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Handrail··on CoMaps – FOSS Offline Maps
Thanks for elaborating, very cool! And thanks for all your work, I'll be sure to try it properly and understand it a bit more.
Handrail··on CoMaps – FOSS Offline Maps
Cartes search and user experience was surprisingly good! Well done. I was caught off guard by having the requirement for a Bluesky account for reviews instead of something open source/federated but wasn't able to read the explanation page as it was french only, but I think the international version is still work in progress, so I'll gladly return in the future.
Handrail··on Librepods: AirPods liberated
I had the same problem but for me resetting them fixed that quickly. Then I was able to add them on my Macbook so they don't do that anymore when connecting to other peoples apple devices.
Handrail··on Swiss parliament lifts ban on new nuclear power plants
It's not clean though? It requires massive amounts of mining and refining to even get the fuel, and it's no more renewable than fossiles
Handrail··on Swiss parliament lifts ban on new nuclear power plants
I'm amazed that the main debate on how clean or dangerous nuclear energy is still circles around the plants themselves and storage of spent energy. I believe that glaring oversight here is that enriched nuclear fuel doesn't grow on trees. Somehow no one ever seems to talk about how efficient and clean the mining of these rare earths is and in which countries that happens. Nuclear being a clean energy is a myth as far as I know. Actually relevant information would be how the necessary mining for uranium etc. compares to coal. I suspect it is only slightly better
Handrail··on GrapheneOS – Break Free from Google and Apple
I like your recommendations mostly, just wanted to point out that Organic Maps has had a falling out with the Open Source community that built it, so I wouldn't use that anymore. The community fork is called 'CoMaps' now.