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Comment · 3 years ago
Comment · 3 years ago
Data protection sounds like a huge brainwashing that Germans have been submitted to. At my work we analyze driving data, but our internal portal cannot be made public (with public I mean accessible within the company's intranet) because there might be people and cars in the video and this would violate their data protection rights.

In the end everything need some extra layers of bureaucracy to comply with the laws or is simply not done. And the funny part is that many think this is how it works in other countries too.

Comment · 5 years ago
Pump and dump?
Comment · 5 years ago
It makes no sense to break down the value of installed capacity that everyone will understand into four different meaningless values.
Comment · 5 years ago
Comment · 5 years ago
Any article highlighting a flaw in a system can be a "hating non-story" if you're enough of a fanboy.
Comment · 5 years ago
Wind turbines usually brake after 25m/s wind speeds for safety reasons. They stopped working in Texas cause they were frozen, not because it was too windy.
Comment · 5 years ago
Comment · 5 years ago
I find eSports bad for gaming. People are focusing so much on watching others and being competitive, not caring much in about enjoying the games they play. I see even kids doing it, just sitting back and watching others instead of actually playing the game.

When I go to a field to play football, most people are just having fun, no one is trying to be like a professional. Those people that are extremely competitive end up not wanted around. On video games on the other hand it feels like everyone wanna be a professional of eSports and play competitively, even on games that are not meant to be. It just ruins the experience.

Comment · 5 years ago
I find it rather funny the author rating Starcraft with good variety. The game made every unit ranged so they wouldn't need to bother balancing melee attacks. I understand he means that each faction has different units, but imagine how boring AoE2 would be if all units were archers.
Comment · 5 years ago

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