I will admit to very mixed feelings -- horror for the people living nearby, annoyance at the fact that this will likely hobble nuclear power for at least a decade, and hope that, when the industry does begin to recover, it might motivate people to use more modern and fail-safe nuclear technologies. Yes, I'm mildly in favor of nuclear power as a component of the overall electricity mix, but only with a much more careful choice of reactor designs...
Japan nuclear FAQ
I will admit to very mixed feelings -- horror for the people living nearby, annoyance at the fact that this will likely hobble nuclear power for at least a decade, and hope that, when the industry does begin to recover, it might motivate people to use more modern and fail-safe nuclear technologies. Yes, I'm mildly in favor of nuclear power as a component of the overall electricity mix, but only with a much more careful choice of reactor designs...
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Adtech
Here's an interesting article about "adtech" -- those automated algorithms that companies like Google and Facebook use to spy on you and serve up…
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Chrome instability?
For the past week or two, Chrome has become surprisingly unstable -- it's been crashing on me about once a day. Weirdly, it is usually when I'm not…
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Crossing the Uncanny Valley
[Trying out posting from DreamWidth. Let's see if everything is configured right.] Just saw Rogue One. Capsule Summary: not an epic for the ages,…
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