Because small, unitized reactors that can be easily dropped into place, and later removed and refurbished could make all the difference in the nuclear industry.
Then, you can strategically drop a reactor wherever you need steady power and encase it in a concrete/steel/lead sarcophagus and only address it again when the core needs replacing. This can help with the issues involved in building large nuclear facilities in danger-prone areas (like California).
Or, if you need more power, you drop multiples in and gang them together.
Yep. I'm sure open dumping of thorium and other similar elements into the environment while going for rare earths is FAR better for the people of this planet than a few tons of CO2.
No. An engineering solution is a plan that's a great deal more information-dense than "Cut emissions".
It's real easy to spout off buzzwords and ACT like there's a plan.
It's a great deal tougher to actually map something out properly. In a step-by-step manner, with technical justifications, ground-level views and high-level views.
If you think "Cut emissions" is an engineering solution, you are probably one of those "software engineers" who thinks that code comments are solely for making jokes and saying "don't touch this, ask for *Random person who left 4 years ago*".
Put it this way. We can grow citrus fruit ORGANICALLY in partially underground greenhouses...IN NEBRASKA with no pesticides and no petrochemical fertilizer.
So please don't tell me that modern farming, hydroponics and aquaponics aren't sustainable. It merely exposes the depth of your ignorance.
Maybe in CALIFORNIA, things are grim. But the world is much more than California.
Bullshit. Using modern farming methods, hydroponics, aquaponics, etc, we can grow enough food to feed the entire planet, just in the borders of the US ALONE. So don't tell me that 8 billion people is unsustainable. That's horseshit.
When mining jumps on the new devices, swallows the entire available supply, burps, and screams for more, while regular owners are asked to pay $1000 for a mid-range device, they can laugh all the way to the bank.
They've been told College is THE path to wealth. They've been sold on a line of majors/degrees with limited-to-no ACTUAL utility in the jobs market. They've been promised corner high rise offices with a sexy secretary and and expectation of being paid six-plus figures to do little more than browse porn and post on Twitter for 8 hours a day.
Now, when all the bullshit they've been sold by the communist-infested educational system turns out not to be true, and that they're tens, if not hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt and can't even get a minimum wage job asking about fries? Then you tell them, that with their level of non-income, they're now firmly in debt for the rest of their lives?
Then you have a bunch of communist agitators come along and tell them "free stuff, debt forgiveness, life will be unicorn jism, fairy farts and orgies every day", of COURSE these people are going to be down on capitalism.
"I didn't do any research! Now I can't get ANY job with my Masters in Intersectional Lesbian Basket Weaving Studies!" Note: STUDIES. Because the courses for Intersectional Lesbian Basket Weaving were "too hard". "I'm mad and I now think the world owes me free everything!"
And this is why anything that's NOT STEM or an actual jobs-oriented major should only be offered on a cash-only basis.
Once the developer has your money, there is no incentive to patch it for you, unless the app keeps selling in large volume so it's worth for the developer to keep updating it rather than move to a whole new app. Are you willing to pay $20 for every security fix, or just prefer to save money and have the app being a gaping security hole on your phone?
Build some of that into the pricing model. Be specific that the license you're buying is for that particular version of the software. Then sell "upgrade assurance" packages or simply charge again for a new version every couple years.
So long as the pricing is reasonable, only inveterate cheapskates will bitch. And screw them!
I basically object to being made to pay for software subscriptions. I've got enough monthly expenses, etc.
Now, that being said, if I were given an option to re-buy certain pieces of software every 2-3 years, I'd fucking do it in a heartbeat.
I have a piece of software on my phone now, EasyTether. Their sale price was a measly $10. And it's saved me THOUSANDS of dollars in hotel Internet fees over the last 8 years or so. And, every time I upgrade to a new phone (or have to handset swap because of warranty replacement), I simply send them my previous auth code and my new IMEI and they send me an updated auth code.
Quite simply, if the asking price was $20, it'd be a steal. If it was $20 every time I had to move to a new handset? I'd STILL pay it. GLADLY! But if they switched to a subscription model, where the software just stopped working unless my payments continued? Nah! Fuck that! I refuse to allow ANYONE that manner of control over me.
