There is this project "actually portable executable"/cosmopolitan libc https://github.com/jart/cosmopolitan that allows a compile once execute anywhere style type of C++ binary

My brother (a history book worm) writes on geopolitics as a hobby.

He wrote a comprehensive analysis in French on how Greenland will be the tipping point for NATO, the European Union and even Democracy in the USA

I found it very well articulated on the stakes and chain of consequences, so I asked him to translate it in English so I could share it here, thinking it could interest many

Well written although very typical French in verbosity, to my eyes at least

Among the listed scenarios, I can see others too. Let's imagine the Danes covertly are able to construct a completely independent crises. Or by random event some disaster happens. Let's say an earthquake in California. It would require attention to domestic affairs for a while

A few longships full of berserkers ought to do the trick.

What's the book?

Echoes the beginning of this science fiction novel! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ice_People_(Barjavel_novel...

I came to cite this book too ! Read it while in school when I was around 11 and it opened me to Sci Fi.

Severance

Recent video on the topic by Real Engineering, interviewing a start-up in this domain that aims at creating new technology to dig 10km+ bore holes using plasma to vaporise rocks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_EoZzE7KJ0

This article is about that startup, describing a visit to their lab; unlike Real Engineering videos, the article is fact-checked.

Highly speculative. Last I looked they had drilled inches in a lab.

I completely agree, not every task deserves to be automated

Je me suis senti visé

J'ai essaye d'etre discrete.

Didn't help, même moi l'ai compris.

Hello!

I shared almost 3 years ago this website made by the father of a friend that uses free satellite data to showcase the earth near realtime, using algorithms he crafted to assemble and color correct everything together (see original post https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29851399)

Since then he improved a lot his software, taking advantage of new satellites, new color wave length, and taking the challenge to map it all on a 3D earth globe (compared to flat earth surfaces previously), see https://earth2day.com/TheWall/Movies/The5/THELIVINGPLANET.ht...

Sometimes you can (unfortunately) see there the planet scale events that faces us, like huricanes that come onto the shore or wildfires so huge the smoke plumes goes over entire continents ... see the gallery of events here https://earth2day.com/TheWall/Gallery/gallery.html

So here I share it back, do not hesitate to provide him feedback here.

Hello!

I shared almost 3 years ago this website made by the father of a friend that uses free satellite data to showcase the earth near realtime, using algorithms he crafted to assemble and color correct everything together (see original post https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29851399)

Since then he improved a lot his software, taking advantage of new satellites, new color wave length, and taking the challenge to map it all on a 3D earth globe (compared to flat earth surfaces previously). Or with a 4k colored flat view of our home planet https://earth2day.com/TheWall/Movies/THEWALL4K.html

Sometimes you can (unfortunately) see there the planet scale events that faces us, like huricanes that come onto the shore or wildfires so huge the smoke plumes goes over entire continents ... see the gallery of events here https://earth2day.com/TheWall/Gallery/gallery.html

So here I share it, do not hesitaite to provide him feedback here.

Note: If earth does not rotate when landing on the page, just reload

Seems they have to endure a nasty loud background noise, hope for them they can fix that