jhoechtl

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by jhoechtl 5y ago
When time and space become increasingly intertwined and obscure as we are looking towards big bang, I really think that our perception of "structure" has to be perceived completely differently than we do now. We witness structure
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by jhoechtl 5y ago
> whereas a heat pump instead moves heat, from the outside to inside of your car. I completely forgot that the energy of the outside air is used, that explains it of course.
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Ask HN: Oil or Fish Shell?
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by jhoechtl 5y ago
> When dressed for the weather riding in the cold weather can be quite enjoyable Not my sense of comfort. > as long as the roads are clear or your bike has appropriate tires. I live in a country where we have snow in winter, at least
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by jhoechtl 5y ago
You are aware that on the German Autobahn, outside designated speed limits, there is no speed limit? Believe it or not ... On Austrian highways its nominally 130km.
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by jhoechtl 5y ago
I really wonder how a heat pump can achieve so much efficiency gain. Heat of electric resistance is about 99% energy efficient: almost all energy is converted into heat, nothing else.
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by jhoechtl 5y ago
> - So a we made a charging break every 300km, so approx every 2-3 hours > - Recharging those 80% at a supercharger takes about 30-50min depending on the Supercharger-version. How is this so totally different to the above commenter? I
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by jhoechtl 5y ago
> The media drives a lot of this with the format of their shows/political debates. I'm sure these sound bytes are better for ratings, but they are poor for getting to the bottom of a political platform and how that's reall
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by jhoechtl 5y ago
I do not like to ride a bike at 0 °C. Buses are fine, waiting for the bus at 0 °C not so. But yeah, owning a car which is only used 1% of it's lifetime is pretty laughable and actually prohibitive.
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by jhoechtl 5y ago
I wonder how much weight we could save by leaving out exactly the things the author mentions. BTW budget cars sold in Europe like certain Dacia models are still pretty basic, yet with efficient and modern (ICE) engines. I have even head Dac
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by jhoechtl 5y ago
Voltage is stable around 230-233 volts. There may be power spikes I cant reliably measure. I also do not operate big inductive loads (motors) which cause power spikes when stopped. Also I never had those issues in the past with other applia
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by jhoechtl 5y ago
> The LED lights product lasts longer Not my experience. My living room lighting already blew up two times and no, it wasn't the transformer which would be easy to replace. > and doesn't consume bulbs. Instead I have to thro
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by jhoechtl 5y ago
> Why it's easy to understand because it's declarative Whoever came up with that ... XSLT or Prolog are declarative yet I challenge both of them to be hard to understand
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by jhoechtl 5y ago
Well, the old internet was much about communities and enthusiasm. And these communities were diverse. It was feasible to operate your own blog server, where original content was published. You either knew your communities through hear-say o
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by jhoechtl 5y ago
Yes ...
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by jhoechtl 5y ago
I am using a music streaming service which is totally free and offers me genres without any subscription lock-in. Additionally it doesn't track my listening habits and thus enables me to discover new music as I am not in a listening bu
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by jhoechtl 5y ago
We had it all with Google Music
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by jhoechtl 5y ago
Cool. Do you have a writeup of what you made and how?
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by jhoechtl 5y ago
I am not saying git is flawless but most complaints seem to be about the "porcelain" and not its inherent design. I think Git tremendously outgrow the original audience so a larger proportion of people complain. Complaining about
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by jhoechtl 5y ago
Times change. Communication got so much quicker than it used to be. As the chatosphere is much more crowded than it used to be, you message has to go through quickly. It used to be rude to greet and immediately start demanding.
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by jhoechtl 5y ago
Thank you, that was entirely new history for me. From Wikipedia: > MGR featured overlapped [...] windows and [...]. Took a while to see the strength of tiling window managers.
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by jhoechtl 5y ago
And then came the next iPhone. I am by no means an Apple zealot but its astonishing that with every iteration they set new standards.
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by jhoechtl 5y ago
> I don't think Mozilla's income is a problem. They are making money. The problem is ... ... from whom they get the money. Its primarily Google who keeps Firefox alive to prevent lawsuits against their market dominance due to m
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by jhoechtl 5y ago
I still find it extremely interesting to study the venerable Ginkgo biloba and how the tree achieves near immortality https://www.science.org/content/article/how-ginkgo-biloba-ac... I suspect the extremely slow ab
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by jhoechtl 5y ago
Use vinegar to clean the terminals. The base will reduce the oxide and help to clean the compartment as a whole.
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by jhoechtl 5y ago
After all, abstraction is a layer of indirection, hiding meaning. What is a "proper abstraction"?
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by jhoechtl 5y ago
Survivors of WWII also base their claims against the aggressors on the assumption that despite being held a gun on your head doing the "morally right thing" should prevail. So yes, it is inmoral.
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by jhoechtl 5y ago
> I don't know what incentivizes airports to take the "use it or lose it" model AFAIK airports charge airlines start and landing fees. By threatening airlines to loose their slots they ensure their steady revenue stream.
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by jhoechtl 5y ago
Why is the interior so rusty? Where it stands it should be relatively dry, outside rust ok, but the interior?
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by jhoechtl 5y ago
Are the nibs of Hero and Wing Sung compatible with the Lamy Safari?

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