Marzipan
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I'm just thinking of a sabotage creating a dirty bomb. small-scale Chernobyl disaster...
the 'Stuff That's Just Really Interesting 'thread
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Lysrin
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Yeah I know what you're thinking
Marzipan
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last thing we need is for Franciscans, New Yorker's and those from LA have that chip on their shoulder too...they're already unbearable, just imagine!Yeah I know what you're thinking
vulcan500rider
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We're looking into SMRs in Saskatchewan, as well, as a way to get off of coal & gas power. We'll see if that survives the next federal election and changes to the clean electricity regulations.
That said, I'm a fan of the idea overall. It seems like most, if not all, SMRs are designed to shut down in the case of overheat (you need constant power supply to maintain the reaction, rather than the reaction becoming self-sustaining). Seems a safer way of doing things, even if you lose some efficiency in the process. I don't see a lot of other reasonable ways to provide baseload power here long-term.
That said, I'm a fan of the idea overall. It seems like most, if not all, SMRs are designed to shut down in the case of overheat (you need constant power supply to maintain the reaction, rather than the reaction becoming self-sustaining). Seems a safer way of doing things, even if you lose some efficiency in the process. I don't see a lot of other reasonable ways to provide baseload power here long-term.
Marzipan
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why we forget stuff mid-thought.
www.livescience.com
Why do we forget things we were just thinking about?
When the brain "juggles" information, things can fall through the cracks.
LaughingCrow
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Something I checked into a long ti...t, but I'm getting better at figuring it out.
Marzipan
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teacher in Alberta spent 1800 hours to build a diy homegrown hovercraft with no blueprints. its built of car parts, like a Jeep Cherokee for the cab with the engine coming from a Celica and his wife sewed together almost 200 rubber bits for the skirt. actually, while he had no blueprint per say, he's been fascinated by hovercraft since he was young and had built a scale model in the past. it can reach up to 40mph on the water.
www.nytimes.com
Car Parts, Fiberglass and a Dream: How a Teacher Built a Hovercraft
Robert Tymofichuk, a teacher in Alberta, Canada, spent nearly 2,000 hours building an operational hovercraft from salvaged car parts and with no blueprint.
LaughingCrow
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Hundreds of Mysterious Nazca Glyphs Have Just Been Revealed
Since their first discovery in the 1940s, around 430 glyphs have been discovered on the arid plateau known as the Nazca Pampa.
Now, using drones and AI, a team led by archaeologist and anthropologist Masato Sakai of Yamagata University in Japan has discovered a jaw-dropping 303 more in just six months – nearly doubling the known number.
https://www.sciencealert.com/hundreds-of-mysterious-nazca-glyphs-have-just-been-revealed
Since their first discovery in the 1940s, around 430 glyphs have been discovered on the arid plateau known as the Nazca Pampa.
Now, using drones and AI, a team led by archaeologist and anthropologist Masato Sakai of Yamagata University in Japan has discovered a jaw-dropping 303 more in just six months – nearly doubling the known number.
https://www.sciencealert.com/hundreds-of-mysterious-nazca-glyphs-have-just-been-revealed
Marzipan
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someone grew a ruby in a lab and by grew, I mean actually made a shard cut from a ruby grow
www.bbc.com
'World first' ruby grown in jewellery setting in lab
A jewellery design lecturer develops a way of growing gemstones from discarded ruby fragments.
www.bbc.com
