jacoblyles

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1921.
by jacoblyles 18y ago
With the money in the stimulus bill, they could have replaced 20% of the nation's electrical capacity with nuclear (a million megawatts of national capacity, $5 billion for 1,200 megawatts of nuclear power, round down a bit to make the math
1922.
by jacoblyles 18y ago
That's an interesting thought. I take a lot of pride in making my papers flow as "naturally" as possible. I never thought that by doing so, I might be making them harder for a non-native speaker to read.
1923.
by jacoblyles 18y ago
People need to put down the Haterade. I hope if Arrington ever criticizes my startup that I have the self-control not to take it as personally as some of these people have. This whole fiasco and its fallout has been a great lesson and remin
1924.
by jacoblyles 18y ago
Most of the green lobby is opposed to nuclear, and the "alternative energy" push is largely a project of the green lobby. Show me an example of where Obama and the Democrats (excellent name for a rock band) have promised anywhere near as mu
1925.
by jacoblyles 18y ago
Gold arose as a monetary standard through the decentralized choice of the marketplace. Metallic standards have been in use for more than two millenia. In contrast, a pure fiat system has only been in place since the 1970s, and all previous
1926.
by jacoblyles 18y ago
I think part of the problem is that we now spend most of our lives interacting only with people our own age. As a 26-year-old grad student, I spend the vast majority of my social life interacting with people 23-30 years old. We have to find