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by barney54 1y ago
Community input is nice, but we first need working small reactors. Until we see that there is no need to talk about community input. And so far small reactors keep taking longer to get built than estimates.
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by barney54 1y ago
The reasoning for the shooting is pretty clear. He told his transgender lover that “I had enough of his [Kirk’s] hatred. Some hate can’t be negotiated out.” https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26098852-tyler-robin
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by barney54 1y ago
Europe has been dependent on Russian oil and gas for many years--and still is continuing to buy Russian natural gas. In fact, the EU imported €4.4 billion worth of Russian gas in the first half of 2025. https://www.brusselstimes
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by barney54 1y ago
I don't quite understand this. I guess the point is to do a stunt, but it also shows how useful carbon dioxide emissions are. You can cross the Atlantic in 100 days with zero emissions or a few hours with carbon dioxide emissions...
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by barney54 1y ago
I wanted to short the stock 8 years ago and boy was I wrong!
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by barney54 1y ago
HN is moderated…
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by barney54 1y ago
The U.S. has the best freight rail system in the world, it passenger rail sucks. Why spend money on freight rail?
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by barney54 1y ago
Battery electric trucks aren’t ready for over over-the-road trucking. They hardly even make sense for drayage currently.
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by barney54 1y ago
There are arguments before the court on the shadow docket—in written briefs.
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by barney54 1y ago
What does riding the Subway have to do with NASA?
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by barney54 1y ago
AI hasn't had an impact yet. Automation is great and has made things undeniably better. In the 1800s, 30% of the US GDP was tree cutting. https://x.com/AlecStapp/status/1939912893102760063 Before automation,
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by barney54 1y ago
Just outside Washington, DC my MRIs were scheduled within 4 days.
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by barney54 1y ago
Whose environment is much more polluted. In the developed world, pollution is decreasing. For the U.S., for example: https://gispub.epa.gov/air/trendsreport/2024/
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by barney54 1y ago
This was first computer. I didn’t use it much for anything other than playing games, but those were great!
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by barney54 1y ago
So, is there any evidence of actual improvement in anything that taxpayers care about?
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by barney54 2y ago
The author had the story wrong. Kerosene did save the whales—that’s the reason they there around to be so relentlessly hunted in the mid 1900s. The reality is that whales had to be saved twice. The problem with this story about solar is th
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Mike Cannon-Brookes is concerned about climate and yet still flies private(bloomberg.com)
2 points by barney54 2y ago|2 comments
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by barney54 2y ago
This is correct. President Biden signed and Executive Order requiring the federal government to purchase EVs. The State Department was working towards that, including for armored vehicles. President Biden lost the election and that effort
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by barney54 2y ago
Also, sonic booms are awesome. I don’t know that I want to hear them every 15 minutes, but they are cool.
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by barney54 2y ago
But the cost of electricity is not falling—it’s increasing. Wholesale prices have decreased, but retail rates are up. In the U.S. rates are up 27% over the past 4 years. In Europe prices are up too.
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by barney54 2y ago
Dude chill! Eight years ago, I remember driving to some relatives for Thanksgiving and thinking that self-driving cars were just around the corner and how it made no sense for people to learn how to drive semis. Here we are eight years la
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by barney54 2y ago
How has the Electoral College failed twice?
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by barney54 2y ago
It will not happen to that next administration would turn over Netanyahu to the ICC. Even if they wanted to, he would seek asylum in the U.S. Embassy and he would certainly be granted asylum.
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by barney54 2y ago
Even France admits it might not arrest Netanyahu. From an NPR article: “And in France, a spokesperson for the foreign ministry said the country would act "in line with the ICC's statutes," but as to whether it would arrest Ne
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by barney54 2y ago
I fail to see why this is too wild to believe. The 5th Circuit’s decision isn’t crazy. It’s a statutory interpretation question of whether the NRC has the authority to license spent nuclear fuel facilities that aren’t associated with nucle
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by barney54 2y ago
Here’s one: https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-nuclear-waste-texas...
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by barney54 2y ago
Teslas have issues as cop cars, but if you read to the end the F-150 Lightning works well.
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Sonos workers shed light on why the app update went so horribly(arstechnica.com)
2 points by barney54 2y ago|0 comments
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by barney54 2y ago
This is just wrong as a matter of law. The federal government can only regulate land through the commerce cause--not through police powers to police species.
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by barney54 2y ago
Using Uyghur slave labor can be helpful.

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