slow frog principle

#unix_surrealism #puffy #technomage #whale

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!

#EU #StandWithUkraine

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.

macstories.net/linked/transit-…

Transit Can Now Track Underground Trains without GPS

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

youtube.com/watch?v=DdTLjXudZq…

NAŽIVO: Štart 360tky a jej prvá debata

Projekt 360tka začína písať svoj príbeh. Na úvodnej debate si predstavíme celý projekt a jeho formáty, v prvej debate Michal Kovačič privíta Václava Moravca,...

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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

🌍✊ 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

change.org/p/stop-cuts-on-dutc…

Stop cuts on Dutch higher education!

^{Hedde Zeijlstra (Change.org)}

"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

world-nuclear-news.org/article…

SMRs to help decarbonise Dutch energy system, study concludes

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}

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.org/

MapComplete - editable, thematic maps with OpenStreetMap

MapComplete is a platform to visualize OpenStreetMap on a specific topic and to easily contribute data back to it.

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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…

Beeskie is the first native Bluesky app built for Windows 11, and a Microsoft engineer makes it

If you’re using the social network Bluesky more and more, then you’ll want to follow this new app’s real-time development

^{Daniel Rubino (Windows Central)}

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!

pragprog.com/titles/bcosp/prog…

Program Management for Open Source Projects

Go beyond mere project management and improve teamwork, communication, and predictability in open source development. Make meetings and schedules work for you.

^pragprog.com

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.

 Why I ditched Buddhism.

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)}

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

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.

tetralogical.com/blog/2024/11/…

Foundations: types of disability - TetraLogical

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…

David Goldfield

2024-11-18 16:12:35

Celebrating 10 Years of Hartgen Consultancy with Holiday Offers! groups.io/g/tech-vi/message/81…

Celebrating 10 Years of Hartgen Consultancy with Holiday Offers!

^groups.io

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.

independent.co.uk/arts-enterta…

David Attenborough says he is ‘profoundly disturbed’ his voice is being cloned with AI

‘My identity is being stolen by others,’ said 98-year-old naturalist

^{Ellie Harrison (The Independent)}

I swear that's how it works!!!

How did you get into programming? ✨

#CyanTechMeme

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.

nj.com/education/2024/11/nj-sc…

N.J. school accidentally released names of kids who opted out of sex education

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:

open-web-advocacy.org/blog/ios…

iOS age restriction blocks all browsers except Safari, breaks choice screen - Open Web Advocacy

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