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by mimixco 7y ago
The whole industry is dying, all over the world, and must now reply on PR puff pieces such as this one that continue to haul out the "climate will kill us!" bogeyman. Perhaps nuclear advocates haven't considered that, given e
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by mimixco 7y ago
The waste problem has in no way been solved. Reprocessing is, itself, horribly polluting and its waste byproducts are more dangerous than the original spent fuel rods. I'll also add here that Fukushima is still pouring radiation int
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by mimixco 7y ago
When states impose their will on the people, public sentiment doesn't matter. The idea that a former Soviet state would submit nuclear power to a democratic vote is simply farcical.
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by mimixco 7y ago
How is nuclear getting safer when nearly all plants are at or past their design lifetimes? Seems to me like that would mean it's getting unsafer.
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by mimixco 7y ago
Chemicals can be filtered out of water. Radiation cannot.
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by mimixco 7y ago
Banning fossil fuels would also set society back 100 years. They're literally the basis of all of modern life. I don't think you'll get many takers for that argument.
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by mimixco 7y ago
The problem is scale. Today's nuclear plants are just big scaled-up versions of the Navy's original small reactors for ships. Unfortunately, scaling the power output also scales the risks and consequences of an accident.
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by mimixco 7y ago
I know of no technology that would allow a plant operator to simply walk away. Even spent fuel rods have to be cooled for years in a swimming pool (with constantly added fresh water) or they too will heat and catch fire. Care to explain you
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by mimixco 7y ago
It feels like we are getting further away from autonomous vehicles, rather than closer.
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Microsoft Open Sources Crucial Algorithm Behind Bing Search(m.slashdot.org)
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by mimixco 7y ago
The author is right. While rebulding Notre Dame might be difficult and expensive, changing it would be catastrophic.
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by mimixco 7y ago
Good documentary on this called The Dome. Free to watch here: https://topdocumentaryfilms.com/dome/
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by mimixco 7y ago
How convenient that the author neglects to mention that facial recognition systems have also been shown to be biased against people of color. Kudos to SF. More surveillance doesn't mean less crime; it means less freedom.
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by mimixco 7y ago
These stories are so misleading. Up only means something in relation to when you bought. Everyone bought at different prices and some people are very "up" while others are decidedly down.
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by mimixco 7y ago
The why is obvious if you watch the movie. Since childhood, Holmes was motivated to get rich and she's an entirely amoral person.
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by mimixco 7y ago
No, the disaster was caused by people who had ample evidence of tsunami activity in the area and didn't design the plant to cover that eventuality. Turkey Point near Miami is prone to hurricanes and has several of the same design probl
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by mimixco 7y ago
Great comments in this thread. Let's also not forget Fukushima is still pouring radiation into the ocean, and that the melted core is unreachable for cleanup.
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by mimixco 7y ago
Millions of people take the same photos from the same location, ie: spots in Disneyland or the Southernmost Point in Key West.
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by mimixco 7y ago
It is also a real city with permanent residents, nearly all of whom are Disney employees. The city portion is called Celebration. More recently, Disney began offering on-property fancy housing (ie: mansions) with access to the park, Disney
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by mimixco 7y ago
Yes. It leaks radioactive tritium, like the vast majority of nuclear plants.
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by mimixco 7y ago
First lesson taught at IBM for mainframe programmers: "There is no such thing as computer security, only the appearance of security."
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by mimixco 7y ago
The fastest way to fix FB and their various offshoot brands is to immediately and permanently delete your account. I feel very sad for this girl and her family.
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by mimixco 7y ago
Adam Frank's About Time is an excellent and non-technical intro to the subject which weaves together the cultural and economic changes in history which led us to the current standard model of physics. Suffice it to say that, if we li
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by mimixco 7y ago
That would be great! Let's get that tech for Turkey Point.
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by mimixco 7y ago
I'm no astrophysicist, though Frank is. The two concepts I'm referring to as being "discarded" were Newton's idea that motion (ie: time and space) exist in a fixed frame of reference. I think it's fair to say E
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by mimixco 7y ago
I'm not sure tritium-laced drinking fountains would go over well with Disney's safety team, nor their guests.
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by mimixco 7y ago
I thought it was strange that none of the press on this story had anything to say about what the text means. If you've "decoded" something, shouldn't you be able to provide an English transcript? Why bury the lede?
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by mimixco 7y ago
Is this the same company that's threatening to sue people for using old versions of Photoshop?
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by mimixco 7y ago
Good one! Thanks.
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by mimixco 7y ago
His brother, Roy, and the other members of the Board did want to do the full Epcot but they didn't think they could pull it off without him.

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