AustinDev

You're correct, nuclear power plants have high inertia and significant flexibility in managing their output due to the decoupling of the thermal generation from the electrical generation.

You can't put the alpha particles back into the chunk of Uranium. Well, not easily or efficiently.

You're likely not an electrical engineer by training so I will assume you don't know much about power generation and distribution. (It's worth noting my training in this field is nearly 2 decades old so I'm a bit rusty but I still follow several publications in the field) Engineers have been warning about inertia and voltage control being neglected as renewable penetration has soared. These aren't normally of much concern when you are spinning a large mass to generate AC power.

> fyi, the root cause of the Spain blackout (not blackout) is not yet known.

While the final official reports may not be out initial data has been released and indicates frequency and/or voltage oscillations got out of hand causing generation disconnection and cascading blackouts. Renewable penetration in that area of the grid likely contributed to the brittleness especially in voltage control and inertia management.

"Inertia management is increasingly critical for grids with high renewable penetration. Many such systems now implement inertia floors to limit the maximum rate of change of frequency during disturbances. While inertia is often considered primarily for frequency stability, it also plays a crucial role in preventing loss of synchronism between different parts of the grid. As conventional synchronous generation decreases, careful monitoring and management of system inertia becomes essential to maintain stability during disturbances." [1]

>"healthy mix of generation" is quite funny to read, thinking about nuclear and coal which are not too healthy for the people living close to the plants :-D

I'll give you coal as unhealthy but natural gas is much cleaner and nuclear is entirely clean, save waste management which is a solved problem.

How does nuclear effect residents living nearby? I'm not aware of any reporting of systemic illness near any of Europe's nuclear plants but, I may just be ignorant of the latest research. Care to provide a link?

[1] https://www.powermag.com/understanding-the-april-2025-iberia...

>What‘s really needed is more batteries. At lot more batteries soon.

Germany would have one of the biggest batteries on the continent if they controlled Lake Geneva @ ~341bn liters of water.

Pumped hydro storage is infinitely superior to Li-ion battery storage where it is available. Batteries are good for instantaneous response but lack the stability of water turning a large mass.

Solar creates a difficult environment for base load generators such as hydro, nuclear and nat gas. When it's sunny they nuke the price down to zero or negative but produce nothing when it is not sunny. As evidenced by Spain's recent blackouts you need a healthy mix of generation because renewables are seasonal in nature and not very stable compared to a large mass spinning at the correct frequency.

The fact that offshore support is allowed to access KYC information for US-based customers should be against some sort of regulation.

What was the title of the email? I got a generic looking email at 7AM EST this morning describing the breach.

Off topic but, Phantom wallet blocked this domain when I clicked on the link as being 'malicious'. I also found out I still had that extension installed on this browser profile.

You're correct actually the libraries are private donations then they later get transitioned to NARA which is federally funded.

I was getting those mixed up with the foundations such as Clinton Foundation, Bush Foundation, Obama Foundation. The Clinton Foundation has the most controversy surrounding it with $2b raised with > $20m coming from foreign governments.

This whole putting a Jet into a Presidential Library is unprecedented and bizarre.

Many if not all of the recent and living presidents have used the whole 'Presidental Library' grift as a way to bypass the emoluments clause. More recently they've used 'Charitable Foundations'. Nothing has ever really been done about it for the last few folks to hold the office. Maybe because it's Trump this time, we can get some serious reform to this form of naked corruption. I expect him to go big on the library / foundation grift.

>Dismissing their conclusions out-of-hand in favor of an alternative theory with no evidence feels like just believing what you want to believe.

Of course. I've also seen them first-hand nearly ruin multiple careers and marriages over allegations that were easily disproven at the onset of the investigation (Person wasn't even on base when incident allegedly occurred in this case).

By the time the investigations had cleared the accused of wrongdoing they were already passed up for a promotion and nearly ready to retire after 4 years of needless investigation. Part of the 'punishment' is the investigation itself. In my experience OIGs are political beasts because they're made of up humans which are inherently tribal/political.

I was saying nothing to the veracity of alternative theory.

>OIGs are structured to be independent specifically to avoid the "investigating yourself" problem.

You ever worked in an organization that had an OIG and met the folks that work there? They wear the same uniform you do, and their behavior betrays that fact.

They have like half a trillion in cash on the balance sheet. I'm sure they're going to scoop up a bunch of value in the coming years. Whoever takes over has a hell of a war chest to work with.

Cursor/Cline/Windsurf are my recommendations for clients. For models stay away from Sonnet 3.7. I find it just lies to you. I'd rather you a slightly less capable model like Sonnet 3.5 where I know it will just make mistakes that won't compile.

I do my planning with a combination of Grok3, and higher power OpenAI models. Once I have plan of what I want to build, I create an implemenation_plan.md with all the steps to build my solution. (Generated by the higher power models) I carefully review this plan and if it looks good, I throw it into agent mode and get to work.

Not just local models but bespoke apps. The number of bespoke apps I've created shot up dramatically in the last 6 months. I use one to do my recipes/meal plan every week. I have one that goes through all my email addresses and summarizes everything daily. I just finished an intelligent planner / scheduler for my irrigation system that takes into account weather forecast and soil moisture levels. If something is annoying and there is no commercial solution or open-source solution that has the features I want I just make it now and it's fantastic.

I've had friends/family ask to use some of them; I declined. I don't want to do support / feature requests.

Say everything and nothing in less than nine words.

