nehalem501

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by nehalem501 22d ago
In rural areas it's publicly owned by local authorities (and then opened to the various internet providers). In suburban / medium density areas it's privately owned by one single internet provider (most of these areas where a
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by nehalem501 22d ago
There are a few places that had cable before mainstream fiber deployment (so FTTC), but the norm in France for new installations for at least the last 10 years has been FTTH (including in the countryside).
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France reaches 94.9% fiber coverage in 2026(cartefibre.arcep.fr)
325 points by nehalem501 23d ago|239 comments
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by nehalem501 9mo ago
I would say that for long distance trains only English and the local language should be enough. For international trains, we should have all languages of all traversed countries and English. So for example a train from Paris to Frankfurt sh
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by nehalem501 1y ago
It is mostly an issue in countries with 120V mains (I know that in the US 240V outlets exist though). In France for example it is required that standard plugs must be able to deliver at least 16A on each outlet, at the 230V used here, we ge
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by nehalem501 1y ago
The ability to read a lower rez version of the images is a feature that is actively used. That way you don’t need to have both a 2K and 4K DCP for movies that have a 4K version, 2K projectors can simply decode the 4K DCP at 2K resolution.
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by nehalem501 3y ago
If you can live with cross-compiling from a modern PC (or Mac) you can use https://github.com/autc04/Retro68 which uses a recent version of GCC.
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by nehalem501 5y ago
French reactors can adjust their power outputs in 30 minutes between 100% and 20% their nominal power rating. I think we are actually the only country doing this. (EDF: "In France, a nuclear power plant is able to ramp up or down betwe
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by nehalem501 5y ago
Depends on the country, in France you can pay anywhere by card, including at outdoor market stalls...
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by nehalem501 6y ago
Night trains won’t be high-speed TGV services, they will use the regular main lines. Track maintenance needs much less energy than building brand new lines. And yes, the carbon emissions per passenger are higher for high-speed trains compa
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by nehalem501 6y ago
In Europe all the major lines are already electrified, and because all the lines were built a long time ago (generally in the 19th century), the construction carbon emissions are divided between 150 years of transported passengers.