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by markvdb 4y ago
There _is_ a lot of genuine expression. It's just not very visible and/or you might not recognise it as such. The sausage machine might be involved in some way , but that doesn't necessarily make it a product of the sausage m
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by markvdb 4y ago
Swiss time, not Musk time. Sorry, couldn't resist.
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The saxophone is supposed to be one of the easier ones to get a musical result out of. It is also fairly physical. Polyphonic instruments posing a problem with ADHD is not an absolute rule, but I've seen more than a few people, especia
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by markvdb 4y ago
Pro guitar teacher here. I recognise some things in what you say that leads me to speculate you might benefit from an accessible wind instrument. The saxophone might be something for you. Some reasons: - Wind instruments are fairly physical
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by markvdb 4y ago
For a new build or serious renovation with complete rewiring, this is mostly a solved problem. The Shelly pro 4pm installs in the electric wiring cabinet. It speaks MQTT standard messaging across wired ethernet, but it can also integrate wi
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by markvdb 4y ago
While I can't say anything useful about PG&E, net metering is problematic though. As used right now in many regions of the world, it is a large and inefficient subsidy to relatively affluent solar roof owners like you and me. Where
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by markvdb 4y ago
While that has been true for the US the past ~250 years, the US are to some extent an anomaly. Most of the world has seen bond owners get eaten almost completely really. Almost all of Africa, large swathes of Asia, much of Europe including
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by markvdb 5y ago
On a related note, I've just started playing around building a calculator for another externality of fossil fuels: financing Russia's war. First baby step is an API: https://api.putinhuil.io/redoc Anyone who feels
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by markvdb 5y ago
I'd wager most Europeans are willing to sacrifice comforts. I'm not aware of EU wide polling around this theme, but look at page 7 of the latest Infratest-Dimap survey[0] for example. A majority of Germans want an oil boycott, eve
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by markvdb 5y ago
Green hydrogen and derived hydrocarbons from areas with sufficient insolation are expected to be very much cost competitive within 3-5 years. [0] Locally produced green hydrogen in areas with less optimal insolation is projected to stay mor
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by markvdb 5y ago
That is why green hydrogen derivatives are so important.
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by markvdb 5y ago
This developer has every right to a nervous breakdown over the war in Ukraine. The npm ecosystem distributing yet another malicious module is more serious though.
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by markvdb 5y ago
Look at Latvia. >45% hydro, plenty of space for wind, both on shore and off shore, and hardly any of that potential realised with only 2.2% active wind energy production. Significant public investment in wind energy announced to start co
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by markvdb 5y ago
Global warming is one thing. Supporting war criminals like Vladimir Putin or Mohammed Bin Salman is another. I don't want to subsidise them. So the rare times I drive, I mostly use an electric. The even rarer times I drive a diesel car
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by markvdb 5y ago
The Russian army might be able to overrun Latvia relatively easily, except perhaps for urban warfare around Rīga, but what then? The tricky part, like in Ukraine, would be holding the conquered territory. Anything west of Rīga, expect _very
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by markvdb 5y ago
Or, you know, identities might be multi-faceted.
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by markvdb 5y ago
That only makes for more, albeit smaller problems. Each of these is a potential dirty bomb.
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by markvdb 5y ago
"Liberation mission" is Vladimir's preferred newspeak.
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by markvdb 5y ago
Are you aware that Meduza accepts quite a few cryptocurrencies too? I just found out when preparing to make a small donation myself...
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by markvdb 5y ago
You bump into problems donating to Meduza.io from Russia. Same for others. Is there any way I can help?
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by markvdb 5y ago
Sad indeed. Do you see any creative options? I wonder if the Ukrainians could try to make it super easy and somewhat attractive for Russian soldiers to defect. Maybe the EU could fund desertion bonuses for Russian soldiers and make a deal w
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by markvdb 5y ago
These crises have all increased cooperation within the EU to some extent: - The Greek economy is not dead thanks to an EU debt jubilee that could not be called that way. - The migrant crisis has increased the role of Frontex and other EU le
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by markvdb 5y ago
This military budget increase being necessary is nothing to rejoice really.
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- German government defense spending for 2021: 46.8 * 10^9€ [0] - German government defense spending for 2022: >=100 * 10^9€ [1] quote from [1]: "Scholz said that the German government would allocate €100 billion earmarked for the G
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by markvdb 5y ago
Fine anyone doing business with Russia or Russians in euros or dollars. Fine any financial firm caught in any way connected to SPFS.
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by markvdb 5y ago
The mental health of so many people watching powerlessly is also worth something. This gives anyone a chance of doing something. It might help very little, but it _is_ at least a grain of sand in the machine of death. P.S. I'd encourag
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by markvdb 5y ago
HN is a place for civilised discussion, so please do not refer to this site without a huge disclaimer. Read why at [0]. Thank you. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenta.ru
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by markvdb 5y ago
Two things: - Less uranium is being produced than being consumed. - The Russian sphere of influence is responsible for most uranium exports by far.
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by markvdb 5y ago
Fidel Castro is an obvious example. There were at least 638 (!) failed CIA political assination attempts against him. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_attempts_on_Fide...
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by markvdb 5y ago
Putin is going on seventy already. A couple years down the road, with some luck he'll be six foot under.

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