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ImminentFate

Re:How cloud computing impacts the environment on Monday December 16, 2019 @09:38AM (#21803262)
As of 2009, estimates were that we have between 200-400 years of nuclear fuel remaining at current consumption rates.

If we can efficiently extract uranium from saltwater, that value jumps to 60,000 years.

If instead we switch all reactors over to breeder types instead of the current light-water reactors, our 200-400 year estimate then becomes more like 30,000 years

Re:StyleGAN2 on Friday December 13, 2019 @11:05AM (#21782748)
On your site I can consistently get 100% by looking at the backgrounds since they generate in somewhat inorganic patterns.
Re:Facebook Tells Barr It Won’t Open Up Encrypted Messages on Tuesday December 10, 2019 @10:46AM (#21753491)
If you read the article, it’s talking about not putting in a backdoor, and not Facebook saying “we have access to all encrypted messages, we’re just not giving them to you”. As it stands, they’re end-to-end encrypted so not even Facebook can’t see your messages, and that’s what Barr doesn’t like
Re:The next generation of wall chargers on Sunday December 01, 2019 @09:20PM (#21679374)
That’s why you check that the printer can even support 240V before you do this
They’re talking about vanadium dioxide’s transition, but it’s still a poorly worded phrase
Re:Windows 10 sends screenshots to Microsoft (2015) [video] on Sunday September 22, 2019 @03:18AM (#21040091)
Are we going to gloss over the fact that a) this is 3 years old, b) shown on a technical preview which are clearly known for having lots of telemetry, and c) he somehow casually decrypted an RSA key in about 3 seconds?