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Comment Re: Out of control demand for power (Score 2) 107

It's worth noting that nuclear reactors don't really explode in the way people think of. What they can do is turn into radioactive lava, melt through the floor, and release the highly carcinogenic dust from their system into the environment. They're generally big water heaters without pressure release valves (because the water has the carcinogenic dust in it), so they can burst like any water heater, and they contain zirconium, which reacts with steam at high temperatures to release hydrogen gas, which can make fireballs, but the accident risk is much less about a shock wave destroying the site than airborne radioactive particles getting out. And, even if the reactor design is incapable of producing enough heat to damage itself without first shutting down, you still have to worry about whether the site is safe enough from external damage. The traditional thick concrete walls are as much about keeping runaway trucks out as keeping steam explosions in.

Comment Eh, if there's lots of engagment ... (Score 1) 44

... then that's probably as close to self correcting as you're going to get.

There is actually a lot of interest in peptides and HRT. And companies posting about it is in fact one of the sources of information. As are people replying to said companies, asking questions, calling BS on their claims, asking for sources, etc.

Comment It's an interesting angle (Score 1) 130

Remote work may be giving older workers a leg up, to some extent.

Older workers are usually less able to move for a job, and less likely to want to move. They are more likely to have kids, and/or disabled family members who depend on them being around.

Remote work lets employers choose older, more experienced workers who otherwise might not be competing for a given position. (Of course, it also lets them hire someone in Mumbai instead, but that affects old and young alike.)

So, yeah, it's easy to picture the rise of remote work tipping the scales a bit to the older and more experienced.

Comment Re:Wrong side of history (Score 1) 166

> AI is here to stay. Acts of rebellion like this will only cause harm. This isn't some noble preservation of human dignity or anything. It's just punishing people for using new tools. Not cool.

It's not punishing people for using new tools. It's punishing people for using tools without thinking. Those who are harmed by this deserve it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

Really? If you don't search diligently enough for obfuscated malicious code first before using a tool on it, you deserve what you get?

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