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China is advancing at breakneck speed in nuclear fusion. It already has something ready that until now only the Netherlands had

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The path to a destination as challenging as it is nuclear fusion commercial must necessarily be full of small conquests. Of achievements that may seem modest, but that, in reality, are milestones that put us a little closer of an ambitious objective that seeks nothing more than to help us solve our energy needs without continuing to emit greenhouse gases. In this context ITER attracts much of the attention. And it is understandable that this is so. After all, it is a project of enormous magnitude, which is also led by the European Union. In fact, this organization is jointly assuming approximately 50% of the total cost of a plan in which the United States, Russia, China, Japan, India and South Korea also participate. However, the public commitment to nuclear fusion is not condensed solely into ITER. And it is not limited only to the European Union either. Not at all. Europe is signing up very important scientific milestonesbut there are other countries that are also bidding very high, and that, precisely, do not move in the orbit of the West. In fact, two of them, probably the most advantaged, are China and South Korea. China has a very sophisticated linear plasma generator to advance fusion In the field of nuclear fusion, plasma is the extremely hot gas that contains the nuclei of deuterium and tritium, the two isotopes of hydrogen, which are involved in the reaction. For these nuclei to overcome their natural electrical repulsion and the strong nuclear interaction to fuse them, they must acquire a very high kinetic energy. And this is only possible if the plasma reaches a temperature equal to or greater than 150 million degrees Celsius. As we can guess, very few known materials are capable of withstanding such a high temperature. However, this is not all. When a deuterium nucleus fuses with a tritium nucleus, they produce a helium nucleus and a neutron that is ejected with an energy of about 14 MeV (megaelectronvolts). The problem is that the neutron lacks a net electrical charge, so it cannot be confined inside the magnetic field which, however, does manage to retain the deuterium and tritium nuclei, which have a positive electrical charge. The components that will be most affected by the direct impact of high-energy neutrons and the most intense heat flow are the inner wall of the vacuum chamber and the mantle. This is the reason why when it originates as a result of the nuclear fusion reaction, this neutron is ejected towards the walls of the vacuum chamber with enormous energy. This particle is very important because in practice it will be closely linked to the production of electrical energy in nuclear fusion reactors, but, at the same time, it represents a very aggressive form of radiation that can significantly degrade the materials used in the reactor. . The components that will be most affected by the direct impact of high-energy neutrons and the most intense heat flow are the inner wall of the vacuum chamber and the blanketwhich is a mantle that covers it and whose purpose is regenerate tritium which is necessary to use as fuel in the nuclear fusion reaction. This is why it is crucial to develop new materials that are able to withstand the neutron flux and therefore ensure that the reactor will have a long operational life. Until now, only the Netherlands had a device capable of generating a high-flow plasma similar to what occurs in the vacuum chamber of a nuclear fusion reactor. But now China has it too. The Hefei Institute of Physical Sciences has successfully built a highly advanced linear plasma generator capable of accurately recreating the extreme conditions found inside fusion reactors. Its purpose is to use it to test candidate materials to be used in vacuum chamber constructionfor which it is essential to subject them to the interaction of plasma. Fortunately, China has confirmed that this machine will be available for international collaboration. Image | Hefei Institutes of Physical Science More information | Hefei Institutes of Physical Science In Xataka | Spain’s milestone in nuclear fusion: the first plasma produced by the SMART reactor invites us to optimism

New York has gone from being one of the most clogged cities to a car-free “sanctuary.” Your recipe: $15

