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[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

There were several incidents (ref. 1), but in particular Fukushima in 2011 changed a lot, as it was a modern type of power plant.

It reignited discussions regarding safety and (under the impression of 9/11) fears that nuclear power facilities could be targeted by terror attacks.

With current regulations new reactors can cost some 20 to 40 billion, making it one of the most expensive sources of electrical energy. Costs for decomissioning are significant as well. Both building and decomissioning costs are typically passed on to tax payers.

Also, permanent storage of used burning rods is hard, nobody wants nuclear waste buried in their neighborhood. Given its half life of ~240 000 years, it may also be difficult to communicate its dangers to future generations (ref. 2).

The currently most common sources of burning material (Uranium) stem from - large parts - politically controverse regions and may in sum last some estimated 80-100 years, quite short given some 10-20 years of construction time per plant.

This is not talking about thorium and salt reactors, but technical challenges and costs seem to be limiting for these technologies, in particular as long as the default infrastructure exists.

edit: the 'new' types are more complex and not suited for weapons in general.

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_civilian_nuclear_accidents?wprov=sfla1

2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUXwrWMS-x8

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

Look at the stars for a while.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Da haben sie letztes Mal wohl nur den Strohwels erwischt... an die wahren Hinterwelse kommt man ja so gut wie nie ran.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

T+5 Jahre: Bremen verbannt als letztes Bundesland KI-Chatbots aus Schulen

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

This one, I guess.

"The latest generation of 'calculators' (German synonym: computer), 16 colors, on a 'solid plate' (syn: hard drive) including mouse."

"You should wait - it's half the price in six months"

by Uli Stein

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

It's all about damn good coffee.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The sequel's plot is somehow weak with a couple of cringe moments. Given the twist is revealed in part one, the movie expresses one of many solutions to what should be free roaming of your own thoughts after the first film.

Sequels can be awful at destroying the 'blew my mind' effect in general by streamlining a great, open idea to a specific plot I guess.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

I think they spelled anti-diversity disorder wrong.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

Yes, and in fact, the complete jetbrains toolbox works fine on Linux. Setup is commonly done by simply unzipping an archive.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Remmina is nice to manage remote access, see https://remmina.org/

I heard negative criticism of rustdesk in terms of security, can anyone confirm or refute this?

 

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