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randahl , (edited ) to random
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My was a hike in the beautiful landscapes of Randbøl Heath.

You would be forgiven for overlooking the many U-shaped indentations in the landscape, all exactly 10 meters wide (picture 4). But these indentations are the last remains of the 24 hangars of Jägerplatz Fitting — a secret nazi airfield, where Die Luftwaffe hid their Messerschmitt Bf 109s during World War II.

150 nazi soldiers were stationed here and had turned the local farm buildings into a mess hall.

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rhempel ,
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@randahl You have to respect Denmark's preservation of WWII history, not necessarily in the original state but as a reminder - if you know where to look.

I always felt good walking home from TrafikCenter on the night celebrating the liberation of Denmark - the candles in the window are that kind of reminder.

CelloMomOnCars , to random
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"The industry alone accounts for nearly eight percent of human-caused CO2 .

The Cambridge researchers approached the problem by looking at an industry that was already well established—steel recycling, which uses electric-powered furnaces to produce the alloy.

Instead of waste being produced, the end result was recycled cement ready for use in , bypassing the emissions-heavy process of superheating limestone in kilns."

https://phys.org/news/2024-05-scientists-emission-cement.html

rhempel ,
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@CelloMomOnCars No, they can't make zero emission cement.

Sure, they can feed the electric furnace with recycled concrete to avoid heating pure limestone, but the energy for the electric kiln comes from somewhere.

There is much more concrete being created than destroyed, and you still have to carry the recyclable concrete to the plant.

So no, you can't make zero emission concrete. And you aren't going to make much of a dent in the 7.5% emissions.

Come on journalists. Do better.

randahl , (edited ) to random
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My Star Magnolia is blooming — my favorite harbinger of spring. ♥️

rhempel ,
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@randahl We have lots of star and saucer magnolias in our hometown of Owen Sound, Ontario - because we imported a few hundred trees for a local charity.

Here in Florida we have beautiful white saucer magnolias blooming.

I will miss the big berries in the field behind the cemetery at the Molholm Kirgegaard

wdlindsy , to random
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Dean Obeidallah opens his commentary about Trump's gala to fleece super-rich Republicans in Palm Beach last weekend by reminding us of a meeting Hitler held with super-rich German business leaders in 1933. He promised them if they'd give money to the Nazi party, he'd end democracy to benefit them. And give they did, lavishly so.


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https://deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/trumps-wealthy-donors-will-gladly

rhempel ,
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@wdlindsy This - so much this.

Unless all those billionaires are flat-earthers who worry about the impact of the eclipse on chem-trails and how the resulting earthquakes will affect their business.

No - these folks know exactly what they are doing, which is simply, openly, buying a government and putting their thumbs on the scales of justice, finance, and democracy.

They really should be ashamed of themselves ...

rhempel ,
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@wdlindsy from the CNN article here:

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/07/opinions/trump-2024-palm-beach-fundraiser-rich-donors-obeidallah/index.html

In more normal times, there would be nothing particularly remarkable about this kind of high-priced fundraiser.

I'm sorry but I simply do not understand how $825,000 to sit with Trump at dinner or 100 people raising 50 MILLION dollars in an evening can be considered normal or unremarkable

This is blatant graft - why does the US press call the super wealthy in the US billionaires and Russians oligarchs? They are the same.

randahl , to random
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My was a hike along Creek. Spring is just around the corner, and the birds were very active.

In a few weeks’ time the beech will burst into leaf, and this place will be even more wonderful.

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rhempel ,
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@randahl Take a hike on the trail from beside the Vejle Hospital all the way to Jelling and then take the train back to Vejle :-)

breadandcircuses , (edited ) to random
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Upon retiring from work at age 58 (lucky me) in 2012, I chose to leave the United States in favor of Europe, where I ended up staying in Budapest, Hungary, for six years. I rented a studio apartment near the city center, bought a used bicycle, and enjoyed a modest, inexpensive, yet comfortable lifestyle.

Since my return to the U.S. in 2018, I’ve found there are many things I miss. When I lived in Budapest, there were three different small independent bakeries within a five-minute walk from my apartment. Also in that same radius were a couple of almost literal hole-in-the-wall fruit and vegetable shops offering delicious fresh produce. And although the nearby area held no chain restaurants, it was home to several quite good local eateries.

There were clothing stores selling both new and used goods, as well as shoe stores, all of them small and independent, not necessarily carrying a wide selection, but providing high quality items at surprisingly low prices, and with friendly trustworthy service. Plus, within a five-minute walk was a practically free public transit system than made frequent stops and could take me almost anywhere I wanted to go within the city, safely, reliably, and quickly.

So I wonder, why is it that — at least in my current neighborhood in suburban Virginia — the only options for baked goods or produce or clothing or home furnishings or hardware or almost anything else are chain stores? Well, that, or freaking Amazon. Why are all other choices so limited, so few and so far between? Why does virtually everything depend upon — no, actually demand the use of a car to get there?

Most United Statesians, I suspect, have no idea that people in other countries live so differently than the way we do here. We have been sold on the idea, taught from an early age, that ours is the best way, indeed the only sensible way to do things. Anyone suggesting that a less car-centric and hyper-capitalistic culture is not only possible but desirable, that it could be much more pleasant and satisfying, not to mention safer and more friendly to the environment, well, they plainly don’t know what they’re talking about. It makes me sad and angry.

rhempel ,
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@breadandcircuses How did the comments become about fascism and not about the pure joy of walking to a nearby bakery and getting bread and pastries for breakfast while your partner slumbers?

I miss living in Denmark sometimes ...

GottaLaff , to random
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💪🏼 team brings in $10 million in the 24 hours after the State of the Union

The financial haul dwarfs some of the president’s biggest fundraising days in 2023, before his rematch with Donald Trump was set. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/biden-raises-10-million-24-hours-state-union-rcna142624

rhempel ,
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@GottaLaff I understand that candidates and parties need to raise money to get elected, and donors want to donate money to make sure "their" candidates get elected.

I don't understand why ALL political donations aren't called dark money - because let's face it, both parties accept huge donations and understand that someday they will need to account for it.

The minimum wage stagnated under both parties for decades.

You will notice that campaign finance reform isn't exactly top of the agenda.

futurebird , (edited ) to random
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The hardest thing about working with sixth graders is they “don’t know” algebra or how to write and use variables and it’s painful and confusing for me to not just start tossing letters around.

Question marks and boxes are a cop out.

How do you think about things like “the price including 8% tax is $16.20, what was the original price?” without writing x*1.08=16.20?

not so easy huh?

rhempel ,
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@futurebird My favorite teacher was one that showed us algebra without calling it algebra.

She would draw the box and have us guess and work out the (wrong answer) and then guess again ...

... until one of the kids figured out how to rearrange things so that you isolated the box.

I don't recall if she was so slick that she made us think we figured out the "trick" :-)

God I loved having a great teacher!

dabeaz , to random
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Thought: I'd bet a lot of projects would have fewer dependencies if pip was 100x slower. Maybe we should try to do that.

rhempel ,
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@robpike @dabeaz I hope I understand your comment correctly. In general it's a GOOD idea to borrow code as long as it's well written and maintainable. The Python core library should be used wherever possible, then established extensions like PySerial or IntelHex (I happen to work on embedded systems)

Writing your own library should reflect a real need, not because you think you can do better 🙂

When I say you I mean developers in general - I'm not telling Robert Pike to not write code ...

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