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These days we have seen images of New York that seem taken from postapocalyptic movies as ‘I am Legend‘ or ’28 days later’. The streets in some areas of the ‘Big Apple’ have emptied during rush hours, and The person responsible has been… a toll. In no city in the world is so much time wasted in the car like in New Yorkwhich costs not only time, but also money. Specifically, the city estimates that the 700,000 vehicles that move through the southern part of Manhattan every day and get stuck represent a loss of 20 billion dollars in productivity. A nonsense, no matter how you look at it. The authorities know that this is a problem and have been trying to tackle it for some time. As? Through a toll. The measure, which should have been applied last summercame into operation on January 5 and delimits an area of ​​Manhattan named ‘Congestion Relief Zone’. If you want to access with a vehicle, it will cost you up to $14.50, a price that depends on whether it is a car or a motorcycle. If it’s a truck, it shoots up to $30. From Central Park to the southern peak of the island. The area is not small, precisely This price also depends on the time, but the consequence has been devastating: practically empty streets (at least by the standards of the city that never sleeps) when before they would have been full. And, apart from ending traffic jams and noise pollution, studies suggest that residents will also gain in health. Less cars, more health It seems obvious that, if the use of private transport is discouraged in favor of buses or the subway, there will be less pollution in the streets due to a reduction in pollution. The effects of the toll have not taken long to be noticed, with media such as Financial Times noting that the speed of access to Manhattan from New Jersey has nearly doubled. And leaving Manhattan via the Brooklyn Bridge has also gone from being a journey at an average speed of 20 km/h one at 37 km/h. There are points, such as the congested Holland Bridge, that have reduced traffic by 63%, while the use of public transport has increased by 14% in certain cases. In short: the City Council esteem Traffic in the limited area is 8% lower than at the same time last year, which means 219,000 fewer vehicles. As we say, also, less pollution. Or so it is expected. An environmental study published in 2023 estimated the impact that tolls would have on air pollution. Carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, benzene and other chemical particles linked to respiratory problems, cognitive decline and heart disease would see their numbers reduced, as would greenhouse gases. He studyas we read in Gristwas carried out on a regional level, covering 12 counties in New York and New Jersey, as well as a projection to 2045. In it, it was determined that Manhattan would experience a 4.36% reduction in kilometers traveled daily by vehicles in 2045, which would result in a 10.72% decrease in CO₂ for that year in the business district, where the toll has been applied. Carbon monoxide levels would fall by 6.55% and nitrogen oxide levels would also fall by 5.89%. Without a doubt, these are good figures in the short and medium term that can not only contribute significantly to the health of the population, but also to the planet, but it should be noted that the study simply estimated the impact of measures such as tolls. To see real results, it will be necessary to measure the levels of particles and pollutants from now on and draw a comparison with previous levels. Andy Darrell is the New York regional director at the Environmental Defense Fund and commented that “the most important thing is to get started,” but we will see if there is time for those effects to be noticed. The reason is that the viability of the project is in doubtwith Manhattan residents filing a class action lawsuit against the plan, a Donald Trump who is not in favor of the work of these traffic-free preserves and politicians against the toll, both Democrats and Republicans. Images | MTA, MTA YouTube In Xataka | New York has transformed its school buses into mini power plants to cover peak demand

A German developer has bought a Nazi bunker for one million euros. Now he wants to turn it into a “fortress” for the rich