Don't mistake a large economy with being business friendly.
Numerous businesses out there are ONLY their due to proximity to core market presence by industry leaders. (One example is Silicon Valley. Another is Hollywood.)
As such, these businesses look at the high price of having a business in California as a necessary evil.
They're a low volume, high price boutique computer case seller.
Sure, there are $2,000,000 cars out there. But not many people buy them. As there may be no value proposition for them. Sure, Case Labs makes $500+ cases. But not many people buy them. As there is no value proposition for them.
As such, anything that even MODESTLY disrupts their price/profit model is going to wreak havoc.
And that's under the naive assumption that there are NO other market forces acting on them. Remember what I said about few people dropping $500+ for a case? And the fact that there are other boutique sellers out there as well?
Also, CaseLabs is based in California. Probably THE most business-unfriendly state in the union. I wouldn't be surprised if their efforts to legislate businesses out of business didn't drastically impact their employee and insurance costs.
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Any and all empathy I might have had for his situation effectively died when he willingly killed people.
Because small, unitized reactors that can be easily dropped into place, and later removed and refurbished could make all the difference in the nuclear industry.
Then, you can strategically drop a reactor wherever you need steady power and encase it in a concrete/steel/lead sarcophagus and only address it again when the core needs replacing. This can help with the issues involved in building large nuclear facilities in danger-prone areas (like California).
Or, if you need more power, you drop multiples in and gang them together.
Now let me go back to my nap...
I'm saying in comparison, ton-for-ton.
But nice attempt at a diversion.
Another step on the road to a "social credit score".
Okay, a few kilotons of CO2 vs a few kilotons of RADIOACTIVE RARE EARTHS TAILINGS.
Which would you choose as the most immediate threat to your health?
Yep. I'm sure open dumping of thorium and other similar elements into the environment while going for rare earths is FAR better for the people of this planet than a few tons of CO2.
Yep. And them hippies and hippie wannabes are some pollution motherfuckers.
China IS heading in the right direction.
Not sure it's enough to make up for the decades it spent destroying the environment DELIBERATELY to corner various markets.
Cut him some slack.
Producing real, usable data is HHHAAARRRDDD!!!
It's simply easier for him to go "U RONG! NYAH NYAH!" and stop attempting to think about it.
No. An engineering solution is a plan that's a great deal more information-dense than "Cut emissions".
It's real easy to spout off buzzwords and ACT like there's a plan.
It's a great deal tougher to actually map something out properly. In a step-by-step manner, with technical justifications, ground-level views and high-level views.
If you think "Cut emissions" is an engineering solution, you are probably one of those "software engineers" who thinks that code comments are solely for making jokes and saying "don't touch this, ask for *Random person who left 4 years ago*".
Put it this way. We can grow citrus fruit ORGANICALLY in partially underground greenhouses...IN NEBRASKA with no pesticides and no petrochemical fertilizer.
So please don't tell me that modern farming, hydroponics and aquaponics aren't sustainable.
It merely exposes the depth of your ignorance.
Maybe in CALIFORNIA, things are grim. But the world is much more than California.
Bullshit. Using modern farming methods, hydroponics, aquaponics, etc, we can grow enough food to feed the entire planet, just in the borders of the US ALONE. So don't tell me that 8 billion people is unsustainable. That's horseshit.
*AHEM!*
"We're listening..."
Before he starts all his unicorn jizz and fairy fart-laden pie-in-the-sky BS?
#Monorail!
So they're short selling.
When mining jumps on the new devices, swallows the entire available supply, burps, and screams for more, while regular owners are asked to pay $1000 for a mid-range device, they can laugh all the way to the bank.
They've been told College is THE path to wealth.
They've been sold on a line of majors/degrees with limited-to-no ACTUAL utility in the jobs market.
They've been promised corner high rise offices with a sexy secretary and and expectation of being paid six-plus figures to do little more than browse porn and post on Twitter for 8 hours a day.
