Chup

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How the World’s Biggest Plane Would Supersize Wind Energy⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I like the zeppelin idea, btw.

  That is really a good idea indeed!

  As the plane seems not to solve the current problem at all. Large blades can already be transported via river barge close to the onshore locations. Or via road, as long as those are wide and straight enough. The problem are the last few kilometres narrow roads through protected forest, along small creeks, up the mountains etc. Alternatively to building a runway in such a remote location, one could also build a wider road. It would impact nature, protection laws and residents in similar ways and completely avoid new problems coming with the plane idea.

  A Zeppelin on the other hand could skip the part with a huge runway or wide road completely and just hover over the location and lower the payload, like a helicopter. I have no clue if that is doable from weight, wind influence etc, but the idea seems way smarter than a large aircraft requiring a huge runway.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Germany's Olaf Scholz has become a major problem for Ukraine⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s odd to see such an article on Euronews, who are usually very reliable on their reporting. Here we have a mix of different things, mainly existing in the media sphere but less in reality.

  1. Leaked recordings – That’s the resort of Mr. Pistorius, the Minister of Defence. But even blaming Mr. Pistorius is a bit far fetched, as it was one officer on a trip in Asia not following any safety code by joining a secret online meeting via public wifi and his private phone. Mr. Pistorius already explained the case in the last days. So the blame should go to that person ignoring the safety protocol or their IT service company for failing to instruct properly. Nothing to do with Scholz at all, but some tabloids of course print those baseless calls from opposition politicians. I just don’t get why Euronews would publish that.

  2. loose-lipped press conferences – Completely made up ‘scandal’ about Scholz indicating why Taurus cruise missiles cannot be delivered to Ukraine. He didn’t even directly say it, but it was a media interpretation, that France and the UK provide geodata for their missiles and the UK has personnel in Ukraine. And on top, that information was already in the news in October 2023. Everyone knows it, it’s public for half a year. I feel like waking up in a parallel universe, where made up stories and the norm. It was publicly known and he didn’t even say it, yet he gets blamed for leaking secrets.

  3. confused policy – Since the beginning, Scholz was against sending Taurus, like very other country asked about 500km missiles as well. He never changed his stance. The article also doesn’t go into detail what would be confused about his policy.

   

  Yet, it’s getting mentioned what threats Russia is throwing against Germany by supporting Ukraine further. I looked up the writer and it’s a British journalist at BBC radio. This article sounds more like a rant on Sun on Dailymail and is not up to the standard that I know from Euronews.

  This whole topic about the Taurus cruise missiles feels like a bad act anyway, as no country provided 500 km missiles. Every country said no. And no means no. Unless it’s Germany, then the questions comes again and again and again and fingers pointing at Scholz for standing with the same policy as always and as every other country in the world: no 500km missiles.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump 'encourages' Russia to attack NATO states not paying 'bills'⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That threat or that demand should be easy to fulfil on paper though via bureaucracy – just in case he makes it.

  The USA has so many services and authorities included in their military, that other countries usually have separately. E.g. cost guard, army corps of engineers, space force etc.

  It would just require some formal budget reallocation for all the countries, that have those services and authorities not in their military budget. And magically, on paper, everyone would suddenly be way over the 2% NATO target. With the USA being in a spot to not even complain about that ‘trickery’, as the mentioned sectors are in their own military budget anyway.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you reload a warship ?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  In a selected port, with a crane. That’s basically the tl;dr from the video Kalash posted at 4:23 time index.

  But the Houthis didn’t fire at warships. I know some outlets had similar sounding titles but they were clickbait and their own articles were contradicting their title. The Houthis were firing towards merchant vessels and within 20 km or so, there was also a warship, which then reacted.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stellantis makes a big bet on EV battery swapping in new deal with Ample⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Especially living in a city, this looks interesting to me. ‘Fast’ charging I’ve seen was in the range 30-60 min but then it’s like the phone, from about 20% up to 80%. So living in a city, I’d have to wait for half an hour for half the battery.

  With a swap-station, it could be nearly as fast as a fossil fuel stop. About 2 minutes for a 0% to 100% stop.

  This also allows for smaller batteries, for smaller cars, for lighter cars. You don’t need to carry a lot of overall range if you can swap/refill to 100% in 2 minutes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Solar module prices dive to record low⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  In a way kinda. It’s problematic though that China is using Uyghur forced labour to produce cheap solar panels.

  This of course allows them to undercut any other manufacturer, driving them out of the market. So the delivery chain is getting kinda small and the products have forced labour attached to them.

  “China uses Uyghur forced labour to make solar panels, says report” Published 14 May 2021 (Source: www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-57124636)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I want Android to get a lot better so I'm telling people to buy an iPhone 15⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  The article is quite harmless compared to the silly title.

  But the main argument is that Android has too many settings and options where users don’t even know what they are good for. And with further development it’s getting more features and more options.