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Germany is still grappling with the legacy of the Nazis. Throughout the country there is an extensive network of bunkers of the Second World War with the capacity to accommodate almost half a million people. Some of those left have been redesigned to serve citiesbut there are those who want to recover them for something similar to their original purpose: to be a fortress for the richest in the face of fear of a World War III. And they even have their own cryptocurrency: BunkerCoin. The project. It all starts when a real estate developer is occurred the idea: convert a World War II tunnel system into a bunker for rich people who fear a Third World War breaking out. those tunnels 13 kilometers long are near the town of Halberstadt, about 200 kilometers southwest of Berlin and were built by prisoners of the Buchenwald concentration camp. In 2019, businessman Peter Karl Jugl purchased these tunnels through his company Global Project Management for 1.3 million euros. Now you want to make profits. luxury bunker. Jugl’s idea is to create protected homes that also have all the facilities and comforts. “Similar to rooms on luxury yachts,” according to the project, with food to be obtained through agriculture and indoor mushroom cultivation. Among the amenities mentioned, we find a school, a workshop, a casino, hospital, workshop, gym and spa. So that the circadian cycle is not lost (although without sunlight it is somewhat complicated), the installation will simulate sunrises and sunsets in something extremely similar to what we can see in the nuclear shelters from the ‘Fallout’ saga. It will also be proof of a nuclear war. BunkerCoin. How is entry guaranteed? By purchasing a cryptocurrency, each one guaranteeing one cubic centimeter of space inside the bunker. It is estimated that a small room would cost around half a million dollars At the moment… The intention Historical memory. It is estimated that nearly 7,000 Buchenwald camp inmates worked in the tunnels and more than half died while digging. The purpose of the facility in its day was the manufacture of aviation equipment during the final phase of the war and, evidently, the plan for the luxury bunker has not pleased the descendants of those one bit. slaves who built it. Langenstein-Zwieberge is a memorial built in the vicinity of the prison camp that honors both victims and survivors and its director, Gero Fedtke, called the project “an inappropriate way of treating the historical heritage of the tunnel.” Disbelief. Curiously, all this has caught Jugl on a different footing. In a telephone interview granted told AFP that he has been letting visitors to the memorial access a section of the tunnel where historical traces from the Nazi era still remain, but he wanted to separate the tunnels from the prison camp located about two kilometers away. In addition, he commented that he is “building a facility to save human lives in an emergency and I have been treated unfairly, insulted and threatened.” An association of relatives of prisoners is not on that same page, pointing out that it is impossible to separate the tunnels from the camp, since the reason for the existence of that facility was to house the slave labor that would excavate the tunnels. Fedtke comments that, like the camp, the tunnels have historical relevance because in Buchenwald “hardly any historical traces of the Nazi era have been preserved and in the tunnel it is totally different.” still there. With all this commotion, Jugl has offered the state of Saxony-Anhalt the possibility of buying back the tunnels. It must be said that your company specializes in the purchase of “properties the bigger the better” with the aim of making them profitable and, now, it is offering the repurchase of the tunnel network for eight million euros. However, the state Ministry of Culture told AFP that they have not received any permit request for the construction of the bunker and that, “as it is a cultural monument, all structural or use changes require approval.” What they have received is the buyback proposal, something that has led some to think that Jugl’s plan was not to create any bunkers, but simply noise so that the state would give him more money than he originally paid for the tunnels and win. in the transaction. Whatever it is, it is a curious way to play with something as sensitive as the historical memory of the victims of Nazism. Images | Bunkercoin In Xataka | Faced with the escalation in Ukraine, Germany has dusted off something: a war manual and its underground shelters

the three causes that cause it and how to avoid them

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Often it tends to link procrastination with laziness when doing a task. However, reality is usually far from thatand the effort to postpone tasks It is related with problems in emotions management that occur in situations of stress, anxiety, rebellion or simply boredom. The writer and time management expert Elizabeth Grace Saundersrecommend in an article published in Fastcompany Analyze what is causing that rejection of doing a certain task will help you find an escape and face it before It is too late. Anxiety: just thinking about the task already scares you Before a complicated or tedious project, the simple thought of having to face that challenge can already make you avoid doing it, even knowing that it is A self -deceptionand that in the end you will have to do it equally, but with the added component of the anxiety for not arriving in time. In short, the fear and anxiety that generates a task that produces insecurity because you do not know if you are going to be able to do it, it already blocks you to face it again and, subconsciously, the Brain tries to avoid it at any cost. In these cases, the key is to keep in mind that the anxiety generated by the task will not do anything other than increase as the deadline expires. It will not disappear until you finish it. A strategy to face that initial blockage can be the become your own assistant. Dedicating some time every day to prepare the material, data or documents you need for the task can help reduce the emotional resistance of starting the process. If you have never done a similar project before, maybe talk to a partner who has done so to know how he faced it, or ask for some idea to AI tools. If you have already done something similar in the past, but it did not fully work out and the fear of failing is blocking you, think about what mistakes you made and how you can improve the work you did on that occasion. The simple fact of performing proactive actions to face the task already puts you on the path of reducing the uncertainty and anxiety that generates you. Rebellion: Do not align with the task Sometimes, procrastination appears When you do not align with a task. For example, when you have been commissioned to make a certain project that you think is the wrong or that it is not the best solution, but you also have to do it because they have ordered you and it is your work. Gretchen Rubin, author of the book ‘The four trends’recommend aligning that task that, by rebellion, you refuse to do, with some value of your identity. For example, to think that, even if you believe that it will not serve anything, it is part of your responsibility and your work ethics prevents you from doing something mediocre or directly, badly done on purpose, when you knew how to do it well. That change of approach links a task that is perceived negatively as something “that force you” to do, to something you “want to do” because you are a responsible professional … even if you do not agree with it. Boredom: nothing motivates you to start the task He boredom It can also be an activator that leads to the postponement of tasks, just like curiosity can be the engine that leads you to start others. The emotional component in this case, is closely linked to the motivation you feel to do that task. If it is a tedious task, or that you perceive of little importance, your brain may prefer not to do it. One way to face it is context That justify why it should be done. An obvious is: if I do not do this task they will say goodbye. But that is an extreme case. For example, even if it is a tedious task to enter data into a Excelthat work can be very important for your colleagues or as a tool for your company. Habits expert James Clear, author of ‘Atomic habits‘ Point out That, “if you have a hard time maintaining a habit because you think you are a discomfort, choose a different version of that habit. Each person likes different things. Find the most pleasant version of each habit you practice. Make your habits fun.” This, extrapolated to initiate a task that you consider boring consists of find a way to liven up. An option can be, for example, listen to some music or a podcast while doing the task. The association of a pleasant activity with a monotonous or boring causes the second to become less heavy. Another alternative that proposes Kirsten Milliken, psychologist and author of the book ‘Playdhd‘is to apply the Gamification to the task. This strategy consists of set small challenges Let the task more interesting. A kind of game in the form of play that takes you to its completion. How many data are you able to enter a certain period of time? How can you optimize the task to eliminate steps and do it faster or less effort? The objective, in short, is to disconnect the sensation of tedium and boredom of that concrete task. In this way, you will not respond when Have to do itbut you will see it as an occasion to listen to the last episode of your favorite podcast or review the songs of your playlist. In Xataka | Creating new habits is difficult. The author of “atomic habits” believes that there is something even more complicated: keep them Image | Unspash (Johnny Cohen, The Drink)

