Yaggo

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Comment · 6 months ago
> The majority of printing processes today are performed using different > coloured pigments. However, there’s another type of colour called structural > colour, which typically uses nanoscale structures that interact with light > to produce a colour.

Doesn't the pigment act as ("natural") nanoscale structure as well?

Comment · 7 months ago
Same here, the address will eventually leak some way anyway.

I never got SpamAssassin working very well, but since moving my email hosting to Apple (from my own server), spam has not been a problem.

Comment · 7 months ago
Maybe 0.1% of consumers even know what "root access" means.
Comment · 7 months ago
Really? Which car manufacturer officially provides you a root access to your vehicle?
Comment · 7 months ago
Yeah, first I thought this is just a BeOS-inspired GUI theme, but there is more to it:

    Nexus is Vitruvian's custom Linux kernel subsystem that brings BeOS-style
    node monitoring, device tracking, and messaging to Linux — making it
    possible to run Haiku applications on a standard Linux kernel.
Comment · 7 months ago
Yes that's the best use of waste (next to not producing the waste in the first place). Also, those powerplants are usually combined type of powerplants which make them highly effective, i.e. they are producing both heat and electricity.

Nordics countries generally need lot of heating because of cold climate, which in cities is typically district heating, i.e. delivering the heat as hot water from big heating plants. Heat pumps are also very popular (air-to-air, air-to-water, geothermal).

For example, my house is entirely heated with 3 heat pumps, even in -25°C. From April to September 10 kW solar panels provide the most of energy, also charging my Tesla.

Comment · 7 months ago
The rest of Europe needs an energy reform. They should take the Nordics countries as an example, where household usage of gas is very minimal / non-existent and everything is electricity based (electricity being the cleanest in the world). They are also leading the EV adaptation by big margin.
Comment · 9 months ago
Sounds like you have too small TV or you too long viewing distance.

The differency between FullHD and 4K is very noticeable with THX-recommended viewing angles. I watch 98” from 3 meters.

Comment · 9 months ago
Interesting idea! But I think such upgrade would take years, if not decades, to get widely adopted.
Comment · 9 months ago
The old JS Date API is far from perfect and I'm happy it being replaced, but part of the problem is various string-based formats and people being sloppy using them. Not to mention general complexity in time/date concept with timezones, summer time, leap seconds, etc.

For string format, just stick with ISO 8601. If you need to parse less-standard formats, use a robust library of your choise. The standard library should not try to support parsing zillion obscure formats. Outputting localized / human-readable format should be a responsibility of localization API anyway.

I also think that many libraries/APIs involving formatting things have some US centric design limitations, i.e. tendency to treat US formats as native and international support is often a bit after-thought. Especially with older stuff like the JS Date API.

Comment · 10 months ago
Care to share what driver board you have used?
Comment · 10 months ago
The content is gold but so is the web page design.
Comment · 10 months ago
Yes, hybrids are much more efficient especially in city driving, not so much on highway. I used to drive a Prius back in the day.
Comment · 10 months ago
30…40% is very ideal number, 15…25% is often the reality.
Comment · 11 months ago
LFP is so cheap that small-scale thermal battery makes not sense for electricity generation. Even in big scale (like OP) it mostly makes sense for heat, e.g. district heating systems, industry process heat, etc.

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