PanArab

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[–] PanArab@lemm.ee 1 points 2 days ago

That's even harder.

[–] PanArab@lemm.ee 17 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

Good luck getting ~~-2/3-~~ 3/4 of the states to ratify it.

[–] PanArab@lemm.ee 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Do they use the BSD userland instead? Interesting...

Perhaps the definition isn't good enough or accurate. What would you call a system that perhaps uses Darwin kernel or Hurd plus GNU user land, or any combo of.

[–] PanArab@lemm.ee -4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Except for this law.

IANAL, he is probably breaking other laws too.

[–] PanArab@lemm.ee 20 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (7 children)

I am still hoping it will hit 10% market share within my life time. I remember when it was predicted to hit that in 2010, obviously it didn't happen*. Of course for me personally, the year of the Linux Desktop was 2007 when I was finally able to use it as my main OS at home, I tried it before many times since 2003.

* not counting systems that use the Linux kernel but aren't considered a traditional GNU+Linux desktop.

[–] PanArab@lemm.ee 0 points 6 days ago

Wow, some industry lobbyists got government funding, amazing.

Not just in the US, China too is building nuclear reactors faster than any other country

Global fossil fuel subsidies are at $7 trillion, so I guess those are really relevant to our future as well!

No of course not. The subsidies at this point at a crime against humanity.

I don’t want developing countries to waste their money on nuclear power when they can get much more cost effective renewables.

If the renewables are cost effective and provide stable power then I too want them to be priority -near zero risks-, but more importantly industry and business will seek them on their own. I just hold that nuclear power should be part of the mix. Take the UAE for example it is investing in both nuclear and solar.

[–] PanArab@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

nuclear power isn’t relevant anymore.

that's not true. you just don't want developing countries to have nuclear power.

[–] PanArab@lemm.ee -1 points 1 week ago

Stallman warned us, we didn't listen.

I'm glad to see BadVista still up https://badvista.fsf.org/blog/view/?set_language=en

[–] PanArab@lemm.ee 0 points 1 week ago (5 children)

"Nuclear for me but not for thee".

The optimal temperature for solar panels to operate efficiently is typically around 25°C (77°F).

It is 34°C (93°F) at night.

[–] PanArab@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Agreed. Developing countries need clean and affordable energy

[–] PanArab@lemm.ee 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Not as bad as you make it out to be, and I actually worked in the US with more Chinese engineers than US engineers.

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