an olive oil so cheap that it is no longer profitable for farmers

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Between to Huelma’s Sales, in the heart of the province of Granada, there is a cooperative that groups 1,600 olive producers from the nearby regions. It is only necessary look at its facilities To check the real state of the Andalusian olive: they work 24 hours a day and will triple the triple olive that last year. And, paradoxically, this can become a problem. Problem? How will that be a problem? It is true that consumers fall in oil price is somewhat full of advantages. However, everything has a limit. Specifically, the one that sets the fixed costs. From a certain price, farmers lose money: move to the crews, manage the olive, transport it … It entails putting more money than they can enter. How much money are we talking about? And that limit (historically, for the traditional dry land olive tree, is around four euros) is about to be reached. Faced with the nine euros to which the liter quoted at this point in last campaign, the price is already around To that red line. Is this situation normal? In the oil, we have been very bad for years; But this same season we have seen how something very similar happened with The lemons, The almonds either bananas. We have also seen that the wine faces a similar dilemma. If the production does not conform to demand, the problems appear. And it doesn’t matter whether it is on the one hand or another. And what will happen to the price? This is a great unknown, the truth. The big marketers have been accumulating losses for years and this good campaign is an opportunity to clean up their accounts. That means as they defended since Deoleo last campaignthat we are not going to see minimum prices in supermarkets. On the contrary, the actors in the sector maneuver to stop the fall of retail prices. However, market asymmetry in origin causes serious problems To the thousands of producers in Spain emptied. And it is not a futuristic. “There have been times when the liter of extra virgin has fallen to 3.5 euros, which means that in other lower categories it is in three and this is very worrying because the volume of the current harvest does not justify this decrease so pronounced “, The Director of Agrifood Cooperatives Granada explained in Ideal. What can we expect? If the fall in prices at origin does not stop, this can be the lace of the change of productive model that It has been planning for years About the Spanish olive grove. The truth is that the dry dry costs has much larger costs than The irrigation or the Superintensive. After several years with financial problems we can see how many drying farms have to close this due to blockbusters and low prices. That would be many things: a drama for many areas of the country, a substantial improvement in field productivity and huge environmental tensions. Every day that passes, the oil culture has a more uncertain future. Image | EMRE | Emiliano García Page In Xataka | The worst scenario for olive oil has come true: Spain walks towards a black year

