mtooth
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Comment · 2 years ago
Comment · 3 years ago
I've been very impressed with Phind.com; at this point it has basically replaced 80% of my web searches for technical questions. The linked sources help with verification and getting context when necessary.
Comment · 3 years ago
ncdu is one of the most useful CLI tools out there! Been using it for many years as well.
Another disk scanner worth plugging that I came across for some use cases where I needed to generate single-view reports is pdu - it has the same concurrency implementation that other ncdu alternatives use so the performance is much better too.
Comment · 5 years ago
Agreed - if the situation is as dire as presented then nuclear fission is the only clear solution today for baseload power. All the rebuttals I usually read seem to present hypothetical alternatives that may very well come to fruition but we have nuclear as a well-tested and known solution to the problem ready for us to begin using today should we simply decide to act.
Comment · 6 years ago
Yes SMRs look very promising and I believe NuScale has one commercial plant in the early stages of production but it won't even be finished until the end of the decade[1].
The optimal mix using today's technology seems like it would be traditional fission for baseload combined with (solar/wind + battery) / hydro for variable / peak grid load.
[1] https://www.nuscalepower.com/projects/carbon-free-power-proj...
Comment · 6 years ago
When I saw the Greenland study on HN[1] last night, all I could think is how much more worse does it have to get before we refocus on building fission plants and doubling-down on fusion research investment?
Unfortunately the economics of natural gas make it a steep hill to climb even if the politics and public sentiment changed on nuclear. To me, fission really seems like the only rational solution to the climate crisis that we can implement starting tomorrow.
We probably do need either carbon taxes or heavy fission plant construction subsidies (easier to implement than carbon tax and most of the negative economic incentive is the capital-intensive upfront costs - nuclear is significantly cheaper than gas at the 35-40 year plant life mark).
Comment · 8 years ago
I first heard Nardis around a decade ago and ever since it has always been one of my favorite Jazz pieces (if not #1). It was also my introduction to Bill Evans. When researching him I was surprised to learn Nardis was composed by Miles Davis but that there was never a recording from Miles himself.
However, until I read this article I never knew there was such a following around Nardis nor was I aware that Bill Evans had such an obsession with the song. There's something quite satisfying when you discover good music independently and only then slowly discover the existing culture around it.
Comment · 10 years ago
SLS is definitely an expensive option, however I'm not sure the cost:benefit trade-off is as poor as you make it sound.
http://spaceflightnow.com/2015/03/10/europa-clipper-concept-...
"The mission concept review board in September concluded the SLS launch option was 'far superior' to other alternatives because it would allow the probe to fly directly to Jupiter in less than two years. Launching on a smaller rocket would require gravity assist flybys of Venus and Earth, adding three-and-a-half years to the voyage."
I think SLS makes a lot of sense for outer planet missions - at least until commercial super heavy lift options are available.
Comment · 11 years ago
You make a good point regarding the author's understanding of color blindness, however gray-scale vision absolutely does exist in humans, albeit in a much smaller proportion of the population than common red-green colorblindness:
Great compliment to ncdu for a single-view disk report and blazing fast.