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rkul··on What happens to all the dead electric-car batteries?
Can you share source?
rkul··on Food delivery startup Wolt raises $530M
Loving Wolt. Btw, try tapping on the time estimate circle after placing an order. What's the highest score you ever got? :)
rkul··on Show HN: Beeper – All Your Chats in One App
https://twitter.com/imrichvalach/status/1351935706097135617?...
rkul··on Show HN: Beeper – All Your Chats in One App
https://twitter.com/imrichvalach/status/1351935706097135617?...
rkul··on New iOS privacy feature may end an era of personalized ads
Can you elaborate on your practice how you do it?
rkul··on Palm – The best small phone for minimalists, athletes, and kids
Does she reply to emails/tweets/texts via her smartwatch + airpods combo?

Did she use her phone to read articles on the go? If yes, how is she getting this done with this setup?

rkul··on Bouncing DVD Logo
They should have edited the guy's phone screen too at 0:15 to complete this masterpiece.
rkul··on Launch HN: Memfault (YC W19) – Crashlytics for Firmware
Any plans on adding Qualcomm (Bluetooth) chips?
rkul··on Hearables That Leave Your Ear Open
Bone conduction has come a long way. Sound quality for calls/podcasts/audio books is comparable to regular in-ear headphones. Music quality is sufficient for everyday listening - it performs well in highs and mids, however, bass is not as strong.

Have you ever tried bone conduction headphones?

disclaimer: I'm co-founder/CEO of Sentien (the maker of the headset in the article)

rkul··on Tasty Seaweed Reduces Cows’ Methane Emissions by 99%
Your argument implies that cows who did not eat seaweed survived and therefore we see cows not eating seaweed now.

Since cows cannot live underwater and seaweed does not grow outside water, these "two worlds" could not meet and the outcome of their interaction is unknown. It might work, it might not, however, evolution was not here yet.

rkul··on Dieter Rams designed products to last, is horrified how we throw things away
Do you have any concrete examples of good quality clothing e-stores?
rkul··on European Parliament approves copyright reform
There were two votes: (1) Amendments to the Directive, (2) vote on the whole directive.

Amendments did not pass 312-317 and Directive passed 3xx-247 (cant recall the exact numbers)

rkul··on Each day a cruise ship emits as much particulate matter as a million cars
This is a misleading headline. What they mean by pollution is just sulfur not necessarily CO2 or other gases/particles.

Read the article.

rkul··on Ahead of IPO, Airbnb achieves profitability for second year in a row
Ditto for Prague
rkul··on I still miss my headphone jack, and I want it back
"By now, we forgot what a headphone jack even is." (People outside tech and HN bubble, 2018)
rkul··on Ask HN: My country is getting worse. Where to go?
What is your thinking behind "the country is getting worse?" What is the threshold between "it is bad but ill carry on" and " I need to move out?" What are the factors?

Genuinly interested as these types of decisions are immensly interesting.

rkul··on 'Russian Elon Musk' raped and tortured to death in custody, say experts
Have you ever faced the decision to leave your "home"? There are many variables to consider that question the very existential beliefs of a person. "Smart" means different things. Furthermore, the outside environment as well as the inside world of a person is always plastic so the threshold between staying and leaving is very murky. By the time, it is "obvious" to leave, it is often too late.
rkul··on Antarctica loses three trillion tonnes of ice in 25 years
How do you know 0.01% is not a cause for panic?
rkul··on Facebook – You are the Product
Fb was taking too much of my time and attention since it was super easy to scroll either mobile or desktop.

What worked for me:

1. Delete facebook app from phone (hiding it didnt work) 2. Install Newsfeed eradicator chrome extension

Result: still maintaining communication with friends via messenger app and checking facebook only once in a while for events etc. News Feed was the attention grabber.

Helped me to get back attention and time. Would recommend.