OK spent/unspent is a bit of a misnomer, though. If it's removed from a reactor because that reactor can't make use of it anymore, I'd call it spent. If it can be re-processed and put in another reactor to continue to provide energy, then it's fuel.
I'm really not disputing your overall position - you're just over-stating your case and that harms your position. The first responders at Chernobyl were exposed to high doses of radioactive material, which causes cell damage both immediate and long-term. I think it's settled that they died from damage caused by radiation exposure. Arguing statistics and methodology isn't helpful. Point is, you said "no-one" and that's simply not true.
And I've been living off-grid on solar PV for >20 years. I ride a motorcycle instead of driving a car when and wherever I can. I take climate change seriously and I agree that nuclear energy plants are one of the least polluting options - but they've *never* been able to deliver on "too cheap to meter" promises, so between media meltdowns about accidents, and the less serious but real consequences of those accidents, broken promises about abundant energy, and all the other BS from lobbyist-influenced politicians, I'm not surprised that people don't trust the proponents of nuclear energy, and I'm not surprised at the surge in wind, PV, and gas-sourced electricity.
Legitimate charity calls get my polite attention and perhaps even the purchase of a lottery ticket - I once won a "consolation prize" from the local rural fire brigade, and that made me happy*
Scammers get trolled (personal best was 20 minutes and ended with "Mike" from "Windows Technical Department" screaming at me), political "vote for me, opposition candidate is a scumbag" calls have exactly the opposite of the desired effect, and surveys generally are accepted.
But yes, scammers should be hunted down, tarred and feathered.
* three smoke alarms, a fire blanket, a backpack, two large towels, and a Garmin GPS.
Ok. Can you tell me how sports/action photographers managed to achieve sharp focus before auto-focus came along? What? They used skills and expertise? Say it isn't so!/sarcasm
Please tell me you've used a manual camera. No auto light metering, and no auto focus. I'd like to be reassured that you've used both types, both extremes from electronic full auto to full manual, and then I'll be able to give credence to your argument.
And by full manual, i mean an external light meter, and a hand-operated focus ring, or perhaps a bellows on a monorail.
That's a coincidence - I was looking at some of my kodachromes just the other day. Taken in New Zealand in the 1980s, and there's no appreciable fade or colour shift. Amazing, and I miss it.
And remember - when you pressed the shutter button, it took a picture.
It didn't futz about trying to focus, that was something you did before pressing the shutter. It didn't blink lights at you warning about exposure, or camera shake, it took the picture.
And if you didn't have time to make exposure and focus perfect, but *HAD* to get the shot, you pressed the shutter button, and it happened. You might have got a less-than-optimum result, but it was better than missing the moment because your auto-focus couldn't make up its mind.
But IIRC EFT terminals have the ability to store transactions and send later. I've seen that very statement on EFT displays: "Sending stored transactions" although that would tend to revert to a "trust" system, but there's nothing to stop the bank reversing the transaction later, or just putting the account holder's balance into the red if there's insufficient funds.
With today's multiple layers of abstraction between programmer and hardware, things like assembly, device drivers and system routines are not in the realm of the applications programmer.
You can be a clever and successful applications programmer without knowing a thing about device drivers. Closed/proprietary systems don't even expose that part of the system - and please don't bleat to me about open source - closed systems are still a big thing, despite the dreams of many slashdotters.
College courses are very important, but they're not everything. I've met some amazingly close-minded and stupid graduates of college-level IT courses, and thankfully the interview process weeded them out.
One of my early jobs was porting accounting programs written in System/36 BASIC to the AS/400. That brings back some eye-twitching memories.
BASIC on the/36 was interpreted IIRC. Then it was introduced to the two-level microcode world of the AS/400, and to their credit, IBM's emulated/36 mode on the AS/400 made it all work smoothly.
I've seen this report on some other websites and the comments can be difficult to swallow.
Some people actually believe he should continue to donate - that the benefit outweighs the risk.
He's had one lung since 14, and his donations have positively affected MILLIONS of lives, yet some people opine that he should continue.
I don't think those people have any idea how long even minor puncture wounds can take to heal, and how degraded your immune system is, by that age. You're at greater risk of infection, even when proper procedures are followed.
