Chris Adams
mrchrisadams@mastodon.social
<p>Science & justice. Also: coffee, cities, UX & code. Aghast at all the typos in my tweets. I'm an organiser at climateAction.tech, and I work at the greenwebfoundation.org. He/Him.<br />mrchrisadams on most of the social networks</p>
Posts
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Post #1082617
I know people really like cars in Germany, but fuuuucking hell: &quot;In the German state of Bavaria, dozens of people are in &#39;preventive detention&#39; because they might otherwise engage in climate protests, specifically around the car industry exposition IAA in Munich. &quot; This post from @Sustainable2050 is pretty damn yikes. The responses in the thread are worth reading too: https://mastodon.energy/@Sustainable2050/111039159882536261
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Post #651408
Y&#39;know that #solarpunk trope of floating wind turbines in the sky, tethered to the ground, and feeding power down to denizens below? This is in China, serving 50KW at 500m, which is power for between 40 to 140 households. The figure changes depending on which country you use. USA is around ~1KW per house, and in Europe it&#39;s closer to 300-400W on average). I wonder what the economics are like for these. I you have seen numbers, do plz share. https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202...
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Post #641780
WOW - The French government announced a new OSS project simply called Docs: “A collaborative note taking, wiki and documentation that scales. Built with Django and React. Opensource alternative to Notion or Outline.&quot; It’s even offline-first, using the CRDTs under the hood (Y.js). LOL, does this mean I get to roll out the &quot;Liberté, Egalité, CRDTé” Dad joke? I think it does. Link below: https://docs.numerique.gouv.fr/ V interesting joint project between DINUM (🇫🇷) and Ze...