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- Why I am switching to promises http://spion.github.io/posts/why-i-am-switching-to-promises.html 90 comments
- Nintendo isn’t using anti-drift Hall effect sensors on Switch 2 joysticks | But Nintendo promises "redesigned" Joy-Cons are "smoother" and "more reliable." https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/04/switch-2-joysticks-wont-use-hall-effect-sensors-to-avoid-stick-drift/ 20 comments technews
- US farmers building renewable energy projects under IRA may have to switch to fossil fuels or else forego their contractually promised grants https://floodlightnews.org/farmers-in-trump-country-were-counting-on-clean-energy-grants-then-the-government-moved-the-goalposts/ 15 comments environment
- German state switches to LibreOffice, promises Windows move https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/04/germanys_northernmost_state_ditches_windows/ 30 comments europe
- Lithuania promises to disconnect Baltic States from Russian power grid by 8 February, switching to EU supplies - Euromaidan Press https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/01/16/baltic-states-to-disconnect-from-russian-power-grid-by-8-february/ 25 comments worldnews
- Unique memristor design with analog switching shows promise for high-efficiency neuromorphic computing https://techxplore.com/news/2024-11-unique-memristor-analog-high-efficiency.html 3 comments technology
- New transistors switch at nanosecond speeds and deliver remarkable durability — ferroelectric material transistor could revolutionize electronics, say MIT scientists | Promising technology could impact electronics in a big way. https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/new-transistors-switch-at-nanosecond-speeds-and-deliver-remarkable-durability-ferroelectric-material-transistor-could-revolutionize-electronics-say-mit-scientists 14 comments technews
- New transistors switch at nanosecond speeds and deliver remarkable durability — ferroelectric material transistor could revolutionize electronics, say MIT scientists | Promising technology could impact electronics in a big way. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adp3575 29 comments science
- [Gehlken] Cowboys QB Dak Prescott (ankle) was limited in practice today. Will show up on injury report, but he insists issue is minor. Discomfort from shoe switch. “I feel great. I still feel the best that I’ve felt in a very, very long time. …I’m good to go. I promise you.” https://twitter.com/gehlkennfl/status/1567957430881091585?s=46&t=2eTjD-IADxmrN1HWYoKepQ 29 comments nfl
- [Aidan Fitzmaurice] Bohemians forward Promise Omochere agrees deal to switch from League of Ireland to League One side Fleetwood https://independent.ie/sport/soccer/league-of-ireland/bohemians-forward-promise-omochere-agrees-deal-to-join-league-one-side-fleetwood-41851864.html 12 comments soccer
- Researchers have discovered a new electronic property in a specially engineered metal alloy – and in the process identified a promising material for future devices that could turn heat on and off with the application of a magnetic “switch.” https://news.osu.edu/quantum-step-to-a-heat-switch-with-no-moving-parts/ 18 comments science
- FIGC is investigating Bonucci and his agent Lucci: "Put pressure on other players" - Bonucci supposedly asked players to switch agents and promised them higher wages and a call for the national team if they would switch agents. https://www.eurosport.it/calcio/serie-a/2020-2021/calcio-la-figc-indaga-sulla-wsa-di-lucci-e-bonucci-pressioni-su-altri-giocatori_sto8326022/story.shtml 58 comments soccer
- Gay man’s story about 94-year-old grandma switching parties for him earns praise from AOC — 'She told me that I'm the love of her life and that she would not break her promise.' https://www.dailydot.com/debug/republican-grandma-switching-parties-aoc/ 22 comments politics
- Uber promises 100% electric vehicles by 2040, commits $800 million to help drivers switch. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-uber-electric-vehicles/uber-promises-100-electric-vehicles-by-2040-commits-800-million-to-help-drivers-switch-iduskbn25z2ih 31 comments business