The fascinating network of “Arab Cuevas”

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Brihuega is the name of a municipality in Guadalajara that may not tell you anything. But it may sound to you if I tell you that it is the ‘Spanish lavender capital‘. This town of the Alcarriaof just 2,800 inhabitants, multiply its population during July thanks to Lavender festival. But under the surface of Brihuega There is more, much more: Almost eight kilometers of tunnels that make up the largest underground labyrinth in Spain. Arab Caves. The caves, tunnels or galleries always have a fascinating point. They are natural or excavated by humans, imagine the stories that occurred among its narrow walls always have a point of attractiveness. Visit a mine, How can Almadén’sIt is always interesting … and a business. Capadocia with its secret citiesAnd tunnels knows it well, but it turns out that you don’t have to go to Türkiye to see something similar. Between the 10th and XI centuries, in the municipality of Brihuega, the inhabitants They built An intricate tunnel system. It is a complex maze of about eight kilometers in total that travel practically the entire subsoil of the town, as well as parts that give abroad. And, although they are called ‘Arab caves’, the symbology found in the galleries is not Mudejar. War and peace. As in this type of structures, they are naturally protected from inclement and a constant temperature of about 12 degrees Celsius throughout the year is maintained. This allows, traditionally, galleries have been used as a food warehouse. In some parts of the tour, in fact, you can see great jars that would have been used to store food or drink, each with the potter’s label that built them. However, they have not only used in peace times, and they will probably be initially built as an escape and refuge. Brihuega was a Strategic point In the face of toledo by Christians in the reconquest, and what allowed the tunnels was that, in times of siege, the population could escape outside the perimeter of the walls. Brihuega also witnessed a homonymous battle in December 1710, during the Spanish Succession War. Civil war. Let’s say that, in any conflict of this type, the population has an insured escape and refuge, and it is something that they also took advantage of during the civil war. During the conflict, one of the battles was to Guadalajara. In March 1937, the nationalist troops, with the support of Italian forces and tanks, tried to penetrate Madrid through the north. In a Televisilla-La Mancha television report, it is noted that there are parts near the breathing rooms that have soot on the roofs. They are the points where the population, taking refuge from the siege of the Italian troops, lit fires to cook and heat. Tourist interest. Currently, Brihuega caves are the memory that the history of some cities is not only on the surface, but unfortunately you cannot travel the eight kilometers of galleries. They have only enabled about 700 meters for visits subject to schedule and payment of three euros per person. The tour lasts a little less than half an hour and it is always interesting to visit these sites … unless you have claustrophobia. Images | Millars and Benjamín Núñez González In Xataka | “Look dad, ox”: the curious story of how an eight -year -old girl unwittingly discovered the paintings of the Altamira cave

