I've heard about it long time ago. The lifetime of the reactor is at least 10 years and it's mostly limited by moving parts. There's also a possibility to use thermocouples to extend it even further, but this will drastically reduce the power. The amount of nuclear fuel is just several kilograms of highly-enriched uranium, but it's not going to burn completely before the reactor stops for good because of accumulating neutron poisons.
This reactor is amazing - it's completely passive. It's self-regulated by thermal expansion of its fuel. There are no moving parts (apart from a heat engine), the reactor is started by removing one control rod and then it just runs on until fuel is exhausted.https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/18/01/18/2148243/us-tests-nuclear-power-system-to-sustain-astronauts-on-mars#
There's not going to be a generic 3D "molecular printer" for a long, long time. For one thing, lots of interesting reactions require special conditions that won't sit well with generic "3D printing" stuff: heat, catalysts, pressure, nasty precursors.
I have a Tesla and I tried many other cars with lane assist. The ARE different. Right now only high-end Audi has anything that resembles Tesla's autopilot.
Tesla AP can confidently navigate curves and most other lane assists ping-pong between lines all the time.
Hey! These holes are a great invention. A couple of my jeans evolved these holes naturally and I can still wear them in public like it's a fashion statement.
The problem is, Germany's coal use is hardly budging. It's going down just a little bit, but nothing major is happening any time soon. And new coal plants are actually being built.
Actually it doesn't. It merely oscillates a bit between hard coal and lignite. The percentage of coal in power generation stays pretty much constant, with natural gas replacing nuclear. See here: http://energypost.eu/wp-conten...
The 2020 emission reduction target is now completely out of reach. But don't worry, they are going to build more coal power plants instead: https://energytransition.org/2...
Oh, Federalist - the true home of fake news. They even fake the fake news list. Let's list a couple of lies:
1) Federalist says that there was a fake surge in transgender suicides. This is not true, the linked article cites the increased number of suicide hotline calls.
2) They cite the Medium article that says that there are possible signs of fraud: https://medium.com/@jhalderm/w... - it's true. Statistical analysis shows that the resulting configuration is quite unlikely.
3) Multiple government climate change sites got purged: https://gizmodo.com/another-go...
In short, how to tell that a conservative lies? Easy, his lips are moving.
And given your reading comprehension you are fit to flip burgers in McDonalds. Notice the word "throughput"? Let me provide you with a dictionary definition: "the amount of material or items passing through a system or process". A typical road has the maximum throughput at 45 mph, if speeds are higher then the distances between cars are bigger and as a result _fewer_ cars in total can pass within a given time.
This article has a nice example of a "poem" written by an AI: http://karpathy.github.io/2015... - the article's author used the works of Shakespeare to train an RNN and then let it hallucinate. The result looks like this:
VIOLA:
Why, Salisbury must find his flesh and thought
That which I am not aps, not a man and in fire,
To show the reining of the raven and the wars
To grace my hand reproach within, and not a fair are hand,
That Caesar and my goodly father's world;
When I was heaven of presence and our fleets,
We spare with hours, but cut thy council I am great,
Murdered and by thy master's ready there
My power to give thee but so much as hell:
Some service in the noble bondman here,
Would show him to her wine.
KING LEAR:
O, if you were a feeble sight, the courtesy of your law,
Your sight and several breath, will wear the gods
With his heads, and my hands are wonder'd at the deeds,
So drop upon your lordship's head, and your opinion
Shall be against your honour.
Other examples are equally interesting. I highly recommend reading that article.
Ok. I keep offering this bet to conservatives. Right now my house is served only by Comcast. I bet you $10000 that in 2 years I won't get any new competition offering unmetered Internet at least at 50MBps speed. I can even make it easier - I bet that I won't get better performance than I have right now from Comcast. Deal?
Before NN repeal the only way Comcast was able to get more profit was to build out the network, providing better speed and coverage. Now they also can raise the price for Internet content providers without investing in their network. Guess what is going to happen?
Why is it rational? Repeal of the NN means that they actually don’t need to invest more, as they can extract bigger profit from existing infrastructure.
Nope. A restaurant meal is treated as a transaction (albeit somewhat extended one). You don't get automatic credit. This is actually pretty significant, because failing to pay a meal check is classified as a crime (theft) while defaulting on a loan is a matter for civil courts.
I first came to the US on a business visa so I had to get one of the prepaid VISA cards just to be able to use stuff like iTunes (they check the billing address) or pay at the pumps (amazing number of gas pumps don't work with European cards). I can tell that the fees for these cards were way higher than on my regular European cards and some of the prepaid cards were not reloadable, so it was difficult to get the last couple of dollars out of it.
Retaliatory tariffs work only against one or two players. If everybody starts taxing the US goods (and why wouldn't they?) then retaliation will amount to protectionist barriers. And this simply will push the US further into obsolescence.
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I've heard about it long time ago. The lifetime of the reactor is at least 10 years and it's mostly limited by moving parts. There's also a possibility to use thermocouples to extend it even further, but this will drastically reduce the power. The amount of nuclear fuel is just several kilograms of highly-enriched uranium, but it's not going to burn completely before the reactor stops for good because of accumulating neutron poisons.
