tschuy
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Software and infrastructure at Indent. Formerly CoreOS, Red Hat.
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Comment · 2 years ago
For at least one of the most toxic additives in tires, Washington State's Department of Ecology and some West Coast tribes are leading the push to prohibit, with the caveat that researchers are still looking for a suitable replacement:
https://ecology.wa.gov/blog/january-2023/saving-washington-s...
https://apnews.com/article/epa-tires-toxic-chemical-salmon-t...
Comment · 3 years ago
Similarly, in the Pacific Northwest, patches of berries and other edible plants may be remnants of Indian/First Nation settlements:
https://www.science.org/content/article/pacific-northwest-s-...
Comment · 8 years ago
Caltrain is being electrified right now and due to be done in six years, and of course CA High Speed Rail is going to be electric.
Comment · 8 years ago
Transatlantic flights average 75 mpg per passenger, but can be up to almost 100 mpg per passenger:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_economy_in_aircraft
Jet fuel is 37.4 MJ/L; compare to gasoline at 34.2:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_density#Energy_densitie...
An electric car will have up to 150 miles-per-gallon equivalent (aka 150 miles per the same amount of energy that's in one gallon of gasoline):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_per_gallon_gasoline_equi...
So therefore, an electric car with just the driver is more efficient energy-wise than an airplane, while an average airplane is better than a gas car with even three people in it.
Comment · 9 years ago
I could potentially see technology like this being useful even for people without vision issues. The ability to read information from a display without needing to glance down at the watch would be great.
Comment · 9 years ago
it's super popular in France, at the very least.
Comment · 10 years ago
Similarly, the French government has some great maps up: http://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/accueil
It's in French, unfortunately for the Anglophone world, but they also have aerial maps dating back to the 30s under the advanced explorer.
Comment · 10 years ago
In SFO most recently, I was welcomed back only after I thanked the guy at passport control and told him to have a good day. It really depends on how passport control feels that day.
Comment · 10 years ago
T-Mobile was the first US carrier to give free Intl roaming. I'm currently using it and it's worked great for months.
Comment · 10 years ago
Previous discussion, 8 comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9903354
Comment · 10 years ago
Not blocked here in France.
Comment · 10 years ago
> to encourage sites to use encryption
And because having your fine location cross the wire unencrypted is a terrible idea :)
Comment · 10 years ago
Perhaps you could make one in every x links be an affiliate link with your key, and the IAP get rid of that?
Comment · 10 years ago
I'm currently ueing my family's account while abroad in France. Should I get blocked?