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by tirant 2y ago
Interestingly my wife has been writing recipes on post-it notes for years in that same style, with arrows instead of tables. And she's the opposite to an Engineer, a psychologist (interest in people vs objects). When I saw them, they b
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by tirant 2y ago
In BGA soldering, the concept of partial alignment doesn’t really happen. Here’s why: In a 2D plane (which is the PCB), only two points are needed to define alignment. If two solder balls are aligned with their pads, surface tension in the
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by tirant 2y ago
It is not only sad that fellow citizens want to impoverish Europeans, but also completely counterproductive, especially in the context of an aging population and struggling pension systems. Here's the thing: European countries already
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by tirant 2y ago
Indeed, that is going to be a problem once the average European starts retiring under the current pension systems, with an increasingly aging population that won’t be able to cover the costs of the required pensions. Instead of promoting an
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by tirant 2y ago
That is right. Communism only brings wealth to those high in their political hierarchy.
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by tirant 2y ago
Philips spun off both NXP and ASML years ago, so all their relevancy in chip manufacturing disappeared and went to both companies. Same happened with LED manufacturing, going to Signify NV. Philips has only kept its expertise in medical dev
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by tirant 2y ago
Nelson Mandela had a famous quote about the power of speaking someone's native language: "If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart."
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by tirant 2y ago
It was the same situation for Spain. Its rise as a naval superpower in the 15th and 16th centuries came at a high environmental cost too. To build its fleet, including those iconic Spanish galleons, Spain logged high amounts of oak and pine
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by tirant 2y ago
Given the nature of the human being, there’s no way to live in a free society without someone being hosed. And even then, capitalism has improved the life conditions of those hosed. Communism removes the freedom for everyone and it is effec
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by tirant 2y ago
Custom option needs more options: some big lotteries use two extra numbers (e.g. Euromillions). Other lotteries just pick up a single number from 00000 to 99999 (or even lower).
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by tirant 2y ago
That might be your goal. But that does not mean it needs to be everyone else’s goals. For me, freedom of speech is part of what brings societies forward, and that includes deep changes which obviously means unstable societies at some point.
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by tirant 2y ago
The spread of lies or false information has always been the price the pay in order to have free speech. It is the task of the individuals in free societies to discern the lies from the truth, or at least to choose their tools in doing so. Y
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by tirant 2y ago
Are the microplastics found in the environment coming from corporations production residues or from people’s consumption residues ? I would say a relevant part of them comes from individuals. If you believe the issue is important enough, th
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by tirant 2y ago
Actually any society captured by capital would allocate exactly the amount of money that people have the interest to allocate to the topic of microplastics either via donations from regular citizens, Philanthropists or as part of the budget
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by tirant 2y ago
Same situation here. Everyone loves how much and how well our kids can speak despite being trilingual (we speak three languages at home), and how rich their vocabulary is compared to monolingual kids around us (studies show delayed language
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by tirant 2y ago
How is google a monopoly at all? There’s competition and alternative for each of their products. And people can keep using the alternatives if they want. I can choose iOS over Android. Bing over Google. Yahoo over Gmail. Dailymotion over Yo
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by tirant 2y ago
There's nothing right or wrong where the teacher or a doctor lives. That's their own decision. What matters is their performance at work and that there are not only intrinsic motivation but also an extrinsic motivation with moneta
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by tirant 2y ago
Newer European cars (e.g. BMW) only require it every 2 years or every 30.000km even.
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by tirant 2y ago
Thanks for the memory lane trip, mate. Yep, we’re old.
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by tirant 2y ago
I don’t know of any researcher not working for profit, none. Not only that, I would always want them to earn as much as possible, if they deserve it.
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by tirant 2y ago
Cost is no guide, but incentives are higher at the cheaper ranges.
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by tirant 3y ago
Why? A web browser does not need to run under any kind of privileged mode, nor its library dependencies…
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by tirant 3y ago
Intel sold their XScale family of processors to Marvell in 2006. I remember very well as back then I was working in University porting Linux to an Intel XScale development platform we had gotten recently. After I completed the effort, Andro
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by tirant 3y ago
Actually in the EV world BMW is known for the longevity of its batteries. BMW had EVs in the market already in 2013-2014, the BMW i3. And the reported degradation of those batteries has been minimal. BMW is currently having all excellent EV
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by tirant 3y ago
It is not only about battery size, but also about efficiency. Model 3 and i4 have very efficient motors, specially the BMW (non-permanent magnet type). I have difficulties believing than Xiaomi can reach such efficiency levels in 36 months
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by tirant 3y ago
Yes, I understand, but I also can experience the same with other brands of vehicles. Tesla is really no different. Actually, I was not able to parallel park confidently with neither the Model 3 or Model Y due to the lack of reliable USS and
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by tirant 3y ago
What’s special about driving a Tesla that makes the experience remarkable ? I’ve test driven recent Model 3 and Model Ys and found the experience subpar compared to other EVs: noisy, uncomfortable suspension, lack of parking assistant syste
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by tirant 3y ago
I’m 100% confident that in real-life tests (see Teslabjorn YouTube Channel)it won’t beat competitors like the BMW i4 or Model 3.
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by tirant 3y ago
BMW has wireless support for both and even displays navigation instructions in their HUD. I still consider the native infotainment system, iDrive, a much better experience.
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by tirant 3y ago
That’s also my experience. However my wife still prefers to use CarPlay over iDrive, mainly because of access to messaging in WhatsApp (CarPlay reads the messages to you and it’s possible to reply back via voice to text).

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