butterfish.bsky.social
butterfish.bsky.social
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Interesting points on Russian coverage of the Midas case. In the first part I just found the "it will take Russia 8 years to reconstitute their forces" oddly specific - no range, no uncertainties, no mentioning what "reconstitution" means?
November 17, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Yes, I suspected that. Maybe you can use my feedback as an argument so your next publications won't get butchered.
I don't want to come across as overly critical. The podcast is a must-isten for me + the first which I complete in each week. I just ordered the audio book via audible.
October 7, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I mean Russia can be interesting to study without it being the most complex nation.
October 7, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Mark, I really like your podcast and your insightful articles but why "the world's most complex nation"? To me, such a superlative reduces the appeal because it sounds somewhat unserious. But besides that let me say thank you: I found your analysis matches pretty well the situation as I observe it.
October 7, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Und das war bereits 2021 so absehbar. Ich halte es nach wie vor für einen Amateurfehler, so etwas wie Rezeptausstellung/-einlösung von einer derart komplexen und zentralisierten Infrastruktur abhängig zu machen.
July 10, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Das Problem liegt darin, dass sich die Gematik und die deutsche Politik ein extrem komplexes System ausgedacht haben, bei dem es absehbar sehr, sehr viele Schwachstellen gibt. Mal die Wawi Schuld oder der Konnektor. Aber am Ende müssen alle Komponenten funktionieren oder das E-Rezept geht nicht!
July 10, 2025 at 6:16 PM
In der Theorie funktioniert das E-Rezept, in der Praxis hakt es. Beispiel: Gestern(!) ist für ca. 4 Stunden Arvato ausgefallen. Apotheken, die darüber an die TI angebunden sind, konnten also keine E-Rezepte beliefern. Und das war nicht erste Ausfall. Das Problem liegt in der Systemarchitektur.
July 10, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Gesundheit (Ärzte, Krankenhäuser, Pflege) würde ich auf jeden Fall noch einfügen
May 12, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Ich frage mich, ob das vielleicht auch ein bisschen so ein Stadt/Land-Unterschied ist? Auf dem Land ist vielleicht eher Infrastruktur (Ärzte, Lebensmittel und Straßen/Auto) das Alltagsproblem, in der Stadt Wohnraum?
Ich denke immer noch über diesen Artikel nach:
www.pw-portal.de/repraesentat...
Portal für Politikwissenschaft – Ist die AfD eine Partei der abgehängten Regionen? Politikwissenschaftler Haffert über Stadt-Land-Gegensätze in Deutschland
www.pw-portal.de
May 12, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Vielleicht sollte man noch erwähnen, dass man riffreporter über verschiedene Bibliothekszugänge kostenlos lesen kann (z.B. VÖBB in Berlin).
May 9, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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Die Stadt macht das, um die Luftverschmutzung in Griff zu bekommen. Auch Elektromobilität wird forciert.

Aktuell gilt noch eine Übergangsphase, weil noch nicht alle Tankstellen mit den KI-Kameras ausgestattet sind. Im Mai soll es flächendeckend losgehen.

m.economictimes.com/news/india/d...
Delhi's old car no fuel policy to kick in soon, most fuel stations get cameras to scan vehicles - The Economic Times
Delhi is on the verge of implementing its 'no fuel for overage vehicles' policy, with 477 out of 500 fuel stations equipped with ANPR systems to identify vehicles older than 15 years (petrol) and 10 y...
m.economictimes.com
April 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Die vier deutschen Übertragungsnetzbetreiber stellen in einer separaten Stellungnahme klar, dass "das Ergebnis der Überprüfung der deutsch-luxemburgischen Gebotszone derzeit nicht geeignet (ist), um eine Aufteilung der bestehenden Preiszone zu begründen."

www.netztransparenz.de/Portals/1/Do...
April 28, 2025 at 10:49 AM
power in the global electricity generation did decline significantly over the last 20 years. I take that as evidence that nuclear is not the solution.
April 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Well, if we had all the reactors now, then the world would be different. That sounds like a circular argument to me.
I strongly believe that nuclear power is just too expensive. It is expensive because safe reactors are hard to build (hence the long building times). And the share of nuclear ...
April 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
You are right, there is not a big appetite to invest in all these new, shiny "SMR" projects. So far no nuclear power plant was built without major subsidies.
Maybe that should tell us something about the cost of electricity generated by nuclear power plants?
April 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
when lobbyists try to push the narrative that energy storage would be incredibly expensive because we would need to store every single kWh of excess solar generation. [2/2]
April 26, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The thing is we do not have to store ALL the energy we produce. According to many studies, it is more cost-effective to "throw away" electricity from solar+wind in some hours when we have too much, in order to have enough when the wind is not that strong. Don't fall for myths [1/2]
April 26, 2025 at 4:14 PM
environment which can withstand it. And if you screw up, it is hard to replace the parts as they were activated (radioactive). Just look at the problems at Flamanville where they managed to screw up the pressure vessel. And that was just steel.
The presentation always looks great but in practice ...
April 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I remain highly sceptical against many of these "new" concepts like molten salt reactors. In the end these concepts are known for more than 60 years but no one managed to build a big, commercial power plant. One problem is that the salt is highly corrosive and it is really, really hard to build an
April 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
it runs almost 24/7. That makes nuclear a really bad companion to solar+wind. These need a complement which can adapt to highly volatile generation. Natural gas plants can do that, batteries as well.
April 26, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The costs are high because reactors are really dangerous unless they are properly managed. That includes all the special routines you mentioned. All safety mechanisms are redundant, driving up cost even further.
The problem is that energy from a nuclear power plant is absurdly expensive unless
April 26, 2025 at 3:57 PM