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simonCGNon Taking CO2 out of the air would be an expensive way to fight climate change

Equally, reports say that without actively taking CO2 out of the air, we will not meet our climate goals.

simonCGNon For young people, the job search has never been so miserable

Definitely not

simonCGNon Launch HN: CommodityAI (YC W24) – Shipment management for commodity traders

So it is not a fully fledged TMS such as Cargowise from Wisetech, correct?

simonCGNon Apple announces ability to download apps directly from websites in EU

That is a joke and not different than downloading it from an alternative App Store. Still has to go though Apple notorisation and pay the Apple Tech Fee/tax. No small dev can do that.

simonCGNon Paste without formatting on macOS

Option-Shift-Command-V does the same: Paste and Match Style

simonCGNon Gen Z is giving up on college

Quite the US centred topic as university costs a fortune here.

simonCGNon CATL has announced a new “condensed” battery with 500 Wh/kg

Yes yes yes. Another day, another claim of a revolutionary battery.

simonCGNon Is Apple checking images we view in the Finder?

I suppose you should do it the other way round: there is a rumour, you see if it is true rather than assuming it is true and try to find evidence if it is true.

simonCGNon Germany's Energy Catastrophe

Another of those propaganda articles by nuclear lobbyist.

simonCGNon Nuclear is back on the table for a green future

Nuclear energy is by far the most expensive form of energy. Also, the nuclear waste problem remains unresolved.

simonCGNon The biggest churches in the world: Anglo-Norman eleventh-century cathedrals

I thought the biggest in terms of tallest ist the Dom in Ulm, Germany and the biggest as regards the m2 size the Cathedral in Seville.

simonCGNon Employee shortages: Where have all the workers gone?

In contrast to the article, I rather believe that Brexit is more responsible for the shortage than Covid-19

simonCGNon Current RNA vaccines protect against worrying coronavirus variants

Good to know. That sounds more reasonable than just Pfizer.

simonCGNon Current RNA vaccines protect against worrying coronavirus variants

No, we are not past that. Just because it is used wrongly it does not mean that it needs to stay that way.

simonCGNon Current RNA vaccines protect against worrying coronavirus variants

True, thanx

simonCGNon Current RNA vaccines protect against worrying coronavirus variants

It it a Biontech vaccine. Pfizer is only the manufacturer. After all, you also do not call the MacBook a Foxconn Laptop.

simonCGNon EU experts to say nuclear power qualifies for green investment label: document

And yet another of this propaganda pieces. Why so many recently I wonder.

simonCGNon Ask HN: What was the biggest contributor to your happiness in the past year?

Working from home has been such an improvement:

Better food at home.

Less stress due to the lack of commute.

More time for the family.

Time for exercise.

Time to take my son by bike to the kindergarden.

More flexibility in general.

simonCGNon Nuclear power looks to regain its footing 10 years after Fukushima

And yet another of this scheduled propaganda articles

simonCGNon Nuclear power looks to regain its footing 10 years after Fukushima

And again the propaganda machine is spinning for nuclear disaster. https://www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/2021-03/atomkraft-fukushima-k...

simonCGNon Nuclear power must be well regulated, not ditched

Another of those propaganda articles.

simonCGNon Nuclear power: Are we too anxious about the risks of radiation?

Is this already the new BBC? The article sounds like propaganda to me.

simonCGNon At JPMorgan, productivity falls for younger employees at home

Sounds like propaganda to me. No word on how they have measured it.

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Ok, so is this the 500th scam?

simonCGNon How companies became addicted to debt

No, not companies. Investors who rather get dividends or share buybacks than having the company pay down debt

simonCGNon Ask HN: What's the worst piece of software you use everyday?

Anything from Microsoft really

simonCGNon New nuclear reactor designs promise safe, clean electricity

That is utterly nonsense. There is no safe and clean nuclear reactor, there never will be.

simonCGNon There could be meteors hitting the atmosphere close to the speed of light

1% of the speed of light does not sound to me as “close” to the speed of light.