mduerksen

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by mduerksen 1y ago
It's called "NA Schutz"[1] and is required for all german micro-inverters by VDE-AR-N-4105:2018. Which in turn is national law following EU directive. [1] https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netz-_und_Anlagensc
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by mduerksen 3y ago
Lack of sun/wind in Denmark correlates strongly with lack of sun/wind in Germany and surrounding countries. The importing of electricity works precisely because the surrounding countries still have the "baseline" power p
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by mduerksen 3y ago
The article succumbs to wishful thinking in critical areas: "So yes, Germany has a lot of gas-fired plants, and a lot of coal-fired plants, but they are actually used very little - only when demand (including from France) is very high
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by mduerksen 4y ago
From the guidelines: Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something.
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by mduerksen 4y ago
Please respond to my argument instead of implying bad faith. I can sharpen my argument even further: Existing nuclear reactors - keep them going. They are here today . Solar - leverage its decentralized, bottom up expansion by the people t
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by mduerksen 4y ago
Its definitely worth it to use all available space. Still, it definitely cannot generate enough to bring you through the german winter. Some example numbers I have read: A 10kWp solar system that generates up to 1,400 kWh in a summer month
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by mduerksen 4y ago
New nuclear reactors are also not here yet. They might become ready in 8+ years if started now. So the solution is simple. Nuclear has its place. Power2Gas too. Build and invest in both. And in the meantime, use what we have without ideolgi
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by mduerksen 4y ago
Yes, I was not proposing such system as a large scale solution for the coming winter. It would be prudent to keep our nuclear reactors running for now. As always, There is No Silver Bullet™. Nuclear is not the perfect solution. It cannot be
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by mduerksen 4y ago
You could have made the same argument against solar panels 15 years ago. This is a pioneering product for early adopters - expect prices to go down significantly with economics of scale. And further research in this area is far from exauste
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by mduerksen 4y ago
There is a working system commercially available in Germany, but it is pretty expensive [1]: Long-term energy storage with hydrogen, with 1-5x 300 kWh. Which allows for full electric independence (not including heating though). Price: 85,00
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by mduerksen 4y ago
You are attacking something I didn't say. Suggesting that gray areas exist would absolutely not imply that everything is gray. Furthermore, my critique had several angles, each alluding to the possibility of a different interpretat
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by mduerksen 4y ago
So one clip tells you everything you need to know. Do you judge everyone this way? One mistake and their whole character is defined by that? Do you live up to that standard, or would someone be able to find some damning evidence of some
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by mduerksen 4y ago
I agree that it can depend on social circles. Still, I would argue this: Lets say your 19 year old daughter wants to introduce her boyfriend of same age into your family. How would you rate her (and his!) seriousness if a) they lived in his
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by mduerksen 4y ago
A marriage establishes more bonds than just the legal/financial obligations. - In-laws - you become a member of a new family, new levels of mutual privileges and responsibilities - Public wedding - Proclamation to both social circles t
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by mduerksen 4y ago
It is quite debatable if children actually stabilize marriages (I know a lot of counterexamples). I would argue exactly the other way around: A lasting marriage is not itself the goal (though certainly nice to grow old together), but serv
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by mduerksen 4y ago
That doesn't fit my experience at all (I'm from Germany). As soon as couples start to have concrete plans for children (or children are already on their way), marriage suddenly becomes very relevant for many relationships, and is
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by mduerksen 5y ago
Yet another meta study. I'm interested in this big, randomized clinical study, alas not yet concluded: https://www.principletrial.org/news/ivermectin-to-be-investi...
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by mduerksen 7y ago
... and just last week we were thinking about utilizing exactly that co-working space. Small world indeed :)
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by mduerksen 7y ago
Thanks for the sobering counterpoint to my perfect formula for success :) A game is really a tough one though.
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by mduerksen 7y ago
For a big portion of the app, I would agree (arguments about native feel aside). But well, there is the virtual planner feature that makes heavy use of carefully tuned iOS gesture recognizers for zooming, panning, dragging, tapping and hold
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by mduerksen 7y ago
I didn't word my above post clearly, but the Android version is actually already available as I said here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22100642 Most notably though, it doesn't have the virtual planner yet
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by mduerksen 7y ago
Didn't link it before, but my friend is on the task: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bentosoftw...
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by mduerksen 7y ago
Sure: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/veggie-garden-planner/id132992... Suggestions are always welcome. My friend is also working on an Android version, though it doesn't have feature parity (yet).
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by mduerksen 7y ago
Pardon my complete speculation, but I bet your success factor is "I built ... my girlfriend a tool." My only successful product to this date is an app I built because my wife asked me to. It is in an non-technical domain which I k
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by mduerksen 7y ago
I don't necessarily care if it's a point or pad. I need it to get the jobs done that I mentioned above. Can you with your laptop, and if so, which is it? I had a Dell Precision M4300 for quite some time. Good laptop, decent trackp
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by mduerksen 7y ago
Yes, me at least (design work is not my main profession but needed for creating e.g. mobile apps). It was my biggest surprise when I first bought a macbook: After a few weeks I noticed I didn't miss a mouse enough to bother bringing on
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by mduerksen 7y ago
Any serious contender should have an answer to the MBPs extraordinary touchpad. It is key to working without a mouse, and therefore being truly mobile and comfortable at the same time. So please post at least some information for this aspec
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by mduerksen 7y ago
So an editor-in-chief is not a journalist to you?
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by mduerksen 7y ago
Okay, do you have a better definition? And, of course he does more than dumping documents. For example, he has to come by them (collecting as a journalist does), which is no small feat considering which kind of documents we are taking about
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by mduerksen 7y ago
A journalist is a person who collects, writes, or distributes news or other current information to the public. [1] Check. You can argue about whether his style is commendable or not (for codes of conduct see [2]), but that does not change t

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