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https://twitter.com/KasulisK/status/1334420045032656896 i hate how this is just the right amount of stupid to actually be plausible
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Dec 5, 2020 12:22
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Dec 5, 2020 12:29
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Does the US have a working fusion reactor?
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Dec 5, 2020 12:55
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genericnick posted:Remember China's Kimchi crimes? They are being paid way too much. They couldn't even bother getting a top 10 list with a decent graphic? I have a few more off the top of my head right now like: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantou https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kogel_mogel
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Dec 5, 2020 16:54
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Chomskyan posted:Does the US have a working fusion reactor? nobody does
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Dec 5, 2020 17:07
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https://www.telesurenglish.net/opinion/China-Is-Most-Promising-Hope-for-Third-World-Fidel-20171128-0017.html
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Dec 5, 2020 18:19
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https://twitter.com/WIRED/status/1334749114949623808?s=19 This is 10 billion times faster than Google's own quantum computer. Google used ultra-cold plates. China used particles of light.
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Dec 5, 2020 20:07
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oh hell yeah
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Dec 5, 2020 20:17
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Iiqbf5Z5KI I'm learning names now that's there's an incoming administration organizing. Here's a little reference list from the video: Biden 拜登 Bàidēng Yellen 耶伦 Yēlún Tanden 坦登 Tǎndēng Rouse 劳斯 Láosī
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Dec 5, 2020 21:05
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OhFunny posted:https://twitter.com/WIRED/status/1334749114949623808?s=19 is this an extension of China's photon "teleportation" tech from a few years ago? Most science stuff just goes over my head
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Dec 5, 2020 21:08
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I think it's good that they're both working on different variants of quantum computing tbh, since even if one dead-ends it'll advance the medium pretty significantly. The fusion reactor stuff is pretty lol though, I can't believe we're still loving around with tokamaks and not the other variants, especially with how much maintenance tokamaks need from standard use
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Dec 5, 2020 21:12
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https://twitter.com/ChesscomNews/status/1335157113065271296
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Dec 5, 2020 21:21
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"But achieving fusion is both extremely difficult and prohibitively expensive, with the total cost of ITER estimated at $22.5 billion." like...that's it? Jeff Bezos or Mike Bloomberg can fart this amount out their rear end and not take a hit.
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Dec 5, 2020 21:45
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Grapplejack posted:I think it's good that they're both working on different variants of quantum computing tbh, since even if one dead-ends it'll advance the medium pretty significantly. From what I have seen, ITER is also a tokamak and so is the upgraded Russian reactor (among numerous other projects), laser-confinement has turned out to be mostly a dead-end since the NIF was greatly overstating their progress to the public to accrue more funding. Otherwise, there is a Stellator (Wendelstein 7-X) that has made some progress, but it is years from getting to where the Tokamaks are already at. Ardennes has issued a correction as of 22:52 on Dec 5, 2020 |
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Dec 5, 2020 22:45
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Ardennes posted:From what I have seen, ITER is also a tokamak and so is the upgraded Russian reactor (among numerous other projects), laser-confinement has turned out to be mostly a dead-end since the NIF was greatly overstating their progress to the public to accrue more funding. Otherwise, there is a Stellator (Wendelstein 7-X) that has made some progress, but it is years from getting to where the Tokamaks are already at. there were this news item from australia https://www.labroots.com/trending/c...ng-breakthrough
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Dec 5, 2020 23:08
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Top City Homo posted:there were this news item from australia It sounds like very similar claims to the NIF, with the same skepticism attached to it. If they pull it off fine, but this show has been going on awhile and atleast magnetic containment has been making very slow but steady progress.
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Dec 5, 2020 23:14
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Ardennes posted:From what I have seen, ITER is also a tokamak and so is the upgraded Russian reactor (among numerous other projects), laser-confinement has turned out to be mostly a dead-end since the NIF was greatly overstating their progress to the public to accrue more funding. Otherwise, there is a Stellator (Wendelstein 7-X) that has made some progress, but it is years from getting to where the Tokamaks are already at. It's mostly the constant maintenance that tokamaks need that make me wish we'd focus on other forms of fusion. Stellerators are good for that since the magnets keep everything largely contained but they're expensive and very difficult to make. tbh if we're talking power supply stuff one of my big wishes is that there'd be a movement to accelerate battery technology and storage, since that's something we need to deal with if we want to make a switch to electric transport or heavy-renewable grids. It's something China is poised to do but I don't think they want to deal with the costs associated with it.
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Dec 6, 2020 01:17
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Gatts posted:"But achieving fusion is both extremely difficult and prohibitively expensive, with the total cost of ITER estimated at $22.5 billion." 
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Dec 6, 2020 02:01
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Battery technology is already pretty good for passenger vehicles. And China already switched to electric bus mostly.
