cynar

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[–] cynar@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago

This is one of the biggest frustrations with nuclear power. The first power plants had issues (mostly due to them being bomb factory designs). We learnt from that, and designed better ones. They never got built. They were swamped in red tape and delays until they died.

Decades later, China comes in and just asks nicely. The designs work fine. China now leads the way, built on research we left to rot.

It's also worth noting that there is a big difference between a fusion power plant and a fission one. China is doing active research on it, as is the west. There's quite a friendly rivalry going on. We have also basically cracked fusion now. We just need to scale it up. The only big problem left is the tokamakite issue. The neutron radiation put off by the reaction transmutes the walls. Using radioactive materials as a buffer is an idea I've not heard of. I'm curious about the end products. A big selling point of fusion is the lack of long term waste. Putting a fission reaction in there too might lose that benefit.

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 14 points 5 days ago

While they are massively more common than in other fields, they are still a tiny minority.

It's also worth noting that the toupee effect may be involved. A lot of trans people can pass, in a work environment, as their preferred gender. I know a few trans people that I would never have clocked as trans, except the info came out in discussions.

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Fyi, I'm not actually American myself. I agree with you otherwise however.

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Both are brainwashed, just in different ways. Republicans are wired for fear. Democrats are wired for passivity.

The republican version is a lot more dangerous, but the democrat version is a lot more insidious.

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

It's a lot easier to double check in men.

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

Vasectomies are a lot easier to double check. A woman released 1 egg a month. A man released a LOT of swimmers every shot. Go in a cup and check for swimmers.

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago

The basic rule is that you can say what you want (and people can call you what they want for it!).

It would be polite to self moderate to an extent. No point getting the instance owners in to legal hot water. That's a massively higher bar than Reddit has set however. Chatting about and admiring Luigi is completely fine.

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago (3 children)

The prison sentence kicks in after appeals have been made. 2 years, plus 2 suspended.

It's also not unknown/uncommon for people to be let free for a few days. It lets them put their affairs in order, before serving their time. It tends to be applied to those with a very low flight risk however, with significant affairs, so mainly the rich.

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

The British managed that, though we are more than happy to share with our European cousins.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Shrapnel

He invented the idea of an explosion powered guillotine blade. Perfect for a rocket warhead.

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's fairly close. The only proviso is there are some ways to affect the results. You can't send actual information along the link, but you can prove they were in communication. That proof requires information from the sending end however. It's only provable once that information is sent. Basically they communicate faster than light, but can't send information faster than light. Entanglement is weird.

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Once you hit quantum mechanics, you need to throw out a lot of your instinctive knowledge, and just follow the maths. How this maps back to our perception is patchy at best. Once you add science reporters, who don't actually understand the core subject, and you get some... interesting results.

In hindsight, "quantum voodoo dolls" is a term I could easily see being used. There are a lot of poorly thought out Wats to try and describe quantum weirdness.

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It was a bit of a joke. Entangled particles act a little like voodoo dolls, with "spooky action at a distance".

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