nukeman

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by nukeman 4y ago
I’ve found them at Publix in SC.
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by nukeman 4y ago
The entire point was looking at very similar populations, but controlling for one variable (peanut product consumption in early childhood). While I agree that the studies should be expanded outward to ensure reproducibility and verify the h
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by nukeman 4y ago
Like fwir said, it’s difficult to determine what regulations are and aren’t needed. But one example: in the U.S., automatic load following equipment for nuclear power plants are prohibited, so load following needs to be done manually. Where
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by nukeman 4y ago
How did you get a PIN in the first place?
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by nukeman 4y ago
The post-WWII Era. - Europe had to rebuild, the U.S. didn’t. - The U.S. was one large, unified market. Europe was fragmented, linguistically and economically. - The Cold War meant a lot of DOD money was going into computing and technology,
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by nukeman 4y ago
Skull and crossbones isn’t universal, especially through time. At one point it was actually considered to represent life and rebirth.
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by nukeman 4y ago
Ditto, a good chunk of the nuclear sector moved to 4/10 and 9/80 in the 1990s. The days are long, but man is it nice to not have to work Fridays. Helps with the commute too.
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by nukeman 4y ago
In fact, bureaucracy benefits from economies of scale. You can only get so small (population wise) before you can’t shrink the number of bureaucrats any further.
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by nukeman 4y ago
This reminds me of a similar story from Dr. Alex Wellerstein (historian of NUKEMAP fame). A Redditor he knew found some redacted nuclear weapons documents, and did the same trick, as the redactions were done with pieces of paper over the sl