- Zelensky's party in Ukraine pulls a bait-and-switch with their promise to lift parliamentary immunity. Even though the new law supposedly lifts immunity, in practice it makes it even harder to prosecute a member of parliament. https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/after-lifting-parliamentary-immunity-lawmakers-make-it-harder-to-prosecute-them.html 24 comments europe
- Pornhub Promises Nintendo Switch Support If a Browser is Released http://www.gamerevolution.com/news/362683-pornhub-promises-nintendo-switch-support-browser-released 10 comments nottheonion
- Pornhub promises Nintendo Switch support if a browser is released http://www.gamerevolution.com/news/362683-pornhub-promises-nintendo-switch-support-browser-released 4 comments nottheonion
- Pornhub Promises Nintendo Switch Support If a Browser is Released http://www.gamerevolution.com/news/362683-pornhub-promises-nintendo-switch-support-browser-released 135 comments nottheonion
- Scientists At Trinity College Discover Promising Off Switch for Inflammatory Diseases https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/scientists-discover-promising-off-switch-for-inflammatory-diseases-1.3443334?mode=amp 8 comments science
- Why didn't the promised hashrate switch happen to prevent the current EDA? https://np.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/74shlw/bitcoincom_pool_stabilized_the_bitcoin_cash/ 29 comments btc
- [Discussion] With AMD's Ryzen CPU's showing a lot of promise, do you think Apple will switch from Intel? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGTAw1j6jdw&t=901s 44 comments apple
- One of the fundamental Ethereum ideas has always been switching to PoS. Ethereum Classic breaks this promise. That tells the truth about Classic, don’t you think? https://twitter.com/nikzh/status/820354376363606016 39 comments ethereum
- Switching out callbacks with promises in Mongoose http://eddywashere.com/blog/switching-out-callbacks-with-promises-in-mongoose/ 6 comments node
- New parties punish Spain's big two - Voters have punished Spain's mainstream political parties in local elections as many people switched their allegiance to new groups campaigning on a promise of change amid chafing austerity policies, high unemployment and corruption scandals. http://www.independent.ie/world-news/new-parties-punish-spains-big-two-31250705.html 48 comments europe
- Republicans pulled a classic bait-and-switch with abortion bill "...instead of doing what voters wanted, House Republicans set out to make one of their first orders of business a revival of the culture wars. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), the new Senate majority leader, promised to take up the bill, too." http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/gop-abortion-bill-a-classic-bait-and-switch/2015/01/21/1620fdd2-a1ad-11e4-b146-577832eafcb4_story.html?tid=rssfeed 15 comments politics
- Sprint promises to cut Verizon and AT&T bills in half if customers switch http://a.mynews.ly/!ed.b8qph 8 comments technology
- Microsoft switches to annual VS releases, promises C99 features. http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/06/c99-acknowledged-at-last-as-microsoft-lays-out-its-path-to-c14/ 3 comments cpp
- Researchers have found a new way to switch magnetism that is at least 1000 times faster than currently used in magnetic memory technologies. All-optical switching promises terahertz-speed hard drive and RAM memory https://www.ameslab.gov/news/news-releases/quantum-tricks-drive-magnetic-switching-fast-lane 40 comments technology
- U.S. Copyright Surveillance Machine About To Be Switched On, Promises of Transparency Already Broken https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/11/us-copyright-surveillance-machine-about-be-switched-on 64 comments politics
- All-Optical Nanoswitch Promises Faster Computers: The first all-optical photonic switch made of cadmium sulfide nanowires has not only been produced but combined with others into a logic gate for on-chip information processing, which could help bring quantum computing a step closer http://www.photonics.com/article.aspx?aid=51799 9 comments science
- With Twitter Promising to Censor It's Network, It Is Time to Switch to a Free & Federated Alternative, Like identi.ca http://identi.ca/doc/faq 6 comments technology
- A molecule that switches on and off holds great promise for the creation of ultra-dense digital memory or nanomotors http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-06-molecule.html 5 comments science