Halcyon

@Halcyon@discuss.tchncs.de
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Same goes for kitchens. Give me real buttons and knobs and not these abhorrent touch panels that refuse to work every third time. A good quality kitchen appliance is identified by high quality knobs that last for decades.

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Completely stopped using Reddit since they blocked third party apps in July 2023. I never accessed Reddit through other channels than smartphone.

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Been to Japan lately and can share some photos. There are even Kei Fire Trucks, for the many small roads with wooden houses and shrines etc.

And then there are hundreds of different kei truck and van types for all purposes, even concrete mixers.

Also, private houses in cities are often small and space-saving and so are the cars. A sensible use of public space – and cars only park on private property or rented parking spaces.

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It's not their printers which are hated, it's their business model of selling overpriced ink and toner cartridges to a price that's higher than champagne prices and using technical devices to make it impossible to use other toner sources, firmware to make printers stop working when ink runs anywhere near low (they define 'low' as 33% ink left), while at the same time ensuring that as much ink and toner as possible are wasted through unnecessary testing and calibration and cleaning processes.

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Crypto is the digital coal of our times.

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Photo story: The beauty and majesty of the engineering of wind turbines

https://interestingengineering.com/photo-story/engineering-wind-turbines-from-scratch-overview

Not an expert, but given the high numbers of planes simultaneously in the air, it's critical to know high precision position data and not estimated numbers based on maps and manual triangulation with a calculator. That might have been viable decades ago, but the tightly scheduled flights nowadays operate with minimal intervals between the flights. Even if pilots still master the old craft of navigation, it is simply not practical in an overcrowded sky, where minimization of risks is paramount.

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With the disadvantage of large stakeholders dominating the network and undermining the decentralization.

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A smartphone or tablet screen has the function to have multiple buttons and responsive functions on one and the same place.

A kitchen appliance doesn't have or need that. Absolutely no need for digital or so-called "smart" gimmicks.

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This isn't a problem if you're still using Windows 7! ;-)

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He was sick in hospital with pneumonia, before he got MRSA though. In hospitals there's a higher chance to catch MRSA, especially if someone is already weakened by a severe lung infection.

So it's allowed to harass people who want to vote, but not allowed to hand out water to people who are in line waiting to vote?

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I'm not a fan of absolute relativism, to put it mildly. There are objective standards for hateful content. Alex Jones has been convicted of malicious defamation, for one example.

SaaS - Surveillance as a Service

He's obviously desperately trying to revive the image of being a genius again. But everybody knows what kind of charlatan he is.

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Volt wants:

To make digital rights binding. They call for a "Declaration on European Digital Rights and Principles".

Tax revenues from digital technologies where they are generated.

Guarantee net neutrality and reject contradictory laws.

Enact laws against the unethical use of AI.

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he should specialize in gardening and landscaping again I heard he has good contacts there

I don't know, looks like what they wanted, dystopian by design.

Here's a picture of a Cybertruck Model 2 from 2050:

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What do you dislike?

Coal is used less in Germany every year since 20 years and being shut down until 2035.

Other fossil energy sources like oil and nuclear energy are also vanishing.

Wind, solar, water and biomass are rising constantly. That's sustainable.

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I just reported the X app in the store for hateful content.

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Maybe aligning a large portion of the state budget to the perpetual growth of the arms industry may not have been such a good idea.

It's not freedom if it contradicts science and goes against healthcare for the public.

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For most of these events an internet connection isn't necessary at all.

My machine shows the time that is needed for the program when I start it. I know when it will be finished right from the beginning. There's no surprise, no message necessary. If I tend to forget the time, then I can set a reminder in my smartphone.

I can program the machine while I load it to start the washing later. Why load the machine but then program it from a distance? Makes no sense.

Detergent is filled in before each washing cycle. There's nothing to be depleted.

A maintenance or problem alert would be the only thing that could be worth a message function. But: My machine works without problems for 15 years now. So: what should it be messaging me? We can really live better without these useless electronics that only push up the price and the distraction.

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With standard near-surface geothermal energy, boreholes up to 200 meters are drilled. The heat difference from that depth is only around 10-15°C, but that's enough to collect the energy to heat buildings.

So yes, drilling into lava areas will spice up things.

Why should they? The Web-Filter is a function that Google implemented themselves. It's not a secret trick or something.

Coal usage is going down constantly. Coal is being phased out completely until 2035.

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Yes but Biden is a human being while Trump is positioning himself as a representative of Jesus, creating a cult.

They sell ink for higher prices than champagne. And make it impossible to use third party ink.

Germany does not yet recognize Palestine as an independent state, but an independent Palestinian state within the framework of a two-state solution has long been a firm goal of German foreign policy.

That's nuts!

This special tariff is aimed at visitors' cars, residents are excluded and remain unaffected, as are tradesmen and care services. So most Parisians don't care.

Musk's Boring Company was an ill-thought out vanity project that has far too many weaknesses and drawbacks (including too high construction and operating costs) to ever produce any truly usable routes.

Correct, those burgers are made from soy and potato protein. No meat in any form inside.

Brave is evil.

That are all symptoms of said business model. And Hewlett Packard isn't the only company with such abominations.

Reality is dead.

Or maybe it's still alive somewhere, but nobody can find or identify it anymore.

I'm not easily distrac... - oh, wow, a blue car!

I didn't say there's no difference in the technology used. But the results are quite comparable at the moment. Maybe that can be changed and further developed in future. But is much much more dangerous to implant than to put a cap on your head. So I say don't be fooled by the marketing of Neuralink.