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Comment Re:The summary does not state why. (Score 3, Insightful) 47

Other articles on the topic point out that much the specific "evidence" against him was factually wrong, and the government ignored it when it was pointed out to them. The Former Guy's administration was out to make China and Chinese-Americans look bad. Lelling, then the US Attorney, was playing along with the racist fraud. Rollins, the new one, correctly dropped the charges.

Comment Re: If Xianjing is a workers paradise (Score 1) 156

Huh, just an interestingly related idea:

In a 1936 Esquire article entitled âoeThe Crack Up,â author F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote âoeBefore I go on with this short history, let me make a general observationâ" the test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function. One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise. This philosophy fitted on to my early adult life, when I saw the improbable, the implausible, often the "impossible," come true.â

Comment Re:when multiple U.S. personnel reported symptoms (Score 1) 106

Come again?
> 74 mw is 74,000 times more power than your WiFi router (-30dBm)

A WiFi router is allowed +30 dBm, not -30. That's one full watt, though most WiFi devices aren't quite that powerful.

But if the Havana Syndrome were caused by microwaves, a spectrum analyzer -- a standard piece of test gear -- would be able to pick it up. These used to be big heavy devices but now you can buy hand-held microwave ones, professional quality.

Comment Re: The physics around quantum computing... (Score 1) 39

50 years ago a home hobbyist could buy some cheap 7400 chips and play with logic - could build a full functioning computer if you were ambitious and dedicated enough.

Today I cannot find anything like that qbit wise - just the equivalent of a single gate to play with superposition etc without near millions of lab cryogenics etc

Comment Re:Can't use the "n-word". (Re:Wind, not solar) (Score 1) 263

Nope, CAD doesn't let you overcome the basic physics of reactor design; it just lets you tweak away safety margins.

Whether or not uranium-cycle nuclear is safe enough, the reality is that it does not have a net positive production of power. When you take into account the energy cost of building the plant, mining the uranium, enriching the uranium, dealing with spent fuel, and decommissioning the plant when done, you end up putting more in than you got out along the way. In large part it's a very costly way to take TVA hydropower, turn it into enriched uranium, and spend it elsewhere. Rather than just have some transmission lines.

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