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Re:Random Google Street View on Thursday September 01, 2022 @06:35AM (#32674468)
Almost all of those videos are real. You can in fact quite easily identify most areas down to a few 100s of km just from the surrounding nature. It takes some practice but it is for example very easy to learn which continent the nature is in. The videos you see on social media is also of course the best case out of 100s of games.
After hyperloop and tesla semi, I don't trust Elon that much.
Re:Stripe is kick-starting market for carbon removal on Wednesday October 27, 2021 @10:12AM (#29013513)
The carbon removal plant in the picture is from climeworks where you can subscribe to carbon removal, if anyone is interested. Cost about $1000 per tonne https://climeworks.com/roadmap/orca
It also also means sleep 24/7 in for example northern sweden during the winter
Re:Don't Pick Up: Missed calls in India on Thursday April 15, 2021 @02:45AM (#26816884)
I used Google calendar to send free SMS to myself with information about my services running on my raspberry pi. Each service had a future calendar entry with SMS reminder. Under normal operation the service would move the entry forward in time. If it had crashed, I got a SMS.
Re:Mitsubishi Heavy to build biggest zero-carbon steel plant on Thursday December 31, 2020 @07:31AM (#25592054)
Sweden is actually the first country to build such an plant. Att the moment it is mostly testing plants but the real ones will be built soon. https://www.hybritdevelopment.com/
The same is true for solar that is not easily recyclable.
Re:The Economics of Maps [pdf] on Thursday February 13, 2020 @02:58AM (#22316095)
Please rename the link to "The Economics of Maps (PDF)"
Maybe the last part should also be included? The last reply is "yes, but I will write a pm about it". This is the answer to the statement about there being two interigations if she creates a new one.

Maybe we can request that PM?

You can always follow USA where minimum wage is not enough to live :) - the wonders of the right.
It seems like they don't know.

"The target of the scam was convinced that he was speaking with his boss due to a “subtle German accent” and specific “melody” to the man’s voice and wired the money as requested.

According to a representative of Euler Hermes Group SA, the firm’s insurance company, the CEO was targeted by a new kind of scam that used AI-enhanced technology to create an audio deepfake of his employer’s voice. " - https://cyberscout.com/en/blog/voice-deepfake-scams-ceo-out-...

Re:Exposing the Myth of Plastic Recycling on Monday September 23, 2019 @02:15AM (#21046376)
Doing something is better than doing nothing, right?
It works in every other country...
Re:Bugs That Became Features on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @10:33AM (#20940603)
1. Not necessarily a bug. Just slow software. 2. Not a bug. 3. A real stretch to call this a bug. 4. Seems lika a real bug without researching more. 5. Not a bug.
As a swede I don't really see a problem with this, SSN is publicly available in Swedden to anyone.
That is actually a common myth: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/fitn...

I also think that you wear different clothes and are more prepeared when it is -15.

Re:Apple Lays Off 200 Employees from Autonomous Car Unit on Thursday January 24, 2019 @07:45AM (#18988136)
He ment crash saftey :) If you are in a collition, Volvo is world leading. Tesla is only safer because is can break in advance.