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by _n_b_ 4y ago
> They've had to change safety tests and infrastructure tests so the order plans would pass inspection. It's interesting to square this sentiment with the people a few comments away claiming that over-regulation is killing this
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by _n_b_ 4y ago
The Guardian comes with a certain bias for disaster-mongering, especially (but not exclusively) at the expense of Tories; all of those things are real problems, but take it with a grain or two of salt. Source: I live in the UK and still eat
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by _n_b_ 4y ago
> cursive […] isn’t taught in US schools any more. I was dubious, so I googled. According to this[1], 21 states require cursive as part of the curriculum, and some admittedly older data[2] suggests that 90% of students get some amount of
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by _n_b_ 4y ago
Plutonium is very pyrophoric, especially dust, powder, fines, shavings, etc. Plutonium metal likes to form a hydride layer that rapidly oxidizes in the presence of any water; this oxide then vigorously reacts with water. Plutonium fires hav
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by _n_b_ 4y ago
I’m a volunteer at a branch of Samaritans[1] in the UK that runs on something like £70-85k/year, running a listening service with 60-80 volunteers including infrastructure, who spend thousands of hours a year on the phone with the suic
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by _n_b_ 4y ago
Which exact federal crime do you mean by ‘negligence’ exactly? The various fraud statutes require intent.
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by _n_b_ 4y ago
Yes, and as former federal prosecutor and current white-collar defense attorney Ken White explains on Twitter, moving too fast also prevents them from using their best tools: flipping witnesses for lying and the Grand Jury. His really good
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by _n_b_ 4y ago
The latter. Fresh fuel moves into the reactor refueling pool (the area flooded around the reactor during refueling operations) via a transfer canal from the spent fuel pool.
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by _n_b_ 4y ago
Even if that’s true, Ken White’s Rule or Goats applies: “[s]lightly paraphrased — for this family newspaper — the rule states: If you kiss a goat, even if you say you’re doing it ironically, you’re still a goat-kisser.”
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by _n_b_ 4y ago
> Well more of Europe's Uranium comes from Russia than Germanys gas. Nope. Pre-Ukraine conflict, 55% of Germany's gas came from Russia [1]. In 2021, 19.69% of Europe's Uranium came from Russia [2]. And fundamentally, the r
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by _n_b_ 4y ago
> What I’d like to know is the overall cost We can estimate this for nuclear pretty easily. From the UxC cost calculator[1], we can see the various components that go into getting mined ore, converting it, and enriching it. At today&#x27
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by _n_b_ 4y ago
> I was thinking SMRs size that could easily fit within a 40ft container. Those would be 'micro-reactors' and as noted tend to be optimised for off-grid applications.
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by _n_b_ 4y ago
>> Tellingly, some utilities have already backed out of NuScale’s first project over cost concerns. > Anyone could chime in here? Was it because NuScale is too expensive? The NuScale VOYAGR, in particular, is a really big SMR in te
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by _n_b_ 4y ago
While it appears they do not, there are definitely some other TRIGA reactors that seem to have very permissive tour policies, e.g., Penn State's ( https://www.rsec.psu.edu/tour-request-form.aspx ) It's definitely wi
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by _n_b_ 4y ago
If this genre appeals to you, the Bits About Money newsletter ( https://bam.kalzumeus.com/archive/ ) has a lot more content along these general "how finance really works" themes. The article about mortgages, in
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by _n_b_ 4y ago
In their actual paper[1] they identify it as Webex. [1] https://wiscprivacy.com/papers/vca_mute.pdf
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by _n_b_ 5y ago
Most reactor downtime is actually for maintenance during refueling windows. As I mentioned in another comment, there is experience doing refuelling-only outages in <10 days. If everything goes well, you can startup a PWR from cold shutdo
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by _n_b_ 5y ago
That is exactly how nuclear outages work. Everything is planned in a resource-loaded schedule and many of those resources are just there for the outage. Finland is actually somewhat known for running short (1 year) cycles with very very sho
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by _n_b_ 5y ago
It’s hard. At least for me, this is the hardest classes of employees to manager—-it’s much easier to get rid of somebody who is clearly failing or reward and further develop a high performer. When I say uneven, I’m thinking of somebody who
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by _n_b_ 5y ago
As a manager, your main job is to make your ICs effective at doing their work. That means you need to be dealing with poor performers, rewarding with outstanding performers, trying to improve uneven performers, managing expectations from yo
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by _n_b_ 5y ago
> Also, the DoD in particular has sovereign immunity, The federal government has waived its sovereign immunity via statute for specific kinds of lawsuits, including for copyright infringement via 28 U.S.C. 1498(b). There is also a school
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by _n_b_ 5y ago
So much this. Just recently Google took me downhill via a ~14% grade windy road with blind curves in Yorkshire instead of an extra 3 minutes on the A road. Immensely disliked.
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by _n_b_ 5y ago
Compté basically is Gruyère: same recipe, same process, same taste profile, just slightly different terroir. ( https://www.thephcheese.com/gruyere-and-comte-two-of-a-kind )
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by _n_b_ 5y ago
I suspect GP was referring to a situation where you’re stepping though some problem code and see that you end up in the wrong clause or an IF statement? Agree that’s not the first use case I’d think of, but I do think debuggers can quickly
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by _n_b_ 5y ago
I think this is great and thanks for doing this! I have three small suggestion: 1. For masks that fail on marking issues but not filtering efficiency, could they get a third category that’s not pass or fail (something like ‘non-compliant’)?
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by _n_b_ 5y ago
> The type of articles I like the most are those when someone takes a ridiculous amount of time to explain something mundane. May I humbly suggest this long-but-interesting 2008 New Yorker article about elevators, if you haven’t already
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by _n_b_ 5y ago
Relatedly, but I've always wished there were a series of books like, "I'm Already a Programmer but I'd Like to Learn ____" Trying to pick up a book about a new programming language that is trying to explain the conc
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by _n_b_ 5y ago
> How are you going to cool the room off in the summer In my (albeit outdated now) experience, cooling in the winter can often be even more of a problem in cold climates, if you have a condenser unit outside in freezing weather.
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by _n_b_ 5y ago
Interchange. While this article is more US specific and Monzo is obviously a UK bank, take a look at https://bam.kalzumeus.com/archive/debit-cards-are-hidden-fin...
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by _n_b_ 5y ago
I like it! I wish you could click on individual patents to see the full text of them, even if that was hosted elsewhere…

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