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herogreen··on “Abrupt thaw” of Arctic permafrost releasing more CO2 than predicted
Not op but I'd be very happy to be destitute in old age just by knowing humanity saved the world.
herogreen··on Tencent may have accidentally leaked real data on Wuhan virus deaths
Could it be due to different CDNs providing outdated CSS files ?
herogreen··on Climate models are running red hot, and scientists don’t know why
The problem of this "easy" method is that it does not scale: if everyone was doing it there would be much more problems to manage: renewables are not continous (storage needed), we do not have near enough capacity yet, the grid may not be designed for decentralized production, etc.

edit: also it is very rare to have the externalities included into the sum of CO2 emissions (dams need cement, wind turbines need steel, solar panel need mining, we need to transport these components, etc. -> all of that is probably not currently powered by CO2 neutral energy).

herogreen··on Scientists claim to find HIV virus-like insertions in the 2019-nCov [pdf]
Twitter thread by Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding on this yet-unreviewd publication: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1221990534643929089.html
herogreen··on Blizzard now claims full copyright for player-made “custom game” mods
Are there any precendents of official mods deemed unofficial ?
herogreen··on The sad state of screen sharing on desktop Linux
Already possible: https://superuser.com/questions/411897/using-desktop-as-fake...
herogreen··on Trying out the Pinebook Pro – a $200 ARM Laptop
Regarding the trackpad latency, have you seen that there is an update for it ? https://forum.pine64.org/announcements.php?aid=23 while it is more about the mouse moving while you are typing, it may help in your case.
herogreen··on BIOS Bug – Passwords for Asus, Acer and Sony
This links looks like a better submission, thanks!
herogreen··on Lidar Company Velodyne Debuts $100 Auto Safety Sensor
Better link: https://velodynelidar.com/press-release/velodyne-lidar-intro... states "60-degree horizontal FoV x 10-degree vertical FoV" I wonder whats the resoltion though. Judging by the name "velabit" it could be low.
herogreen··on Selenium Rectifier
"During the 1960s they began to be superseded by silicon rectifiers, which exhibited lower forward voltage drop, lower cost, and higher reliability.[6] They are still manufactured for exact replacement purposes, but are not designed into new equipment."

I wonder what kind of equipement is still running 50 years later. Subways and power plants maybe ?

herogreen··on PinePhone Review
duplicate of recent submission: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21824962
herogreen··on OpenLayers
What is the advantage of having the documentation CC-BY 3.0 licensed ? In cases where documentation is generated from the code it seems more convenient to use the same license for both.
herogreen··on France, Spain, and Italy’s English skills are on the decline: study
My two explanations (as a French): all English contents on the TV is dubbed and English classes often have 24+ students which makes it hard for the teacher to have everyone speaking (even a bit).

Whereas in Finland, subtitles on foreign TV programs are common and classes have less students (I think).

Thus I believe it entirely comes down to the government not being smart enough.

herogreen··on What it would take to suck more carbon dioxide out of the air than we put in
I am surprised they consider putting agricultural "waste" outside the loop as a way to store CO2, because we (will) probably need it as fertilizer.
herogreen··on What it would take to suck more carbon dioxide out of the air than we put in
This seems impossible to undo, so extremely risky.
herogreen··on The Sad Saga of Purism and the Librem 5
Agreed, having modems not sharing memory with the CPU would already be a big progress.
herogreen··on First Paper to Link CO2 and Global Warming (1856)
The idea of a link between CO2 and a greenhouse effect was expressed before that, by Claude Pouillet in 1838 (but maybe not published in a paper).

sources: https://jancovici.com/changement-climatique/croire-les-scien... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenhouse_effect

"1838: Claude Pouillet, a French physicist, attributes the natural greenhouse effect to water vapor and carbon dioxide. He concludes that any change in the amount of water vapor, such as CO2, is expected to result in climate change." (google translate).

edit: I think it was this paper https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k95017r/f1.image.r=Pou... but I have not checked (cannot Ctrl-F).

herogreen··on USB-C Has Finally Come into Its Own
mini USB: octobrer 2000 to january 2007 (6 years, 3 months)

micro USB: january 2007 to august 2014 (7 years, 7 months)

USB-C: august 2014 - ? (5+ years)

I hope we keep increasing the lifespan of the "suggested" mobile-device USB form factor, to increase convenience and (slightly) reduce environmental impact.

herogreen··on The worrying state of Mediterranean fish stocks (2017)
I wonder if the increased cost of fishing in depleted areas as any chance of eventually "saving" the species from extinction ?
herogreen··on Daimler stops developing internal combustion engines to focus on electric cars
"Daimler [...] recently released its latest generation internal combustion engine and it might be its last."

"Furthermore, generations of combustion engines have long development timelines [...]"

"[...] they still might work on some specific parts to improve on their existing engines."

So this is the best moment for them to make this kind of announcement, which does not seem that much engaging.

herogreen··on France Is Still Cleaning Up Marie Curie’s Nuclear Waste
Not 100% is recycled and some of the leftovers will be dangerous for thousands of years.

It is 2019 and neither the U.S., the U.K., France nor Switzerland have started to dispose (= bury) their waste.

herogreen··on PCI Express on the Raspberry Pi 4
More like 10$ ? https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/fan-shim
herogreen··on MEPs back EU ban on throwaway plastics by 2021
Source for the fact that plastic will decompose in isolated environements (dry, no sun light, constant temperature, no radiations, only plastic) ? Because else you will have to engineer a system that risk leaking into the environnement (dirty water, particles, vapors, etc.).
herogreen··on DeepMind’s StarCraft II agent will play anonymously on battle.net
I am not sure this question is really interesting because the aim of solving Starcraft is to improve planning and strategies, not computer vision. I suppose there are much more interesting tasks train on in order to solve computer vision.
herogreen··on DeepMind’s StarCraft II agent will play anonymously on battle.net
I am sure they will find a way to dampen its strength while improving it at the same time. Some ideas: reducing number of neurons, reducing neural network running frequency.
herogreen··on Plan to sell 50m meals made from electricity, water and air
and carbon.
herogreen··on Unintentionally funny video instructions for factory resetting GE light bulbs
Could they not just have the user blink it furiously for a few seconds ? Or long press after on ?
herogreen··on Why the Guardian is changing the language it uses about the environment
Here is another one we should use: Recycling -> Downcycling (in most of the cases where it is used) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downcycling
herogreen··on China Is Wasting Less Solar and Wind Power
5% seems very very low. I do no think it includes the wire heat waste that are common to coal and nuclear, because according to this: https://blog.schneider-electric.com/energy-management-energy... "The overall losses between the power plant and consumers is then in the range between 8 and 15%." (I do not think the numbers have changed that much in 6 years).
herogreen··on What would you say is the most important workplace perk to you?
But this could easily be replaced by an increase in salary right ? It is not really part of the workplace (unlike coworkers, location, size, etc.)
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