The major force keeping our core hot is nuclear fission.
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/nuclear-fi...
Interesting read. Though it says the nuclear fission happens in the crust and mantle, not the core.
Readit NewsJackMcMack commented on Bookshop.org survives and thrives in Amazon’s world wired.com/story/books-boo... · Posted by u/donohoe
Hmm maybe it’s specific to Belgium? I remember in Germany you would pick up packages directly from the zollamt (customs office). You would pay any owed tax there, but I don’t remember there being any extra fee.
I know FedEx and UPS offer shipping options that are supposed to pre-pay any owed tax, but I don’t know if they charge a fee to do so and I’ve also had a terrible time getting things through customs using them in other countries.
Was this before the introduction of the IOSS rules? I can't imagine picking something up directly at customs. International shipping volume has increased a lot, customs does not have the capacity to store much.
The new rules have actually made shipping from Aliexpress easier. VAT is displayed and payed to Aliexpress, they handle customs (as long as total order value is less than €150). In practice they consolidate packages from several sellers into one shipment where possible (although of course with a long-tail delay), and fly it to their new distribution center in Luik. Customs has a small presence, but because VAT is paid they're mostly concerned about other things such as counterfeits.
Last-mile shipping is then done by postal service, without any additional fees.
JackMcMack commented on Bookshop.org survives and thrives in Amazon’s world wired.com/story/books-boo... · Posted by u/donohoe
Why can't you have the book sent via the postal service? There are international treaties that govern postage rates.
That actually is via the postal service (BPost). The postage rates are reasonable, it's just the fee that they add for handling the customs administration that is unreasonable.
And this is more or less the same for the other shipping companies such as DHL, UPS, and FedEx.
Because the fee is per shipment, it's not that bad if you're receiving several hundred euros worth of products. But if you just want to receive a book, it can easily double the cost.
JackMcMack commented on Bookshop.org survives and thrives in Amazon’s world wired.com/story/books-boo... · Posted by u/donohoe
> Does anyone know whether bookshop.org or any of the other networks ship to the EU without customs issues?
Ehrm… you are required to pay import duty and VAT for any imported goods into the EU (there are no low value exceptions anymore as of a few years ago). There’s no way to circumvent that.
The issue isn't the import duty and VAT, the issue is the 20€ or more fee that the shipping companies charge for the privilege of handling the customs administration for you.
In Belgium for example books have 0% import duty and 6% VAT. Adding 20€, long delays, and a terrible customer experience (good luck trying to correct any data submitted to customs) to that is rarely worth the hassle.
JackMcMack commented on I fixed a parasitic drain on my car in 408 days davidmuller.github.io/pos... · Posted by u/dmuller
Ooh, well spotted. Correlation is correlated with causation!
> Correlation is correlated with causation!
That's a great quote. I think I'll use that instead of "where there's smoke ..." from now on.
JackMcMack commented on War and subsidies have turbocharged the green transition economist.com/finance-and... · Posted by u/mfiguiere
They have infinite loading cycles, they are rather bulky, basically a fluid medium is charged and discharged. This allows for the storage capacity to easily scale (the generator remains, the tanks increase).
In addition the storage fluid can be rather friendly substance from a environment perspective (some use drinkable salty water). And cheap. And if you have a old pool or a old oil tank in your house you are basically halfway there regarding installation. Its basically chemical storage of energy, allowing for the (re)use of preexisting installations.
I was skeptical, the site seemed to only show renders, nothing practical.
It looks real though: https://simonhackett.com/2021/05/23/redflow-gen3-zbm/
Datasheet: https://redflow.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/RDF1199-Redfl...
Nothing on price
JackMcMack commented on The Power of Proto Boards [video] youtube.com/watch?v=A5BXM... · Posted by u/bcantrill
reposted to fix an audio issue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmiWIlFvSYs
context: "Tomorrow on @oxidecomputer and Friends, @ahl and I will be joined by our colleagues @SyntheticGate and @cliffle to talk about the role of rapid hardware prototyping in building a system -- and specifically how our ability to go quickly from ideation to hardware in hand has been essential for a surprisingly wide range of tasks at Oxide."
Thanks for posting, that was very interesting
At the end of the day, they don't care if we get phished or scammed; it is all of customs confusion. Next time process your customs form, you will realise how much money you will save, and the form only has less than 8 fields, the Union Customs Code is easy to read.