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by kkfx 2y ago
We ALSO need nuclear to achieve the plan ending fossil fuels usage BUT nuclear do not means just build an NPP and mine uranium, it al means exaust disposal and also mean a spread and distributed energy grid as we need today, something we wi
902.
by kkfx 2y ago
I hope people a day cease to torture themselves with spreadsheets...
903.
by kkfx 2y ago
Well... I curiously ask who am I, and get variable answers from "I'm a scientist" (I am not), "I'm a politician" (I'm not) and so on, so I conclude they might evolve to some interesting pattern finders in
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by kkfx 2y ago
Sorry but no. Proton is a company, a little one respect of Alphabet but still a company, so they share the core model: making money selling something. Change from a company to another is not a solution. I agree to have private emails but si
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by kkfx 2y ago
The ABSURD thing is that while we have a bi-directional CCS (DC current) standard no one produce photovoltaic hybrid systems able to direct connect to a parked car. Hybrid p.v. use since some years 400V LFP batteries, the same 400V nearly a
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by kkfx 2y ago
Well, spray herbicides does not demand much power so it could be quick, moving soil demand much power, cutting grass and alike demand much power, irrigation demand a certain amount of power. I suppose that a slowly moving large machine coul
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by kkfx 2y ago
It would be more interesting how to use smaller machines directly powered by agrivoltaic, to finally start reducing diesel in agriculture. Since nothing is so quick in that field I imaging there is nothing wrong if a certain activity normal
908.
by kkfx 2y ago
Ehm, sorry I do not understand, maybe it's my limited English but I do not get what you are saying...
909.
by kkfx 2y ago
Ehm... HN readers are typically tech savvy people so... Let's say you have a connected computer, formally not in your hand, but practically still yours, since you deploy it, you provision it etc during it's entire life. The user h
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by kkfx 2y ago
The famous study to discover that "a bit is better the zero or too much", sorry to be rude but...
911.
by kkfx 2y ago
Planes can glide in case of engine failures, something FAR easier than a successful autorotation... Of course they still need a place to glide to the ground, gliding capacity of a typical plane it's not those of a glider, but even if a
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by kkfx 2y ago
Iran have a very complex government actually: https://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/local/cache-vignettes/L890... not much up to date but I think it still reflect current state of things, just with some different name
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by kkfx 2y ago
In a simple way: when you start using a device, not a drug, you not start to get high, you just want using it. If you discover, BEFORE YT and co, how to use a desktop and you are smart you can start doing smart thing with it and loving doin
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by kkfx 2y ago
Actually, for smart kids, I have an answer: give the desktop, FLOSS, teach them how to use their own environment. They'll find mobile incredibly crappy, limited and limiting they do not develop much interest for it. Oh, yes, this assum
915.
by kkfx 2y ago
The big issue is that we can't go much further that way. That's why for instance China industries advance while we regress. Interoperability and diversity are keys to success, cutting them means cutting the branch we are sit on...
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by kkfx 2y ago
Well, a translation can be: a NixOS user tried some from the IT dark-modern age and find how much it suck, nothing extraordinary, unfortunately most people fails to even understand that some Big of IT have interest in crappy solutions becau
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by kkfx 2y ago
It's simply a mix of two things: - most people are Luddite, despite all the claim most do not want any revolution, they do fear any change; - due to managerism the EU automotive, once the first and the best in the wold, is pure finance
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by kkfx 2y ago
I do the same in org-mode, simply because pure-textual access (like grep) it's nice but limited, clickable links, attachments, executable links (elisp: but also various over link types like notmuch: for mail) are really a thing. The i
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by kkfx 2y ago
Aside that's a good example of why ownership is good and so why homes instead of apartments are good as well and as a corollary why WFH for all eligible jobs should be even mandatory by default with derogation only for proven reasons (
920.
by kkfx 2y ago
Sometimes I think trying to drive with car sensors (cam, radar etc) instead of looking outside might be of help to develop less ugly self driving solutions...
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by kkfx 2y ago
> What I'm advocating for is to not depend on oneself owning a car just for the sake of the odd times where one can't use public transport. I spent much less money by hailing taxis when needed compared to if I had owned a car i
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by kkfx 2y ago
Well, surely buying a washing machine is not that frequent, and in not-too-dense cities like those common in Scandinavia they might be enough shops who became packet stations, I doubt they can be enough in denser cities like NY, Tokyo, Mosc
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by kkfx 2y ago
While I agree (and do not use discord OR SLACK myself) the main issue in FLOSSland is that all VoIP solutions we have, and are many, are damn complex and long to deploy. To succeed in having people self-host things we need something that ca
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by kkfx 2y ago
> This system works, you get your parcels conveniently delivered close by and just walk there to pick it up. If the parcel is lightweight, it does not rain or snow, and those who get parcels are not too much because shops have a bit of r
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by kkfx 2y ago
> You don't need to do this? Oh yes I do. Let's say I'm late to a party on the other end of the town and no cars. What I'm supposed to do? Sleep at the bus stop waiting for the next bus late in the morning? Let's
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by kkfx 2y ago
> the solution there is increased density This is a common narrative but no, it's not a viable solution except in the short term, witch means a way too costly solution in the mean and long term. Intermixing homes, restaurants, schoo
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by kkfx 2y ago
Mass transports can't substitute cars simply because of economics: yes, a bus at least half stuffed of people is cheaper than a car per passenger but people need to move from any A to B any time all other the year. If you effectively c
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by kkfx 2y ago
Well... About repairing I've conducted a very casual and limited assessments between friends, colleagues, families etc on ICE vs BEV MTBF and while absolutely not statistically meaningful the result is that even with the crappy craploa
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by kkfx 2y ago
That's one of the reason why I'm against smart cities https://kfx.fr/articles/2024-04-26-onnewdealexp-contrapolis/ but I'm still convinced that such push will fail simply because it's unsustain
930.
by kkfx 2y ago
Well... I see no point in office automation WYSIWYG tools anyway, but those who choose to depend on such platforms, especially online-only or still maintained by third parities choose their own fate...

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