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by labawi 5y ago
Doesn't Helion design require using D-He-3 fuel, which should be largely aneutronic, hence doesn't require (much) shielding? It's not like you could plop a neutronic fuel as a substitute in a design that expects aneutronic fu
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by labawi 5y ago
It's within error bounds, so more proper to say 40% (ish), which is kind of the point.
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by labawi 5y ago
If the mentioned bamboo composite is 95% bamboo and 5% glue (going by comment from hwillis), isn't it fair to say it's 40%-ish bamboo? 5% glue is far from something like carbon composite, where most content is epoxy. Common wood s
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by labawi 5y ago
> "Baseload" is ... minimum demand you need to meet without the lights going out. No. You need to meet all of the demand or you get blackouts / curtailment / power goes out. The least and smallest of the demand over a
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by labawi 5y ago
Yes, they do. If you notice, you have mentioned baseload, baseload power generation, baseload demand or base-anything exactly 0 times, because it has near 0 relevance, which is the point of the entire discussion.
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by labawi 5y ago
> Ultimately, what you want is supply synchronized with demand Agree. We need to provide this, with allowances from inter-region transport, storage and acceptable demand shifting. In fact, average generation must match average consumptio
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by labawi 5y ago
So, is below baseline powered by gas and coal? If so, why? Wouldn't it make more sense to cover as much as you can with renewables, including as much below and above the baseline, then cover the rest with gas for now and HVDC/stor
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by labawi 5y ago
So .. if we plot the electricity demand curve, baseline would be a level line going through the (weekly) bottom of the curve. Baseline power is below the line and the rest is above, correct? Renewables and more specifically storage is not r
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by labawi 5y ago
I find this very fascinating. Do then I understand correctly, that if we have baseline power, from static output nuclear or whatever, then we don't need blackouts, controlled demand, and you can cook anytime because there is enough pow
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by labawi 5y ago
I have issue with this: > .. you need to provide to meet demand .. To put it bluntly, if you have enough to power baseload, you have nothing, except maybe pitchforks in your face. WRT baseload demand, I don't see how it's relev
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by labawi 5y ago
> very poorly .. defined term .. that people wield to argue I thought you were exaggerating until I read the sibling comments (thankfully on the bottom). I'll leave it to them to figure out how serve the maximum demand with the mini
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by labawi 5y ago
Your reinterpreted definition is misleading. If you have enough generation to serve baseload, you have enough to power a single instant over a week. You need to serve the entire load. Please read the article you linked more carefully. It ev
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by labawi 5y ago
Had trouble finding baseline power definition, but here is one: https://www.collicutt.com/understanding-power/reliability-in... Baseline power is slow to change. Not all always-available power is slow, thus not all is
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by labawi 5y ago
Baseline power is a concept suitable only to describe a grid that operates in a specific configuration (cheap slow stable source + expensive dispatchable source), but not in any way a principal requirement. You can have a stable power grid
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by labawi 5y ago
IIUC, the storage mechanism (say SSD drive and firmware) is part of trusted base for verification due to TOCTOU design issues. Nice difficulty step up for generic low-effort attacks, however, customized SSD firmware doesn't seem like u
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by labawi 5y ago
I hope you expect every single vaccine production lab to do control studies on vaccine effectiveness. Otherwise you're just arguing with double standards trying to console insecurity.
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by labawi 5y ago
It's expensive, so noone should have the option even if they pay for it? (friend paid about 20€) It can have false negatives, making people needlessly take a vaccine, so everyone should take the vaccine in the name of equality? Vaccine
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by labawi 5y ago
Iceland accepts either vaccine or previous infection certificates[1][2]. They seemed to handle covid well, being fairly strict. Fake vaccinations[3], including fake certificates are popular, especially when they are forced. If you want a fa
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by labawi 5y ago
Because they are in a hospital with other issues? Testing patients is reasonable. If they are counted in the statistic, it can easily be misleading. Not sure if that's the case.
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by labawi 5y ago
Would you please educate me on > how complicated the testing is or how many health providers and labs there are. AFAIK, you can actually test blood reactivity to virus protein, proving a positive. I'm not sure how you would prove th
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by labawi 5y ago
How about judging by blood reactivity to virus protein in an ELISA test? [1] Why is it riskier and to whom? [1] https://www.fda.gov/media/141777/download
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by labawi 5y ago
So, if you have post-infection immunity against virus that you can prove (test blood reactivity against virus protein), and it's likely better than typical 2 doses (research shows), you should still be legally required to take 2 jabs e
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by labawi 5y ago
> potential for uncertainty is too great Too great for what? Even with 2 jabs, the immunity is <90% against Delta and research shows post-covid immunity is more effective.
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by labawi 5y ago
To put the calculation in perspective. What you have calculated: (using 4 deaths at 1e-6 odds, because it's simpler and still gives 10x better odds at 1e-24) Taking 4 death row inmates, jabbing them with AstraZeneca and expecting all
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by labawi 5y ago
The math is monumentally off. It fixates on 5 specific people having issiues, instead of: There exist some 5 loosely connected people that some HN-er heard about, and probably hasn't even met all of them in person, especially the ones
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by labawi 5y ago
If you move your physical connection, renumbering seems totally reasonable (they need to handle internal routing). Otherwise, I see no reason the assigned address shouldn't be static, other than money extraction and perhaps privacy.
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by labawi 5y ago
Is see no reason why you couldn't do the same with IPv6 - setup dhcp with ULAs and static ips, perhaps with a hosts table or local dns to keep things readable.
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by labawi 5y ago
Then do you agree with the following: If everyone got vaccinated during a single day, we would use a shorter interval. If everyone got the standard of care they do now, the outcome would be roughly the same. While the outcome would be the s
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by labawi 5y ago
Have I claimed it is a primary source? I have listed a source, as my time is limited. If you disagree feel free to list a better one. You have listed exactly 0 sources for your claims. By logic, you are the one spreading your own ignorance.
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by labawi 5y ago
Why a year? Why not daily? The vaccinations happen throughout the day. Why not per lifetime? You can only get the second dose once. I could pick any interval, either customary (hourly, daily, monthly) or completely arbitrary (per 47 seconds

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