I was wondering how feasible it would be to reuse abandoned oil pumps for geothermal energy. A closed loop system [1] would probably be the most appropriate, with energy generation by spinning of a turbine by steam that gets recycled. I don't have the expertise and was wondering if someone can share a bit of knowledge with the rest of us.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closed-loop_geothermal

I don't have knowledge, but my understanding based on a conversation I had on the topic with a friend of mine is that the "let's use hydraulic fracturing to make geothermal energy feasible in North America" idea involves drilling very far down. Oil is on [average][1] about a mile down, while [one of Fervo's wells][2] is three times deeper.

[1]: https://www.eia.gov/dnav/ng/ng_enr_welldep_s1_a.htm

[2]: https://fervoenergy.com/fervo-energy-pushes-envelope/

If it were a WYSIWYG editor, there'd be previews for images. But it seems like it's just syntax highlighting for textareas. Nice project either way, but false advertising.

Indeed it is a misuse of the term. An actual WYSIWYG editor would not show any of the formatting markers.

By definition a “Markdown editor” cannot be WYSIWYG - you can have a WYSIWYG editor that is powered by markdown underneath though, which this is not.

I didn’t see an option for images. Am I missing something?

I assume that was the point. The parent commenter feels "WYSIWYG" by definition includes images.

WYSIWYG does not refer to the icons in the toolbar, but rather the text itself. This is not WYSIWYG because when I make something bold, I see a bunch of asterisks around it.

Still a cool project, but someone who does not understand markdown would wonder why pressing the heading button makes my text into a hashtag instead of making it bigger.

I see both. It's bold and has asterisks around the bolded text.

You see _ text _, but instead of 2 underscores you get formatted text. That's a definitional violation of WYSIWYG editing style

interested in the article. would you like to share a link?

Here in W.Australia we've been using solar powered signal repeaters along rail lines and mesa tops since the mid 1970's in the Pilbara mining industry.

Solar powered bores for farms in the wheatbelt and cattle country has been a regular feature for over a decade now.

The panels and batteries are better than ever now, but they've been Total Cost break even better than fossil fuel alternatives in remote Australia for a very long time (esp. factoring in need to travel to a bore to refuel, etc. Vs "it just works" (until it doesn't, but all solutions require upkeep)).

EU would just force the client to do client-side scanning. But then again, if the client is open-source: fork, compile, repeat.

Down the line obviously, is the death of general purpose computing where you canNOT do that, or canNOT installed non-signed applications (e.g. iOS but for all computers).

Afraid of the rising alternative parties, the current power structures seek to forever freeze their power in time by passing authoritarian laws. Sadly, they only way to end this it by massively voting alternative parties no matter the cost.

That comment raises a different kind of fear in me… are you talking about the „alternative“ right-wing, populist parties? Voting fascists is definitely not the answer either.

Are surveillance cameras really surveilling?

I think a less radical idea would be to, once and for all, force all billionaires to pay their fair share of taxes and then use the amount they paid extra to solve some of the worlds problems.

I didn't do the math so I don't really know what could be done with such sums.

How do you imagine the "forcing" would happen, hypothetically speaking?

Eliminating accidental and deliberate loopholes and using whatever mechanisms that already are usual (including criminal prosecution and potentially imprisonment) might be a start.

Sounds like the succinct answer here is "at gunpoint". Has this been tried before?

Please also share this with us when they respond.

The answered:

> Thank you for your message. Please read this article to learn more about objecting to the processing of your personal information: https://faq.whatsapp.com/1285115568956956/?helpref=uf_share

The page says:

``` How can I submit an objection?

If you're living in the European Region or in the UK, you can submit an objection to such processing of your personal information with this form and select "How can I make an objection to the processing of my information." Please provide your email address and WhatsApp phone number so we can process your request.

You will then be asked for the following information by email:

- What information processing you are objecting to: the processing activities carried out by WhatsApp on the basis of legitimate interests are listed above

- How this processing impacts you; under the GDPR and the UK GDPR, you have a right to object on grounds relating to your particular situation. This is important for us to be able to review and assess your objection. This is why we ask you to explain how the processing affects you (such as what rights and freedoms you believe are impacted by the processing and why)

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So yeah, obviously they don't want to tell me what would be a valid request from my end.

If they do, yes. But somehow I doubt it...

Sorry, could you point me to the piece of code that requests all comments via an API and renders them accordingly?

I don't think Vivaldi is open source. But if Brave's features are so bad that you're willing to switch to an closed source browser, why not switch to Firefox?

So when I'm using OpenBSD, I use Firefox exclusively. On my Mac, I use Safari 99% of the time, but I do have Firefox installed and use it for some things, but when I need a Chromium-based browser, I use Vivaldi, instead of Chrome or Brave.

EDIT: It looks some of Vivaldi's source is available FWIW, https://vivaldi.com/source/

The UI is closed source.

https://vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi-browser-open-source/

Would you happen to also know what the Vivaldi source code contains then?