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Re:Voyager 1 Is About to Reach One Light-Day from Earth on Wednesday November 26, 2025 @10:41AM (#46058499)
50 years for 1 light day... so to arrive Alpha Centauri that is 4.2 light years far away... 76549 years and 364 days :-)
Re:The Engineering of Landfills on Wednesday September 04, 2024 @03:59AM (#41443026)
Waste is inherently problematic, regardless of how we manage it. While burning plastic for energy might seem like a solution, it's not ideal. We can generate clean electricity through other means that are cheaper and less polluting. Burning waste still releases harmful toxins into the environment and contributes to greenhouse gas emissions – even if it reduces landfill methane, which is a potent contributor to climate change. Ultimately, the best approach is to minimize waste generation in the first place, as this prevents both environmental harm and the need for costly and imperfect solutions.
Re:Researchers invent 100% biodegradable 'barley plastic' on Tuesday June 25, 2024 @04:03AM (#40785766)
The most biodegradable plastic is the one that is never produced
Planting trees for wood?
Trees, wood?
Re:AI.gov on Monday October 30, 2023 @05:07PM (#38075852)
Skynet.gov

Soon...

Re:AI.gov on Monday October 30, 2023 @05:07PM (#38075849)
Skynet.gov

Soon.

Re:Is math real? on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @03:10AM (#37655550)
No if you use sqrt(-1)
Re:Organic Maps on Friday September 01, 2023 @10:27AM (#37351258)
I am not a Google employee. Why should I work to fix their product? I prefer to help potentially thousands of people by helping a non-profit like openstreemaps
Re:Organic Maps on Friday September 01, 2023 @04:36AM (#37348229)
No not trust it google maps either. There is a crossroads that is wrong in Google near my house and it is right in OSM. In fact... I did fix it but I will not report about the error to Google ;-)
Re:Podman: A Daemonless Container Engine on Thursday February 11, 2021 @10:08AM (#26102189)
It is almost 100% compatible with docker. I only had to do minimal changes in my Dockerfiles to use it.
Re:Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @10:49AM (#26090739)
Nobody ever said that Bitcoin was a efficient system. It has other qualities that worth it.
- Fixed supply is not a "problem built-in", it a a feature - Yes, it can be used as a medium of exchange using the lightning network - The blockckain is inefficient but it was not built for efficiency but to solve the trust problem in a trust-less network.

and so on...