grumpy-de-sre

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by grumpy-de-sre 9mo ago
Yeh this has more to do with the failures of federation and has nothing to do with socialism. Federation is a huge part of why Germany struggles to deliver on it's digitalization goals. Having every podunk authority handling ticket iss
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by grumpy-de-sre 11mo ago
Thanks for sharing those studies, fascinating stuff, I had no idea the delirium tremens sleep disturbances were so similar to narcolepsy type 1 (but given narcolepsy is treated with essentially GHB it checks out). Kind of like an extreme RE
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by grumpy-de-sre 11mo ago
And when that happens, of course HN has the answer https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15997016
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by grumpy-de-sre 11mo ago
We're expecting our first in a few months. NGL I'm low key wondering if my messed up natural rhythm of 9pm-4am is going to be potentially handy.
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by grumpy-de-sre 11mo ago
Might aswell outsource the responsibility of fund management to highly regulated third parties and you're basically describing Australia's superannuation scheme. Issue is due to the same politics as everyone else, Australia is hav
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by grumpy-de-sre 11mo ago
Eg. I'm pretty optimistic about some of the Chinese exoskeleton startups I've seen. If you can keep people mobile, living at home and avoid falls they will make a huge difference. Not to mention self driving vehicles allowing for
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by grumpy-de-sre 11mo ago
I mean as long as you don't put systematic barriers in the way of doing the right thing, eg. missing sidewalks and food deserts.
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by grumpy-de-sre 11mo ago
I have no idea from where I sit, but I wonder how much of this is down to the increasing demographic share of Guang Gun [1] vs the older conservatives. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guang_Gun
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by grumpy-de-sre 11mo ago
Yep, nationalism isn't something you can turn on and off at will. For an example I'm reminded of the recent public backlash to the K visa scheme [1]. 1. https://www.ft.com/content/01a0029c-9f7c-4b31-a120-d1652
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by grumpy-de-sre 11mo ago
It's worth acknowledging that Mao became increasingly erratic with age. Some of his early achievements are still very much seen in a positive light (eg. as a nation builder).
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by grumpy-de-sre 11mo ago
Colon cancer is an interesting one, Hank Green [1] recently covered a new paper [2] that showed a massive reduction in colon cancer risk for folks that engaged in moderate, regular, exercise. The authors speculated that mechanical stress le
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by grumpy-de-sre 11mo ago
Thinking about the three examples I gave, I think it's more that the externalities of not doing these activities aren't priced in. Tabloid press is fantastically profitable, but fake news over time will erode a great deal of socia
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by grumpy-de-sre 11mo ago
Naturally many a startup has also failed due to similar factors (only for the core idea to be resurrected some years later to great success).
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by grumpy-de-sre 11mo ago
Or just maybe free markets expose the bitter truth. That can take a lot of self reflection to come to terms with. Applies to a lot of aspects to life, eg. career planning, creative endeavors etc. But at the same time it's true that som
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by grumpy-de-sre 11mo ago
I suspect concerns about the impacts on agriculture are a big part of the reason why the Chinese authorities haven't clamped down on this stuff yet.
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by grumpy-de-sre 11mo ago
Sovereign cloud might theoretically mean sovereign control over data. Does absolutely jack shit about the blocs trade deficit in the cloud services space though. Hundreds of billions of euros being sent abroad every year. Without some kind
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by grumpy-de-sre 11mo ago
Few individuals have touched anywhere near as many lives as he has, perhaps only matched by Fritz Haber/Carl Bosch and ammonia synthesis.
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by grumpy-de-sre 11mo ago
Most of the stratospheric approaches I've seen aren't so much about exploiting low altitude weather phenomenon but rather flying above it. Which of course is exactly what you want for long term remote sensing. I'm thinking sy
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by grumpy-de-sre 11mo ago
I'm kind of keen to see if large electric cargo motor gliders might one day become a thing. Traversing great distances via ambient energy harvesting. Maybe even self landing at certain designated airfields to top up on energy and avoid
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by grumpy-de-sre 11mo ago
For some more hope [1][2]. Times are tumultuous but potential exists all around us. 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g80av4zlDco 2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUVoWxvvJ5Y
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by grumpy-de-sre 11mo ago
I feel like a lot of our (EU) legal structures are totally inadequate for long term periods of peace. Eventually everything gets bloated and ossified and vested interests gain more and more influence/control. Existential threats always
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by grumpy-de-sre 11mo ago
I'm assuming it depends a fair bit on the model of the turbine. The park near us is rather new so I'm sure they are using the latest options.
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by grumpy-de-sre 11mo ago
Yeh I'm about 2km from a large wind park, it's the least obnoxious thing imaginable. Jogging through them at night with their dim red blinking strobes or watching them work overtime on a windy winter day is great and gives you a s
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by grumpy-de-sre 11mo ago
Over the last few years I've been drifting away from focusing on pure technology plays. Somehow I feel like maybe that might save my bacon someday ... or maybe AI will completely consume the world and we'll all be left behind.
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by grumpy-de-sre 1y ago
I always thought it was only a matter of time before the general public heard the term "antibiotic resistance" and had a freak out. Conveniently ignoring the fact that they're literally feeding the stuff to livestock to impro
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by grumpy-de-sre 1y ago
Yep in a lot of ways it's a failure of the electricity market. It's absolutely bonkers how much I pay for electricity while I sit in the shadow of a giant onshore wind farm in Brandenburg. Transmission losses are nothing at this d
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by grumpy-de-sre 1y ago
Exactly! Wind expansion has been going great as-well. I guess the more fundamental question is why these expansions haven't led to savings for energy consumers and why the economics of these micro-systems are so attractive.
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by grumpy-de-sre 1y ago
Thanks for the update! I wonder if he changed his mind on the Berkeley offer [1]. Part time role though so maybe he just hasn't relocated. 1. https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/innenpolitik/habeck-gastdoz...
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by grumpy-de-sre 1y ago
Not a bad legacy for Robert Habeck (along with the wind reforms), the leader we needed but didn't deserve [1][2]. Interestingly he's recently dropped out of politics and taken a teaching role at UC Berkeley. 1. https://
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by grumpy-de-sre 1y ago
The fact that balcony solar has such short payback periods really emphasizes the scale of the failure. Why can't utility scale operators use bulk purchases of the exact same panels, in a more optimal installation (south facing, unshade

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