SMR could actually be ideal for ZFS because ZFS is based on a copy-on-write pronciple and does not write in place. However, this would require exposing the low-level properties of the disk and making ZFS aware of them.

Yes, nitrogen is very happy being N2. In fact, itâ(TM)s so happy that many nitrogen-bearing molecules want to go back to being really happy, really really fast.

How does earth soil work after it has been stripped of all organics in a high temperature kiln? Is it any better than simulated regolith?

If you run a number of growing cycles with waste recycled into the substrate and seeded with soil bacteria - does it eventually turn into âoerealâ soil?

Just like hydroelectric dams - almost all the good locations are already taken since the 70s or 80s. There arenâ(TM)t that many places where the local activity is high enough and the underground structures provide enough water to get good steam useable for geothermal. Those that were a available were developed and are dutifully doing their job of providing clean energy. Their total contribution is a couple of %.

Producing âoedryâ geothermal energy that can be deployed in many more places is still not a well-developed technology. But t s definitely getting some funding and attention.

Ice is white. Over its lifetime it could reflect much more energy back into space than the energy required to make it.

The scale is still massively impractical. Perhaps a couple or hundred nuclear-powered freezer submarines operating over 20 years might make some impact.

The proposal of sending relective aerosols into the high atmosphere above the arctic is a way more realistic method of climate engineering.

Lots of people almost never fly and would just sell their allowance.

So this is equivalent to basic income to everyone + tax on air travel to finance this basic income.

I donâ(TM)t care. I like german wheat beers like Weihenstefaner, Paulaner, and the microbrew made by a friend.

Is that the best you can come up with for global warming? Youâ(TM)ll have to try harder...

If any USA person or company is involved in any way (investor, employee, subcontractor etc) in a launch the government of the USA considers it as something it has jurisdiction over. IIRC, international space treaties actually require signatories it to regulate such activity by their citizens.

https://www.google.com/patents...

The rest of their patents are linked as references.

Translation: A really really big seagate customer that does video surveillance and analytics ("AI") was not satisfied with drive reliability and performance. Since it was a really really big customer they got seagate to build them a special model. Seagate also sells this model to other customers and their salesdrones got overly excited about the "AI" angle.

Slashdot ate my link.

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If there is, it would pass right there.

Many intelligent people do not feel they need to join any specific organization to mark that fact. Perhaps those who do are more likely to have emotional or mental issues?

Any such study that does not start with a large and unbiased cohort before they even got their IQ tested is close to worthless.

We have the ability to detect materials in such minute amounts that we can find traces of almost anything, anywhere. It is definitely an effective way to generate headlines. But is it meaningful in any real sense? There is some botulinum toxin in the air you breathe. The question is always how much.

We live in a world where virtually everyone has a camera and audio recording device on them at all times. It's no coincidence that people's willingness to believe in UFO reports, for example, has dropped sharply.

Even if some of this is outside the hearing range, any phone should be able to record at least *something*.

Not a single piece of recorded evidence? Count me as extremely skeptical.