This is conquering the key technologies of the future

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The tension held by the US and China for more than five years is due to a very evident purpose: these two countries are disputing world supremacy. It is no secret. In fact, the government led by Joe Biden Openly recognized In the document that collects your National Security Strategy October 2022 that China has the necessary capacity and resources to dispute the US Its world leadership position. The following literal extract of this document reflects very clearly why the US government considers China a threat: “The People’s Republic of China (RPC) is the only competitor that has both the intention of remodeling international order and every time, every time Moreover, the economic, diplomatic, military and technological capacity to do so. The social, economic, military and technological development that the country led by Xi Jinping has experienced during the last two decades supports this conclusion. In fact, China is currently a world leader in five key technologies from a strategic point of view because of the relevance they already have, and, above all, due to what they will have in the future. And in other bids increasingly high. Even so, there is an area in which this gigantic Asian country still seems to be far from reaching a domain position: The semiconductors. These are the five strategic technologies in which China has already managed to lead One of the objectives of SANCTIONS TO CHINA that the US and its allies have deployed during the last two and a half years is to stop the development of the Chinese semiconductor industry. And to achieve this, the US governments, the Netherlands and Japan have banned their manufacturers of lithography equipment, among which are ASML, Tokyo Electron either Apply materialssell your most advanced machines to your Chinese customers. China is world leader in unmanned aerial vehicles, solar panels, graphene, high -speed trains, electric vehicles and lithium batteries Chinese lithography equipment manufacturers have the support of the XI Jinping administration to develop machines from extreme ultraviolet lithography (UVE) as soon as possible, but due to its complexity with all probability They will not be ready before five years. In addition, most semiconductor experts, including Chinese technicians, defends that China is Between 5 and 10 years more backward than the West in the development of photolithographic equipment. The country of Xi Jinping, as we have just seen, does not lead in chips. However, as we can verify in the graph that we publish under these lines, it is the world leader in non -manned aerial vehicles, solar panels, graphene, high -speed trains, electric vehicles and lithium batteries. This graph has been prepared by JOSTEIN HAUGEwhich is professor of economics at the University of Cambridge (England), taking as reference the data collected by Bloomberg Intelligence and Bloomberg Economics. This leadership position in these areas is the result of the “Made in China 2025” plan announced by XI Jinping himself in 2015. His starting point in some of these technologies, such as solar panels or practical graphene applications, was very solid a decade ago, but still there is no doubt that this strategy has been a success. And, in addition, it will remain in force to allow China to fight from you with other great powers for leadership in semiconductors, Quantum computers, artificial intelligence either Robotsamong other technologies that have enormous strategic relevance. Key Technologies of the Plan ‘Made in China 2025’ 2015 (real data) 2024 (real data) 2030 (expectation) Unmanned aerial vehicles Global leader Global leader Global leader Solar panels Global leader Global leader Global leader Graphene Global leader Global leader Global leader high -speed trains Competitive position Global leader Global leader electric cars and lithium batteries Competitive position Global leader Global leader Liquefied natural gas transport ships (LNG) Competitive position Competitive position Global leader medications Behind market leaders Competitive position Competitive position Great tractors Behind market leaders Competitive position Competitive position industrial machinery Behind market leaders Competitive position Competitive position Robots Behind market leaders Competitive position Competitive position artificial intelligence Behind market leaders Competitive position Competitive position semiconductors Behind market leaders Competitive position Competitive position Commercial aircraft Behind market leaders Behind market leaders Competitive position China’s domain is indisputable The “Made in China 2025” plan has a very clear purpose: cease to be the world’s factory and consolidate as THE MOST SUPPLIER OF SERVICES AND PRODUCTS high value of the planet. As we have just seen, the country led by Xi Jinping has failed to lead in integrated circuits, artificial intelligence, robots, commercial aviation or medicines, among other areas, but its domain of the market of solar panels is overwhelming. China’s quota in the world photovoltaic cell market Broken 80%and for the moment only India seems to have the ability to disturb him in the long term. Its manufacturing capacity is 17 times greater than the rest of the planet togetherwhich has encouraged the Chinese administration to support the manufacture of More than 1,000 GW in N -type cell capacity As the other countries fulfill their net emission commitments. Of course, a good part of Chinese solar panel manufacturers is selling to losses with the purpose of growing as much and as fast as possible. China produces 60% of the world graphite because it has the largest natural reserves of the planet, and graphene is manufactured from this raw material We are now with unmanned aerial vehicles. China controls 90% of the world market of consumer drones and professionals thanks to the success that in recent years are having manufacturers such as DJI (Dà-Jiāng-Innovations), FIMI or Autel Robotics, among others. The domain of this country of the markets of drones and solar panels is the result of a recipe in which the support of the Chinese government, the continuous improvement of the technologies involved in the product and Extremely competitive prices. In the graphene market, the same thing happens essentially as in the two we have just explored. China produces 60% of the world graphite Because it has the largest natural reserves of the … Read more

NVIDIA’s story is that of a survivor when all its competitors disappeared or were bought

