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Comment Re:1960s nuclear was safe enough (Score 2) 80

It was not. The problem is the water is used as a moderator and if it boils too much the radioactivty goes wild which leads to run away reactions.

Sodium based reactors do not have this problem and is a more efficient (as the water in a legacy reactor never touches the generators and instead goes to a radiator with a 2nd body of water which touch the generator) and when it overheats cools itself as cenvtion currents takes away the radioactivity.

Bill Gates is investing in some of these. You do not have to worry about the pellets in the rods overheating on these.

Comment Sodium based reactors (Score 2) 80

Bioling water is so 19th century based on steam from burning coal. Liquid sodium on the other hand actually cools itself when it overheats due to the change in convenction currents inside the reactor. It is also more efficient in transfering heat as the radioactive water in a legacy system never touches the generator. It only goes through a radiator with another tank of water which actually touches the generators.

Comment Austrain Painter AI (Score 1) 204

I do not know about you but some of the AI shit on youtube is the funniest thing I have ever seen in a very long time. Sponge Bob singing Korn is hysterical. My ultimate favorite of all time is a certain Austrain Painter singing the Soviet National Anthem brings me to the floor laughing every time!

Haha

Comment Re: Solution is simple. Fire them (Score 1) 185

The problem with that line of thinking is exactly why companies want rto.

Letâ(TM)s say you have a great employee who sometimes stays lates so every project is done. Letâ(TM)s say you have another employee who is not always effective nor efficient and leaves at 5:01 every day but he is always on time. The first is late 3 times a week.

Many gray haired old companies would fire the first guy and promote the second one. Itâ(TM)s silly.

A restaurant is an extreme example but this shit started at the factory. Itâ(TM)s obsolete and hostile to employees. A fast food yes but all jobs? Did you drop out of college because you did not sit in your seat exactly at 4:01 in your dorm therefore you didnâ(TM)t pass classes?

Itâ(TM)s all micro management

Comment Re:Why would they keep anyone? (Score 1) 185

I remember reading this here ... in 2005. lol.

Guess what? The fad died last decade when IT projects were failing and no qualified workers were left because Indians took over all the all the market expect for the most seniror staff which caused wages to skyrocket to where they were in 2022.

Now all the sudden these new mellenials and Gen Z types discovered outsourcing and the cycle repeats. Sure the price will go up. But projects will fail, outages will happen, integration with leadership goals will never happan as they have no directors just IT managers who just close cases and do not care about your business processes etc.

It will end badly in a few years

Comment Re:Conflict of Interest (Score 1) 185

It could also be that these gray hair shareholders believe in collaboration errrr I mean micro management where you can count attendance, tardiness, youtube usage, and cell phone time when they can be supervisered in person. So if you lay off 1/3 of employees they can ensure the last 2/3 will be 30% more productive now.

I am not saying that this is true. But it is the believe from the banking WallStreet guys who actually own the company especially if they are over 50. They will never say this out loud but collaboration is code for watching your screen and making sure you start at 8:01 not 9:32 at home.

Comment Solution is simple. Fire them (Score 1) 185

I am not anti remote work, but I am pro not tolerating disrespect from leadership and other workers. If you can not get in line with the organization then resign and go work elsewhere. It is not up to you to tell how to run someone elses company.

If you can't find a remote job then oh well your resume and skillsets are not as high as you think they are. Go up them then. In the meantime there are over 1,000,000 laid off American IT workers since 2022 who will be happy to come in the office and want to work if you do not.

Companies need to get shit done and do not have time for this nonsense.

I know I sounded harsh, but it drives me nuts when a McDonalods employee can be termed for being more than 4 minutes late 3 times to his or her shift but because we work IT (most of us here) that we get a free pass. Welcome to being an adult.

Comment Re:Intel tried to own the processor market by fiat (Score 4, Interesting) 47

HP had the alpha too the fastest RISC processor in the world and far easier and cheaper to make for the far more expensive and inferior and overclocked/hot and terrible to write for Itanium. Intel was too scary.

Again this shows politics wins not actual competence. I am greatful we have AMD. I shudder to think if IA64 won out if AMD did not exist or we would still be using 32 bit x86 with 4 gigs of ram to this day and be back to 2014 performance levels still.

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