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widowlark··on A Nuclear Renaissance Is the Best Path Forward
I am aware that MSR/E can refer to multiple reactor fuel types - since we were talking about thorium, I didn't feel the need to specify which I meant.

The current environment of Nuclear Plant technology does not negate the benefits of MSR Thorium reactors

widowlark··on A Nuclear Renaissance Is the Best Path Forward
The issue isn’t the U232-33-35. Its the potential for meltdown, which the MSRE systems fully mitigate in situ
widowlark··on A Nuclear Renaissance Is the Best Path Forward
It's true that no large scale Thorium reactor has been built yet. It's also true that its mathematically, chemically, and physically impossible for Thorium to pose the same radiation threat that Uranium poses under load.
widowlark··on A Nuclear Renaissance Is the Best Path Forward
Mentioning Chernobyl at all, at least to me, shows a deep lack of understanding about nuclear power infrastructure and capabilities in the 21st century. It cannot be stressed enough that Chernobyl was a fluke on top of a fluke, with bad design and dangerous elemental choices at its core. It is nothing like the nuclear power tech we would choose to use today. Thorium MSR poses literally near-zero risk of meltdown, and the meltdown potential of Thorium can be compared to Chernobyl in parts per million.

Considering all of this, mentioning the threat of another Chernobyl every time nuclear power is positioned as a viable option is like thinking that the Valdez disaster occurs every time we ship gas overseas.

widowlark··on Killing Windows 10 in 2025 could turn PCs into eWaste
Unlike an apple silicon mac, you are more than capable of installing a linux OS on your PC hardware, so this article is not exactly correct
widowlark··on Show HN: What to read after? Personalised AI book recommendations
The title definitely implies that this is what you can do, I was definitely disappointed.
widowlark··on What can medicine do for people with genes for ALS?
if you have ALS, and are bound to your wheelchair, how do you accomplish this?
widowlark··on Panoy Panay is leaving Microsoft
"After 19 incredible years at Microsoft, I've decided to turn the page and write the next chapter. I’m forever grateful for my time at Microsoft and the amazing people I had the honor to make products with."
widowlark··on Shocks to the system: Don DeLillo’s novels of the cold war and its aftermath
If you somehow have not yet read White Noise, you should put down whatever you are reading and start it now.
widowlark··on YouTube-Dl Site Goes Offline as Hosting Provider Enforces Court-Ordered Ban
> Don't poke the bear

We should kill the bear.

widowlark··on Our new flagship distro: Fedora Asahi Remix
I am sorry you have had this experience. How can HN be better?
widowlark··on Our new flagship distro: Fedora Asahi Remix
Do you have a specific example on HN? I would like to see the comments for myself, if possible
widowlark··on Our new flagship distro: Fedora Asahi Remix
Is anyone able to find these specific instances? I did a search of Asahi on HN search, and all the comments on the top posts are positive, and none are attacks on the creators. That doesn't mean it doesn't exist, but I would really like to know where this happened so I can see for myself.
widowlark··on How companies use dark patterns to keep you subscribed
If you want to do this outside of apples ecosystem, I suggest using privacy.com to generate a card with only the first month's payment available, then closing the card after the charge has been made. simple as, with no corp skimming off the top.
widowlark··on macOS Activation Lock: Friend or Foe
You feel its a valuable use of a working machine to do this?
widowlark··on macOS Activation Lock: Friend or Foe
Agree to all of the above, which is why im certain it will be widespread. What now?
widowlark··on macOS Activation Lock: Friend or Foe
Foe, 100% - this is such a short-sighted move by apple that I am bewildered at the support it's implementation has received. If you cant see it coming now, here's what the future will look like: Mountains of unusable e-waste Apple devices which have no real owners and would be perfectly usable if not for this arbitrary lock. There must be a better, more logical way to protect from theft that doesn't involve these long term effects.
widowlark··on Yubico is merging with ACQ Bure and intends to go public
but thats my point - its a much smaller group of usually highly invested people if your company is private (even with the quarterly reviews) - with a public company, there are a lot more investors with a lot lower stakes, which manipulates the goals and intentions of the company significantly.
widowlark··on Yubico is merging with ACQ Bure and intends to go public
who defines your quarterly goals as a private company?
widowlark··on Microsoft plugging more ads into Windows 11 Start Menu
they believe us to be stupid
widowlark··on Microsoft plugging more ads into Windows 11 Start Menu
Case in point, I only use windows for one game and one other program, and my long term plan is to eliminate it from my life altogether. Sorry microsoft, you really messed up here.
widowlark··on Alien motherships: Pentagon official floats a theory for unexplained sightings
I'm very disappointed in Avi Loeb's recent work. The lack of scientific rigor he's put into these extraterrestrial theories overshadow his many years of being a rigorous physicist. for shame.
widowlark··on Nintendo's Wii U and 3DS stores closing means game over for digital archives
That is an aggressively hostile interpretation of fair use on their part. For shame.
widowlark··on Nintendo's Wii U and 3DS stores closing means game over for digital archives
Checkpoint and Godmode9 are probably your best solutions
widowlark··on Nintendo's Wii U and 3DS stores closing means game over for digital archives
Fortunately with homebrew, there are a multitude of on-device tools for backing up DS and 3DS titles using a 3ds. I have spent the last 6 months doing exactly this for my physical cart collection!

Shout out to AuroraWright, TuxSH, d0k3, Bernardo Giordano and RocketRobz for building such incredible programs.

widowlark··on Amazon to lay off 9,000 more workers after earlier cuts
big if
widowlark··on Twitch CEO Emmett Shear is resigning
I wonder if Clancy has what it takes to keep the platform alive - It seems to be floundering at the moment
widowlark··on Apple and Foxconn win permission for 12-hour shifts for women in India
I am not saying what should and shouldn't be done - your points about it being unequal between men and women is totally valid. I am simply saying that pretending that this isn't coercive labor is so silly - apple clearly wins out here in terms of benefits, and they are couching it in an equality argument when , in reality, their bottom line and labor allocation is all that matters to them.
widowlark··on Apple and Foxconn win permission for 12-hour shifts for women in India
Is your argument seriously that it’s unfair that women aren’t overworked in India
widowlark··on Apple rumored to subvert EU Rules by nerfing USB-C on iPhone15
$20 to use the $5 power strip
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