Google be Google - my favourite line of the year so far is @wil.to (apologies for paraphrase) “Google participates in the standards process like a bear participates in the camping process”
This is so good 😮
After reading @davekeating.substack.com 's book, this is now how I understand the US sees the EU.
The world’s largest sand battery got through Finland’s harshest winter in years. 2,000 tonnes of sand, heated to 500-600°C by cheap power, feeding district heating in Pornainen.
And it worked.
Result from one install: oil down 100%, emissions down 70%.
Industrial process heat is the real prize.
@moritzclauss.de könnte man bei der SWP nicht eine Kolumne für gute Schreiber von Reddit einrichten? www.reddit.com/r/Normalverd...
OMG yes! When finally a dev with a sense for efficiency takes a stab at AI 😍
I had a passing thought the other day that if only Google Wave was open sourced, we could now finally translate it into a non sucky programming language and give it another chance af life.
And then I saw this and realized it is, in fact, open source
40 years ago today, the European Communities, which would later become the EU, officially raised the European flag for the first time.
The 12 stars have since become a symbol recognised far beyond Brussels.
Here’s to unity, solidarity and harmony among the peoples of Europe.
'The real surprise from the OECD’s subsidy numbers is that it cost China less than $18bn in sectoral support over 15 years to build an industry that can now provide more clean power than the world can readily absorb.'
@adamtooze.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
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