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1411.
by some_random 9y ago
If it's for power generation, absolutely. >But the new reactor can also make plutonium and >It has the potential to make 25 to 30 megawatts of electricity, enough to power a small town. The plant could also potentially produce ab
1412.
by some_random 9y ago
>An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind. What does that quote have to do with MAD, the doctrine specifically designed to prevent tit for tat behavior from escalating into a full blown war?
1413.
by some_random 9y ago
Devil's advocate; Past performance doesn't necessarily correspond to future success. Typewriter manufacturers were still doing pretty well in 1960. That said, IBM certainly did well in that particular transition.
1414.
by some_random 9y ago
It makes a bit more sense if you think about Tesla's valuation as a bet on future potential. Ford will probably stay at about the same size and make the same kind of money, at least for the foreseeable future. Tesla on the other hand i
1415.
by some_random 9y ago
You know, if a country ran an election over and over until they got the "right" answer it would obvious that said country wasn't a democracy. I would have no problems if every time I opened an app or logged into a website it
1416.
by some_random 9y ago
Google is way worse, you have other options in social media and many, many people are moving to other platforms. Google on the other hand is everywhere, both on your side and on the servers you visit. They probably track less proportional
1417.
by some_random 9y ago
Absolutely, will public mistrust stay around, or is Facebook just the demon of the day to be hated at by the talking heads on tv? From everything I've seen, the greater public won't remember or care a week after the media moves on
1418.
by some_random 9y ago
Given that it killed someone in such a violent and (at least in retrospect) predictable way, I would certainly hope that it failed to conform to "basic design standards". That said, this definitely falls into that insidious catego
1419.
by some_random 9y ago
From safety1st's excellent comment: "- The article also doesn't mention that the GSI arrived at 57,700 by designating a tier of the least enslaved countries studied and estimating the number of modern slaves at 0.018% of the
1420.
by some_random 9y ago
Everyone is only interested in their agenda in politics, calling for additional research just happens to sometimes further a side's agenda. As of right now, the Democrats are the one's who want additional research in most situatio
1421.
by some_random 9y ago
Exactly! No one would break the law, that would be illegal! And while we're at it, we can use it as an opportunity to crack down on minorities we don't like, and maybe do some good old selective enforcement, genius.
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by some_random 9y ago
But, how many of those people are active to any meaningful extent? Also, Facebook relies on a critical mass of users; if 75% of my friends leave, I'll probably leave, then large swaths of the social networks begins unthreading?