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Re:Fairphone 6 is switching to a new design that's even more sustainable
on Tuesday June 24, 2025 @04:39AM (#44364058)
Citronics from Brussels does that with Fairphone 3 hardware. https://citronics.eu/
Re:‘The Godfather of A.I.’ Leaves Google and Warns of Danger Ahead
on Monday May 01, 2023 @03:46PM (#35778130)
I think life is just an accelerator of entropy, and thus favored by it. The meaning of life is to end the universe sooner.
Re:Ask HN: What are you surprised isn’t being worked on more?
on Monday December 28, 2020 @05:49PM (#25564211)
On bigger scale, it seems this can sometimes cause earthquakes... One geothermal power plant is going to close in France https://www.connexionfrance.com/French-news/Geothermal-power...
Re:Soviet Collapse Echoes in China’s Belt and Road
on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @08:56AM (#17757442)
In this comparative study from New Zealand: https://www.nzta.govt.nz/assets/resources/research/reports/4... you can find a Comparative evaluation of transport modes where maritime shipping is cheaper than train, but this depends on the number of containers (you can put much more on a vessel). If we can increase the number of containers on trains, this could change. Also right now the China-Belgium trip can take 20 days by train (cf. https://www.train-chain.com/) and usually around 30 days by sea.
Re:Language Learning for the Dispassionate
on Thursday March 01, 2018 @06:52AM (#16491265)
I am currently working on a project that lets you paste any chinese text coming from any source (for me it's mostly from news media and wechat moments), and provides you the translation, automated reading, word-by-word translation, and allows you to select words to memorize by a spaced repetition system.
For me the real deal is in the memorize function that gives you a word plus a sentence coming from your collection of text to get some context. You get the same word-by-word translation on the sentence, you can play it out, you are not only working on your words but discovering new words from the sentences and improving your listening comprehension.
Re:Sitting May Be Bad for Your Heart
on Friday December 22, 2017 @03:08PM (#15990505)
I place this https://m.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/art/80267566/ on my desk, you can put more things than your computer and lean on it, it holds well.