Pietertje

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How fast can European steelmakers decarbonise?(economist.com)
55 points by Pietertje 3y ago|79 comments
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by Pietertje 3y ago
I wonder how this will fly in an European Court with GDPR.
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In Search of Planet 9(phys.org)
4 points by Pietertje 4y ago|0 comments
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by Pietertje 4y ago
I could not agree more... with you. On top of that, good luck onboarding new recruits or people that move departments.... Cute names are just like abbreviations, they are jargon and are an unnecessary hurdle to become effective.
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by Pietertje 4y ago
No I'm not. I just stopped watching tv, limiting smartphone time and make sure I always have a book with me.
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by Pietertje 4y ago
I love the feeling of an actual book in my hands. So during the daytime I read paperbooks. During the evenings/nights I read on my ereader as this requires less light so i dont wake up my spouse or the baby. I make sure I have both so
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by Pietertje 4y ago
How did you like the Wheel of Time? The size of the saga scares me a bit...
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by Pietertje 4y ago
The biography of Roosevelt is indeed very nice. I finished the first volume and looking forward to the other two.
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by Pietertje 4y ago
This year I've put myself to the challenge to read at least one book per week which I primarily could complete by reading in the middle of the night while holding our sleeping baby in my arms. It has been an interesting challenge which
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Ask HN: Books you read in 2022 and recommend for 2023
183 points by Pietertje 4y ago|201 comments
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by Pietertje 4y ago
Richard Dawkins, enter even more impressive credentials here, also wrote a book "The God Delusion" in which he - as part of the overal story that there is no god - spends some pages completely debunking the claim of Collins.
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by Pietertje 4y ago
Exactly... Now you could argue there is an even more complex civilization running simulations of the simulation-running civilization. But you are creating this ever increasing complexity you cannot get away from. In that aspect it's a
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by Pietertje 4y ago
And this has been going on for ages and we simply are universe X in time. Alternative hypothesis the OP seems to refer to is the one of Lee Smolin in which a black hole from a previous universe creates a new universe. Smolin wrote a book ab
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by Pietertje 4y ago
The simulation theory is not very satisfying. It might answer some of the questions we have but leaves a much bigger one: who/what/how made this simulation?
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by Pietertje 4y ago
Not sure what you use to watch, but VLC has the option to delay the timing of subs. And from someone who is used to watch with subs for his entire life, you get used to it and won't notice them anymore at some point in time.
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North Korean ICBM launch detected using GPS(twitter.com)
291 points by Pietertje 4y ago|97 comments
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by Pietertje 4y ago
ASML and Intel are two completely different companies. ASML makes lithography machines which is one of the many steps in producing a chip. ASML machines are used by all chip manufacturers. The challenge for chip manufacturers like Intel, bu
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by Pietertje 4y ago
As many have mentioned: books! I do like to add the Economist. It's my way of keeping up to date with current affairs
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by Pietertje 4y ago
Did you consider Russell's A history of western philosophy or The Worldly Philosophers by Heilbroner? I'm considering to read one of the two, would like to hear how they would compare to Adamson.
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Bill Gates summer reading list 2022(gatesnotes.com)
1 points by Pietertje 4y ago|0 comments
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by Pietertje 5y ago
If you like to read a bit of history on cellular automata I can highly recommend Neumann his biography [0]. Primarily about Neumann his life, so naturally quite broad, but a very interesting chapter about the early research on cellular auto
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Why the West’s Diplomacy with Russia Keeps Failing(theatlantic.com)
7 points by Pietertje 5y ago|1 comments
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by Pietertje 5y ago
And the power to delta
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by Pietertje 5y ago
Well, that tech is still being used heavily for a lot of chips. Companies like NXP still have fabs of 90s tech running smoothly. Only the high-end chips need new tech. Also, equipment from that era is still in high demand on the second hand
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by Pietertje 6y ago
I completely agree. I try to position 'not taking a decision' as a decision option itself. Often it clarifies how poor that choice is or whether you are micro-optimizing alternatives. And sometimes it is the better decision to pos
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by Pietertje 6y ago
I expected to find Gaudi in this list for art/architecture. He got run down by a streetcar, which to my knowledge happened while he was watching his Sagrada Familia. It seems I'm mistaken here as his wiki page also does not mentio
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by Pietertje 6y ago
Funny he puts more faith in Astrazeneca vaccin. True it's logistics are easier. But it's efficacy is not... Worse given the higher transmission rates of the new strains it in itself might not be sufficient to prevent further sprea
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by Pietertje 6y ago
ASML does lithography, they do not make wafers. NXP develops chips, especially for automotive industry. There are also some small companies focusing on photonics in NL, Smart Photonics is one of them for example.
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by Pietertje 6y ago
Just wow, listening to the podcast interview is super interesting. The abstraction and knowledge on so many different levels and topics is thrilling. Any other tips for interviews with similar architects?
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by Pietertje 7y ago
Same here, I expected a list or map which gives an user the ability to see which organizations or projects operate nearby. It would be really cool if you could see which projects are nearby and you might be able to participate in. I really

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