I agree with you about the distraction and do want to see more buttons/sliders/knobs instead of touchscreen menus.

However, I don't removing the display will actually improve reliability that much. Those buttons, sliders, are going to talk to the car's control system, probably not be directly wired to what they're controlling. The CPU is a major point of failure and it's going to be hard to source particular models in the future.

The earthquake also cracked the spent fuel cooling pools that were located on top of the reactors. Those were leaking and a real fear at the time (I was living in Tokyo when it happened) was that if the pools emptied the spent fuel would self-ignite and we'd get a nice cloud of radioactive dust floating towards Tokyo.

The biggest thing that wasn't handled in the disaster planning was that not only was the nuclear power plant damaged, but all of the surrounding infrastructure was destroyed and a national scale disaster around the plant was happening. Japan had just gone through a massive earthquake, upwards of 20,000 people were reported dead early on and the problems at Fukushima were not the primary concern the first few days after the earthquake. The scenario for dealing with failed diesel generators would have been to truck in new generators which could have been handled before the reactors melted down in normal circumstances except it was impossible to get to the plant. The "Heavy Rescue" unit from the Tokyo fire department headed to Fukushima to help. It took them three days to get there because the roads were blocked in so many places. TEPCO was in "everything's fine, it's OK, it's OK" mode and the Japanese political level of the government was the Democratic Party of Japan who had not held power in decades and none of the political level people knew how to manage a disaster and it showed.

By the time Fukushima started receiving the kind of national level attention that it warranted the reactors were in meltdown.

I went from SF to LA in August. We flew and rented a car. HSR stations will need car rental to work, but that's a solved problem.

RTGs (Radioisotope Thermal Generators) don't put out that much power - a few hundred watts at most. An actual fission reactor will produce a lot more.

I don't think the PRE tag was available until RFC-1866, HTML 2.0.

maybe slack will die and we can start using IRC again.

A Tesla Model uses about 358 Watt Hours/mile. A 1KWh pack weighs about 24 pounds (10 kilos), thatâ(TM)s good for about 3 miles. Definitely heavier than the amount of gas you would need for the same distance, but 2-3 miles is about as far as you would want to walk anyhow.

I do, how about you?

https://www.acsh.org/news/2020...

"There are three major reasons why SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus, will never be eradicated."
About the American Council on Science and Health

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ACSH was created to be the science alternative to “news” that is often little more than hype based on exaggerated findings. We help policymakers see past scaremongers and activist groups who have targeted GMOs, vaccines, conventional agriculture, nuclear power, natural gas, and “chemicals,” while peddling health scares and fad diets. We fight back against activists who have attacked the credibility of the overwhelming consensus of academic and private sector scientists who dispute their claims, undermining the integrity of the scientific enterprise.
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"prevent" does not equal STOP. Just like the flu, covid is not going to disappear. My two points were 1. regardless of vaccinations it WILL continue to circulate.
and 2. because of #1 it means "covid passports" will never go away either and their use WILL expand past "I'm vaxxed." That is the antithesis of a free society.

Bullshit - Do your own actual research from people like these - e.g scientists....

About the American Council on Science and Health

The American Council on Science and Health is a pro-science consumer advocacy organization and a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. The Council was founded in 1978 by a group of scientists with a singular focus: to publicly support evidence-based science and medicine and to debunk junk science and exaggerated health scares.

Our Mission

ACSH was created to be the science alternative to “news” that is often little more than hype based on exaggerated findings. We help policymakers see past scaremongers and activist groups who have targeted GMOs, vaccines, conventional agriculture, nuclear power, natural gas, and “chemicals,” while peddling health scares and fad diets. We fight back against activists who have attacked the credibility of the overwhelming consensus of academic and private sector scientists who dispute their claims, undermining the integrity of the scientific enterprise.

We are not a trade association. We do not represent any industry.

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from the link -

"here are three major reasons why SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus, will never be eradicated.

Smallpox and rinderpest have been relegated to the dustbin of history. Thanks to vaccines and a massive, coordinated global effort, these two viruses have been wiped off the face of the Earth. Would it be possible to do the same with SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19?

Absolutely not. There are several reasons why.

Coronavirus can be present in asymptomatic carriers.
Coronavirus can infect many different kinds of animals.
There is no highly effective vaccine or antiviral treatment for coronavirus."

While I agree it has been going on a long time, never before has gov tried to do the following -

1. Mandate that you take a vaccine which is STILL under emergency use authorization (go read the actual FDA letter - the pfizer vax is still under EUA and says so as it does not meet the data requirements normally needed for a vaccine approval)
2. Tie your ability to work for essentially the entire US population to said mandate.
3. Put in place infrastructure to force people to show papers to work or socialize.

As to your other comments there is a WORLD of difference between a local (health/food) requirement vs a national mandate for vaccine/work eligibility.

Covid, just like the FLU is NEVER going to be eradicated. The question is do you REALLY want to live in a world where your papers are demanded at every turn?
It's coming. Just like the scope creep on SSNs or drivers licenses which are now needed to open bank accounts etc. A Covid passport WILL scope creep well beyond "I'm vaxxed"

First off, I'd bet you dollars to donuts Denmark will see a resurgence vaccinated or not. Why? It's a coronavirus, so just like the flu or cold it WILL keep mutating and coming back.

Second as to your "USA short term" freedom comment, can you name me ONE instance where the US govt has every willingly given back a "freedom"?
You can say it's short term, gov can say it's short term, but it AIN'T short term. Just like drivers licenses of social security numbers a "covid passport" will
see it's use expand WELL BEYOND it's stated initial use.

I foresee a world where the gov can flag said passport for numerous potential violations making said subject an "un-person." It's fine if you don't believe me,
all I ask - remember this and in 5-10 years see if I'm not right...

I suggest you let people actually decide. Will there be stupid people? Yes. There always have been and always will be. I'd much prefer that scenario where people decide on their own than a govt mandate (and passport) which will inevitably expand into other "health" and societal causes.

I fully expect once the passport infrastructure is in place we will see expansions such as "use tobacco?" etc. I'd also expect things such as "unapproved" political views to make their way in at some point as well. Do you really want to live in a world where a perceived infraction can allow the government to take away your ability to work and socialize? You are naive if you think the list will stop at "covid vaccinated" once it's in place.

LOL oops - screwed up on the above - meant to say

  Do people who take flu shots never get the flu? Have flu shots ever had ANY hope of eradicating the flu?
The answer to both is no.

You can certainly try and minimize vaccinated people spreading covid by calling them "breakthrough" infections. Note I said the shots appear to minimize symptoms.

Question for you - do people who take flu shots still get the flu at some point? Have flu shots ever had ANY hope of eradicating the flu?
The answer to both is no.

Covid and covid shots we be essentially the same - they will help mitigate symptoms but pretty much EVERYONE vaxxed or not will get covid (probably repeatedly.) Most people simply cannot wrap their head around that idea.

As for my point about vaccine mandates, if the government KNOWS that covid will never be eradicated then mandatory vaccinations (which are now known to not stop transmission) are essentially going to become a ongoing/neverending requirement. This also means any sort of "passport" requirement to work or socialize will never go away. That is a power grab by definition.

  The ability to stop citizens from making a living will not stop with covid requirements once the infrastructure is in place and you are naive if you think it will.