morsch

25 ms·

391.
by morsch 3y ago
Here's a related term: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox I think my household lighting is still more efficient than the incandescents we had when I was growing up. But there sure is more of it, in t
392.
by morsch 3y ago
Going by the bsky thread posted elsewhere, he's using Kindle Direct Publishing, so he is getting them from his publisher, Amazon. And the books he returned were author copies, sold to him at print cost. https://kdp.amazon.
393.
by morsch 3y ago
Which stock? This isn't about Netflix, but its rivals. Kind of a garden path headline.
394.
by morsch 3y ago
Fossil Hybrid watches. Four weeks battery life. Supported by Gadgetbridge, so no need to upload your health data to a third party. Can run custom code on the watch.
395.
by morsch 3y ago
Yes, sorry, shouldn't post in a hurry. I amended my post. I'm not worried about the stuff at all, I buy salt with it all the time. But it's not sand, that's all I wanted to say.
396.
by morsch 3y ago
The anti caking I commonly see in salt is potassium cyanide [ferrocyanide, actually, see below]. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potassium_ferrocyanide
397.
by morsch 3y ago
It's not mandatory for women to cycle through a wardrobe of fast fashion every three months.
398.
by morsch 3y ago
Yeah, we're talking atmospheric CO2, hence: outside. I'm aware that indoor CO2 is higher, I've quoted the study.
399.
by morsch 3y ago
It's not a straight line, no. In 1970 it was around 320ppm, so not quite 100ppm less than today as opposed to 100-150ppm. So 0.3% slower, again if you take those performance numbers at face value which you probably should both, because
400.
by morsch 3y ago
We also found effects of CO2 (a proxy for ventilation) on cognitive function. For every 500ppm increase, we saw response times 1.4-1.8% slower, and 2.1-2.4% lower throughput. Which is why you open a window: Atmospheric CO2 is at around 41
401.
by morsch 3y ago
It's hard to find hard statements on this, but it appears to me that even during the day, the net effect of contrails is warming rather than cooling. E.g. https://phys.org/news/2022-12-airlines-contrails-environmen
402.
by morsch 3y ago
> I'm not sure what the oval stamp at the top is, maybe a turtle? It's a teapot, on its head. How odd!
403.
by morsch 3y ago
Strong handed IP enforcement is hardly the only thing Germany, the US and South Korea have in common. Etc for the other groups.
404.
by morsch 3y ago
I know a house, privately owned, that's been vacant for six years or more. Nice place, good neighborhood. The current owner lives far away, is well off, so well off that they don't care that they're paying money for maintenan
405.
by morsch 3y ago
Wow, that's outrageous.
406.
by morsch 3y ago
The European Council essentially consists of the heads of state of the EU governments, which may or may not be members of their respective national parliament. I guess it's a minor nitpick. But it directly represents the national execu
407.
by morsch 3y ago
Prices per square meter: Marseille: 4300 EUR Birmingham: 3000 GBP Bremen: 3000 EUR Liege: 3000 EUR Antwerp: 2500 EUR València: 2200 EUR Poznan: 2000 EUR These are all major, but not the biggest, cities in their respective country. I'm
408.
by morsch 3y ago
Fwiw, I don't think this basis step-up thing is a thing in German tax/inheritance law.
409.
by morsch 3y ago
For the record, here are the requirements: https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/ultra-low-emission-zone/car... Minimum emissions standards Petrol: Euro 4 (NOx) Diesel: Euro 6 (NOx and PM) Petrol cars that meet th
410.
by morsch 3y ago
I don't know what "social programs or union-type programs" are, but the compensation people get while striking works exactly the same way in Germany: https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streikgeld
411.
by morsch 3y ago
> if provided at the same cost. Pretty big if, if you ask me.
412.
by morsch 3y ago
> This idea of striking for ever and getting paid for striking is insanity. Just to be clear: they're getting paid, because they and their colleagues saved up for it. It's not that their employer or the public at large is payin
413.
by morsch 3y ago
It seems completely obvious that humanitarian law also covers cyber attacks. Rule 15. In the conduct of military operations, constant care must be taken to spare the civilian population, civilians and civilian objects. All feasible precaut
414.
by morsch 3y ago
Just tax them by the same formula and watch cars getting smaller and smaller. And getting more axles I suppose.
415.
by morsch 3y ago
Or, you know, you could do both.
416.
by morsch 3y ago
There's also a PPA: https://launchpad.net/~mozillateam/+archive/ubuntu/ppa Though you'll have to convince Ubuntu to prefer that instead of the snap. It's not hard, certainly easier than install
417.
by morsch 3y ago
The only organisation related to the EU is the European Economic and Social Committee, which is[1]: a consultative body of the European Union (EU) established in 1958. It is an advisory assembly composed of "social partners", nam
418.
by morsch 3y ago
That's debatable. High res simple graphics vs low res pixel art. It's certainly a much more complex game: - multiple castles with different layouts (not sure if that's exposed in this port) - positional damage: hitting a cann
419.
by morsch 3y ago
So ChatGPT says -- to me, a minute ago, ymmv -- it will rollback the first insert. Now what? Do you believe it? Cool. I wouldn't. I would confirm its claim, either by Googling or by trying it myself. Also, when I asked it "what if
420.
by morsch 3y ago
It's hard to describe just how cool the soft eject mechanism was. At least to my young impressionable mind. I can still remember the sound it made. It made PCs appear archaic.

More ›