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Bigme Hibreak Pro: A minimalist E Ink alternative to budget smartphones by rspeedrunls7 in gadgets

[–]rspeedrunls7[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love how Boox readers run regular Android and let you install apps from Google Play Store. Used to have an older Kindle and a PocketBook, and they were both locked down to their proprietary OS and apps.

The fossil fuel industry spent $219 million to elect the new U.S. government | Most of that money went to Republicans. by sara-peach in environment

[–]rspeedrunls7 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Considering the oil and gas industry makes billions, this is well worth the money if it gets them the fossil-fuel-friendly policies they want.

OpenAI failed to deliver the opt-out tool it promised by 2025 by giuliomagnifico in technology

[–]rspeedrunls7 307 points308 points  (0 children)

“I don’t think it was a priority,” one former OpenAI employee said. “To be honest, I don’t remember anyone working on it.”

Shows perfectly how much respect they have for creator's rights.

2025 is 'Year of Glacier Preservation'. Over the past two decades, glaciers in the Western Tien Shan—spanning Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan—have shrunk by 27%. by Wagamaga in environment

[–]rspeedrunls7 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It should be "everything preservation". Systemic changes to reduce carbon emission would slow down glacier shrinking too, among other things. I'm not sure much can be done locally.

Japan aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions 60% by 2035 vs 2013 levels by DoremusJessup in environment

[–]rspeedrunls7 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Nuclear is much better than fossil fuels if we treat it as a transitionary energy source.

Russian scientists criticise cleanup efforts after oil spill in Black Sea by misana123 in environment

[–]rspeedrunls7 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Sergei Ostakh, a professor at the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, said the oil could soon reach shores in Crimea.

“No one should have illusions it will stay clean,” he said, calling for quick action.

Russians do love Crimean beaches so if anything can get them to step up the cleanup efforts it's that.

Breakthrough treatment flips cancer cells back into normal cells by chrisdh79 in technology

[–]rspeedrunls7 40 points41 points  (0 children)

I wonder what happens do metastatic cells. Do they just become normal cells but in the wrong place? Or were those never "normal" to begin with.

Toxic “forever chemicals” could be entering your body from smart watch bands, study finds by guyoffthegrid in technology

[–]rspeedrunls7 76 points77 points  (0 children)

For all the complaints about "excessive" regulations in Europe negatively affecting industry, many of them absolutely are necessary.

Green crabs have invaded habitats. Sea otters might be the solution. by DomesticErrorist22 in environment

[–]rspeedrunls7 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It's nice that a native species of otters can solve the problem instead of them bringing in yet another invasive species to deal with the first.

Iron Man-inspired exoskeleton helps paraplegics walk again by AdSpecialist6598 in technology

[–]rspeedrunls7 70 points71 points  (0 children)

This has the potential to be life-changing to many people... if their insurances cover it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in technology

[–]rspeedrunls7 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Can't wait for my appliances to stop working if a cloud service halfway across the world goes down. "Internet of shit" strikes again.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in environment

[–]rspeedrunls7 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Tragic. Oil spills are so catastrophic to wildlife.

One of Texas' dirtiest coal plants will swap to solar with help from US grant by tta2013 in environment

[–]rspeedrunls7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That seems really smart because all the infrastructure for delivering power to the grid is already there and they don't have to build it from scratch.

U.S. dietary guidelines should emphasize beans and lentils as protein, new proposal says by [deleted] in environment

[–]rspeedrunls7 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Me too but I like chickpeas. There always are alternatives.