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I don't believe the parent commenter was setting aside the waste and potential impact of radioactivity as the risks associated with those are very very low. I think they were setting aside the literal mining and handling of the raw material before it even enters a reactor which is fair IMO. Also uranium mining is more often happening with in situ leach mining which removes a lot of the risk and environmental impact [1] - especially compared to lithium extraction!

Also to clarify, modern Gen III+ reactors have passive safety systems that make leaks/meltdowns virtually impossible [2], and the total volume of high-level waste is tiny, solid, and completely contained in dry casks with little chance of escape - however there are some concerns on the 100+ year timescale, I'll admit.

Also a fun fact, deaths per unit of energy of nuclear compared to solar are nearly identical.[3]

[1]https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-c... [2]https://www.amacad.org/publication/nuclear-reactors-generati... [3]https://ourworldindata.org/safest-sources-of-energy?hl=en-US

Thanks for the extra video, but I think the video in the original post is more informative and higher quality. Did you miss seeing it?

Here's an Iosevka config that mimics Berkeley Mono for those who don't want to or can't pay money for it. https://ahatem.github.io/IoskeleyMono/

If you like Berkeley Mono but don't want to pay, here's an Iosevka configuration that attempts to mimic it as closely as possible. https://ahatem.github.io/IoskeleyMono/

Hmm. It may be slightly better but I'm still getting a very stuttery framerate and slow response time. Could just be me. I'm on a Pixel 11 Pro though so it's not like I'm on an ancient device or anything.

No need to apologize. Hit me up when you work out the kinks and I'll give it a go again.

It is an interesting thought about how these AI-cliches will affect human-written text that will subsequently be used in training - thus perpetuating the cycle.

Hah. "load bearing" is such a common claude-ism that its legitimate usage now needs to be acknowledged:

"That question is becoming more relevant as higher-capacity drives become more (dare we say) load bearing."

Seems pretty cool but unfortunately the poor performance on mobile (Chrome 154 and Android 17) makes it unusable for me. I'll have to check it out on desktop.

I just want to say thank you! I don't use it too often now that I don't live in the city, but I found OneBusAway invaluable ~10 years ago and I'm glad to hear it's still being developed actively. I don't have much free time at the moment, but I'll consider volunteering in the future.

Close but it's Vidact vs. Viaduct

Serious comment: I wonder how this dynamic will change when AI has some real legal chops. One could spin up agents that could sift through all the BS discovery docs and correspondence they send to waste time and money. The agents could presumably even file the necessary paperwork on your behalf. Obviously not a lawyer, just food for thought.

This sounds awesome if it works as you say. Will give it a shot tomorrow! Thank you for the tokens to solve this.

I see what you did there

Yep and China is leading the world in recent and active construction of traditional hydro (dams) and pumped hydro storage to reduce their reliance on coal for baseload. I'm done with your bad-faith arguments.

Clearly there is no industry in Canada then! /s

Yes - what's your point? It seems like coal wasn't the golden ticket you're making it out to be so they built alternatives.

You realize that link shows the exact opposite of what you're saying it shows, right?

It shows that the percentage share of electricity generated from coal in China peaked at ~80% in 2007 and was at ~54% last year.

Oh you ran the numbers!? If only you had led with that.

Even China has seen a stark reduction in the percentage of electricity generated from coal plants over the past decade. Are they deindustrializing?

Everyone knows coal is a dead end. Maybe you should run the numbers again.

You've been confidently wrong a couple times now - or maybe intentionally misrepresenting the facts?

In the US there are several states where hydro is the majority source of baseload electricity: Washington, Idaho, Vermont, Oregon, etc.

Outside of the US there are several countries that source more than 90% of their electricity from hydro - at higher percentages than Norway even: Paraguay, Albania, Democratic Republic of Congo, Nepal, Namibia, Zambia, Tajikistan.

You also don't have to build mountains to utilize hydro. There are areas that are utilizing pumped hydro to store the kinetic energy to smooth the baseline.

Comparing 24/7 AI training to operating hospitals 24/7 is a bit of a false equivalency, don't you think?

Besides, hydroelectric is commonly used as baseload where available. Additionally, there are big strides happening in power storage options to smooth the effective baseload of solar and wind.

I would argue that coal energy only makes sense in an anachronistic society doomed to fail.

Indeed. Looking back at the previous blog posts by this author from 2020 shows the same isms. Maybe AI trained on these posts instead of the other way around.

Nice shots! Do you have any information posted about your observatory build and specs?

This is addressed in the article. This really shines when you have sibling dependent layouts.

Frame stacking and compositing is so common in astrophotography that it would be more unusual if he didn't composite additional frames. Would you say the same thing about HDR bracketing? This is a very weird take.

The human intention doesn't disappear just because the execution involves algorithms instead of paintbrushes - digital or otherwise.

Stop trying to impose your narrow-minded definition of art onto other people. If you disagree, that's fine, but you've lost my respect the moment you tell someone else that their definition of art is wrong.

Did you read the sentence above this quote?

> "These are self-imposed limitations that fit my preferred-style for model design"

If you have a different preferred style, then write your own article and how-to, stop complaining and touting nonsense yourself.

Farmers spend millions on seeds partly because they are/were contractually obligated to NOT harvest and reuse seeds gathered from the patented GMO plants. While you're correct that resistance traits generally are less effective in F2/F3 generations, they would be committing a crime if they even attempted. Aside from this farmer-hostile position, there's plenty of other reasons to believe Monsanto and now Bayer were historically and continue to be evil. There's a relevant Veritasium video posted just 2 days ago about this very topic and I think "evil" is a very apt description. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxVXvFOPIyQ

Secondly, your claims about organic farming are way more nuanced than you're making them out to be. For instance, the pesticides used in organic farming have way different toxicity profiles than conventional farming pesticides. The argument of "they use more pesticides" doesn't hold water under serious scrutiny.

Finally, you're creating an false dichotomy where everyone who criticizes Monsanto/Bayer must have a pro-organic stance. I am allowed to think that Monsanto/Bayer is evil while also supporting GMO farming. In fact, that's my exact position.

The keyboards have full NKRO support and are fully mappable with QMK firmware, plus they offer blank key caps AND a macro or numpad input module. That feels like plenty of leadership to me - that's unheard of in any other laptop. Can't please everyone I guess.