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1. It’s a bureaucratic mess. And scammers will also need to deal with the bank first. 2. With a paper form they need your autograph and other ID data. Or when it’s digital you need to authorize the request with your banking app.

vimyon Can the Visa-Mastercard duopoly be broken?

I don’t know about the UK but in my SEPA country only companies can create pull-based schemes and they can’t do it without authorization of the bank account owner. Mostly used for things like utility bills. So there’s zero danger in sharing your bank account number with someone.

vimyon Can the Visa-Mastercard duopoly be broken?

When you know someone’s bank account number you can only send them money. This issue simply isn’t possible.

vimyon Can the Visa-Mastercard duopoly be broken?

Normal SEPA is max 2 days and usually it takes one. That’s not what I would call super slow.

vimyon American Airlines agrees to purchase Boom Supersonic Overture aircraft

Seems more alluring as a private jet.

vimyon Swedish tech startups and scaleups

That’s really cool. Are those custom made or can you buy them somewhere?

vimyon Microsoft finally admits Xbox One sales were less than half of the PS4

Don’t connect to the internet and play your games in offline mode. Zero updates for anything.

Assuming they are singleplayer games of course.

vimyon Swedish tech startups and scaleups

I really dislike this graphical style. It’s been a couple years now so I hope something else will replace it soon.

vimyon Germany sees shift in sentiment toward atomic energy

After more than 50 years of nuclear power plants in use we can say that there is no nuclear waste problem. The ‘waste’ has been stored above ground for decades and nothing has happened. It’s clearly safe. We should just keep doing what we’re doing. No need to dig expensive holes.

vimyon New Intel chips won't play Blu-ray disks due to SGX deprecation

PowerDVD 12. It came with the Blu-ray drive. It's crappy software but it doesn't really matter once the movie starts playing. The latest PowerDVD is better but I don't feel like paying when I already have something that works.

It's possible to use VLC. You just have to download two files to decrypt the Blu-rays. -> https://vlc-bluray.whoknowsmy.name

vimyon New Intel chips won't play Blu-ray disks due to SGX deprecation

I still watch Blu-ray’s on my computer. I’m most likely an exception.

vimyon Instagram gets worse with dark patterns lifted from TikTok

Nothing in this article about how pictures work. Are they gone? Can I still see my friends pictures? I still have the old UI.

vimyon Germany to Rethink Nuclear Shutdown as Energy Crisis Deepens

https://twitter.com/KaplanBen_Fr/status/1497663247071203333

vimyon Germany to Rethink Nuclear Shutdown as Energy Crisis Deepens

Russia has been funding green parties and NGOs in Europe for years.

vimyon Germany to Rethink Nuclear Shutdown as Energy Crisis Deepens

Yes, they are excessive. You can dump a lot of the expensive guidelines and nuclear would still be extremely safe.

vimyon Why wasn't the steam engine invented earlier? Part II

Don't forget https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_Santos-Dumont

vimyon Childhood antibiotics as a risk factor for Crohn's disease: Cohort study

If reddit anecdotes are to be believed the enlarged testicles are true.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Supplements/comments/9pdrg1/my_expe...

https://www.reddit.com/r/Supplements/comments/m3ywju/questio...

There are more but just linking these two.

vimyon Show HN: I made an app to help insomniacs learn how to sleep again

I got into the first startupschool batch with this idea. But health problems sabotaged me so it never went anywhere.

The website looks too amateurish and generic. Doesn’t give me a lot of confidence about the product. You should redo it completely.

I think the key to success is finding the right partnerships. Doctors and clinics who will refer patients to your app. So that grant you got is a great first step.

vimyon Ask HN: What are the most promising technical solutions to energy/climate change

The green movement is misanthropic in its core. They see humanity as the problem. Viewed through that lens degrowth makes a lot of sense.

vimyon Ask HN: What are the most promising technical solutions to energy/climate change

Synthetic fuel:

https://www.prometheusfuels.com/news/dude-wheres-my-fuel

The most promising tech. Make fuel from CO2 captured from the air. We can keep using our existing infrastructure. Buys us a lot of time without destroying our current way of life.

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Carbon Capture: (Twitter accounts) @CharmIndustrial @noya_carbon @heirloomcarbon @ebbcarbon @livingcarbon

https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/airmyne

> Net Power, a startup that built the world’s first zero-emissions fossil-fuel power plant in Texas. Earlier this year, Net Power fired up a $150-million power plant that burns natural gas but has the ability to capture 100% of its carbon emissions.

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Emission free manufacturing:

> What Gross is pursuing with his new company, Heliogen, offers a way forward for renewable energy to be applied to manufacturing processes for cement, lime, coke, and steel — some of the most energy intensive and polluting industries that exist in the world today.

https://techcrunch.com/2019/11/19/heliogens-new-technology-c...

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Geo-engineering

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Nuclear

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Food:

Modified feed to lessen cattle methane emission. https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/alga-biosciences

Real milk without cows. https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/brown-foods

vimyon New MacBook Air with M2

They’re slowly moving production to Vietnam and India. But I don’t think that’s far enough from China if a war between US and China breaks out.

vimyon Why isn't the internet more fun and weird? (2019)

https://stumblingon.com/

I like this clone.

vimyon Dutch farmers organise mass protests in face of farm closures

People are gonna starve because of these closures.

vimyon Delayed Messages on iOS

You can make a new shortcut that is triggered by a specific hour. Not sure why this post says it can’t be done.

I used it last month to wish someone happy birthday.

vimyon Ask HN: I'm disabled and out of money. Now what?

Fibromyalgia, CFS, .. labels like that are used when the doctors have no clue, just give up and don't wanna look further into your issues. Then they blame it on stress and psychological issues. That's 1000 % wrong.

Most likely you have a virus or bacterial infection that hasn't been detected yet. I'm in a very similar situation like you so I'm speaking from personal experience. Ever been bitten by a tick? Do you have gut issues?

Read this, very important: https://www.hardtowrite.com/pathogens/

As for earning money: Assuming you're too unwell to consult, you can do mindless tasks on Appen. https://connect.appen.com/qrp/public/home Things like checking search results for Bing or Google, improving Apple & Google maps. Pay is between $15, $24 / hour depending on the project.

vimyon Mickey Mouse could soon leave Disney as 95-year copyright expiry nears

Only the first iteration of Mickey. Not the iconic design most people instantly recognize.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6c_WgxTsMo

vimyon Ask HN: I’m 41 and still unmarried – what should I do?

I was thinking the same thing.

vimyon Ask HN: I’m 41 and still unmarried – what should I do?

Okcupid turned into a Tinder clone. A really inferior one.

vimyon The trimodal nature of software salaries in the Netherlands and Europe (2021)

How much does imaging cost without insurance?