In Oz, it's a bottle of water or juice, and a packet of crisps. That's mainly to make you wait around to see if you get a vaso-vagal reaction. That's a rapid drop of blood pressure leading to fainting. I saw it happen once during a donation. The donor was quickly laid out flat in the reclining chair, and the nurse in charge was on the phone, looking very concerned.
I once had a delayed reaction to a donation, albeit a few hours later. It wasn't a big deal, just light-headed for 20 minutes. When I phoned in to report it, I was rapidly booted up the chain of command to an actual doctor, who told me not to worry, but bring a driver next time.
Here, you might get an item on the local news "feel-good" section when you hit a significant milestone, e.g. 25, 50, or 100 donations. The blood bank does hand out milestone keyrings, though.
OTOH, I've heard that, unofficially, anyone holding one of the milestone keyrings gets priority attention should they arrive in the casualty dept at hospitals.
Slashdot Mirror
Shades of "Burning Chrome"
Custom-tailored viruses. I should read that story again.
OK spent/unspent is a bit of a misnomer, though. If it's removed from a reactor because that reactor can't make use of it anymore, I'd call it spent. If it can be re-processed and put in another reactor to continue to provide energy, then it's fuel.
I'm really not disputing your overall position - you're just over-stating your case and that harms your position. The first responders at Chernobyl were exposed to high doses of radioactive material, which causes cell damage both immediate and long-term. I think it's settled that they died from damage caused by radiation exposure. Arguing statistics and methodology isn't helpful. Point is, you said "no-one" and that's simply not true.
And I've been living off-grid on solar PV for >20 years. I ride a motorcycle instead of driving a car when and wherever I can. I take climate change seriously and I agree that nuclear energy plants are one of the least polluting options - but they've *never* been able to deliver on "too cheap to meter" promises, so between media meltdowns about accidents, and the less serious but real consequences of those accidents, broken promises about abundant energy, and all the other BS from lobbyist-influenced politicians, I'm not surprised that people don't trust the proponents of nuclear energy, and I'm not surprised at the surge in wind, PV, and gas-sourced electricity.
Don't you mean "spent fuel AKA nuclear waste"?
In any case, I think the first responders at the Chernobyl incident might take issue with you.
If they were alive, that is. They were harmed by exposure to spent and unspent fuel, and radioactive byproducts thereof.
Yes, I know you're not talking about accidents like Chernobyl, but any exposure would be accidental, no?
Better change your password, dude.
Legitimate charity calls get my polite attention and perhaps even the purchase of a lottery ticket - I once won a "consolation prize" from the local rural fire brigade, and that made me happy*
Scammers get trolled (personal best was 20 minutes and ended with "Mike" from "Windows Technical Department" screaming at me), political "vote for me, opposition candidate is a scumbag" calls have exactly the opposite of the desired effect, and surveys generally are accepted.
But yes, scammers should be hunted down, tarred and feathered.
* three smoke alarms, a fire blanket, a backpack, two large towels, and a Garmin GPS.
"Do one thing, and do it well"
But it's OK for emacs to be the exception to that principle - at least, the first part.
Ok. Can you tell me how sports/action photographers managed to achieve sharp focus before auto-focus came along? What? They used skills and expertise? Say it isn't so! /sarcasm
Please tell me you've used a manual camera. No auto light metering, and no auto focus. I'd like to be reassured that you've used both types, both extremes from electronic full auto to full manual, and then I'll be able to give credence to your argument.
And by full manual, i mean an external light meter, and a hand-operated focus ring, or perhaps a bellows on a monorail.
That's a coincidence - I was looking at some of my kodachromes just the other day. Taken in New Zealand in the 1980s, and there's no appreciable fade or colour shift. Amazing, and I miss it.
As a matter of interest, have you ever used something like 6x7 rollfilm or 4x5 sheet film?
And remember - when you pressed the shutter button, it took a picture.
It didn't futz about trying to focus, that was something you did before pressing the shutter. It didn't blink lights at you warning about exposure, or camera shake, it took the picture.
