, the two other i doubt it. sure you can always use a conductive coating as well as a material that mimic optical propreties of skin. the question is not IF a system will be spoofed, the question is WHEN.
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by immmmmm 5y ago
in biometrics this is called a Presentation Attack (PA), here the fake fingerprint is the analog of presenting a photograph, video or 3dp mask to a face recognition system. this is usually mitigated by the use of Presentation Attack Detecti
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by immmmmm 5y ago
i'm swiss, i can confirm there is a long way to go here. for instance a nature photographer got arrested by police, got his material confiscated, on sole speculation that he was doing diffamation against hunters. literally treated wors
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by immmmmm 5y ago
pasture management is indeed a big one, i heard that proper herding can increase drastically soil carbon intake in some cases. i do doubt however that climate management is the primary goal of most industrial farm with 1+ million cows. my c

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