ScotterC

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by ScotterC 15y ago
I was working in Monroeville, PA doing FORTRAN at Westinghouse. I didn't really consider that programming though. Got into Ruby, found that the web didnt regulate my every move. Quit my job to learn full time and haven't looked back.
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by ScotterC 15y ago
Thanks for the citations. Btw are you the same uvdiv that writes on capacity factor? Used to read that blog all the time when I was in industry. Always liked the number focus.
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by ScotterC 15y ago
I got out of nuclear engineering and into fine art oddly enough :). But mostly cause I like that the web doesn't regulate what I can and cannot do. I'm really pulling for this new generation. Heck, I want to get back into nuclear engineer
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by ScotterC 15y ago
It is hideously expensive. Don't know how these guys are gonna do it. I remember talking with a prominent VC who had a division in the energy space. They got a few nuclear startup pitches. Always, it was 'we need 100 mil... and 50 of th
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by ScotterC 15y ago
Hold on there buddy. All Western designed PWRs or BWRs (which is nearly all of them) are not designed to be yielding bombs. Their neutron flux is simply not high enough to give enough enrichment. Two other types of plants you might be thi
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by ScotterC 15y ago
I'm so glad there are nuclear startups. There's so much to be done in this field. It's enormously tough to disrupt but licensing a design might be a start. Talent is extraordinarily hard to find for this. All the great engineers with dom
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by ScotterC 15y ago
This a really cool product. I'm so glad someone is tackling this space because we get requests for it at Artsicle all the time but it's really not our focus at all. Glad to see other companies looking to tear down the artificial wall betw
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by ScotterC 15y ago
The key part about offering dividends is you start to attract the people who only buy stocks that pay dividends. It's a substantial category.
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by ScotterC 15y ago
Yea but he's that much closer to multiple exits
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by ScotterC 15y ago
I missed the part where he convinced me that EC2s weren't for me. If I have to learn enough sysadmin to run my own box, then I'll have learned enough to handle my own AWS cluster without needing a support ticket answered within hours.
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by ScotterC 15y ago
but, but but. I already pre-ordered mass effect 3!
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by ScotterC 15y ago
What's wrong with building a $50 million dollar business?
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by ScotterC 15y ago
That pretty much sums it up. VCs are looking for the 10x return (depending on what size funds they've raised and their thesis). Those type of opportunities are dwindling (for many reasons), but there are many, many smaller markets which y
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Apple to Replace the iPhone’s Dock Connector? (mashable.com)
2 points by ScotterC 15y ago|0 comments
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by ScotterC 15y ago
Thanks for the correction
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by ScotterC 15y ago
Going rate at the NRC (Nuclear Regulatory Commission) is 250+ $/hour to just review documents which are several hundred thousand pages long. 'One of my key concerns was the effect on the schedules for new license applications – not only do
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by ScotterC 15y ago
Like what @mikeash is referring to. China is planning on building tens of these things in the next few decades. They are creating factories to pump out AP1000s on a standardized system. Vogtle is a brown field site (their are already reac
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by ScotterC 15y ago
A full 50 year fire. Sounds a tad worse then any nuclear failure I know of. Even Nagasaki / Hiroshima were livable within a year.
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by ScotterC 15y ago
"The API000 shield building safety functions include shielding plant structures from impact loads, such as tornado missiles, protecting plant equipment during seismic events, similar to containment and shield structures in other rea
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by ScotterC 15y ago
Hopefully this will be a good start towards a new understanding of nuclear power. Also, we need to start building again in order to keep the knowledge of craftsmen that know how to build these. From pipe welders to concrete specialists, le
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FB Timeline uses MySQL(wired.com)
4 points by ScotterC 15y ago|0 comments
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by ScotterC 15y ago
"The planning session was enlightening because what became obvious is that it’s easy to describe how you want a user experience to feel--friendly, welcoming, and so on--but what you specifically want an application to do is separate from th
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by ScotterC 15y ago
My issue with the new syntax is bringing other people up to speed. Two syntaxes for the same functionality can be confusing especially when it's similar to another language such as javascript. I, a rubyist for a whole year and a half no
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by ScotterC 15y ago
I've been looking forward to the day I have time to allocate to learn vim. This post was the first one I've seen that would allow me to jump in it quicker.
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by ScotterC 15y ago
the flip side is that if they might do better with constant use. Diesel engines for instance, do better under constant, consistent load. Engines would remain lubricated and heated. Stratification and temp changes would have less effect,
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Programming (A Start)(continuations.com)
2 points by ScotterC 15y ago|0 comments
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by ScotterC 15y ago
If you don't control your personal brand. Someone else will
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by ScotterC 15y ago
I've always really wanted to go. I'm quite familiar with the accident and thought it would be a great place to be a complete hermit :)
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by ScotterC 15y ago
To be absolutely sure it will work. Recurring billing is a whole separate issue. I've rolled my own before and realized how much of a pain it can become. Using recurly allows all non devs on my team to handle all the subscription and recur
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by ScotterC 15y ago
well first off they have many customers, I'm one of them, that use and love their product. Second, anyone with an established merchant account that would like to add a recurring payments front to it is in the market for recurly and not as m

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