gorpovitch

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by gorpovitch 3y ago
What's missing is the fact that the public opinion regarding climate change is evolving really fast as well. In my country, not even a few years ago, people who didn't eat meat or didn't take the plane because of ecological r
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Nitrogen electroreduction with almost 100% current-to-ammonia efficiency (2022)(nature.com)
266 points by gorpovitch 3y ago|170 comments
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by gorpovitch 3y ago
Not only the buttons but also a lot of parts which are electric when they really don't have to. My brother, who has three kids, tried out a SUV which had an electric hatchback, where you have to trigger the trunk closing with a button.
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by gorpovitch 5y ago
It is interesting to keep these numbers in mind, but these facts are not sufficient to think correctly about climate. The earth is a dynamic system, and the rate of temperature growth is as much, if not more, important than temperature aver
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by gorpovitch 5y ago
When using a tool like Sentry, you might want to logger.exception(e) instead of a string error message, that way the whole stack trace with helpful debugging information (local variables...) is included in Sentry.
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Code With Me – Ultimate collaborative development by JetBrains(jetbrains.com)
1 points by gorpovitch 5y ago|0 comments
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by gorpovitch 6y ago
So true. Which ones did you end up using and enjoying the most ?
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by gorpovitch 6y ago
First aid. Become a volunteer as a first-aid responder. You will learn and practice how to react in a lot of unusual situations (kids choking, burns, wounds, people fainting...), learn more about healthcare-related subjects, and live incred
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by gorpovitch 6y ago
Really nice! Does anyone have similar resources for javascript?
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by gorpovitch 6y ago
When I hear people talking about programming as an art, I usually assume that the decisions they make about their code tend to be about how elegant and beautiful it is, not efficient and valuable. It's fun and satisfying to write elega
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by gorpovitch 7y ago
I've been looking for something like this ! Definitely interested (will you open source it?) I'm doing this manually using Stylus for facebook and twitter. It's unbelievable how healthier it made my consumption of these sites
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by gorpovitch 7y ago
Mandatory mention [0] of the amazing talk of Uncle Bob "The Future of Programming", and his timeline of programming since Turing. Fascinating conference [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecIWPzGEbFc
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by gorpovitch 7y ago
I have a much better experience of Facebook since a few weeks by adding #stream_pagelet{ display: None } in Stylus for the homepage. No news feed. No passive content consumption. Still got pages, events, groups, messages etc. Can still use
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Getting a scientific prize for open-source software(gael-varoquaux.info)
142 points by gorpovitch 7y ago|24 comments
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What is energy, actually? (2011)(jancovici.com)
254 points by gorpovitch 7y ago|267 comments
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by gorpovitch 7y ago
It is true that the earth has already been warmer. We're reaching points that humans are never seen, though. Second, the problem here is not only the total temperature variation but the speed at which the temperature is changing. Think
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by gorpovitch 7y ago
I would add it doesn't take into account imported emissions - when a country emits CO2 to produce things that other countries buy. I'm not really sure who is responsible then.
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by gorpovitch 7y ago
I don't think I've ever seen this here : https://theshiftproject.org/en/home/ It's a think tank working on handling the climate crisis with excellent, pragmatic, efficiency-focused studies, without
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by gorpovitch 7y ago
I think the goal of the argument is to explain the following : the reason an exponentially growing and empowered AI entity is dangerous is exactly the same reason current big tech monopolies are dangerous and have to be regulated. The discu
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by gorpovitch 7y ago
I'm tired to read articles written inside "Opinions" sections.(not that I necessarily disagree with it, you guys are explaining how this article is right or wrong better than me). I would really like (not intended at HN, it&#