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In 1998 NVIDIA was on the verge of go bankrupt. The rivalry that graphics chip manufacturers sustained during the 90s of the last century and the first decade of the current one killed many of them. In fact, as Tae Kim explains to us in the highly recommended essay book ‘The NVIDIA Way’only the company led by Jensen Huang survived in a saturated industry that still suffered from obvious immaturity. During the second half of the 1990s, between 80 and 100 companies competed in the PC graphics market, as Kim confirms in his work. Some of them were well known to users, such as Matrox, 3dfx Interactive, S3 Graphics, ATI Technologies, Hercules, Cirrus Logic, Intel, Trident, Number Nine Visual Technology or Rendition, while others were fighting to make their way in a market whose size It was at that time much smaller than today. Tae Kim argues that only NVIDIA has survived for one reason: it is the only company of all those I have mentioned so far in this article that remains as it was at that time. Most of them no longer exist, and those that remain have either been bought by other companies, such as ATI Technologies, or have had an unstable presence in the PC graphics hardware market and have made a living from other businesses, such as Intel. Jensen Huang is where he is thanks to his perseverance and intuition In his book Tae Kim assures that NVIDIA has overcome the critical moments it has faced thanks to Jensen Huang. Many of the decisions this executive has made during his career have been guided by ‘The innovators’ dilemma’one of his favorite books. Its author, American university professor Clayton M. Christensen, maintains that not dedicating the resources necessary for innovation It leaves the way free to do so for other companies that can afford to risk and bet everything on innovation with the purpose of consolidating themselves in the market. Jensen Huang has always been attentive to both talent coming from universities and strengthening his competitors. Christensen’s teachings have inspired Jensen Huang and helped him define NVIDIA’s business strategy, but, according to Kim, the company is still competing today thanks to two qualities of Huang: his perseverance and his intuition. In 1998, TSMC, which already then manufactured NVIDIA chipsran into a production problem. The latter company was running out of money, but Jensen Huang reacted and convinced three of the PC graphics card manufacturers he worked with. “Our technology is good. We will give you a 10% discount on the IPO when we go public. You just have to give us some money now,” Huang promised them. And it worked. His conviction and firm belief in the potential of his products got NVIDIA out of the quagmire, but the recipe for his success has other ingredients that we cannot ignore: his intuition and his good eye when it comes to recruiting talent. Huang has always been attentive to both talent coming from universities and strengthening his competitors. The signing of Dwight Diercks proves it. Jensen Huang followed Scott Sellers closely before he co-founded 3dfx Interactive. When the latter company went bankrupt in 2000 and was bought by NVIDIA, Huang questioned Sellers: “Which engineers are really good among all those who have been part of your team? Who are the stars?“Sellers did not hesitate to praise Dwight Diercks. And he ended up at NVIDIA. Jensen Huang is the alma mater of his company, but it is clear that he is fully aware of how essential the people he works with are. The Nvidia Way: Jensen Huang and the Making of a Tech Giant (English Edition) *Some prices may have changed since the last review Image | NVIDIA Bibliography | ‘The NVIDIA Way’by Tae Kim In Xataka | We can forget about AI without hallucinations for now. NVIDIA CEO explains why

For Tarantino, there is only one trilogy that can be said to be “perfect.” Although it was not originally intended as such

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Quentin Tarantino may be many things, but he certainly isn’t fooling anyone: neither ‘Star Wars’ nor ‘The Godfather’ are his favorite trilogies. It makes all the sense in the world that, watching his films (especially ‘Dyango Unchained’ or ‘The Hateful Eight’, but also ‘Inglourious Basterds’ or ‘Kill Bill’), the director has Sergio Leone’s Dollar Trilogy on an altarthe three films that completely reformulated the classic Western and launched it into a universe of ruthless characters and deadly environments. This is the trilogy composed of ‘For a handful of dollars‘ (in Movistar Plus+ and FlixOlé), ‘Death had a price‘ and ‘The good, the bad and the ugly’ (in FlixOlé). The international success of all of them generated an immense market for farms in Mediterranean countries such as Italy and Spain, which began to imitate them without any complexes, but their influence continues to this day. Today it is impossible to see a western that, voluntarily or not, does not have the imprint of Sergio Leone in its DNA. Tarantino said about her in an episode of the ‘Club Random’ podcast that did “what no other trilogy has been able to do. The first movie is great, but the second one is so good and takes the entire first idea onto such a large canvas that it nullifies that one. And then the third, ‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’, does the same thing with the second, and that’s what never happens. You’ll see this big jump from first to second, but they never get to third. For example, ‘Mad Max 2’ is not overshadowed by ‘Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome.’” The curious thing is that Leone did not conceive these three films as a trilogy: Clint Eastwood appears in all of them playing a similar character, a man with no name dressed in a poncho, but it is not clear if he is the same person in all of them. Other actors, such as Lee Van Cleef, appear in several or all of the films in the trilogy, giving life to openly different characters. But the box office success of the films was such that United Artist distributed them in the United States as if they were part of a trilogy, given their aesthetic and plot similarities. In Xataka | The most brutal Western in history is this masterful mix of horror and Western cinema on Prime Video Translation performed with the free version of the DeepL.com translator

