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boersc t1_j4plkrj wrote
Reply to comment by Flashwastaken in [OC] Connections between the world's 200 largest airports by Zarasophos
It would show how ridiculously close the four biggest airports are and the many lines between them. However, I'm confused by de gaulle on top, with schiphol right as well. I'd at least have swapped them around...
boersc t1_j4l2bm1 wrote
Reply to comment by Unnoble_Savage in Women's Rights Not Priority, Says Taliban Spokesperson After Education Ban by Luckymonkey1
This isn't even a joke. It's fact.
boersc t1_j4l28xl wrote
Oh, but the banning of women's rights is very much a priority!
boersc t1_j2d0x9m wrote
Reply to comment by Magnon in Why are some people against accessibility options? by [deleted]
But why? Why deny me to move straight to Melania if I want to? I don't need artschool diploma to go see the Mona Lisa. Would I appreciate it more? Sure. But if I buy a ticket to the Louvre, I can go straight to ML and enjoy it the wsy I want... Why is it so difficult to allow ppl to enjoy a game and all it has to offer the way THEY want ito?
boersc t1_j2cwpz4 wrote
Reply to comment by Magnon in Why are some people against accessibility options? by [deleted]
Then again, I never got past the first area, so I missed most of all those environments they created. Same with Bloodborne where I couldn't get across that bridge. Both games and all that hard work gone to waste on me. I know the game is supposed to be difficult, and if I had 100 hours per game I would, but I don't. I want to see what they created, and not via a youtube video.
boersc t1_j2cuddm wrote
I know this is a separating issue amongst devs as well. Some don't want to add it as they think it will take a lot of devtine to add, while some go wild in their options and state it only takes a day or so. Personally, I'm all for it. Even with the dreaded Souls games. Yes, a cinematic difficulty would change the experience, but at least I would get to view the entire game environment as created by the devs.
boersc t1_j2854b2 wrote
You're a few days early. Most people join a gym on jan 1st, and regret it on the 2nd. (/s but not entirely)
boersc t1_j24z50j wrote
Reply to comment by ForHidingSquirrels in Russians did such a good job promoting renewable energy and electric vehicles this year. by darth_nadoma
Sorry to burst your bubble, but for now this IS reality. Every extra usage of electricity means extra fossil fuels burnt, not extra solar energy or wind.
How else would the extra demand be met? Right now, we don't have a flexible renewable energysource that we can throttle.
In the long run, when we're approaching 100% renewable energy, sure. But for now, the sole benefit of electric cars is that the energy is created at a central place, where it is made more efficiently than in a car.
boersc t1_j248u62 wrote
Reply to comment by ForHidingSquirrels in Russians did such a good job promoting renewable energy and electric vehicles this year. by darth_nadoma
As it's extra electricity, you can only take into account the variable fuel. Wind and solar are always at their max, whether there are electric cars or not. So, for now, extra electric cars means more fossil fuels burnt.
boersc t1_j22orcd wrote
Reply to comment by MeteorOnMars in Russians did such a good job promoting renewable energy and electric vehicles this year. by darth_nadoma
Then again, how is that tesla's electricity made? Coal and other fossil fuels.
boersc t1_j22o7ao wrote
Reply to Russians did such a good job promoting renewable energy and electric vehicles this year. by darth_nadoma
While true, the problem is that electric cars still run on fossil fuels. Just not in-engine.
boersc t1_j1lwjgq wrote
Wait, you never read 'Asterix'?
boersc t1_iycj56o wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in not allowed! by Henkispenki
Not every sign is installed in the US... French or italian are good guesses, s it's alcool there.
boersc t1_iycd8x5 wrote
Reply to comment by CrispyDairy in eli5 Are GMT and UTC timezones somehow different? If so, how? by CrispyDairy
The definition is different, in practice, they are the same thing.
boersc t1_iy4apc9 wrote
Reply to comment by yoshhash in eli5 How is computer memory deleted? by unlikemike123
Not perse. In that case you're erasing/reusing the ledger entry, but the 'new' file may get written on a wholly different location depending on how the OS works. But yes, it CAN work the same, if the new file overwrites the exact same spot as the old file. Most OSses work that way.
boersc t1_iy3j0vp wrote
Reply to comment by Persist_and_Resist in eli5 How is computer memory deleted? by unlikemike123
There is also the action of a 'destructive delete', where the file is actually overwritten with gibberish. This is done when you want to delete a file without ever being able to restore it. This could be the case when handling confidential information, or in case you plan to retire the PC and hard disk.
