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Re:The Dirty Truth About Turning Seawater into Drinking Water on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @08:37AM (#18920676)
"While most studies focus on salinity as the primary cause of biological effects, many chemicals are used in the desalination process (e.g. antiscalants, biocides, etc.), some of which can be toxic."[1]

[1] https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/ocean/d...

Re:Ask HN: Have you built a house? on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @09:41AM (#17868129)
Currently building a small (real small by US standards) 95 sqm. passive house in Romania. I dared to do this by myself as I'm a trained structural engineer (now a SW developer).

I can not emphasize enough on the energy efficiency of the house as energy costs are high. Take a look on how and why to build a passive house, it will change your life.

I can take a look here and see if you have one in your area... if it's a certified one you can visit it between 9-11 of Nov., this is a world wide event. More here: https://passivehouse-international.org/index.php?page_id=262

Also here you can find more info regarding passive houses in USA: https://naphnconference.com/

Are you saying that we should expect larger/stronger cold periods in Europe ?

The EU is saying that HDD (Heating Degree Days) is decreasing and it expects to further do so. [1]

[1]: https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/heating-d...

Re:HN is my new Facebook on Thursday June 29, 2017 @06:12AM (#14662040)
This is my first post so here it goes:

I'm a 30 yo self-taught programmer from Romania and I've found this page a couple of months ago... since then this is my point of entry to the WWW, this is really adictive! :D

Great job maintining this!