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Comment · 6 days ago

I don't believe the parent commenter was setting aside the waste and potential impact of radioactivity as the risks associated with those are very very low. I think they were setting aside the literal mining and handling of the raw material before it even enters a reactor which is fair IMO. Also uranium mining is more often happening with in situ leach mining which removes a lot of the risk and environmental impact [1] - especially compared to lithium extraction!

Also to clarify, modern Gen III+ reactors have passive safety systems that make leaks/meltdowns virtually impossible [2], and the total volume of high-level waste is tiny, solid, and completely contained in dry casks with little chance of escape - however there are some concerns on the 100+ year timescale, I'll admit.

Also a fun fact, deaths per unit of energy of nuclear compared to solar are nearly identical.[3]

[1]https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-c... [2]https://www.amacad.org/publication/nuclear-reactors-generati... [3]https://ourworldindata.org/safest-sources-of-energy?hl=en-US

Comment · 7 days ago

Thanks for the extra video, but I think the video in the original post is more informative and higher quality. Did you miss seeing it?

Comment · 18 days ago

Here's an Iosevka config that mimics Berkeley Mono for those who don't want to or can't pay money for it. https://ahatem.github.io/IoskeleyMono/

Comment · 18 days ago

If you like Berkeley Mono but don't want to pay, here's an Iosevka configuration that attempts to mimic it as closely as possible. https://ahatem.github.io/IoskeleyMono/

Comment · 1 month ago

Hmm. It may be slightly better but I'm still getting a very stuttery framerate and slow response time. Could just be me. I'm on a Pixel 11 Pro though so it's not like I'm on an ancient device or anything.

Comment · 1 month ago

No need to apologize. Hit me up when you work out the kinks and I'll give it a go again.

Comment · 1 month ago

It is an interesting thought about how these AI-cliches will affect human-written text that will subsequently be used in training - thus perpetuating the cycle.

Comment · 1 month ago

Hah. "load bearing" is such a common claude-ism that its legitimate usage now needs to be acknowledged:

"That question is becoming more relevant as higher-capacity drives become more (dare we say) load bearing."

Comment · 1 month ago

Seems pretty cool but unfortunately the poor performance on mobile (Chrome 154 and Android 17) makes it unusable for me. I'll have to check it out on desktop.

Comment · 1 month ago

I just want to say thank you! I don't use it too often now that I don't live in the city, but I found OneBusAway invaluable ~10 years ago and I'm glad to hear it's still being developed actively. I don't have much free time at the moment, but I'll consider volunteering in the future.

Comment · 1 month ago

Close but it's Vidact vs. Viaduct

Comment · 1 month ago

Serious comment: I wonder how this dynamic will change when AI has some real legal chops. One could spin up agents that could sift through all the BS discovery docs and correspondence they send to waste time and money. The agents could presumably even file the necessary paperwork on your behalf. Obviously not a lawyer, just food for thought.

Comment · 2 months ago

This sounds awesome if it works as you say. Will give it a shot tomorrow! Thank you for the tokens to solve this.

Comment · 2 months ago

I see what you did there

Comment · 2 months ago

Yep and China is leading the world in recent and active construction of traditional hydro (dams) and pumped hydro storage to reduce their reliance on coal for baseload. I'm done with your bad-faith arguments.