The approach is expected to make them faster and cheaper to build than conventional nuclear plants

These "cheaper" plants put power generation capital costs at around $28,000/kW, whereas conventional nuclear runs between $7,800 - $12,800/kW.

Hardly cheaper.

...if he's actually serious, he enjoys the challenge of using underpowered hardware as a daily driver.... it absolutely will try your patience as a desktop PC replacement

Well, you know, when you begin to slow down in life, you need a computer that matches your pace.

The latest set of delays at Unit 3 included a pipe part of a critical backup cooling system that was vibrating during startup testing. Construction workers had failed to install supports called for on blueprints.

If the construction workers for a nuclear plant cannot even follow the blueprints for the simple stuff, one wonders what other surprises are in store.

Link to non-paywalled archive of original article: .

That is an incorrect definition of eugenics.

Increasing powers of surveillance by the state—without limit—is always justified by "catching criminals". That is precisely why the framers of the so-called "Bill of Rights" to U.S. Constitution felt it necessary to restrict it to the extent they could foresee it, though they could not possibly imagine how far and how deep technology would enable it.

Criminals and non-criminals are already obscuring their plates. I can't believe how many cars I see with tinted plastic covers over the plates—some nearly even completely opaque—and the police don't seem to do anything about it.

The truth reflected back is never a pretty picture.

Given that a simulation is an observation of a faked event, they went one step further and faked the observation of the faked event. Now, I will pretend to care.

Not to mention that /.’s entire oeuvre is summaries of articles posted elsewhere. Oops; I just mentioned that.

One thing is clear: 200 e-bike fires = 1 Tesla fire (in terms of how many fires it takes before the news go after it)

People not learning from history are doomed to repeat it

And people who do learn from history are doomed to watch everyone else repeat it, while standing by helpless.

I tried out the demo site reference at the end of TFA, putting in an email address I use. Coincidently and curiously, I received a phishing attempt to that same email address within one minute. Coincidence? I don't know, but its highly suspicious.

Hmm...

Hillary Clinton Maintains 2016 Election ‘Was Not On the Level’: ‘We Still Don’t Know What Really Happened’

Hillary Clinton: Trump is an ‘illegitimate president’

One thing is for sure: it will be USB-C going forward forever (practically), innovation be damned. And that same government standard will hold back the industry for years after it becomes apparent that USB-C can't keep up with future needs.