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The newer types of reactors - gen 3 are way safer than a Chernobyl. I.e. a meltdown could not happen

Cue someone talking about equal representation for men for these doctoral degrees :crickets:

My rule of thumb when working on side projects is to keep it simple: - use tech-stacks that I know - even simpler – use node.js / express (i.e. use only one programming language) -…

Any recommendations for courses or books that give a 101 intro all the way to understanding these curves and why / how they are used? I'd like to get a grasp on this from first pri…

Another day another “stay away from bitcoin” post on HN

> how you would resolve an innocent person being misidentified by a facial recognition system Due process, which they'll still be entitled to. Not sure about suing. I'm sure people…

Turns out making up "antitrust" cases against US companies is a great source of income for the European Union.

> It also seems likely that more surveillance will result in fewer innocent people convicted, not more. +1 – my gut instinct tells me this is the case. I don't have any data to bac…

> So instead of improving it, you suggest to automate it? I said no such thing. Read the whole thing again, take the upset level down a few notches and get back to us.

Yea it's a weird situation for sure. I would assume that any facial recognition attempt has taken a hit with masks being so prevalent.

Rephrase please.

Yea I think: - Google and Amazon etc won’t touch it cause it is bad PR - stores won’t buy it cause it’s bad PR; fear of boycotting etc. - physical retail is already on the decline;…

The 1% there is that “the criminal won’t get caught”. Not that someone else, an innocent bystander, will get caught. Also what you described can happen to you today as well. It’s t…

I doubt that this would happen.

Certainly possible. I don't know what the mapping would be there, and whether it is 1 to 1. > In the pandemic, burglaries dropped significantly, presumably because people were home…

This is already happening without facial recognition.

An argument here is that it disincentivizes others from doing similar crimes. If the technology is so spot on that 99% of the time you commit the crime you'll get caught, then othe…

How did the EU become such a bunch of luddites? Or does it only seem that way from outside? I get that there are legit concerns about face recognition (as there are benefits), but …

You're in the minority.

Not a better analog at all.

1. The mainstream news pushed numerous stories over the past years without those rudimentary truthiness checks. 2. I disagree with many points in that paragraph: - echo chambers: w…

Fair – I suppose my point is that they've set themselves up for an out better than others have.

Thanks for this perspective – I was not aware of this. Definitely a good idea and I'm personally happy to see a resurgence in nuclear as a green solution to the climate issue.

You are correct that they both work very similarly. In fact doge was heavily inspired by BTC. Both have PoW and coin minting as a result of block resolutions. Granted I'm not an ex…

I've been following this story a bit and here's what I've noticed: 1. The causes seem to vary depending on who you ask. There seems to be a combination of CO2 taxes going up, a har…