And if you didn't have time to make exposure and focus perfect, but *HAD* to get the shot, you pressed the shutter button, and it happened. You might have got a less-than-optimum result, but it was better than missing the moment because your auto-focus couldn't make up its mind.
Ah, yes - that's what I was thinking of.
But IIRC EFT terminals have the ability to store transactions and send later. I've seen that very statement on EFT displays: "Sending stored transactions" although that would tend to revert to a "trust" system, but there's nothing to stop the bank reversing the transaction later, or just putting the account holder's balance into the red if there's insufficient funds.
Yep - all those hipster cafes that have signs up saying "EFTPOS only - no cash".
I wonder if they suddenly decided cash was OK after all?
It seems that the backup voucher system was forgotten.
Unless the banks have withdrawn that - you used to be able to fill out a paper voucher for later processing when the EFTPOS was down.
Why go to that much trouble? Have the robot carry around a magnifying lens, place between the weed and the sun, and BOOM!
* offer not applicable in cloudy weather
Seriously, there is a thing called a "flame weeder". It's a propane torch attached to a bottle on a trolley. You wheel it around and burn the weeds.
https://flameengineering.com/
(not affiliated, I don't even have one, but I'd like to)
With today's multiple layers of abstraction between programmer and hardware, things like assembly, device drivers and system routines are not in the realm of the applications programmer.
You can be a clever and successful applications programmer without knowing a thing about device drivers. Closed/proprietary systems don't even expose that part of the system - and please don't bleat to me about open source - closed systems are still a big thing, despite the dreams of many slashdotters.
College courses are very important, but they're not everything. I've met some amazingly close-minded and stupid graduates of college-level IT courses, and thankfully the interview process weeded them out.
These days I can scratch my AS/400 itch at pub400.com
It's back online after some users abused the T&Cs.
One of my early jobs was porting accounting programs written in System/36 BASIC to the AS/400. That brings back some eye-twitching memories.
BASIC on the /36 was interpreted IIRC. Then it was introduced to the two-level microcode world of the AS/400, and to their credit, IBM's emulated /36 mode on the AS/400 made it all work smoothly.
Sometimes IBM gets it right
Well, OS400 and CL. I like the way OS400 manages resources - the subsystems, memory pools, routing classes, etc.
I also like the ability to compile CL.
But I'll take RPG if I have to ;-)
The data *were* moving......
Yes, injections of memory RNA from long-dead experts provided instant knowledge, and IIRC some skills that would otherwise have to be learned.
"Bottled memory" from the diktors, I think. It's a damn fine adventure story with some great sci-fi concepts thrown in.
Hey, Netflix, how about licencing some Larry Niven material?
Is it legal to have bumper stickers that look like licence plates?
Put 2 lookalike out-of-state plates on either side of the genuine plate.
I'll reserve my applause for the person/s who manage to emulate OS400/IBM i on RPi or x86/64.
I've seen this report on some other websites and the comments can be difficult to swallow.
Some people actually believe he should continue to donate - that the benefit outweighs the risk.
He's had one lung since 14, and his donations have positively affected MILLIONS of lives, yet some people opine that he should continue.
I don't think those people have any idea how long even minor puncture wounds can take to heal, and how degraded your immune system is, by that age. You're at greater risk of infection, even when proper procedures are followed.
Yes, apparently he had transfusion/s during surgery at 14, where a lung was removed.
In Oz, it's a bottle of water or juice, and a packet of crisps. That's mainly to make you wait around to see if you get a vaso-vagal reaction. That's a rapid drop of blood pressure leading to fainting. I saw it happen once during a donation. The donor was quickly laid out flat in the reclining chair, and the nurse in charge was on the phone, looking very concerned.
I once had a delayed reaction to a donation, albeit a few hours later. It wasn't a big deal, just light-headed for 20 minutes. When I phoned in to report it, I was rapidly booted up the chain of command to an actual doctor, who told me not to worry, but bring a driver next time.
Here, you might get an item on the local news "feel-good" section when you hit a significant milestone, e.g. 25, 50, or 100 donations. The blood bank does hand out milestone keyrings, though.
OTOH, I've heard that, unofficially, anyone holding one of the milestone keyrings gets priority attention should they arrive in the casualty dept at hospitals.