Tomorrow will mark 1,000 days since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
On this despicable anniversary, we honour the brave Ukrainians working and fighting for a free Ukraine with the colours of its flag on our headquarters.
Our enduring friendship and solidarity are here to stay. So is our commitment to work shoulder to shoulder towards a peaceful future within our Union.
Слава Україні! Europe is with you!
Transit (the app) can now track your train and warn you when you are about to reach your station *even when your train is underground* 🤯
To achieve this, they've built a prediction model that utilizes the iPhone’s built-in accelerometer and analyzes its patterns to identify when the vehicle you boarded is in motion, and every time it reaches a station. Pretty impressive stuff.
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Earlier this month, Transit, one of my favorite apps of all time, gained an impressive new feature: the app is now able to track your train and warn you when you are about to reach your destination even when your train is underground.Niléane (MacStories)
aha čo bolo
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Projekt 360tka začína písať svoj príbeh. Na úvodnej debate si predstavíme celý projekt a jeho formáty, v prvej debate Michal Kovačič privíta Václava Moravca,...YouTube
My struggling Raspberry Pi got a performance boost by a small change in the memory configuration.Abhishek Kumar (It's FOSS)
Installing ADB (Android Debug Bridge) on your computer is crucial for Android users who want to unlock the full potential of their devices.Jasper Hawthorne (DevX)
What is Grep command in Linux? It's a command-line utility for searching files for certain patterns that match regular expressions.admin (LinuxHostSupport)
iOS 18.2 makes Camera Control better than ever for iPhone 16 users with several key upgrades like visual intelligence and new settings.Ryan Christoffel (9to5Mac)
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We start off the week with #MuralMonday to bring some color to your week and inspire you to take some adventures around your town to find new murals!
Tag us in photos of your Tern in front of a local mural!!
🚲 #TernGSD
📍 #Seattle
📸 @thename.bsky.social (First Bluesky submission!)
🎨 @henry_beyond_museums
Murals can also be added and uploaded to #OpenStreetMap with mapcomplete.org/artwork
Those pictures might be posted by @mapcomplete_edits
🌍✊ Join the Fight to Protect Dutch Higher Education! ✊🌍
I want to bring your attention to an important issue that affects not just the Netherlands, but all of us who care about education and the future of our society. The new Dutch government has announced a staggering €1 billion in cuts to higher education and science—the largest reduction we've seen in decades. This decision threatens the quality of education, the well-being of staff, and the future of countless students.
As we face global challenges that require well-educated individuals to tackle complex problems, these cuts will only exacerbate existing issues like increased overtime, deteriorating working conditions, and the discontinuation of vital study programs. The "Internationalization in balance" law could also drive away international staff, further weakening the educational landscape.
We cannot stand by while the Dutch cabinet pledges to address societal problems yet simultaneously undermines the very institutions that are essential for solving them. Strong colleges, universities, and research institutions are crucial for overcoming challenges like the housing shortage and teacher shortages.
I urge you to stand in solidarity with Dutch students, educational staff, and society at large by signing this petition: Stop Cuts on Dutch Higher Education. Every signature counts and sends a powerful message to the government to reverse these devastating measures.
Let’s work together to ensure a brighter future for education and research! 📚💪 #StopTheCuts #HigherEducation #Solidarity
"Small modular reactors could play an important role and contribute to the Dutch energy transition, a joint report by NRG-Pallas and TNO concludes. The study shows that there is room for more than 13 SMRs in 2050.
The study, the partners said, utilises "NRG-Pallas' expertise in innovative reactor technologies and TNO's energy system model OPERA".
Two scenarios drawn up by TNO were used in this study: ADAPT and TRANSFORM. These scenarios are based on different visions of the future for the Dutch energy system. In both visions, the aim is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by 2030 and to achieve greenhouse gas neutrality by 2050.
In order to investigate the sensitivity of the results with respect to boundary conditions and assumptions, a few 'what-if' analyses were performed. These what-if analyses examined whether investment in and use of SMRs change when input parameters are varied.
"The results show that SMRs have a role to play in the Dutch energy transition," the study says. "The optimal contribution of SMRs to 2050 was calculated for various assumptions about future society. The results show that two to more than 13 SMRs (of 150 MWe) can be deployed with room for further expansion of this number in 2050."
It adds: "These results are contingent on policy objectives, expected market availability and realisation periods. If constraints on the potential deployment capacity are partially lifted, as is done in some of the what-if analyses, it is observed that there may even be room for more than 27 SMRs (of 150 MWe). This what-if analysis result can be interpreted as a more economically optimal solution, but is obviously conditional on the aforementioned aspects used to define the potential limits for the scenarios being sufficiently adjusted to allow for this to occur.
