Meta buys a nuclear power plant (more or less)

Re:Meta buys a nuclear power plant (more or less) by kaato137 on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @04:09AM (#44178345)

Lets see how "move fast and break things" will work in nuclear industry

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Re:Meta buys a nuclear power plant (more or less) by chrischen on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @04:14AM (#44178375)

Breaking things was exactly why nuclear power even got started.

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Re:Meta buys a nuclear power plant (more or less) by chii on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @04:28AM (#44178466)

but they're breaking someone else's things, not your own.

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Re:Meta buys a nuclear power plant (more or less) by preisschild on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @04:52AM (#44178590)

That's wrong. Nuclear power plants were started after the "breaking things" part.

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Re:Meta buys a nuclear power plant (more or less) by hildolfr on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @05:09AM (#44178661)

Right, that's why public sentiment around nuclear was and has been so hard fought, because it had never failed in a catastrophic manner in history.

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Re:Meta buys a nuclear power plant (more or less) by preisschild on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @05:34AM (#44178849)

OP clearly meant nuclear weapons, not power generation accidents.

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Re:Meta buys a nuclear power plant (more or less) by rkomorn on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @04:15AM (#44178380)

Fission tends to move quite fast and break a lot of things, so... I'd say they'll produce a lot of energy.

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Re:Meta buys a nuclear power plant (more or less) by dominicrose on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @04:16AM (#44178395)

what about don't get permission ask forgiveness?

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Re:Meta buys a nuclear power plant (more or less) by rkomorn on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @04:18AM (#44178407)

"What would you do if you weren't afraid?"

"Focus on impact."

Every Facebook/Meta corp slogan works.

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Re:Meta buys a nuclear power plant (more or less) by taneliv on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @04:42AM (#44178539)

Didn't they try that in Chernobyl in 1986?

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