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Everywhere we stayed in #Iceland, we found a safe parking place where we could hunt the #aurora. We'd been lucky the night before so we headed back to the same spot.
Nada. Zilch. Lots of pretty stars.We drove back to the hotel and, on the way, the aurora began. We returned to the hotel (it was closest) as quickly as we could and I immediately unloaded my camera.
Which is how I came to be in a brightly lit back yard.
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Gli ultimi otto messaggi ricevuti dalla Federazione
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È pure andata bene: Trump non ha fatto battute su Hiroshima e Nagasaki.
Trump gela Takaichi: "Perche' non ci avete detto di Pearl Harbor?" https://youtu.be/trYg2k3x1bs?si=Ebdmr2gxTUQtAQvu
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I know I shouldn’t, but…
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@generalespecifico quella dobbiamo tenerla per dopo pure se Nordio là mezza spoilerata 😓
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Perché l'embargo a Cuba è illegale? Perché è una punizione collettiva.
La punizione collettiva è rigorosamente vietata dal diritto internazionale umanitario, in particolare dalle Convenzioni di Ginevra del 1949. Nessuna persona può essere punita per un'infrazione non commessa personalmente. Il divieto include non solo rappresaglie ma anche assedi ed embarghi che privano la popolazione di beni essenziali (cibo, acqua, medicine).
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A Candle-Powered Game Boy For Post-Apocalyptic Tetris
We’re not exactly worried about Armageddon here at Hackaday, but should we end up facing the end of the world as we know it, having something to pass the time would be nice. That’s why we were intrigued by [Janus Cycle]’s latest video where he both plays and powers a Game Boy by candlelight.
You’ve probably figured out the trick already: he’s using a Peltier module as a thermoelectric generator. Candles, after all, release a lot more energy as heat than light, and all that high-quality heat is just begging to be put to use somehow. It’s hardly a new idea; [Janus] references space-age radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs) in the video, but back in the day the Soviets had a thermoelectric collar that fit around a kerosene lantern to power their tube radios.
In [Janus]’s case, he’s using a commercial module sandwiched between two heatsinks with the rather-questionable choice of a cardboard box reinforced with wooden skewers to hold it over the candle. Sure, as long as the flame doesn’t touch the cardboard, it should be fine, but you will not be at all surprised to see the contraption catch fire in the video’s intro. For all that, he doesn’t get enough power for the Game Boy — one module gets him only 2 V with tea light, but he has a second module and a second candle.
Doubling the energy more than doubles the fun, since a working Game Boy is way more than twice as fun as an un-powered one. But one candle should be more than enough power, so [Janus] goes back and optimizes his single-Peltier setup with a tall candle and actual thermal grease, and gets the Game Boy going again. Any fire marshals in the audience should look away, though, as he never gives up on keeping a candle in a cardboard box.
The “power something with a Peltier module” project is probably a right of passage for electronics enthusiasts, but most are more likely to play with the irony of candle-powered LEDs, or fans to cool the cold-side heatsink. We did see a phone charger one time, and that didn’t even involve open flames, which seems much safer than this. Remember — no matter how much you want to game after the end of the world, it’s not worth burning down your fallout shelter.
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È il capitalismo, baby. #SanFrancisco, la capitale dell'#AI dove il futuro è poco umano https://www.repubblica.it/tecnologia/2026/03/14/news/san-francisco-ia-contraddizioni-waymo-openai-google-chatgpt-425221687/
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Terzo motivo per cui è illegale l'embargo a Cuba
3. Divieto di punizione collettiva
L’uso dell’embargo per creare carestie, crisi energetiche e limitare l’accesso a beni essenziali configura una forma di punizione collettiva della popolazione civile, vietata dal diritto internazionale umanitario e dai trattati sui diritti economici, sociali e culturali. https://www.studiocataldi.it/articoli/48013-l-embargo-a-cuba-il-collasso-energetico.asp