"On the other hand, with delayed introduction of SMRs or no nuclear at all, a carbon neutral energy system in 2050 is possible as well. The exact optimum depends mainly on the future of industry, and more specifically on the future heat demand from activities such as refineries and (bio-)aromatics production, and the degree of electrification in society. Nevertheless, it can be concluded that SMRs are an important option for decarbonisation of the industry by supplying process heat."
An earlier scenario study by TNO showed that in an energy system without new nuclear power plants, the system costs are 1% to 2.5% higher than with nuclear energy. "Although nuclear power plants are initially more expensive than wind turbines and solar panels, the loss of nuclear energy as an energy supply should be compensated for by greater use of more expensive flexibility options, such as energy storage," NRG-Pallas noted.
In April 2023, in its draft Climate Fund for 2024, the Dutch government budgeted funds totalling EUR320 million (USD352 million) for the development of nuclear energy. The funds will be used for the preparation of the operational extension of the existing Borssele nuclear power plant, the construction of two new large reactors, the development of small modular reactors and for nuclear skills development in the Netherlands.
In August 2022, the UK's Rolls-Royce SMR signed an exclusive agreement with ULC-Energy to collaborate on the deployment of Rolls-Royce SMR power plants in the Netherlands. ULC-Energy - established in 2021 and based in Amsterdam - aims to accelerate decarbonisation in the Netherlands by developing nuclear energy projects that efficiently integrate with residential and industrial energy networks in the country."
#Nuclear #News #Netherlands #SMR
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Small modular reactors could play an important role and contribute to the Dutch energy transition, a joint report by NRG-Pallas and TNO concludes. The study shows that there is room for more than 13 SMRs in 2050. ;World Nuclear News
@modulux Honestly, I largely agree with you. The benefits, as I see it, are twofold:
1. they have a lower capital cost (even though they probably have higher costs per kW installed), thus lowering financial risks.
2. They probably fit better in existing fossil infrastructure in many places. The Netherlands for example has many fossil plants between 200 and 800 MWe. SMRs could fit 1:1 in that existing site and infrastructure.
Adding to the second point: a lot of the grid is strained, and expansion is needed anyway, but for a time - say the next twenty years - SMRs could fit better in that existing infra.
Then there is the side point that higher temperature SMRs, like molten salt reactors, could be used for industrial process heat, whereas with PWRs this is harder or not feasible.
But I completely agree that we should build a lot more LWRs.
Looking for vegan places and not a fan of proprietary datasets? #MapComplete has several themes to find (and edit) vegan places, based on #OpenStreetMap data!
The “restaurants and fast food” theme will show most places you might be interested in. If you love fries (like I do), “fries shops” will be helpful for you. And in the “gluten free” and “lactose free” themes, you can filter for vegan places too!
You can also easily edit these places with MapComplete, for example to add details or update incorrect or outdated information. Your changes will be uploaded to OpenStreetMap, which is freely reusable data!
MapComplete is a platform to visualize OpenStreetMap on a specific topic and to easily contribute data back to it.mapcomplete.org
If you've been using #Bluesky more lately, you'll want to know that an unofficial app for Windows 11 is now being worked on.
While it's still in beta, we should see updates every few days to bring it up to feature parity.
DETAILS: windowscentral.com/software-ap…
If you’re using the social network Bluesky more and more, then you’ll want to follow this new app’s real-time developmentDaniel Rubino (Windows Central)
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Dr. Kirk Adams announces the launch of his Official Mastodon Server, a platform dedicated to fostering discussions about accessibility, inclusion, and innovation, particularly for the blind and visually impaired community.Dr. Kirk Adams
Apple Intelligence is made possible by Apple’s silicon efforts, as revealed in detail in a new interview with company execs.Ryan Christoffel (9to5Mac)
Have you ever wanted to buy the ebook of "Program Management for Open Source Projects" but you only want to pay 60% of the list price? Well let me tell you a secret: if you use promo code turkeysale2024 through December 2, you can do just that!
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Go beyond mere project management and improve teamwork, communication, and predictability in open source development. Make meetings and schedules work for you.pragprog.com
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Join us on November 21, 2024, at 8 pm ET for the next FSOpenLine Our next FSOpenLine takes place on Thursday, November 21, 2024, from 8 pm to 9:30 pm Eastern time. Join Glen Gordon, Software Fellow…Freedom Scientific Blog
Apple has released beta 2 for visionOS 2.2, tvOS 18.2, and watchOS 11.2. Here’s an overview of what these software updates bring.Ryan Christoffel (9to5Mac)
Here's an interesting article about how someone did not find solace in Buddhism. Feel free to express your opinion in a reply. slate.com/culture/2003/02/why-…
I personally think that there are some common misconceptions that might have influenced the author's views, e.g. the way he understands the definition of attachment, enlightenment, views on reality, but it's always so interesting to see differing opinions.