  That seems to be a very minor and rather luxury problem to have more and more features and options.

  On the PC, there are lots of programs that already use a short list of options available and then a checkbox with ‘I’m an expert’ or ‘Advanced settings’ to show them all. More settings means more freedom for the user to chose from. Hiding them would be a simple task. But just because they exist and are shown, this doesn’t mean that anyone has to click on anything without even knowing what it does. So it’s not really a problem besides reading 3 more words in the list of settings but not doing anything with it.

  For options I don’t know, I just use a web search in case I’m interested. Or I just ignore them as long as I don’t have a problem related to the topic.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TP-Link Integrates Kasa Smart Home Devices into Tapo App with Version 3.0⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  In the 1st step, maybe a year ago or so, they updated the Kasa app (v 3?) to only function with account and while being logged in at TP-Link servers to use your devices. And in now the 2nd step, they integrate Kasa into Tapo, which was always account-bound. The 3rd step is then probably the discontinuation of the Kasa app.

  Kasa was their more premium product line, that was usable without internet connection and without manufacturer account - which is why I paid more to get those instead of the cheap Tapo products. But now my ‘smart’ power outlets are in a box in the basement collecting dust and I cannot recommend anyone to spend money on TP-Link smart products, as they remove features after sale.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Smartphone sales down 22 percent in Q2, the worst performance in a decade⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I understand ‘worst sales’ but ‘worst performance’ doesn’t really fit. It’s in my opinion this is a fantastic performance on the market. With right to repair, longer software support, some models with replaceable batteries, we can use the phones longer and make the industry more sustainable and consumer friendly. For the last years already, the model feature upgrades were marginal and it’s fine that way.

  In the future, I’d hope for further technical and regulatory development in that direction, resulting in further reduced annual sales numbers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨40GW of solar panels gathering dust in European warehouses⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  The problem is the origin and forced labour.

  Most of the cheap panels in storage are made in China, while the European manufacturer’s cannot produce at the same price. China also uses Uyghur forced labour to get those low prices www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-57124636

  So making them cheaper is not really an option, unless the EU also wants to go for forced labour camps to compete with China. But it could work the other way around by adding tariffs to Chinese panels or restrict imports if there is a connection to forced labour. The US already added tariffs to Chinese solar panels last year and expanded them reuters.com/…/us-says-solar-imports-four-southeas…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Server hardware overheating? Zip ties is always the solution.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  “Recycling brackets”, 1000 pcs bag.

  This bag contains already used zip ties in various lengths and colours. You can reuse the items and be creative. Build modern art for your living room, a fan holding bracket for your server or a cool handle for your hot coffee cup.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Very brief Lower Decks S4 premiere sneak peek from EW⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  IMDB has release dates for season 4 listed.

  Episode 1 & 2 are labelled with Thu, Sep 7, 2023 and from then on one per week. November 2nd for the last episode and the full season.

  www.imdb.com/title/tt9184820/episodes?season=4

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨T-Mobile laying off 5,000 employees⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  This article is only about the branch “T-Mobile US” but not mentioning it. And yes according to Wikipedia there are about 70,000 employees. The parent company is listed with about 210,000 employees.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Vestas Offshore Wind Turbine Breaks 24-Hour Production Record⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s an exciting technological race with the wind turbines. Just last year China opened a wind farm with another record holding wind turbine:

  Chinese wind turbine manufacturer Goldwind and China Three Gorges (CTG) Corporation held a ceremony in the Fujian offshore wind industrial park on 13 October as Goldwind rolled out the nacelle for its first 13.6 MW turbine that will have a rotor diameter of 252 metres.

  While Vestas’s and Siemens Gamesa’s currently largest offshore wind turbines have a capacity of 15 MW and 14 MW, respectively, more than Goldwind’s new giant, their rotors stand at “only” 236 metres.

  According to the recent update from Siemens Gamesa, its SG 14-236 DD rotor has a 43,500 m2 swept area, which is approximately the size of 6.1 standard football pitches and, according to China Daily, Goldwind’s GWH 252-13.6MW has a swept area of about 50,000 m2 which is “equivalent to 7 standard football fields”.

  Source: offshorewind.biz/…/goldwind-new-offshore-wind-tur…

  So different manufacturers have different concepts regarding height, diameter, swept area and of course electricity output. With the tallest and the most swept area not being the one with the highest electricity production.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Solar power to the rescue as Europe's energy system weathers extreme heat⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  As per the 1st paragraph, this whole article is only about southern Europe with extreme heat. Same for the solar output, which across Europe fell in July 2023 compared to 2022. It’s just higher in southern countries compared to 2023.

  In most of Europe, this summer is cold, wet and windy. So for most of Europe, without that much sun in summer, it’s the very windy conditions causing the cold summer, that pumps most of the renewable electricity. Just last week, wind generated 22% more electricity compared to the week in 2022.

  So overall it’s split and respectively the other renewable technology having large gains, depending on where in Europe you look.