More efficient manufacturing, falling battery costs and intense competition are lowering sticker prices for battery-powered models to within striking distance of gasoline cars.
With a few SMR projects built and operational at this point, and more plants under development, the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) concludes in a report that SMRs are “still too expensive, too slow to build, and too risky to play a significant role in transitioning away from fossil fuels.”
Big overruns in budget and time for first 4 plants currently under construction, but the analysis double dips regarding “risk” as they are again talking about financial risk to investors, not risk of meltdown or other disaster.
The investment risk is directly related to cost overruns and delays, which are already stated.
On the other hand, a major point of these projects is how they significantly reduce the risk to humans and the environment compared to other nuclear plants, so I don’t think I’m alone in expecting the “risk” in the headline was referring to some rebuttal of their claims, but that is not the case.
The phrase “Want to come up and see my etchings?” is a romantic euphemism by which a person entices someone to come back to their place with an offer to look at something artistic, but with ulterior motives. The phrase is a corruption of some phrases in a novel by Horatio Alger Jr. called The Erie Train Boy, which was first...
I always liked this one, for the implication that something as cool as etching was once a common passtime. I guess the modern equivalent may be “check out my 3d prints”, but it feels nerdier.
Former President Donald Trump’s campaign and businesses have provided “Significant financial benefits” to nine of the witnesses in his criminal cases, ProPublica reported Monday morning - shrugging off a threatening cease-and-desist letter sent by Trump’s attorney....
This is true, but I think the bigger deal is that some people actually like driving (maybe not the trafficky daily commute). Some speeders fit this category, but also others who just like being precise on the curves, being in the flow of an uncrowded road, and even expressing their neighborliness to others.
So far, self driving cars drive very clumsily even when they are safe. More scope for embarrassment and frustration than anything else if you identify with the behavior of your car. “Chill mode” for example, chooses the right of a four lane road until the last minute instead of making lane changes when space allows. Awful.
But even if the cars get better at it, some people will miss driving.
answerAnti-Hero by Taylor Swift I should not be left to my own devices They come with prices and vices I end up in crisis (tale as old as time) I wake up screaming from dreaming One day I’ll watch as you’re leaving 'Cause you got tired of my scheming (For the last time)
According to video of the March 2019 encounter leading to the decertification, Amy Connelly was in custody in a holding cell at the St. Albans police station with her hands cuffed behind her back....
As a homeowner I’m ok with this if it comes with rules against owning more than one home or corporate ownership. Also, the lowering needs to be fairly slow or come with foreclosure protections to avoid problems for people with loans against the current value of the home they are living in. Otherwise, there’s no assurance that individuals will have access to these lower priced homes.
The way I understand it, it is a bug in C implementation of free() that causes it to do something weird when you call it twice on the same memory. Maybe In Rust you can never call free twice, so you would never come across this bug. But, also Rust probably doesn’t have the same bug.
My point is it seems it is a bug in the underlying implementation of free(), not to be caught by the compiler, and can’t Rust have such errors no matter its superior design?
What is it about the text messages and emails sent by older people that make me feel like I'm having a stroke?
Maybe they're used to various shortcuts in their writing that they picked up before autocorrect became common, but these habits are too idiosyncratic for autocorrect to handle properly. However, that doesn't explain the emails I've had to decipher that were typed on desktop keyboards. Has anyone else younger than 45 or so felt similarly frustrated with geriatrics' messages?
My Android keyboard will automatically capitalize lots of common words like target, guess, even-- shit it’s not doing it now, it heard me thinking. I guess it’s brands, but some of them I don’t recognize. I’m going to be mad if it starts doing it again as soon as I leave this thread.
The plan is to have mobile operating systems such as Android and iOS automatically scan and analyze people’s private photos to determine which ones are sexual or non-consensual. Users would not have the ability to keep any of their images private from government spooks.
Singer believes interdiction of synthetic drugs is so difficult that U.S. policy-makers should focus resources on helping drug users find medical treatment instead of funding more law enforcement efforts.
I’d like to see a law that the owner can always see where data traffic is going from a product and selectively start or stop it whenever they want. Maybe this would make part our all of the product temporarily unusable or throw a flag somewhere else in the system depending on the purpose (as specified in prepurchase literature), but it should be transparently allowed. That’s how consent works. I can dream
“Many people are saying” that you should memorize or note down a lawyer’s phone number if you attend a protest and think things might go wrong. I feel like this could maybe happen at the Chicago DNC this year....
If you or a loved one has been arrested and is IN LOCKUP, please call the Cook County Public Defenders office at 844-817-4448. You will need the person’s full legal name and date of birth.
I don’t know how any of this works, so I’m interested to hear from people who do
Not all humans inherently deserve rights just because they are human. Think of people like Hiter, Jeffrey Dahmer, and the dozens of other evil people. No one would reasonably think they deserve sympathy, because of what they chose to do....
Ideally it should always be extremely difficult and expensive, and certainly not of economic benefit, to take basic rights away from people, otherwise that line you’ve staked out will move relentlessly to include more and more “inhuman” people. As we know, because we don’t live in an ideal world.
But the other problem is what do you think your idea does to the scientists and slave owners and everyone else with knowledge of it? A disgusting idea doesn’t get less disgusting just by applying it to only a few. This is just degrading to everyone involved, and erodes compassion on all sides.
A career State Department official resigned from her post on Tuesday, saying she could no longer work for the Biden administration after it released a report concluding that Israel was not preventing the flow of aid to Gaza....
Who is this candidate? Pick one and start saying their name! Would Sanders take the nomination? Whoever it is, you’ll need their cooperation at least, so find your duck and get it in the row.
