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by massenpunkt 25d ago
When I was traveling in Uzbekistan I found a map with live locations of busses operating in Tashkent quite useful on Yandex Map. Today I learned that similar services exist for Switzerland. Not sure though how useful this is for daily life
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by massenpunkt 29d ago
Yes, that's true, and we go to the polls on average four to five times per year. Indeed, this leads to making the process lean and efficient. However, this trusted process too is under pressure to change. Recently, voting via internet
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by massenpunkt 1mo ago
Yes, completely normal here in Switzerland. Approx. 90% vote by mail here [1]. [1]: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/how-the-world-s-most-f...
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Epstein Estate Documents (By Zeteo)(journaliststudio.google.com)
4 points by massenpunkt 11mo ago|0 comments
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The secret Russian life of Europe's most notorious fugitive-turned-spy(theins.ru)
3 points by massenpunkt 1y ago|0 comments
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by massenpunkt 1y ago
I started reading Josephine Quinn's book "How the world made the west" and I can recommend it. It goes quite into detail and is not of the sort "coffee-table"-style picture book. It explains the origins of technolog
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by massenpunkt 2y ago
Some more technical information: https://cleantechhub.lufthansagroup.com/en/focus-areas/aircr...
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by massenpunkt 3y ago
The Swatch brand was founded 1983 by ETA CEO Thomke and his Engineers. ETA is a watch movement manufacturer. Speaking of Swatch and mechanical watches: the Sistem51 is an interesting watch, since it's the only mechanical watch ever fab
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by massenpunkt 3y ago
This was one of the reasons that made me switch from iPhones to Android phones.
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Pair of Pants(en.wikipedia.org)
3 points by massenpunkt 4y ago|0 comments
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The Economic Risks of Climate Change in the United States [pdf](riskybusiness.org)
1 points by massenpunkt 4y ago|0 comments
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by massenpunkt 4y ago
There's an interesting documentary on ARTE about illegal truffle harvesting in Romania: https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/100299-004-A/re-truffle-traffi...
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CNN accused of rug pull after ditching their Vault NFT project(web3isgoinggreat.com)
3 points by massenpunkt 4y ago|2 comments
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by massenpunkt 4y ago
Why? A cuff is inflated by a pump, which is way more annoying than an electrical measurement.
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by massenpunkt 4y ago
"Near Ticino" is relative. ;) This article is about a famous rocky cirque in the french part of Switzerland, so a completely different region, in Swiss scales. However, around 150 km and some high mountains apart. Interesting arti
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by massenpunkt 4y ago
From the article: "The reason grottos worked so well as natural fridges is due to their excellent ventilation. Since they usually occurred on rockfall or on an accumulation of scree, they have a porous foundation that guarantees intern
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by massenpunkt 5y ago
Quad9 is "operated by the Swiss-based Quad9 Foundation".
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by massenpunkt 5y ago
I was wondering why Serbia, but you meant Siberia. Thanks for the interesting video, though!