I think the article only mentions the prices in the Google store, which are way more expensive than other shops. The Pixel 8 128GB is currently available at 550€.

So the Pixel 8a at 570€ would be the more expensive model.

As per comment on the hacker news discussion, Dropbox AI was apparently introduced and mentioned in the changelog on October 10, 2023 only for users from the USA.

“Dropbox AI is currently in alpha and available in the US in EN only for Dropbox Pro, Standard, Advanced, Essentials, Business, and Business Plus. Some features may be available soon for eligible non-US customers to test.”

I just checked my settings before reading that comment and there is no such setting on my free account (‘Basic’) from the EU.

Is the canal already open again?

The El-Mansy bridge can be found on Google Earth/Maps and it’s a floating bridge, with a fixed section on each bank:

But looking on https://www.vesselfinder.com/ over the last minutes, I saw two ships (Serengeti & Omiros L) passing that piece with the bridge from north to south through the canal.

edit: As others already posted: What a shit article, nothing is or was blocked. Reuters has the proper info.

More and more business in Sweden are refusing to work with Tesla. Suing will surely solve this problem. Big brain move there.

As the prices are mentioned in US-Dollar, this offer is likely only available in the USA. E.g. I’m currently getting a Black Friday offer for the full price of 1.099€ for the Pixel 8 Pro but a 100€ store voucher is included.

The investigation revealed that when the chair was adjusted by the passenger it crushed and badly damaged the phone’s battery which caused smoke, flames and fumes.

So the proper title would be: “Passenger crushed mobile phone battery using aircraft seat, caused a fire on passenger plane”

I feel the very specific community topic split is already affecting Lemmy negatively. So I think having larger, broader community topics (e.g. ‘commuting’ instead of a community for every single option to commute by itself), with more diverse content, interaction and of course more visible activity, would also attract new users.

Right now some communities are so specific, that by its creation, it’s a filter bubble by design. And then of course you don’t get a lot of content or interaction, as only yea-sayer get accepted.

Interaction requires different approaches, opinions, options and of course people who upvote them even when disagreeing. The reply box is the correct option when disagreeing, not the downvote. That’s how Lemmy will sprout.

tl;dr Broader community topics for larger, more diverse and more active communities

A coal plant takes weeks to start up, so I assume those reactivated plants from the emergency reserve will have to run the whole winter duration at least at low power. So in case of a very cold winter and gas shortage, the emergency plants can be turned up.

There is no one to blame but Putin.

This is an emergency procedure due to Russia’s invasion in Ukraine. Without the invasion, the backup coal plants would just stay backup. As coal plants need weeks to start up, they cannot just be turned on when needed. They need to be turned on early and likely run with low power through the winter, just in case they might be needed. This is bad too. This is due to Putin’s war.

It’s silly to make connections to the 1986 & 2011 nuclear exit, when the cause for this short-term measure is a recent event. Without Russia invading Ukraine, the coal plants would stay off.

Pretty misleading headline - yet not false. From the article:

A pedestrian crossing a San Francisco street on Monday night was hospitalized in critical condition after she was hit by two cars — first a regular vehicle which hurled her into the path of a driverless taxi

The driver fled the scene that hit the woman at the pedestrian crossing. Due to the impact, she landed right in front of a (driverless) vehicle on the other lane.

Katalin Karikó, born in 1955 in Szolnok, Hungary, senior vice president at BioNTech RNA Pharmaceuticals until 2022, now external consultant.

Drew Weissman, born in 1959 in Lexington, Massachusetts, USA, RNA researcher and patent holder, that were used in the BioNTech & Moderna Covid-19 vaccines.

And first ramping up gas to then switch to renewables after is what got Germany in this mess.

It’s the other way around, first it was going after renewables and now due to the coal exit ahead, gas capacities will be ramped up by a targeted 25GW over the next years.

IMDB has release dates for season 4 listed.

Episode 1 & 2 are labelled with Thu, Sep 7, 2023 and from then on one per week. November 2nd for the last episode and the full season.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9184820/episodes?season=4

Great post and nice to see those 4th gen plants mentioned including the current project development state. Those plants were always a top comment as ‘the solution’ in discussions on Reddit. Just build 4th gen or molten salt or fusion - energy problems solved with just a few keystrokes.

Posts explaining the problems or the current state of those projects often ended up in flames.