Basically, you're telling the system to do the 'overwriting' action immediately.
boersc t1_iy3iqtn wrote
Reply to eli5 How is computer memory deleted? by unlikemike123
It's like a book. The start of the book has a table of content, that lists all the chapters in the book. If you would want to remove a chapter, you could remove the entry to that chapter from the Table of Contents.
So, effectively, not much is removed, only the entry in the Table of Contents is gone, so you cannot easily find the chapter again. It is still possible, but takes a lot more efffort (skipping through all pages). You could even overwrite the pages of that chapter with something else, adding an entirely different chapter, as long as the chapter is of the same size or smaller than the one you just removed.
Same happens with files on computer storage. There is an index of where all files are located. By removing a file, the entry in the index is removed, effectively making it a lot harder to find that file again, and even allowing other files to be written on the same spot previously filled with that file.
boersc t1_iy3hsk8 wrote
Even without kids, I wouldn't want to miss it any year. It's indeed the happiest time of the year, so why skip it, when you're also probably be asked to skip taking days off? Wintertime is dark enough as it is.
Bad idea.
boersc t1_iy3fn7t wrote
Reply to ELI5: Can I charge whatever I want for a product or are there laws against that? by Zondartul
You can, and people have, sell a picture of an Xbox or an empty box on ebay for $1000. As long as you clearly describe what you're selling.
boersc t1_iuomo31 wrote
Reply to The shrinking ozone hole shows that the world can actually solve an environmental crisis by wicke_s
Of course we can. However, the ozone layer was much simpler: it was a onedimensiomal issue and yhe resolution was already known (replace one gas with another). Currently, we have about seven issues all at once that all need to be sorted and the solution is not that obvious or not tangable at short term. (War in russia/ukraine, unstable renewables, infrastructure, rise of new economies, cost, to name a few) We can do it, but it's infinitely more complex than the ozone layer issue back then, and even thst took years.
boersc t1_ityqpsk wrote
Reply to comment by f1junkie in "Trust me, guys, it totally got the tractor unstuck last time!" by Alabussy
Or secure extra weight on the front.
boersc t1_iswsz3m wrote
Reply to The killer ground drone revolution is here. The Netherlands has deployed four armed ground robots or unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs), making it the first NATO country to do so. The robots are Tracked Hybrid Modular Infantry Systems (THeMIS) UGVs built by the Estonian defense company Milrem Robotics. by mossadnik
Go us, I guess? Weird that I live here and I only hear about this via a foreign reddit post. Nothing is said or mentioned about this over here...
boersc t1_irrqcsx wrote
Reply to comment by climeworks in The emerging climate tech sector will enjoy an 8.8 % growth rate over the next five years: tech companies that remove/reduce CO₂ emissions are “poised for strong continued growth,” reaching an expected value of $1.4tn by 2027 by climeworks
Hot air then.
Sorry, but I find this 'active removal of CO2 out of the air' a completely wrong method of trying to combat climate change.
We in The Netherlands had farmers that were tricked into spending fortunes to create 'clever stables', which worked in theory but had a net zero effect in practice.
boersc t1_irrn80j wrote
Reply to The emerging climate tech sector will enjoy an 8.8 % growth rate over the next five years: tech companies that remove/reduce CO₂ emissions are “poised for strong continued growth,” reaching an expected value of $1.4tn by 2027 by climeworks
tech companies that remove/reduce CO₂ emissions"
Aka tech companies that sell hot air.
boersc t1_j5yzork wrote
Reply to Researchers unveil the least costly carbon capture system to date - down to $39 per metric ton. by heavy-metal-goth-gal
Carbon capture is a hoax. Don't fall for it. It's only reason to exist is to let companies make insane amounts of money for vapor.