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901.
by petre 3y ago
1ppt of C14? That's s drop in an ocean.
902.
by petre 3y ago
How do they tell the difference? Impurities?
903.
by petre 3y ago
Oh great, the death penalty. It works fine in Korea even without it.
904.
by petre 3y ago
The guy is an Indian refugee from Uganda, where his family were expelled out of by Idi Amin because of ethnicity and religion. So somebody who has witnessed discrimnation and racism at a young age. When such an individual with childhood tra
905.
by petre 3y ago
If it already crossed from birds to cows, you can imagine. Cambidia has already repoted 10 cases since 2023. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10999124/#
906.
by petre 3y ago
During a major beer event once every ten years? Sure. Maybe for a concert as well.
907.
by petre 3y ago
> What are the incentives for running a node? You are workng for the FBI.
908.
by petre 3y ago
> Yes, it's not particularly ecological As if food packaging is particulary ecological, but we continue to order food, eat takeaway and processed food reliant on packaging. I also buy paper books. Cheap paperback ones. Books can eas
909.
by petre 3y ago
We had a shorted phone battery go off into our workshop. It wasn't fun and we had to evacuate and vent the place for an hour. The smoke is awful. It's best to have a metal bucket of water and a metal shovel to throw the thing ins
910.
by petre 3y ago
Non enthusiasts are forever doomed to M$ nags and App£e premiums then. I'll keep running Linux rather than get annoyed by any of those. Best desktop ever. Even Gnome is highly ergonomic nowadays, more so than MacOS.
911.
by petre 3y ago
By using proper insurance, import documents and inspections which would make acid dissolved gold quite obvious.
912.
by petre 3y ago
It's strong acid, no sane shipping operator will transport it.
913.
by petre 3y ago
Also the amateurish paint job.
914.
by petre 3y ago
> I fully agree re dogs, other's freedom end where my begins Probably why most pet owners in CH elect to keep cats instead. I support dog policies like cleaning after crapping, leash walking in public, maybe even barking hours, but
915.
by petre 3y ago
It gives the humidity time to evaporate between heating cycles. If it's a heat pump unit then it wastes even less energy because it reuses the latent heat in the vapour to heat up the wet laundry. It's just stupid to vent out the
916.
by petre 3y ago
In order to own a dog it's strongly recommended to follow a dog owner's course and then pay a yearly dog tax. The dog also needs a licence which it must wear on the collar in public places and one needs to buy private liability in
917.
by petre 3y ago
It's not "piracy", but copyright infringement. One is not comandeering a ship, its crew or its freight through the use of violence.
918.
by petre 3y ago
I just hope their population will be replaced by the Indians and Indonesians working to sustain their economy. Same goes for Dubai.
919.
by petre 3y ago
Let's just hope that this whistleblower won't commit suicide the day before testifying in court.
920.
by petre 3y ago
Apar from shooting'em down, one could hijack them or mess with their GPS or RC signals or even fry their circuitry with highly directional microwaves.
921.
by petre 3y ago
Dunno, it's just a bad idea. The pathogens can survive in the ground over several seasons, so I'm not surprised if they also survive in the compost. It's not only bacteria and viruses but also fungi. Best practice is to use p
922.
by petre 3y ago
The one child policy in China hasn't played out too well. https://www.britannica.com/topic/one-child-policy/Consequenc...
923.
by petre 3y ago
> cheaply separating plastic polymers into raw precursors You do realize that vinyl is far more worse than PVC?
924.
by petre 3y ago
> It's rather wiser to use the remains of the tomato to directly or indirectly make fertilizer to fertilize new tomato plants, eg by composting them [1]. Ask any agricultural engineer why that is a bad idea. Tomato pathogens from th
925.
by petre 3y ago
Of course it does, but at least it works quite decently. And you're running an actual distribution under it, so no hassles with MacPorts, Homebrew and other third party solutions for installing dependencies. If development on Snow Leop
926.
by petre 3y ago
It uses a VM on Macs, it's usually slow and requires too much thinkering to get it to work decently. I gave up development with Linux tools on Macs, very annoying and not worth the hassle. I think it even works better in Windows since
927.
by petre 3y ago
Here is why from a Spanish news outlet. Disable js to read it. https://english.elpais.com/spain/2023-08-02/why-does-spain-c... I met a guy from Galicia who's call center job was outsourced to Eastern Europe.
928.
by petre 3y ago
Good luck to them. Xiaomi has been already doing it for years at approachable prices. They now also have a car, the Su 7, a project which Apple gave up on. Of course, it possibly comes with th CCP/PLA embedded spyware.
929.
by petre 3y ago
The Chinese will totally 0wn M$ before it owns the world.
930.
by petre 3y ago
M$ stock is roughly equivalent to a pension plan.

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