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by nukemandan 8y ago
Why not a "nuclear battery"? ;-) https://phys.org/news/2016-11-diamond-age-power-nuclear-batt...
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by nukemandan 8y ago
That is why financing of reactors is outrageous - more than 50% of the TOTAL cost of some reactors! But there is a solution: SMRs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_modular_reactor
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by nukemandan 8y ago
update on that reference is less optimistic: https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy18osti/71500.pdf
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by nukemandan 8y ago
>I do question the externalities and pollution and embedded carbon costs of 43k SQMI of solar panels, however - I think that's the logistical issue that's most pressing. YES! especially considering the life cycle of PV - it is
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by nukemandan 8y ago
> I do not want to see any more centralization and the corresponding corruption. Agreed - That is why Small Modular reactors are exciting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_modular_reactor
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by nukemandan 8y ago
Love this. Close to my heart - Nuclear power is key to making a clean, reliable, safe, and robusts electrical grid. Plus - this is the only realistic way _right now_ to phase out fossil fuels! Great advancements to keep an eye on: https:&#
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by nukemandan 8y ago
What if it autocompletes bugs and vulnerabilities?
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by nukemandan 8y ago
Where do you get that $10 from? What is included in that? Total profit per user? Do you think that the sale of data for all users (bots included) is the same? per post is easily gamed - not a solution to be sure. steemit.com has some ideas
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by nukemandan 8y ago
matrix.org is a great place to start. This can be the groundwork that you build all platforms from... maybe.
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by nukemandan 8y ago
This is why we need federated social media. I can port all my data to any platform and keep a copy of my own. then when facebook does this, I can just jump to another platform with almost no friction. EG a git repo of all my data/p
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by nukemandan 8y ago
Thee need to own your own data is clear - only you should have the right to redact your posts for any reason. We should adopt systems that are fundamentally amoral, non-censoring, and non-competitive for our data being on their platform. Sy
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by nukemandan 8y ago
As they point out - this we a first demonstration in public. I sure hope that as things become more public and they make plans for products this will start to show up. ( Or we will make enough noise about it that it will have to show up ;-)
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by nukemandan 8y ago
But if you focus such an intense point focus of light in tissue, could you cause damage? Would a high enough intensity red light be absorbed by blood and damage those cells? If not damage, could you use this to do targeted stimulation of ne
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by nukemandan 8y ago
" In a series of mind-bending demos, inventor Mary Lou Jepsen shows how we can use red light to see and stimulate what's inside our bodies and brains. Taking us to the edge of optical physics, Jepsen unveils new technologies that
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How we can use light to see deep inside our bodies and brains – Mary Lou Jepsen(ted.com)
3 points by nukemandan 8y ago|4 comments
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by nukemandan 8y ago
True- so if you lived in a zone with negative price, then you would throttle your GPUs otherwise and only go full throttle when you literal get paid to use the power. But duty cycle just for that would be low... I would need to look more a
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There Are Still a Lot of Men Without Jobs(bloomberg.com)
2 points by nukemandan 8y ago|0 comments
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by nukemandan 8y ago
Remember that the alternative at the moments is literally pumping that energy into the ground as waste heat. I think that renewable resources otherwise wasted being used for mining instead of that seems like a win-win.
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by nukemandan 8y ago
What does this mean? REDUCING and REUSING plastic use is critical. Solutions to the recycling problem are poor at best and innovation takes time. Don't just put it in the better looking bin and expect that someone will "figure it
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by nukemandan 8y ago
I agree that a more flat landscape in teams is best. I like "Why good leaders make you feel safe | Simon Sinek" : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmyZMtPVodo Good management is really about good leadership - and t