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Comment · 3 years ago
But it's not really Philips anymore... It's the same with some TVs with the Grundig brand, which is also very strong. It's just some Chinese factory licensing the brand name... Grundig went bankrupt a few years ago...
Comment · 5 years ago
Maybe this is a way to achieve that?

"So, for the different apps to be interoperable, no encryption is allowed"

Again, I would prefer the market to sort it out without interference from politicians.

Comment · 5 years ago
In elementary school I remember hearing the planets move in CIRCLES in THE SAME PLANE around the Sun.

In an atom, electrons would also move around the nucleus like a mini-solar system.

For seven and eight years old children, it's a fair simplification, I guess.

Comment · 5 years ago
One system based on semiconductors will eventually fail, as their failure rate follows the bathtub curve

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathtub_curve

As much as I call cryptocurrencies a cancer, I admit storing on Bitcoin blockchain is probably the most resilient way, as its constantly being replicated across a huge amount of machines around the planet...

Comment · 5 years ago
In train accidents, usually the first compositions are the most badly hit. The train driver is the most susceptible to die. You're better assisted by a remote operator...
Comment · 5 years ago
a) Let's say you vaccinate all south-africans with AZ+Moderna+JJ+PB, then 1/4 of the population will be barely protected.

b) Let's say you vaccinate all south-africans with Moderna+JJ+PB, then all the population will be protected.

If you pay the same in both scenarios, why on earth would you choose a)?

Comment · 6 years ago
Regarding the organic food, I wish it were that simple, but organic isn't better than conventional. It can still use pesticides, if they have a biological origin, and these are more aggressive than the synthetic ones. To feed the same population, more land use is required, thereby increasing deforestation and more carbon emissions to bring food along greater distances.
Comment · 6 years ago
Comment · 6 years ago
In most of Europe, the company doesn't pay anything, so it isn't tough for it. Every worker contributes a percentage for the Social Security, so basically the cost gets diluted among all tax payers.
Comment · 6 years ago
I have the opposite experience! The image on the right is almost pixelated; the image on the left has almost perfect diagonal lines!
Comment · 7 years ago
> google will now have the DNS data

It wont necessarily be Google... From what I understood from the article, if you're currently using OpenDNS, Cloudflare DNS, etc., after the change you'll still continue to use them, only the protocol used to access them will change...

Comment · 7 years ago
Comment · 7 years ago
The amount of time I spent exploring it! What a rabbit whole to wonder into!

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