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by _aavaa_ 1y ago
In addition to this, the nuclear plant also needs both major component replacements and refurbishments over it's life, and then decommissioning at end of life, neither of which are cheap or accounted for in the sticker price. Do you kn
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by _aavaa_ 1y ago
Not much, but thankfully we've invented wind turbine, batteries, hydro, and a sleep cycle that means our overnight energy usage is much lower than when the sun and us are up.
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by _aavaa_ 1y ago
It isn't even competitive with other nuclear reactors.
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by _aavaa_ 1y ago
Then build 10x for the same sticker price as these 4 SMRs. You'll have it done in less time, and likely even cheaper than the final cost of these 4.
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by _aavaa_ 1y ago
As much as you care to build for.
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by _aavaa_ 1y ago
4x300 MWe for 20.9B CAD for this vs Vogtle 3 and 4 are 2x 1117 MWe for 36.8B USD. So the starting stated price is only 20% cheaper than that train wreck. Will love to see how high this number gets given it's a first of its kind.
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by _aavaa_ 1y ago
It seems like Ontario's leader has been actively choosing against renewables for a while: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/758-renewable-energy-...
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by _aavaa_ 1y ago
> Because we need baseload This is 20th century thinking dictated by the inflexibility of thermal generation plants. > reliable power Nuclear is only as reliable as it's design, operations, and maintenence. Ask the French, they l
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by _aavaa_ 1y ago
So 4x300 MWe for 20.9B CAD or 1.2 GWe for 15.9B USD or 13.2 B/GWe. Vogtle 3 and 4 are 2x 1117 MWe for 36.8B USD, or 16.5 B/GWe. So the price, if everything goes according to plan , is only 20% lower than the Vogle boondogle'
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by _aavaa_ 1y ago
What you’re describing is the Extend phase of Microsoft’s plan.
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by _aavaa_ 1y ago
In the domestic market maybe, but I think their point is that it will severely hurt Hollywood abroad.
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by _aavaa_ 1y ago
> something that is utterly absent from “An Abundance of Caution”—any palpable recognition of where all the caution was coming from. This sums it up. No recognition of there being adults in schools, of there being adults in the homes the
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by _aavaa_ 1y ago
> I want them to prevent social media companies from tracking my device across my other apps. Apple is the one who implements the advertising ID companies use to track you. And preventing that tracking is a os-level feature, not a thing
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by _aavaa_ 1y ago
I don't agree with the distinction you're trying to make. Google also tries to customize your results for you, but does not offer you any control (don't know about ddg). I think of it as the same thing with Kagi, expect I hav
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by _aavaa_ 1y ago
You can blacklist whole domains (or subdomains) as well as upranking or downranking specific sites. This lets you avoid the seo spam (particularly bad for programming sites). For example. Say I want to know more about python’s built in sum(
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by _aavaa_ 1y ago
You can still do exploratory data analysis, you just have to say that’s what you’re doing ahead of time. This way, when you find one significant correlation after testing ten thousand options, you have to say you tried all ten thousand, rat
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by _aavaa_ 1y ago
> extracurricular A) I know this. B) If it gives you a significant benefit to admissions, it will quickly become a metric to be gamed. > doesn’t describe Waterloo CS Sure and I’ve said as much in another comment, but the person I repl
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by _aavaa_ 1y ago
I hope so. Though the economic realities often take precedence. The university of Waterloo is one of their most prestigious universities, so they might be able to create more rigorous entry requirements (though that does bring up the questi
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by _aavaa_ 1y ago
I’m not arguing against proctored exams I’m arguing against: > proctoring that includes checking biometrics, taking photographs of the individual for posterity, oral examinations, etc. While I personally do actually believe test like tha
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by _aavaa_ 1y ago
Legally yes, but if you’d had to interact with large numbers of those entering university for the first time you’d know they very much are not mentally adults yet. All of which is beside the point since this conversation is focusing on the
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by _aavaa_ 1y ago
> Look at medical schools Medical schools don’t take in 18 year olds in North America. They can have more in depth entrance exams since the people come in are more mature. > This is the reason GenZ Or perhaps it may be the misinformat
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by _aavaa_ 2y ago
> who wants to spend time reading about a failed experiment. A negative result is *not* a failed experiment. Mapping out the negative space is very valuable if the hypotheses being tested are worthwhile ones.
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by _aavaa_ 2y ago
That’s fine. But Australia took it a step further by saying that they must carry the content and must pay for this privilege. That’s what I’m disagreeing with. If people want news, let them go search it out.
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by _aavaa_ 2y ago
Why do you assume it has to come from just the top? The Internet Research Agency explicitly focused on the masses. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Research_Agency
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by _aavaa_ 2y ago
> but more often then they don't That part is true in all fields. And one of the things that pre-registration enables is the publishing of those negative results. Otherwise, once you're done the research and got the negative re
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by _aavaa_ 2y ago
What is boring about this? You get the guarantee of publishing your work, even if you get a negative result. I take it you don’t do research. Cause boring is nothing compared to wasting month of time and money only to get a negative result
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by _aavaa_ 2y ago
A lack of money. And really if you want to be dishonest it’s easier to manipulate the raw data then it is to secretly perform the experiments ahead of time.
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by _aavaa_ 2y ago
Pre-registration is a pretty big one: essential you outline your research plan (what you’re looking for, how you will analyze the data, what bars you are setting for significance, etc.) before you do any research. You plan is reviewed and
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by _aavaa_ 2y ago
Slate’s plan is only possible because they have the benefit of almost 2 decades of advancements (read incredible price drop) in batteries and EV related components. Exact same car 2 decades ago would have cost a hell of a lot more. At which
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by _aavaa_ 2y ago
> Meta blocks mainstream news in Canada Due to it’s abject refusal to be extorted > there’s no way around that fact. Even if Facebook content is more conspiratorial and extreme, you have to prove that Gen Z is worse than all the other

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