Five of this user's comments, which appeared harmless from a moderation perspective, were flagged and removed.

Sure, Spousal visas make sense. No prob. I also said that there needs to be a seasonal farm work visa. It was an off the cuff framework but yes, those things make sense.

Your derision is not really that becoming.

I wield power, about 10M a year in revenue. I'll read literature if you link it.

NGOS are probably not good. Beyond averages they pay their staff far more than market which indicates it's likely a scam because they don't make anything.

Prove me wrong. I'd love to be wrong.

Sovereignty may have been an imprecise word choice for sure. However, I do not think having 10's of millions of people in the country without legal status who can be easily abused is 'a good thing'. I also don't think amnesty is a viable solution. So mass remigration is the only real solution I see. As we approach a post-labor economy over the coming decades how many more people do we actually need? I don't know I'm not an economist but, my gut tells me not a whole lot.

You didn't ask but what's my ideal immigration solution? I'm not an expert but this seems common sense to me, maybe it's extreme let me know. RICO the NGO's who funded the mass migration. Offer a check and a plane ride for anyone that wants to self deport. Stiff penalties and permanent banning and deportation for those that don't take the offer. On the legal immigration side cancel all non-tourist visa types and let existing visas expire. Replace them with a simple employer sponsored visa with a ~400k/year (inflation adjusted) payroll tax and let any company that wants to pay the tax sponsor as many people as they want. The free market would sort out who is the best and brightest and bring them over. Provide these people and their immediate families with an easy path to citizenship over ~5-10 years. Probably need some solution for allowing in seasonal farm workers.

My argument was that remigration is never going to be pretty however it is necessary to enforce your immigration laws as a nation to be fully sovereign. Deporting citizens was never part of that argument. It's obviously wrong, it's been happening at a small scale for decades. If that number changes and we see even a 2-3x growth in the number Americans mistakenly deported, I'll be the first in line to call for regime change. It's unacceptable just like the talk of sending US Citizens to foreign prisons, it's just insane.

>Saying "there is no such thing as a perfect process" when discussing the unconstitutional deportation of LITERAL American citizens on an overnight, including a child with cancer deprived of medication, isn't a reasonable position. It's an attempt to normalize extreme rights violations.

As I've mentioned in other comments non-judicial removals (no immigration hearing) are in fact very common accounting for nearly 75% of all removals. Deportation of American citizens has happened, and it is wrong. It's been happening every year in small numbers for the last 30 years. In the OP case in particular the children were deported with the parents at the parent's request according to a DHS statement. So this was not a mistake.

>I'm actually curious - are you aware of that law? Did you hear about it?

Of course, you're talking about The Emergency National Security Supplemental Appropriations Act. The 'immigration amendment' wasn't really necessary and you could argue the better electronic communications outlined in the bill actually could increase immigration efficiency. It was a very popular lie that legislation was needed to stop millions of illegals from entering the country during the Biden administration. Border crossings have dropped ~95% since the new administration took over. Probably for two main reasons, no more parole while waiting for a hearing and NGO funding drying up.

They count toward the electoral college in the census. There is some recent analysis that suggests non-citizens give a ~20 seat advantage to 'blue states' in the house and electoral college. I'll see if I can dig up the source.

They don't have to vote to provide an electoral advantage.

Best data I can find says it's been on the order of >20 <100 per year over the last ~30 years. Which seems relatively reasonable given the size the denominator. Wrongly deporting legal residents and citizens is obviously awful but there is no such thing as a perfect process.

I know, right? The incompetence is mind blowing. At least they stopped letting people in, but they'll never reach their stated goals. To be fair though 'due process' via a hearing isn't that common in deportations in this country.

"The Obama administration has prioritized speed over fairness in the removal system, sacrificing individualized due process in the pursuit of record removal numbers.

A deportation system that herds 75 percent of people through fast-track, streamlined removal is a system devoid of fairness and individualized due process."[1]

3/4 of Obama era deportations were 'nonjudicial removals' meaning that there was no hearing in front of an immigration judge before removal. People just didn't care as much then I suppose.

[1] https://www.aclu.org/news/immigrants-rights/speed-over-fairn...

Let's do another time warp.

It's 2000, Bill Clinton is about to wrap up his second term and has deported more people in that term than any president ever at nearly 7,000,000 deportations. Trump barely had 2,000,000 deportations in his first term. Trump's first term was the lowest level of deportations for any administration since Carter. Obama, Reagan, Both Bushes, Clinton and Biden all deported more people every term of their administrations.

This has been going on for a long time. I doubt Trump will beat Clinton's 2nd term. I'd be willing to bet on it if anyone wants to take the other side.

There is so much lack of context in all these discussions. The 'Maryland Man' that everyone is extremely concerned about was first deported by Obama admin in 2009. Remigration is an ugly business, but it has to happen if you want to live in a sovereign nation under the rule of law.

What happens is a single parent is sent to prison? The state takes care of the children.

I doubt this can pass first amendment scrutiny as it's not sharing actual photos of the victim. Should it be illegal? Maybe.

Was this written by GPT2? It makes zero sense to me. I've designed and shipped chips on u.s. soil.

I don't know. I was in Switzerland once and saw someone litter in a park near a bunch of school children on some sort of field trip. The police were interrogating the individual within ~5 minutes. It seems like it's possible in certain places in Europe and it's certainly possible in Singapore.

Use claude 3.5 if you have detailed instructions that you want it to follow. I've found over many hours of using these models that 3.7 loves to go off-script no matter how many rules you provide.