This.

Also, tie together more countries’ power grids to even out production and demand of renewables, and reduce the need for other backup sources.

For a fraction of the cost of nuclear, increase the storage capacity as well. We’ve had days where the price per MWh was negative in many hours, because of excess production.

The barriers to carbon free energy aren’t technical, they’re purely political.

So the innovation that was patented is literally “cut it partway through”.

Patents are inherently stupid and only serve to stifle progress. Change my mind or otherwise just downvote away, works as well.

People here be discussing the wrong thing, or am I the only one thinking that patenting a roll of paper is incredibly stupid?

It’s a damn roll of paper. How much of a genius do you have to be to come up with that? People have been doing it for millennia, the only difference is that it used to be so expensive that no one would think of whipping their butts with it.

This was my ISP and I a few years ago. I’m a beta tester for some of their features, and I argued this was necessary for ages. They finally implemented it, and now err on the side of way too many prompts for 2FA, but at least we have it.

My current beef is arguing that we NEED IPv6 settings in the router. One size does NOT fit all. It’s an uphill battle…

Thank you kind stranger.

It still took me too long, so if you’re like me: it’s a literal tramp stamp. It’s a tramp stamp of a stamp with the tramp.

This shit is like tobacco. We all know it’s fucking awful and makes no sense, but some assholes insist.

So treat it the same way: massive taxes (upon purchase, but also yearly), banned in many public places (underground parking, city centers, …) and there you go.

I like my A sheets, but no paper format is good on screen, it’s a whole different medium.

Data privacy AND not having to deal with more bullshit AI? Oh my, how will we ever cope with this… /s

If not frien why frien shape?

We’ve come full circle

This is what they want you to believe…

You should consider sailing it instead, I’ve heard boats are actually decent at that.

That’s kinda like saying “I got the better kind of herpes!”

TIL. Ty stranger!

All of which require you to get a licence to drive lorries. Your point?

I feel the same about his wife too!

They cannot.

EU safety rules specifically forbid sharp edges (kudos to the visionary who thought about including that one…).

Additionally, it’s weight is absolutely ridiculous, to the point that you cannot drive it with a standard B licence (you need at least C1, which requires specific classes and written + driving exams).

Not to mention, many streets simply cannot accommodate a car so large, and there’s zero parking space for such a monstrosity in most city centers…

Edit: actually I’m not sure if Iceland included these specific EU rules, so maybe they can actually sell it there?..

This has been true of Christianity for centuries upon centuries. Not that it’s unique in that…

I’m picking up this book on account of that sentence alone. Thank you!

I was so disappointed this one wasn’t in OP’s post, it’s amazing!