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by raphaelj 4y ago
Germany's energy transition to green is arguably not a failure. Renewable energies manage to replace most of nuclear production in 15y while still reducing coal usage: https://energytransition.org/2018/01/germ
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by raphaelj 4y ago
It's now actually cheaper to build wind/solar + some sort of storage than designing/building/operating/decommissioning a nuclear plant.
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by raphaelj 4y ago
I'd expect water consumption to be actually higher in a dry area compared to Belgium (not 16x more though). You'd need more water to grow crops, wash your car, hydrate yourself. You might also take more frequent showers.
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by raphaelj 4y ago
Indeed. Reusable SpaceX rockets have 30% small payload compared to non-reusable ones, as they have to carry extra fuel for landing. Catching the rocket instead of landing it could be significantly more efficient as you wouldn't have to
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by raphaelj 4y ago
> I’m lucky to understand the risks that they’re talking about > since I studied them in grad school. They’re talking about > a baseline risk of serious accident of around 0.001%, or > one in 100,000 years Why are people still r
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by raphaelj 4y ago
> BTW there have been several publications that performed modelling on large integrated grids that found there would be very little overprovisioning needed if we have a Europe wide grid (it always blows somewhere). I tried for a long tim
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by raphaelj 4y ago
This is not only about being able to increase capacity. A nuclear plant is capital expensive, and it requires to be used as much as possible to be cost competitive.
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by raphaelj 5y ago
The same happened with me...
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by raphaelj 5y ago
It would be better if Meta would focus on detecting spam at scale. I put a desk chair on Marketplace last Friday, and got 8 messages that were actually scams. These were trying to "schedule" a Fedex/DHL pickup, and would redi
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by raphaelj 5y ago
Where do you get that data from? I checked on electicityMap [1] and the British wind farms are producing more than 6 GW at the moment [2]. -- [1] https://app.electricitymap.org/zone/GB [2] https://i.imgur.co
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by raphaelj 5y ago
Workers in UK also work less than their US counterparts (paid holidays, parental leave, sick days ...) [1]. Would make more sense to compare these countries by hourly income, not yearly. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki&#x2
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by raphaelj 5y ago
Doesn't Russia already have access to the Black Sea ?
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by raphaelj 5y ago
That's nice, but these do not stay in the area, and have to take into account air currents.
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Ask HN: Why Isn't Starlink Built on Solar Powered Drones?
4 points by raphaelj 5y ago|4 comments
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by raphaelj 5y ago
It's already driving gas prices up, which also has some effect on oil prices.
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by raphaelj 5y ago
https://noisycamp.com A web platform I created 3y ago to help Musicians to find spaces to practice music. I'll most probably not be able to live on it, but it might generate some income.
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by raphaelj 5y ago
Past spending are actually not relevant, as renewable got significantly cheaper, while nuclear got more expensive. Solar is today 5x less expensive than it was in 2010[1]. --- [1] https://www.irena.org/-/media/File
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by raphaelj 5y ago
Would you be interested in a call to share experience? I'm currently developing a similar platform for music practice space ( https://noisycamp.com ).
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by raphaelj 5y ago
I hope to reach $500/m in early 2022. I'm making a web app to help Musicians finding and booking places to play Music: https://noisycamp.com
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by raphaelj 5y ago
Well, you will pay these 20k only the 40-ish years you'll work, while you'll pay your US health care insurance until you die. The average American pays more for healthcare over their live than the average European, and the outcome
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by raphaelj 5y ago
Not really my resume, but I just created my Portfolio website: https://rjavaux.be/ . Let me know if you can find anything you would improve :).
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Ask HN: Software Engineers and the Gig Economy
3 points by raphaelj 5y ago|0 comments
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by raphaelj 5y ago
Could it be because we just got slightly better at treating Covid before hospitalization?
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by raphaelj 5y ago
Hi ! I’m available as a Freelancer. Location: Remote (located in Belgium) Remote: Yes! Willing to relocate: No. Frequent travel possible. Technologies: - Python (Flask, Django, SciPy, SciKit-Learn …) - C / C++ (embedded and
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Three hours to save a space probe(esa.int)
3 points by raphaelj 5y ago|0 comments
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by raphaelj 5y ago
Except that Qt might not be loaded/initialized by the time you launch your app.
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by raphaelj 5y ago
Most Linux and Windows apps do any significant computation except when relying on (usually) native/C/C++ libraries that do it (GUI, science stuff, IO ...). So it does not really matter if it is coded in Python, C# or C++, as most
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by raphaelj 5y ago
I'm available as a freelancer, up to 30h per week. Location: Liège, Belgium Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No Technologies: Web (Flask, VueJS, Play Framework), embedded (C/C++), SQL/PostgreSQL, Linux/UNIX, Python, Scal
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by raphaelj 5y ago
It's easy to imagine some app to reach that amount of keys pretty easily. Like games, scientific simulations or GIS apps.
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by raphaelj 5y ago
I'm developing https://noisycamp.com , a platform to help musicians to find and book spaces to practice music. I'm also helping music studios by making it easier for them to manage their bookings.

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