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by kmlx 2y ago
> UK has a lot of onshore wind energy potential that was banned from development to placate the shires. That ban is no more. there hasn't been a ban since 2021: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/biggest-ev
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by kmlx 2y ago
> In 2020, the Boris Johnson-led government decided to permit onshore wind power, and since December 2021 onshore wind developers have been able to compete in subsidy auctions with solar power and offshore wind. https://en.wik
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by kmlx 2y ago
> Doesn't the UK have some of the highest electricity prices in the world? no. https://www.statista.com/statistics/263492/electricity-price... > They're on trend to drop below the world average for
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by kmlx 2y ago
that’s not how it works. you can’t build long term wealth just by copying. this is why both china and japan had to innovate.
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by kmlx 2y ago
agree. but competition will always trump protectionism in the long term.
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by kmlx 2y ago
> but now the market is mature with less untapped opportunities at a macro level i don’t think things stand still waiting for the europeans to catch up. i think things are moving extremely fast and you either adapt or “stagnate”.
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by kmlx 2y ago
> a very steep fine > > The appeals process is expected to take some four years and any fines are suspended until all legal recourses have been exhausted, according to the DPA. fine is suspended. it will take 4 years of appeals :)
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by kmlx 2y ago
this take is naive. building alternatives takes time and resources. the EU has neither. a diverse, competitive tech ecosystem with both EU and non-EU players is better than a protectionist approach. hoping for an exodus of major global play
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by kmlx 2y ago
> The appeals process is expected to take some four years and any fines are suspended until all legal recourses have been exhausted, according to the DPA. i guess we’ll hear more about this in 4 years.
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by kmlx 2y ago
> that's not the culture EU has clearly: https://www.flossbachvonstorch-researchinstitute.com/fileadm...
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by kmlx 2y ago
this has not been my experience at all. i see them supported everywhere in london. and even supported in cornwall recently.
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by kmlx 2y ago
not so in the UK, especially London. strong presence. they’re accepted even at local shops where they dropped their fees in order to encourage adoption.
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by kmlx 2y ago
> the risk of failing the compliance checkbox it satisfies is paramount. i'm curios as to what compliance is there to be satisfied to necessitate such a hardcore measure?
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by kmlx 2y ago
> - Services at London Stock Exchange disrupted just their news service. > The London Stock Exchange says it's working as normal - but says there are problems with its RNS (regulatory news service). > "RNS news service is
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by kmlx 2y ago
> My guess is you haven't worked much in the private sector the waste in the private sector is nothing compared to the public sector. you have no idea. > Elon Musk just got Tesla to pay him $50 billion. For what, exactly? for thi
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by kmlx 2y ago
a computer yes. a device that you carry everywhere, that you drop, that gets stolen etc etc less so
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by kmlx 2y ago
> The point is that most people who will buy a $700 Chinese drone will buy a $1000 US drone if that's all they can get. the time when the US could actually decide this sort of thing at close to planet scale is long gone. if you ban
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by kmlx 2y ago
ubiquiti hardware and software.
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by kmlx 2y ago
> Copilot+ PCs not being accustomed with microsoft products i initially read this as copilot “plus” pcs.
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by kmlx 2y ago
yes, i remember this: https://time.com/5887777/rushed-vaccine-democrats-republican...
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by kmlx 2y ago
gpu drivers with patches for individual games.
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by kmlx 2y ago
i think you need to prompt it to use statistical analysis. it will then run python to figure out the result.
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by kmlx 2y ago
interesting. thanks for the reply. i also used to have lots of tabs open till i realised i need to organise better. since then i keep a few tabs open at max and regularly close all my tabs. i also tend to open a tab, read what i need to and
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by kmlx 2y ago
> However. This is the holy grail of computer usage i’ve seen this often and i’m trying to understand the issue. i have never wanted to go back in history or have a comprehensive history of all my actions. the only exception is the termi
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by kmlx 2y ago
there’s no PS Store in those countries. that’s why people can’t play it. https://www.playstation.com/country-selector/index.html
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by kmlx 2y ago
of course, and this is a valid proposal. but that was outside the remit.
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by kmlx 2y ago
my task was to rectify an issue in one of these crowd sourced lists of ad servers. they were blocking a whole domain instead of blocking the ad-serving subdomain. the issue was rectified, the main domain was replaced by the ad-serving subdo
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by kmlx 2y ago
yes, one of my clients was hit by this and i was tasked with solving the situation. i had to create a ticket in a repo explaining why blocking a whole domain instead of a single subdomain was actually pretty bad. they approved it and revert
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by kmlx 2y ago
to disable spam notification from the uber app: account > settings > communication > push notifications > uncheck all one more: account > settings > privacy > offers and promos > allow personalised set to Off yes, ap
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by kmlx 2y ago
7 year gdpr data retention?

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