Regna

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[–] Regna@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

Without this kind of progress described (meaning reutilising, refining or reprocessing lithium), mining might become even more brutal to keep costs down for investors and corporate buyers, but remain ever more expensive for consumers.

[–] Regna@lemmy.world 53 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Marginally lower cost over 500 possible cycles under ideal conditions… this does not take into account other pollutants it may cause or the human element. Still, very positive as a total, as this is a resource a way hitherto untapped (unless you count risky social media innovatives who almost burn up their homes making lithium batteries from vapes and whatnot).

[–] Regna@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

And using it to promote right-wing ideology, conservative issues and against solidarity.

[–] Regna@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago

Thank you for saving me from searching it up.

[–] Regna@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

I retract my statement. I confused the parliament with their other house, I should know better.

But wòdka has no place in politics.

[–] Regna@lemmy.world 14 points 4 weeks ago

Accuses? Points out, more likely.

[–] Regna@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It depends on the country, facility and age of the foetus. In a hospital setting it’s almost always medical waste as far as I know, but some people choose burial or strew the ashes in a special place after an abortion/miscarriage. If it’s a medical abortion it’s a non-issue, usually flushed.

Stem cell research is based on controlled origins, such as embryos from IVF, scientific volunteering, egg donations or similar procedures.

[–] Regna@lemmy.world 300 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (30 children)

At first I thought ”Well, duh!”, but the manufacturer having a remote kill switch when he network blocked his vacuum from sharing his home map data with them, as well as unprotected root access when connecting to the vacuum… urgh.

The engineer says he stopped the device from broadcasting data, though kept the other network traffic — like firmware updates — running like usual. The vacuum kept cleaning for a few days after, until early one morning when it refused to boot up.

After reverse engineering the vacuum, a painstaking process which included reprinting the devices’ circuit boards and testing its sensors, he found something horrifying: Android Debug Bridge, a program for installing and debugging apps on devices, was “wide open” to the world. “In seconds, I had full root access. No hacks, no exploits. Just plug and play,” Narayanan said.

[–] Regna@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago
[–] Regna@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago
[–] Regna@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Yep. I love the way Uppsala has done, with recycling chutes above garbage bins. I’ve only seen this done on Södermalm in Stockholm, really wish for this to be implemented everywhere. I did send a proposal for a cheap solution above garbage bins in the subway to SL 20 years ago, never did receive a reply.

[–] Regna@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Works very well in Sweden, to the extent that it used to be popular for youth sports club members, pensioners and homeless to scour garbage bins and recycling containers for aluminium cans and PET bottles. Nowadays it’s frequently Roma here on three month stints that do the scouring, but still good nonetheless.

Anyhow, we recycle over 87 percent of plastic and aluminium drinks cans and bottles in Sweden.

 

Passengers on the Yurikamome transit line in Tokyo walk along the track towards Shiodome station
Photograph: Koji Sasahara/AP

Was cleaning up in my picture archive and came across this one. Had to do a reverse image search, as I had completely forgotten what the subject was about. Then I found some relevant articles, here's one:

An 8.9 magnitude earthquake hit Japan on March 11, 2011, and this picture was so orderly and serene compared to the other ones from the disaster. Which is probably why I decided to save it.

 

From the article:

A volunteer-made project that fights bots on Reddit is shutting down. BotDefense, a tool that helps fight bots in more than 3,600 subreddits and has nearly 150,000 accounts on its bans list, will be going away.

As for why: The community of users and moderators submitting accounts to us depend on Pushshift, the API, and third-party apps. And we would be deluding ourselves if we believed any assurances from Reddit given the track record of broken promises. Investing further resources into Reddit as a platform presents significant risks, and it’s safer to allocate one’s time, energy, and passions elsewhere.

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