Now, when all the bullshit they've been sold by the communist-infested educational system turns out not to be true, and that they're tens, if not hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt and can't even get a minimum wage job asking about fries? Then you tell them, that with their level of non-income, they're now firmly in debt for the rest of their lives?
Then you have a bunch of communist agitators come along and tell them "free stuff, debt forgiveness, life will be unicorn jism, fairy farts and orgies every day", of COURSE these people are going to be down on capitalism.
"I didn't do any research! Now I can't get ANY job with my Masters in Intersectional Lesbian Basket Weaving Studies!"
Note: STUDIES. Because the courses for Intersectional Lesbian Basket Weaving were "too hard".
"I'm mad and I now think the world owes me free everything!"
And this is why anything that's NOT STEM or an actual jobs-oriented major should only be offered on a cash-only basis.
I'm sure the Chinese will provide you with such devices.
"See! We have them all backdoored already!"
Expect a bunch of people to have their lives ruined via this shit though.
Banking? Compromised.
Online spending? Compromised.
Once the developer has your money, there is no incentive to patch it for you, unless the app keeps selling in large volume so it's worth for the developer to keep updating it rather than move to a whole new app. Are you willing to pay $20 for every security fix, or just prefer to save money and have the app being a gaping security hole on your phone?
Build some of that into the pricing model.
Be specific that the license you're buying is for that particular version of the software.
Then sell "upgrade assurance" packages or simply charge again for a new version every couple years.
So long as the pricing is reasonable, only inveterate cheapskates will bitch. And screw them!
Photoshop CS: $20/month
Photoshop Elements: $120
Over 5 years of continuous use:
CS: $1200
Elements: $120
Over 5 years of use with half the active time:
CS: 600
Elements: $120
Over 5 years of use with 10% of the active time:
CS & Elements: $120
Basically you're leaving it up to Adobe when and where you use it.
I refuse to allow them that sort of control.
I basically object to being made to pay for software subscriptions.
I've got enough monthly expenses, etc.
Now, that being said, if I were given an option to re-buy certain pieces of software every 2-3 years, I'd fucking do it in a heartbeat.
I have a piece of software on my phone now, EasyTether. Their sale price was a measly $10. And it's saved me THOUSANDS of dollars in hotel Internet fees over the last 8 years or so. And, every time I upgrade to a new phone (or have to handset swap because of warranty replacement), I simply send them my previous auth code and my new IMEI and they send me an updated auth code.
Quite simply, if the asking price was $20, it'd be a steal. If it was $20 every time I had to move to a new handset? I'd STILL pay it. GLADLY!
But if they switched to a subscription model, where the software just stopped working unless my payments continued?
Nah! Fuck that! I refuse to allow ANYONE that manner of control over me.
Don't mistake a large economy with being business friendly.
Numerous businesses out there are ONLY their due to proximity to core market presence by industry leaders. (One example is Silicon Valley. Another is Hollywood.)
As such, these businesses look at the high price of having a business in California as a necessary evil.
Again, simply because they solely blame the tariffs doesn't mean that's the actual cause.
A contributing factor, sure.
But the fact that their business model was inelastic enough simply fall over because of this points to other issues as well
There are many factors of course, but they told you a major one, are you calling that a lie?
I'm saying that YES, the tariffs may have had an impact.
But blaming it SOLELY on them is likely an evasion (and virtue signaling) at best.
*sets aside the TDS crazy*
Sorry, do you even know who Case Labs is?
They're a low volume, high price boutique computer case seller.
Sure, there are $2,000,000 cars out there. But not many people buy them. As there may be no value proposition for them.
Sure, Case Labs makes $500+ cases. But not many people buy them. As there is no value proposition for them.
As such, anything that even MODESTLY disrupts their price/profit model is going to wreak havoc.
And that's under the naive assumption that there are NO other market forces acting on them. Remember what I said about few people dropping $500+ for a case? And the fact that there are other boutique sellers out there as well?
Also, CaseLabs is based in California. Probably THE most business-unfriendly state in the union. I wouldn't be surprised if their efforts to legislate businesses out of business didn't drastically impact their employee and insurance costs.