micwag

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by micwag 5mo ago
Most immigration happens between neighboring countries e.g. the biggest immigrant group in Los Angeles are Mexicans. If you exclude neighboring countries Zurich has a foreign born population share of 27% (compared to 18% of Los Angeles). If
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by micwag 6mo ago
> Germany has still over 100 active coal-fired power plants No, Germany has 97 coal BLOCKS in its power plants (down from 150 in 5 years), but those are NOT all active. Also Germany's coal consumption is at an all time low, down a t
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by micwag 8mo ago
The article is not about turboprop but about open-rotor engines which are a modern variation of propfan engines.
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by micwag 8mo ago
Those are turboprop like the A400m or C-130. The article is about open-rotor engines which are a modern variation of propfan engines.
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by micwag 8mo ago
> In a calm cloudy winter week all renewables and battery storage are totally screwed. Hydro doesn’t really care about a calm cloudy winter week and is the reason my state was 100% renewable last year. So it’s definitely not a problem f
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by micwag 10mo ago
Are collision avoidance system and automated emergency braking not standard in the US? Here in Switzerland basically every new vehicle has them.
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by micwag 1y ago
> Also, by closing operating power plants, Germany weakened European energy production at the time when we geopolitically need it the most. Ironically that was France which needed to shut down a lot of its nuclear reactors in 2022 and 20
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by micwag 1y ago
Switzerland as well: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/trade-policy/swiss-post-tempora...
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by micwag 2y ago
It's in line with very high COL countries like Switzerland, but higher than most other OECD countries. The biggest cost factor is also not the housing itself but care/nursing.
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by micwag 2y ago
This is for seasonal energy storage with only 1 charge and discharge per year. It competes with water reservoirs not with batteries.
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by micwag 2y ago
The national sausage of Switzerland: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cervelat
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by micwag 2y ago
> Yes, they can be substituted but they're definitely a staple in good German Hausmannskost. Maybe not so much in the South: Swabia subsists almost entirely on Spätzle noodles and Bavarians seem to prefer various kinds of Knödel. Wh
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by micwag 2y ago
The article is from a non english speaking country. Siri was (and sometimes still is) really horrendous in some languages, so that might explain the trash talking. For example I had the following happen till 2 years ago: "Siri, turn of
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by micwag 3y ago
Zeiss and ASML currently have no competitors in the EUV lithography space as everyone else dropped out. (There was a big switch from lenses to mirrors) I won't rule out a direct competitor, but they have a substantial moat. They face s
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by micwag 3y ago
That would only replace TMSC. Zeiss and ASML would be still in the supply chain.
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by micwag 3y ago
Spotify and the iPhone were independently launched around the same time. Spotify back then was developed as the answer against illegal alternatives.
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by micwag 3y ago
I'm working in the laser marking/engraving field, we actually discussed G-code internally but in the end decided against it as it was not suitable for our product. (Too many laser parameter and "dynamic" stuff like QR co
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by micwag 3y ago
Apple pays out roughly the same percentage to developers as does Spotify to artists. As Apple pays almost nothing to developer the DMA seems a step in the right direction.
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by micwag 3y ago
Apple probably will be able to continue to charge 99$/year for their developer kit.
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by micwag 3y ago
a) This is explicitly forbidden b) Apple is free to act as payment provider, but can't force businesses to use it. If they decide to do it anyway: In case a gatekeeper does not comply with the obligations laid out in the DMA, the C
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by micwag 3y ago
Concrete is rarely used nowadays (at least in Germany). Usually the metal profiles are just rammed into the ground, if the ground is too loose they are screwed in and gabions are used if they just need some weight. If none of those are poss
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by micwag 3y ago
There is no mandated billing method, but the ability to pay without registering an account is mandated. Additionally every charger has a unique id with a QR code. Usually you either just plug it in (first party charger) or just scan the QR
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by micwag 3y ago
None of the countries in the article were ever colonized by France.
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by micwag 3y ago
There is definitely some patent, exclusivity agreements and protectionism going on. But the bigger factor is, that the semiconductor supply chain is very deep and development is VERY expensive and long. In addition to that there was a maj
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by micwag 3y ago
Not quite a behemoth but there is already a 120 ton mining EV: https://www.emining.ch/
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by micwag 3y ago
Technically it is a cross-border action, but neither Croatia nor Serbia are claiming the island so Croatia didn't cross into any other recognized country. Furthermore international law differs from normal law as usually at least one pa
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by micwag 3y ago
That's only true for bigger changes, at least in europe borders are changing quite frequently on a microscopic level. For example the border between Switzerland and Germany changed by a couple of meters this year. The same happened wi
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by micwag 3y ago
> France 24 and Al Jazeera manage to do well with continuous non-partisan news. Al Jazeera English might be somewhat non-partisan, but Al Jazeera Arabic is stupendously partisan.
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by micwag 3y ago
There is no "possibility of forgery", "questioned authenticity" or "not confirmed", the figures I mentioned are 100% badly photoshopped. But that article tries very hard to introduce a "maybe those numbers
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by micwag 3y ago
I try give every news outlet the chance to prove their merits. The linked article writes very detailed how their enemies have an agenda, but gets very small lipped why The GRAYZONE should be considered reputable. So checked their articles a

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