[-] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 53 points 3 months ago

I think apple used to be a generic term for fruits.

It is especially apparent for exotic fruits, for example here is a list of fruits from the Caribbean, none of then are related to the European apple:

  • golden apple
  • wax apple/rose apple
  • pineapple
  • sugar apple
  • custard apple
[-] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 76 points 5 months ago

Ejaculation lower the risk of prostate cancer, so masturbation should probably be medically advised to all men.

4-7 times a week is a good number according this study

[-] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 45 points 5 months ago

Of course you should not trust everything you see on the internet.

Be cautious and when you see something suspicious do a google search to find more reliable sources.

Oh ... Wait !

[-] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 74 points 7 months ago

Boeing is the only company actually trying to reach their net zero target. Once no Boeing plane are flying anymore that's it, no more CO2 emissions

[-] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 69 points 7 months ago

We own the factories building the panels.

Solar cells don't really grow on trees.

[-] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 50 points 8 months ago

It's a real story!

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/charles-proteus-steinmetz-the-wizard-of-schenectady-51912022/

At the beginning of the 20th century Henry Ford's electrical engineers had issues they could not solve with a gigantic generator. Henry Ford called Steimmetz, a genius mathematician working for GE to help them.

When he arrive at the factory he spent 2 days and night listening to the generator and scribbling on his notebook.

After that he asked for a ladder, climbed on it, put a chalk mark on a specific spot and explain to the engineers that they needed to remove the plate and replace sixteen windings behind the plate. After that the generator worked perfectly and Ford received a $10 000 bill.

Ford asked for an itemized bill and Steinmetz sent this

  • Making chalk mark on generator $1.
  • Knowing where to make mark $9,999.

Ford paid the bill.

[-] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 60 points 1 year ago

Yes, I think that one of the side effect of the war in Ukraine will be a big increase of renewables energy in Europe.

European countries started to realize how fragile their energy supply is and how dangerous it is.

[-] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 63 points 1 year ago

The good news is that it works.

Sure this is against the French police, not the NSA, but it shows that by using these tools the police struggle to track you and what you are doing.

If they had some easy backdoor we would probably not see the push against encryption that we are currently seeing in Europe.

[-] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 77 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I was listening a podcast about cancer patient in France.

One talk was about the fact that the surgeon was planning on removing the breast tumor AND do the reconstruction directly after.

Except that by doing that the operation would have cost more than what the national social security covers, so it meant a big premium for the patient.

The "big" premium they were taking about was 600€ which is obviously outrageous. To make a cancer patient spend this much money on a life saving procedure.

[-] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 46 points 1 year ago

It's generally a good idea to take some probiotic after antibiotic treatment.

[-] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 57 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There is a contract that is broken today

The implicit contract used to be

  1. the employee stays in the same company for years. Staying loyal and gaining experience that benefit the company.
  2. in exchange the company is improving the life of the employee, pay raise above inflation level, better benefits and better working conditions.

Today companies refuses to do their part of the contract and complain that employees don't do theirs.

[-] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 58 points 1 year ago

It's old news, they removed him from the founders list two years ago.

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