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micwag
·3 месяца назад·discuss
Most immigration happens between neighboring countries e.g. the biggest immigrant group in Los Angeles are Mexicans.

If you exclude neighboring countries Zurich has a foreign born population share of 27% (compared to 18% of Los Angeles). If you only look at the last 10 years Zurich has foreign born non neighboring immigration of 10% (compared to 4% for Los Angeles).

If you only look at intercontinental migration then Los Angeles wins with 14% (compared to 8% of Zurich).

So yes Zurich is less cosmopolitan then LA, but most of it is just because the US has more diverse neighbors.
micwag
·4 месяца назад·discuss
> Germany has still over 100 active coal-fired power plants

No, Germany has 97 coal BLOCKS in its power plants (down from 150 in 5 years), but those are NOT all active.

Also Germany's coal consumption is at an all time low, down a third in only 5 years.
micwag
·5 месяцев назад·discuss
The article is not about turboprop but about open-rotor engines which are a modern variation of propfan engines.
micwag
·5 месяцев назад·discuss
Those are turboprop like the A400m or C-130. The article is about open-rotor engines which are a modern variation of propfan engines.
micwag
·6 месяцев назад·discuss
> In a calm cloudy winter week all renewables and battery storage are totally screwed. Hydro doesn’t really care about a calm cloudy winter week and is the reason my state was 100% renewable last year. So it’s definitely not a problem for ALL renewables.
micwag
·8 месяцев назад·discuss
Are collision avoidance system and automated emergency braking not standard in the US? Here in Switzerland basically every new vehicle has them.
micwag
·9 месяцев назад·discuss
> Also, by closing operating power plants, Germany weakened European energy production at the time when we geopolitically need it the most.

Ironically that was France which needed to shut down a lot of its nuclear reactors in 2022 and 2023 due to repairs. So according to your own logic France "weakened European energy production at the time when we geopolitically need it the most."

Here in Switzerland the reason given for the "energy crisis" was also mostly France as Switzerland usually imports a lot of energy from France.
micwag
·11 месяцев назад·discuss
Switzerland as well: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/trade-policy/swiss-post-tempora...
micwag
·в прошлом году·discuss
It's in line with very high COL countries like Switzerland, but higher than most other OECD countries.

The biggest cost factor is also not the housing itself but care/nursing.
micwag
·2 года назад·discuss
This is for seasonal energy storage with only 1 charge and discharge per year. It competes with water reservoirs not with batteries.
micwag
·2 года назад·discuss
The national sausage of Switzerland:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cervelat
micwag
·2 года назад·discuss
> Yes, they can be substituted but they're definitely a staple in good German Hausmannskost. Maybe not so much in the South: Swabia subsists almost entirely on Spätzle noodles and Bavarians seem to prefer various kinds of Knödel.

While the classic northern "Salzkartoffeln" are basically non existent in Swabia, potatoes in general play a big role in traditional Swabian cuisine. Whether its "Schupfnudeln" (finger noodles), as salad, Knödel, fried potatoe slices, Hitzkuchen/Blootz/Dinnete (Pizza with potatoes instead of tomatoe/cheese), Kachelessen/Griebaschnecken/Schlanganger (various potatoe and milk dishes), Gaisburger Marsch (stew), "sour eggs" (potatoes and eggs in a vinegar sauce).

But unfortunately most of those dishes are not really cooked anymore. (For "sour eggs" thats a good thing, this tasteless sour graybrown dish can die in hell for all I care.)
micwag
·2 года назад·discuss
The article is from a non english speaking country. Siri was (and sometimes still is) really horrendous in some languages, so that might explain the trash talking.

For example I had the following happen till 2 years ago: "Siri, turn off the lights" "Do you mean here or in the bed room?" "Here" "Sorry, I can't do that"

So you always had to include the room with your command.

The most recent bug is Siri pretends to not know some people when calling, but will happily message them.
micwag
·2 года назад·discuss
Zeiss and ASML currently have no competitors in the EUV lithography space as everyone else dropped out. (There was a big switch from lenses to mirrors)

I won't rule out a direct competitor, but they have a substantial moat.

They face some pressure from indirect competition like Canon Nanoimprint though.
micwag
·2 года назад·discuss
That would only replace TMSC. Zeiss and ASML would be still in the supply chain.
micwag
·2 года назад·discuss
Spotify and the iPhone were independently launched around the same time.

Spotify back then was developed as the answer against illegal alternatives.
micwag
·2 года назад·discuss
I'm working in the laser marking/engraving field, we actually discussed G-code internally but in the end decided against it as it was not suitable for our product. (Too many laser parameter and "dynamic" stuff like QR codes)
micwag
·2 года назад·discuss
Apple pays out roughly the same percentage to developers as does Spotify to artists.

As Apple pays almost nothing to developer the DMA seems a step in the right direction.
micwag
·2 года назад·discuss
Apple probably will be able to continue to charge 99$/year for their developer kit.
micwag
·2 года назад·discuss
a) This is explicitly forbidden

b) Apple is free to act as payment provider, but can't force businesses to use it.

If they decide to do it anyway:

  In case a gatekeeper does not comply with the obligations laid out in the DMA, the Commission can impose fines up to 10% of the company's total worldwide turnover, which can go up to 20% in case of repeated infringement. In case of systematic infringements, the Commission is also empowered to adopt additional remedies such as obliging a gatekeeper to sell a business or parts of it, or banning the gatekeeper from acquiring additional services related to the systemic non-compliance.
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/QANDA_...

Apples iMessage is also currently evaluated. In a total coincidence Apple also announced recently that RCS support is coming.