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Dec 6, 2020 02:03
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https://twitter.com/AnupKaphle/status/1335291179756351489
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Dec 6, 2020 13:58
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https://twitter.com/rapplerdotcom/status/1335607239894323200
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Dec 6, 2020 16:32
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Grapplejack posted:It's mostly the constant maintenance that tokamaks need that make me wish we'd focus on other forms of fusion. Stellerators are good for that since the magnets keep everything largely contained but they're expensive and very difficult to make. In the end, a Tokamak-design will likely achieve net energy on a sustainable basis at some point, but I honestly think fusion reactors will mostly be niche prestige projects at best and won't have a meaningful impact on climate change since it would have already happened at that point. Storage is probably more key but we really still haven't worked past lithium-ion designs (in a commercial sense) even after decades of effort and there is always the issue of enough lithium reserves to meet demand compared to the relatively inexpensive nature of oil. I think we will be stuck with mostly ICEs for another couple of decades even though China has made some progress (part of it may be that China has significant lithium reserves of its own). In general, it is why I am very pessimistic about climate change, it is going to happen and it will be beyond the "worse scenario" cases that are commonly accepted. There may also be a relative pivot from an anti-China focus to an anti-Russia focus. The current rumor is that Langly is thinking about trying to take the Kremlin "from the streets of Moscow" and essentially "outflank" Beijing from the north while keeping the current degree of pressure on China. Ardennes has issued a correction as of 17:21 on Dec 6, 2020 |
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Dec 6, 2020 17:17
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strange feelings re Daisy posted:Obviously the Chinese have stolen the antifa super soldier serum. WE CANNOT ALLOW A SPACE MARINE GAP
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Dec 6, 2020 18:46
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yeah the us has done a good job of testing the effects of fentanyl on army veterans this past decade
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Dec 6, 2020 18:52
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Mantis42 posted:yeah the us has done a good job of testing the effects of fentanyl on army veterans this past decade 
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Dec 6, 2020 19:05
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Ardennes posted:The current rumor is that Langly is thinking about trying to take the Kremlin "from the streets of Moscow" Well, good luck with that cia
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Dec 6, 2020 20:05
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Dreddout posted:Well, good luck with that cia  : we will give them the message
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Dec 6, 2020 20:11
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Imagine western powers destabilizing the ruling regime in Russia just for communism to rise up again. Ah well, one can dream.
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Dec 6, 2020 20:40
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strange feelings re Daisy posted:Obviously the Chinese have stolen the antifa super soldier serum. you hear about this "Wolf Warrior" stuff? Apparently the ChiComs are making some sort of wolf/human hybrid soldiers. Not some sexy ones that furries like. But like badass werewolves with guns. We got some of the boys down at the DIA rolling up Werewolf: The Apocalypse characters to figure out how to counter them.
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Dec 6, 2020 21:11
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Ardennes posted:
What is this dumb poo poo, this is as dumb as the Secretary of Defense candidate who think the US can sink the Chinese naval fleet in 72 hours.
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Dec 6, 2020 21:48
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stephenthinkpad posted:What is this dumb poo poo, this is as dumb as the Secretary of Defense candidate who think the US can sink the Chinese naval fleet in 72 hours. There has been admissions that the West sanction regime hasn’t been working and the only way to go forward is “through the Russian population itself” and to that effect there is talk of increased spending to domestic groups aligned to US interests. Parliamentary elections are in September 2021. Victoria Nuland (yeah the same one) looks like she may get a significant position in the White House and random Intel reports from the US Navy have been pushing the same message. Nothing definite yet, but there are pretty clear signals. Essentially DC has a problem, China is too strong economically and militarily to take on directly but Russia is a softer target and Putin’s popularity has been some vulnerability. The best way for them may to use Russia against itself...again. Ardennes has issued a correction as of 22:33 on Dec 6, 2020 |
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Dec 6, 2020 21:59
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Lostconfused posted:Imagine western powers destabilizing the ruling regime in Russia just for communism to rise up again. It's a shame that the kprf is just a generic nationalist party now
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Dec 6, 2020 22:02
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If you can't even overthrow a Belarus two-bit dictator without Russia cockblocking you, why waste time with Putin?
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Dec 6, 2020 22:19
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stephenthinkpad posted:If you can't even overthrow a Belarus two-bit dictator without Russia cockblocking you, why waste time with Putin? I wouldn’t say that have zero hope considering what I have been hearing from friends in Moscow. Personally, I think they are wrong but it will not stop an attempt at least. Also, what is the Beltway’s plan B here? Yeah, it is at the rumors and speculation stage at this point, but the Biden administration from the looks of it may be as hardliner as Reagan’s. C-Spam's BFF Bernerino seems to have backed a bunch of bug-eyed pack of neo-cons. Live and learn right? Ardennes has issued a correction as of 22:47 on Dec 6, 2020 |
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Dec 6, 2020 22:30
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https://twitter.com/chenweihua/status/1335694397850185740?s=19
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Dec 7, 2020 00:22
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did this get posted yet https://twitter.com/GRIFTSH0P/status/1335439691815002114?s=20
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Dec 7, 2020 00:38
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weird attempted flex when you’re like “btw we also have 8% of our population go hungry”
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Dec 7, 2020 00:43
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indigi posted:weird attempted flex when you’re like “btw we also have 8% of our population go hungry” It seems like none of the backers of the ad are even vaguely affiliated with the Chinese government...
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Dec 7, 2020 00:50
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It's not Chinese, it was made by an American organization trying to shame people about our food insecurity programs.
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Dec 7, 2020 00:51
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GreatNationsEat is a US org. This is like posting that GOP ad from like 2012 where a Chinese professor tells his class America now works for us because their debt got to high.
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Dec 7, 2020 00:52
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