Ton

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[–] Ton 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Except nuclear does not scale, especially not downward. Because any safety measures that have become standard, are required also on the smaller reactors. Except there, they cost relatively more per kWh output when compared to large plants.

I don’t really see this going to work, renewables are continuing to become cheaper and cheaper, and do scale.

But, I’d like to be pleasantly surprised.

[–] Ton 5 points 1 month ago

Meanwhile, he gets another shot at being in the news cycle. This is the mofo’s M.O.: say outrageous shit, end up in the news cycle for another 24 hours, so that your opponent is not in the news…

[–] Ton 14 points 2 months ago

Petrol and diesel cars have dropped more. The main problem is Germany where they’ve dropped the subsidies from one day to the next late last year and have since been discussing bringing them back. Like that is going to stimulate sales…

[–] Ton 62 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The Republicans are creating a whole group of voters who are the opposite of WOKE: Deliberately Uninformed with Misguided Beliefs (DUMB). And it’s contagious, as being DUMB spreads like wildfire under right wing voters.

[–] Ton 2 points 6 months ago

Please don't! Look up what happened in 2000, setting the stage for unprecedented misery under the Bush and Cheney years. All because some people thought Gore wasn't their ideal candidate.

[–] Ton 20 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Read 'The Shock Doctrine'...

[–] Ton 3 points 7 months ago

The man's becoming a legal institution by himself.

[–] Ton 6 points 8 months ago (7 children)

Will probably get flamed to death for this, but... a few months ago I've decided to try Ubuntu on an older Intel MacBook Pro, just to try it out after many attempts in the past. (Mac user here)

Then I tried to use the trackpad. After 30 minutes of fiddling I gave up. Say what you want about Apple's UX choices, esthetics and business practices. But boy do they know how to produce a computer and UX combo that fits like a glove.

In comparison, the Ubuntu experience was like eating nails.

And before y'all go off; I would like to switch. I'm getting tired of Apple's business practices.

[–] Ton 18 points 9 months ago (3 children)

The entire club of billionaires are flying everywhere in their planes. Yet I only see memes about Taylor Swift and her use of private planes over the past week or so.

This could possibly not have anything to do with the fact that the 'conservative' movement being scared shitless about her activity to make sure people go out to vote?

[–] Ton 34 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Fox verbatim copied this in their headline. In the article they published on their website nothing about the actual fraud that was proven.

[–] Ton 8 points 10 months ago (14 children)

Of course, the revenge driven justice system is not looking for the most humane way to kill someone. The cruelty is the point.

[–] Ton 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

As the article notes; the world at large greatly underestimates the consequences of a move from Xi. I would say the prospect of the Taiwanese blowing up their factories instead of bowing to the will of Bejing is not really that far fetched. But perhaps I'm wrong, and would Taiwan also have many people with the same soft spine that many in the west are showing when it comes down to weaning off our reliance on fossil fuels.

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