This reactor is amazing - it's completely passive. It's self-regulated by thermal expansion of its fuel. There are no moving parts (apart from a heat engine), the reactor is started by removing one control rod and then it just runs on until fuel is exhausted.https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/18/01/18/2148243/us-tests-nuclear-power-system-to-sustain-astronauts-on-mars#
There's not going to be a generic 3D "molecular printer" for a long, long time. For one thing, lots of interesting reactions require special conditions that won't sit well with generic "3D printing" stuff: heat, catalysts, pressure, nasty precursors.
I have a Tesla and I tried many other cars with lane assist. The ARE different. Right now only high-end Audi has anything that resembles Tesla's autopilot.
Tesla AP can confidently navigate curves and most other lane assists ping-pong between lines all the time.
Hey! These holes are a great invention. A couple of my jeans evolved these holes naturally and I can still wear them in public like it's a fashion statement.
Now look numbers for 2009->2016. Brown coal: 145 -> 149, hard coal: 107 -> 112. Doesn't look as great, does it?
Germany CO2 emissions: https://www.cleanenergywire.or...
2017 coal use dip will likely be temporary, since a new coal power plant is being prepared for launch: Datteln 4.
The problem is, Germany's coal use is hardly budging. It's going down just a little bit, but nothing major is happening any time soon. And new coal plants are actually being built.
Now look numbers for 2009->2016. Brown coal: 145 -> 149, hard coal: 107 -> 112. Doesn't look as great, does it?
Actually it doesn't. It merely oscillates a bit between hard coal and lignite. The percentage of coal in power generation stays pretty much constant, with natural gas replacing nuclear. See here: http://energypost.eu/wp-conten...
Or another article with more details: http://environmentalprogress.o...
Germany has one of the highest electricity rates _and_ they are forced to increased coal use: https://www.cleanenergywire.or...
The 2020 emission reduction target is now completely out of reach. But don't worry, they are going to build more coal power plants instead: https://energytransition.org/2...
And also selling out your country for a 10% tax cut to foreign hostile powers. Just read the Wolff's book.
If you are a patriot then you can't be a Trump fan.
Oh, Federalist - the true home of fake news. They even fake the fake news list. Let's list a couple of lies:
1) Federalist says that there was a fake surge in transgender suicides. This is not true, the linked article cites the increased number of suicide hotline calls.
2) They cite the Medium article that says that there are possible signs of fraud: https://medium.com/@jhalderm/w... - it's true. Statistical analysis shows that the resulting configuration is quite unlikely.
3) Multiple government climate change sites got purged: https://gizmodo.com/another-go...
In short, how to tell that a conservative lies? Easy, his lips are moving.
And given your reading comprehension you are fit to flip burgers in McDonalds. Notice the word "throughput"? Let me provide you with a dictionary definition: "the amount of material or items passing through a system or process". A typical road has the maximum throughput at 45 mph, if speeds are higher then the distances between cars are bigger and as a result _fewer_ cars in total can pass within a given time.
A little bit. The best throughput per lane is a 3 lane road moving at 45 mph. More lanes and throughput per lane falls.
VIOLA:
Why, Salisbury must find his flesh and thought
That which I am not aps, not a man and in fire,
To show the reining of the raven and the wars
To grace my hand reproach within, and not a fair are hand,
That Caesar and my goodly father's world;
When I was heaven of presence and our fleets,
We spare with hours, but cut thy council I am great,
Murdered and by thy master's ready there
My power to give thee but so much as hell:
Some service in the noble bondman here,
Would show him to her wine.
KING LEAR:
O, if you were a feeble sight, the courtesy of your law,
Your sight and several breath, will wear the gods
With his heads, and my hands are wonder'd at the deeds,
So drop upon your lordship's head, and your opinion
Shall be against your honour.
Other examples are equally interesting. I highly recommend reading that article.
The best road throughput is at around 45 mph.
Ok. I keep offering this bet to conservatives. Right now my house is served only by Comcast. I bet you $10000 that in 2 years I won't get any new competition offering unmetered Internet at least at 50MBps speed. I can even make it easier - I bet that I won't get better performance than I have right now from Comcast. Deal?
Before NN repeal the only way Comcast was able to get more profit was to build out the network, providing better speed and coverage. Now they also can raise the price for Internet content providers without investing in their network. Guess what is going to happen?
Why is it rational? Repeal of the NN means that they actually don’t need to invest more, as they can extract bigger profit from existing infrastructure.
Nope. A restaurant meal is treated as a transaction (albeit somewhat extended one). You don't get automatic credit. This is actually pretty significant, because failing to pay a meal check is classified as a crime (theft) while defaulting on a loan is a matter for civil courts.
I first came to the US on a business visa so I had to get one of the prepaid VISA cards just to be able to use stuff like iTunes (they check the billing address) or pay at the pumps (amazing number of gas pumps don't work with European cards). I can tell that the fees for these cards were way higher than on my regular European cards and some of the prepaid cards were not reloadable, so it was difficult to get the last couple of dollars out of it.
Most countries in Europe also have automatic voter registration.
I got my card (with lots of perks) for free, for holding 401k with a hefty balance with my bank.
Retaliatory tariffs work only against one or two players. If everybody starts taxing the US goods (and why wouldn't they?) then retaliation will amount to protectionist barriers. And this simply will push the US further into obsolescence.
US actually exports quite a lot of stuff ( https://2016.export.gov/ ). So yep, it'll hurt.
Do you think the US will be getting free pass forever? Eventually other countries will start taxing US goods based on their carbon footprint.