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Comment Huh (Score 1) 158

So you can imagine the futuristic version of this presumably everyone wants.

"from the AI : Hi Tim/Suzy. I've gotten you a date for tonight. Here's the outfit to wear from your closet. Please turn on the stream when you're getting dressed so I can make sure you look sharp"

"factoring in your preferences, $match_name is the best you can do at this time"

So it's a cool fantasy but when it's frictionless to get another partner, who would stay? Tim and Suzy are going to hang out, they will be highly likely to fuck (because the AI matchmakers are RL trained to maximize this outcome so they have manipulated and coached both partners), and then in the morning both will be wondering if they can do better.

Comment Duty Cycle (Score 2, Interesting) 154

Because solar only operates 4-7 hours a day, the capacity factor is about 1/5 of the time (10-25%), while nuclear is 92%. So nuclear is 4.6 times as much energy generation for the same nameplate capacity. So China is only installing about 1.23 nuclear plants worth of renewable a week...which is still amazing and more than 50 times faster.

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