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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mahle CEO Arnd Franz says hydrogen will fail without fossil fuels⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Industrial processes use A LOT of hydrogen, and most of it is derived from hydrocarbons. The best use for “green hydrogen”, by far, is replacing grey industrial hydrogen.

  Only then you can start replacing non-hydrogen use cases, like industrial heat and power generation and (eventually) transportation.

  The fact that this is up for debate is a testament to the success of the misinformation we’ve been exposed to for thirty years or more.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Donors⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The program that lifted millions of seniors out of poverty. That money.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ChatGPT is changing the way we write. Here’s how – and why it’s a problem.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  This is just basic “undergrad pads word count” strategy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is the RNC and DNC monopolies?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not really “established” becaue there isnt any formal body declaring what names different voting systems have.

  That is the most pompous way to say “I have never heard of political science”.

  Are you unclear about what recognition other demcracies give to parties, how there is no prize for 2nd place in America, or why that lack of such a prize gives rise to a two-party system?

  This is the most pompous way to say “I am unaware that lots of countries on this planet have district based systems”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is the RNC and DNC monopolies?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  1. it’s established terminology. I’m sure you have feelings about the term, but I’m not really invested in them either way.

  2. I’m not sure what you are referring to

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is the RNC and DNC monopolies?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It didn’t, but this one did: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfQij4aQq1k

  Thanks for the surprise J-Law early in the morning! I’m a big fan.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is the RNC and DNC monopolies?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Many countries have first-past-the-post elections, and there usually we don’t see the mortal lock of three two major party like we see in the U.S. in the UK for example we have regional parties (SNP, DUP, etc) and lib Dems/greens that win seats and send people to Westminster.

  The main problem as far as I can see is that campaigning in the US is very expensive, and third parties have problems raising the cash needed to make a dent in elections for Congress, let alone statewide office.

  To frame it in economic terms, it’s a market with a high barrier to entry that has evolved a duopoly. In that aspect it’s not too dissimilar to cable companies etc.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Telegram To Disclose Phones, IP Addresses At Authorities' Requests.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Look at that!

  A few nights in French jail worked wonders.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Climate change⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  You fucking wish.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is martial arts really that useful?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I got up to judo brown belt as a teen and it had saved my ass countless times. Not in fights, but in silly ass falls. Having good instincts when falling is a lifesaver.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is martial arts really that useful?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  China is so salty that karate can’t survive the age of the Internet they are blackballing it’s critics.

  Karate is Japanese, mr Sensei sir.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is martial arts really that useful?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a sport. It’s not meaningfully more useful than other sports.

  If you want something that’s genuinely useful in a confrontation, give up the fantasy of beating people up. Every time you fight you run a very real risk of incurring permanent harm or worse. Instead, sign up for track and learn and practice how to run away really fast.

  TLDR: fighting not good. Not fighting, good.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Academic writing⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Academic security research is constitutionally bad because academia as an environment selects people with a “hacker mentality” out at the freshman stage.

  It’s inherently biased towards rule-followers. That’s not a bad thing, but it means it’s bad at some things. Such as computer security research.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  You can kind of just upload it and hope for the best.

  Oh yeah. That’s great advice. That never goes wrong!

  Oh wait. It’s not.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Fair use has enumerated criteria. Do you meet them?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Why would you be allowed to share copyrighted works without a license from the rights holder?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Very thankful⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  “Free market” just means “free to engage in corporate rent seeking”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Very thankful⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It has never been easier to get money in the hands of your favorite performers. But it’s still harder than it should be.

  (Fuck the prudes at Mastercard)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The reason we don’t see exploding battery attacks more often is not because it’s technically hard, it’s because the erosion of public trust in everyday things isn’t worth it.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Throw a device from s series into a fire as a spot check and if it burns it’s ok, if it explodes give the entire series to your enemy’s kids to play with.

  Most high explosives burn unless detonated properly.

  This is really basic stuff. I don’t think you should be out and about giving people advice about handling (potential) explosives.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ethernet switch only partially working⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s highly dependent on the hardware. My router only has two ports.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ethernet switch only partially working⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Just to make sure you know this, routers are not switches. You might get some of them to sort behave like switches with careful configuration, but most of the time it’s asking for a lot of trouble.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ethernet switch only partially working⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  You have three routers? Why?

  Throw 2 of them out and he switches.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Seems legit⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  YB

  Yoshua Bengio? Is that you?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Solar will get too cheap to connect to the power grid.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  But they are not home at peak solar.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Solar will get too cheap to connect to the power grid.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s fair, but the reason it’s not economical right now is mostly poorly thought out contracts and subsidies. We are already paying for this mess.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Solar will get too cheap to connect to the power grid.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  All I’m hearing is excuses not to invest in battery storage at the grid level.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Climate scientists flee Twitter as hostility surges⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re gearing up to drop the navy seal copypasta aren’t you?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Climate scientists flee Twitter as hostility surges⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What the fuck are you talking about man?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Use Zotero⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, depends on whether you think someone will actually check what the references actually say or just eyeball the titles and go LGTM.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cords⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Modern inverters do this somewhat safely by sensing the phase before outputting power.

  Of course, you can’t tell just by looking, so I still would steer clear of the whole thing on principle.