kalessin

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by kalessin 2mo ago
Not a lot is inaccurate given the carbon intensity of coal and its importance in Germany's energy mix. Anyway, I think the nuclear debate is quite off-topic here.
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by kalessin 3mo ago
Thanks I hate it, extremely noisy and dirty. I really wish the brand dies with fossil fuels.
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by kalessin 4mo ago
Weird, my experience has been that EVs are much quieter and that's a real improvement in densely populated areas. Past a certain speed the main source of noise is the tires and then EVs aren't much better than ICE vehicles (wrt no
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by kalessin 5mo ago
> The cleanup bill is real This still feels irrational compared to other dangerous industries. > The inability to get insurance is real It's real, but how much of it is rooted in emotional fear or bad industrial policy? > The
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by kalessin 5mo ago
The correct unit is GW.
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by kalessin 5mo ago
Absolutely, and that's different than saying « they don't really require ongoing fuel shipments ».
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by kalessin 5mo ago
When you consider the intermittency of renewables, and you should, fuel suddenly becomes an issue again.
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by kalessin 7mo ago
I like the idea of "cognitive debt" vs "technical debt".
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by kalessin 9mo ago
Why? I am not sure photosynthesis plays a large role in the lower carbon footprint.
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by kalessin 9mo ago
Apple’s support for MacOS can been shorter than their laptops longevity (the longevity of their laptops got quite bad when then tried to make them as thin as an usb-c port). So Linux support is also important there imo, and as the original
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by kalessin 2y ago
I don't want to fix it myself either, and I don't see how a repair industry could exist without the right to repair.
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by kalessin 2y ago
I don't really understand the idea of micro-grids, how do you account for redundancy, or long term storage if inclement weather goes on for a few days? Do you just keep big fossil gas generators as backup? Moreover residential is one t
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by kalessin 3y ago
Seasonal storage for what kind of usage? FYI, we have clean, and proven, energy sources in our toolbox that are not intermittent.
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by kalessin 3y ago
FLA3 is a first of a kind and is a bad example. Nuclear is working very well for France at the moment, we are back to high-availability and making a lot of money through exports.
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by kalessin 3y ago
There is bridges between military and civilian nuclear, however keep in mind that nuclear reactors like the EPRs being built in the UK are designed such that producing the necessary fission products to produce weapons is basically impossibl
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by kalessin 3y ago
It was a partial meltdown in a pressurized water reactor, it cannot be compared to Chernobyl, it's a completely different technology. PWRs can't explode like what happened in Chernobyl.
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by kalessin 3y ago
What really went wrong at 3 mile island? No one died or was injured afaik.
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by kalessin 4y ago
"Thought experiment" from Kurzgesagt: What if We Nuke a City? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iPH-br_eJQ
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by kalessin 5y ago
I strongly recommend split hands, ortholinear layout and thumb clusters too, as well as a programmable firmware so you can setup your own layers.
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by kalessin 5y ago
It is important to note that the gas exported to China and Europe are exported from different fields, and are not connected with each other. As it stands right now, Russia cannot export the gas it produces for Europe to China.
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by kalessin 6y ago
There is still hope, but we sure do need a global mindset shift when it comes to nuclear (and many other topics for sure). Global warming will make parts of the worlds inhabitable. Sea levels will rise, so much heat and humidity in some pla
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by kalessin 6y ago
Fusion is multiple decades ahead of us still, even with more funding, but we need to take action this decade if we want to have an impact on global warming. Fusion is unfortunately not going to help here.
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by kalessin 6y ago
That's not the case at all, nuclear should be how we replace coal. Nuclear is one of the safest way to produce energy today, including the Chernobyl & Fukushima incidents. Nuclear, because of its energy density, has a big edge agai
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by kalessin 6y ago
Too bad, I really enjoy those long distance Amtrak trips, and I can't wait to take the California Zephyr or the Southwest Chief again, but not sure I wanna ride multiple days on Amtrak in the current situation. I hope service is resum
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by kalessin 6y ago
Really good talk about this computer from CCC last year for those who haven't seen yet: https://media.ccc.de/v/36c3-10703-the_ultimate_acorn_archime... .
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by kalessin 6y ago
A lot of software doesn't have a GUI, even on macOS?
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by kalessin 7y ago
I am not a doctor but from what I have been reading, consuming THC on a regular basis before 21 (the commonly accepted age for the latest stage of brain development) is definitely a bad idea, as it will prevent the endocannabinoid system to
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by kalessin 7y ago
I am excited as well, it would/will be really nice to use the tools or features that have been developed for both ecosystems in a more seamless way.
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by kalessin 7y ago
I agree with how engineering was disorganized at Uber but it makes sense to me to not trust your competitors with your infrastructure. Some projects worked well, Schemaless is still going strong and I'd take it any day over DynamoDB or
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by kalessin 7y ago
Could a global license system be implemented to solve that problem?

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