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by kaplun 8y ago
What about turning, unused fields back into forests? We not only need electricity but also to cut on CO2 and have more oxygen.
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by kaplun 9y ago
They are probably right. After a PhD, and 2-3 postdocs you end up being 40, out of the domain, and the most probable job available will be data analytics for a bank, when your real dream was the Nobel prize...
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by kaplun 9y ago
Go ENI! It's amazing how an Italian Oil and Gas company is working hard to collaborate with research with the aim of revolutionizing energy extraction. This is inspiring and giving hope on the future.
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by kaplun 9y ago
Or actually a better link for this news could be: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/goodyear-unveils-ox...
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Goodyear's Oxygene Tire at Geneva Motor Show(cnet.com)
2 points by kaplun 9y ago|1 comments
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by kaplun 9y ago
What I don't understand is if they are just trying to locate sound source or looking for other waves, such as electromagnetic ones. When I walk under high voltage trellises I always hear my head humming.
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by kaplun 9y ago
... because speed is... fun? :-)
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by kaplun 9y ago
I always thought about cycling to work, but that would mean more than doubling the amount of time commuting and thus complicating the family organization (basically my wife, who is also having a full-time job, would need to take care of eve
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China builds ‘world’s biggest air purifier’ (and it seems to be working)(scmp.com)
1 points by kaplun 9y ago|0 comments
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Windows 10 could have synced email, contacts, calendars with all major providers(ctrl.blog)
124 points by kaplun 9y ago|74 comments
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Geoblocking regulation rejected by European Parliament(lexology.com)
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by kaplun 9y ago
Do these specific changes from Google impact negatively the community? Otherwise, IMHO good ideas, are good ideas regardless where they come from.
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by kaplun 9y ago
Yup, I was mentioning explicitly Orange, because a friend of mine got the nasty surprise after trying to enable tethering. And this option was not in his normal subscription, although it was a subscription with quite a nice Data plan. And t
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by kaplun 9y ago
In France, the main mobile operator Orange, offers you tethering only as an option to be additionally paid on top of your data plan. They basically monitor the connection to check if your mobile is forwarding packages and do mitm in order t
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by kaplun 9y ago
An Amazon Web Services data center in Frankfurt, Germany, specially dedicated to CERN. I believe this is actually the CERN computer center itself and totally unrelated with Amazon. http://cds.cern.ch/record/1103476
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Nuraphone: Headphones that scan your ears for a tailored listening experience(factmag.com)
3 points by kaplun 9y ago|0 comments
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Bitter divisions undermine Europe’s digital tax plans(politico.eu)
1 points by kaplun 9y ago|0 comments
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Accelerating Gender Parity in the Fourth Industrial Revolution(weforum.org)
1 points by kaplun 9y ago|0 comments
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ScienceBeam – using computer vision to extract PDF data(elifesciences.org)
103 points by kaplun 9y ago|15 comments
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by kaplun 9y ago
CERN https://home.cern/ | Full-Stack Software Engineer | Geneva, Switzerland | ONSITE Are you a skilled software engineer, mastering Python and Javascript, who likes to work in agile teams on open source products? Then you
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Show HN: Reproducible and reusable science powered by jupyterhub and docker(everware.xyz)
5 points by kaplun 10y ago|0 comments
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Tax policy to combat global warming: on designing a carbon tax (1991)(nber.org)
1 points by kaplun 10y ago|0 comments
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by kaplun 10y ago
I came to HN after leaving Slashdot. The main reason is the community. Slashdot got worse and worse in the last 5 years, with just trolls and polemics and bullies. HN community is instead great, and discussions are always very respectful an