For a 2,500-year-old religion, Buddhism seems remarkably compatible with our scientifically oriented culture, which may explain its surging popularity...John Horgan (Slate)
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I just had the same thought, didn't want to influence anyone's reading though.
I think he is looking for something that science can prove to be right, the same way it proved that humans technically have two brains which the Chinese knew for thousands of years through martial arts, the Tao, etc. Also categorising Buddhism as a religion while it's really not.
Matching dinosaur footprints in Cameroon and Brazil record a time when Africa and South America were still connected & herds could wander between them.
I'm not saying the very same dinosaur was stomping around in both Cameroon and Brazil...but it's possible.
nytimes.com/2024/08/28/science…
#science #history #nature #dinosaurs
More than 260 similar footprints found in Brazil and Cameroon help us understand a region that broke apart millions of years ago.Alexandra E. Petri (The New York Times)
What are the different types of disability? Do you know the difference between a situational and a temporary disability?
Most people recognise certain disabilities but don't realise that not all disabilities are constant or permanent.
Accessibility Specialist Demelza Feltham explores different types, how they might affect people, and gives a huge range of examples that almost everyone can relate to.
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This post offers an overview of various disability types across four groups: seeing, hearing, moving, and thinking, and provides a brief exploration of what disability is, highlighting how permanent, temporary, or situational disabilities can affect …TetraLogical
BREAKING NEWS 🚨
The underwater fiber-optic communication cable C-Lion-1, the only one connecting Finland with Central Europe, has been cut!
It is 1,200 kilometers long and runs close to the Russian gas pipeline Nord Stream.
The cable is torn. The cause is unknown. An investigation is currently underway.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO #Zelensky #war #Breaking #BreakingNews
Huge congratulations to @hartgenconsult for a decade of creating amazing products & tutorials. My favorite thing I've purchased from you is #Leasey, which I use many times daily & have 0 idea what I would do without it. Keep up your incredible work! :) tweesecake.social/@DavidGoldfi…
Celebrating 10 Years of Hartgen Consultancy with Holiday Offers! groups.io/g/tech-vi/message/81…
Quick steps to safely delete your Outlook email account on Android, iPhone, or Web browser!Tuta
Este é o tipo de coisa em que eu penso quando se fala em distopia.
A IA é cada vez mais uma ferramenta de usurpação, contrafação, fraude, mentira e manipulação.
E poluição ambiental também. Quase me esquecia.
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‘My identity is being stolen by others,’ said 98-year-old naturalistEllie Harrison (The Independent)
Whoops! school accidentally leaked names of kids who opted out of sex education
Names had been redacted from a PDF, but included in HTML version. 🤦♂️ This kind of screw-up happens far too often.
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Parents say the move violated students' privacy. The school says it was an accident.Tina Kelley | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com (nj)
In case you missed it, Apple has been using age limits to unfairly discriminate against third party browsers:
A collaborator found out that the US State Dept is seeking public input on whether "satellite signature reduction" should be subject to ITAR regs.
Translation: should satellite operators who make their satellites fainter (in order to not destroy the night sky quite as much) be allowed to talk about how they did it?
So some of my collaborators and I put together a quick and easy template for you to email the US State Dept and tell them this shouldn't be secret info:
New review feat. THE Sapna Cheryan (essentially if you want to understand STEM gender equity gaps this is the scientist to read) free to access until Dec 2
"Global patterns of gender disparities in STEM and explanations for their persistence"
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Women remain underrepresented in some STEM fields throughout much of the world. In this Review, Cheryan and colleagues discuss four factors that might explain this underrepresentation — access to education and employment, masculine cultures, insuffic…Nature
Esteban Küber
in reply to Esteban Küber • • •Now we live in a world where free-form Excel spreadsheets *can* have some structure imposed on them, but that rarely do, instead of one where structure is the default, but with free-form sheets available.
I guess it is the dynamic vs static typing argument all over again, but playing out on a field where people don't necessarily see themselves as programmers.
Hubert Figuière
in reply to Esteban Küber • • •it's a bit like Microsoft Word vs LaTeX.
Wysiwyg hacks vs structured document.
Yes you can structure your Word document and use stylesheets. But you don't have to either.
(applies to LibreOffice an most other consumer grade word processors)