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by onenukecourse 5y ago
"Pinochet was a capitalist dictator" If you read my comment carefully I clearly state: - Pinochet slaughtered (tens) thousands of innocents - Cuba is a backstop to American imperialism in the region which I clearly eluded as a goo
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by onenukecourse 5y ago
Before the staunchly communist Freda Utley left for the USSR in the 30s, Bertrand Russel, her godfather, cautioned her not to delude herself that any flaws in the society were because of poor implementation by the Russias. Whatever she saw
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by onenukecourse 5y ago
Gorby appears to be the sole exception. Might have something to do with having close family killed in the famines, and tortured in the Gulags. Every European other regime fell under pressure from the streets. Cuba is a tyranny. They've
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by onenukecourse 5y ago
A few years ago I read something that opened my eyes about smartphones - the larger they got the better battery life they got. It makes sense: - Screens use energy as the square of their diagonal dimension. - Batteries store energy as the s
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by onenukecourse 5y ago
Upvoted both you. Ask yourself: "If you're asking yourself this question, can you excel two years working for an employer you appear to despise?" Me, no. My wife, definitely.
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by onenukecourse 5y ago
You're right, if the bitcoin is mined anyway. I'd argue that things like cryptocurrency, social media, Youtube, government spying, are best shutoff and the carbon kept underground.
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by onenukecourse 5y ago
"It would also be common to all thermoelectric powerplants placed in the same locations." Common, but not the same. Nuclear power work efficiency (30-40%?) is typically lower than a gas turbine plant (60%?). So electrical watt for
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by onenukecourse 5y ago
You don't have to actually remove carbon with excess power. In fact that would be bad environmentally since all you accomplish is removing carbon but you still have process inefficiency. Your statement is globally equivalent to doing s
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by onenukecourse 5y ago
Disclaimer - I only took one reactor course 17 years ago. The rods soak up neutrons. the reactor is designed so that its power would increase if the rods weren't there. The rods are what keeps the k == 1 (basically how the neutrons ch