Cut the Eiffel Tower elevator cables

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June 1940 was a month indicated in the heart of France. Also in the heart of an Adolf Hitler who could fulfill his dream of visiting Paris. At the dawn of the Second World Warand after eight months of tense calm known as’The joke war‘The Nazis attacked France. On June 2 bombed Paris, on June 10 the French government fled the city and on June 12, seeing that a resistance was useless that ended the city in ruins, it was declared that Paris was an ‘open’ city. On June 14, the first German guard entered, taking the city and ensuring everything for the triumphal arrival of a Hitler who had quickly conquered the mythical European city. What could not conquer was the sky of Paris: the rulers, with Charles de Gaulle At the head, they had abandoned the city to their fate, but the Parisians were clear that Hitler would not rise to the top of the Eiffel Tower. For the Insta. The Nazi expansion in Paris was fast. They occupied police and government posts quickly, hung a swastika in the Arch of Triumph and organized a parade through the Elysees fields within a few hours of entering the city, all for the press to immortalize the moment for propaganda purposes. In France a collaborative government was established, with Philippe Pétain (Hero of the World War I and traitor to the homeland in World War II) as the main puppet. That new government urged the army to stop fighting, which ends up opening the doors to the Germans. June 23 or 24 (the exact date is diffuse), Hitler arrived in Paris. He did it next to the Arno Breker sculptor and his right hand, the chief architect of the third Reich Albert Speer. Together, and with a tremendous entourage, they walked through some of the most iconic places in the city. Of the various famous photographs that the dictator and his collaborators were taken, perhaps the most famous was this, posing in front of the Eiffel Tower: A wonder. The tower, today icon of the city, opened in March 1889. From the first moment, the structure showed a pioneer installation: five elevators. Although not all were the same, the five were driven by hydraulic energy thanks to water deposits installed on each floor. The three water accumulators weighed about 200 tons each and maintained a pressure of between 40 and 60 bars. In 1899, They were modernizedwith hydraulic engines with high pressure oil. The most shocking thing is that two of the originals continue to work, passing security controls so that there are no mishaps because every year they travel about 103,000 kilometers. A real barbarity and a revolutionary engineering work in his day … that he could not enjoy Hitler. Hitler did not hug Paris. Up to the highest point of the Eiffel tower meant ’embrace’ Paris. From that point, we have an enveloping panoramic view of the city and, for the Nazi leader, it would have been as definitely crown the French pride. The Parisians did not allow it and, therefore, cut the wires of the elevators. In the occupation, accessing the tower was limited to German visitors, but in this way no one could rise. Not even Hitler, who chose to stay on the floor during his walk around the area. If I wanted to climb, I would have to do it on foot, and did not. Mine … or nobody. In August 1944, that triumphal atmosphere did not breathe in Paris, at least for the Germans. The allies approached the French city and, aware that the hours were told for the Nazi occupation in the city, Hitler ordered the general Dietrich von Choltitz That destroy the city, including the tower. The general disobeyed the order (either because he did not agree or because he had more important things than to do than destroy the city, leaving burned land), so construction, like so many others, remained in his place. Interestingly, Von Choltitz’s life has been taken to the cinema as “the Nazi who saved Paris”, although later historians have nuanced This story, stating that all he wanted was to save his skin and that he placed explosive loads in various parts of the city, but there came a time when he considered it useless to continue fighting. Ah! The elevators were repaired in 1946 and in the Spanish video game ‘Commandos 2’ we can not only climb to the highest point of the tower, but this is up to Nazis. In Xataka | Bundesarchiv, Bild In Xataka | The unfinished plan of the allies after beating the Nazis: choping Germany and turning it into the barn of Europe

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