I don’t mean to yell at you, it is frustrating and humiliating for the average citizen, and it’s going to get worse.
Losing less is still better than losing more and if we’re too late we have to accept that and look beyond the vote to damage control in the coming years. Yes, asking each other to “hold your nose and vote” sucks, but we’ve got to pair it with the idea that protest and disobedience and local government action is going to be an important factor for years to come, no matter who is president.
This starts with an opponent who agrees with you in principle–that’s Democrats. This has no advice for you if a Republican is in office. Yes, criticize Dems, ignore Republicans, and vote for the party you have hope of moving, even against their will, or over the bodies of their leaders.
If I have a character and want something with them, I think I know what to do, I have lots of artists I watch that do just that. But what if I want logos and icons? Basically I want a logo, icon, and mascot for the site I’m making, but don’t know where to start in finding an artist to commission for them.
Logos and icons are kind of a different skill set, as you suggest. Look for graphic designers who specialize in branding. Or reach out to someone who has a nice logo and ask for referral to the artist who created it.
Which side of the bed is the left side? Is the answer based on the perspective of laying in the bed (person’s head at the head end)? Is the answer based on viewing it from the foot of the bed, looking at the head of the bed? Is there an “anatomical position” or special terminology like in boating for this?...
Electric Cars Are Suddenly Becoming Affordable (www.nytimes.com)
More efficient manufacturing, falling battery costs and intense competition are lowering sticker prices for battery-powered models to within striking distance of gasoline cars.
Energy buffs give small modular reactors a gigantic reality check (www.theregister.com)
With a few SMR projects built and operational at this point, and more plants under development, the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) concludes in a report that SMRs are “still too expensive, too slow to build, and too risky to play a significant role in transitioning away from fossil fuels.”
"Etchings" Euphemism (en.wikipedia.org)
The phrase “Want to come up and see my etchings?” is a romantic euphemism by which a person entices someone to come back to their place with an offer to look at something artistic, but with ulterior motives. The phrase is a corruption of some phrases in a novel by Horatio Alger Jr. called The Erie Train Boy, which was first...
Trump Campaign Sent Cease-and-Desist Letter to ProPublica Attempting to Stop Their Latest Exposé. It Didn’t Work. (www.mediaite.com)
Former President Donald Trump’s campaign and businesses have provided “Significant financial benefits” to nine of the witnesses in his criminal cases, ProPublica reported Monday morning - shrugging off a threatening cease-and-desist letter sent by Trump’s attorney....
Self-driving cars will never be popular as you can't speed in them.
Given how many people treat speed limits as suggestions, at best, having your vehicle obey the limit would turn some people off of them.
[Solved] [Pop] (lemmy.ca)
answerAnti-Hero by Taylor Swift I should not be left to my own devices They come with prices and vices I end up in crisis (tale as old as time) I wake up screaming from dreaming One day I’ll watch as you’re leaving 'Cause you got tired of my scheming (For the last time)
Former St. Albans police officer permanently banned from police work in Vermont (vtdigger.org)
According to video of the March 2019 encounter leading to the decertification, Amy Connelly was in custody in a holding cell at the St. Albans police station with her hands cuffed behind her back....
Google AI making up recalls that didn’t happen (lemmy.world)
[article] Opinion: Making housing more affordable means your home’s value is going to have to come down (www.theglobeandmail.com)
Non-paywall link: archive.is/fc2ci
Federal agency warns critical Linux vulnerability being actively exploited (arstechnica.com)
Christian lifeguard can't handle standing near a Pride flag, sues Los Angeles (www.advocate.com)
Biden wants U.S. government to scan all images on your phone to comply with new AI rules (www.newstarget.com)
I guess the feds really want a picture of my cock and balls for official purposes....
Gangs mix another potent sedative into U.S. street drugs causing 'mass overdoses' (www.npr.org)
Biden, Harris to launch Black voter outreach effort in Philly amid signs of diminished support (whyy.org)
US House bill would require national security reviews on connected vehicles from China (www.engadget.com)
Good "just-in-case" lawyer if things go wrong at a protest? (midwest.social)
“Many people are saying” that you should memorize or note down a lawyer’s phone number if you attend a protest and think things might go wrong. I feel like this could maybe happen at the Chicago DNC this year....
Pedophiles don't deserve rights
Not all humans inherently deserve rights just because they are human. Think of people like Hiter, Jeffrey Dahmer, and the dozens of other evil people. No one would reasonably think they deserve sympathy, because of what they chose to do....
State Department official resigns after Biden administration says Israel not blocking Gaza aid (www.middleeasteye.net)
A career State Department official resigned from her post on Tuesday, saying she could no longer work for the Biden administration after it released a report concluding that Israel was not preventing the flow of aid to Gaza....
'but why are you only complaining about DEMOCRATS?' (midwest.social)
It’s educate, AGITATE, organize...
We're studying the wrong monkeys. (lemmy.world)
Yes, I know chimps aren’t monkeys. I didn’t make this.
How do I find an artist?
If I have a character and want something with them, I think I know what to do, I have lots of artists I watch that do just that. But what if I want logos and icons? Basically I want a logo, icon, and mascot for the site I’m making, but don’t know where to start in finding an artist to commission for them.
Side of bed debate - Which side is left?
Which side of the bed is the left side? Is the answer based on the perspective of laying in the bed (person’s head at the head end)? Is the answer based on viewing it from the foot of the bed, looking at the head of the bed? Is there an “anatomical position” or special terminology like in boating for this?...