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Comment Re:The summary does not state why. (Score 3, Insightful) 47

Other articles on the topic point out that much the specific "evidence" against him was factually wrong, and the government ignored it when it was pointed out to them. The Former Guy's administration was out to make China and Chinese-Americans look bad. Lelling, then the US Attorney, was playing along with the racist fraud. Rollins, the new one, correctly dropped the charges.

Comment Re:when multiple U.S. personnel reported symptoms (Score 1) 106

Come again?
> 74 mw is 74,000 times more power than your WiFi router (-30dBm)

A WiFi router is allowed +30 dBm, not -30. That's one full watt, though most WiFi devices aren't quite that powerful.

But if the Havana Syndrome were caused by microwaves, a spectrum analyzer -- a standard piece of test gear -- would be able to pick it up. These used to be big heavy devices but now you can buy hand-held microwave ones, professional quality.

Comment Re:Can't use the "n-word". (Re:Wind, not solar) (Score 1) 263

Nope, CAD doesn't let you overcome the basic physics of reactor design; it just lets you tweak away safety margins.

Whether or not uranium-cycle nuclear is safe enough, the reality is that it does not have a net positive production of power. When you take into account the energy cost of building the plant, mining the uranium, enriching the uranium, dealing with spent fuel, and decommissioning the plant when done, you end up putting more in than you got out along the way. In large part it's a very costly way to take TVA hydropower, turn it into enriched uranium, and spend it elsewhere. Rather than just have some transmission lines.

Comment Re:No need (Score 1) 125

MuseScore may have a public address in belgium, but the company isn't using Yandex because they have a thing for matryochka dolls. TheRegister refers to "The Russia-based WSM Group, owner of Audacity".... Which is to say the Russians have a Belgian subsidiary address, but Vlad calls the shots or run a risk of defenestration.

Comment Carbon waste is the source of the value (Score 3, Insightful) 183

Bitcoin is a modern, super-harmful variation on an old theme. Gold is not worth very much inherently; it's over-valued because some people think it's currency. But the easy gold has been found, so miners will put in huge effort for it, so long as the value of the gold exceeds the cost to mine. The cost of mining helps set the value.The money supply, in a gold standard, depends to some extent on the success of miners, and is divorced from the needs of the economy. Too much gold created inflation -- Spain's pillaging of Mexico tanked its economy.
Bitcoin is similar. The value is based on the cost of mining, which is predominantly the cost of electricity. So it is almost literally created out of carbon emissions into the atmosphere. Even if you were to use "renewable" energy to mine BTC, that energy could better be used displacing coal and oil. The total amount of CO2 on the plant is what matters, and BTC causes huge amounts to be generated. It is stupid, evil, and existentially harmful to everyone on the planet.

Comment Re:a refresh from the current abomination? (Score 4, Interesting) 246

I have PaleMoon too, but do more with Firefox nowadays. PaleMoon doesn't have the security ecosystem that Firefox has. Facebook Container, Ghostery, and other tracker-blockers aren't on PaleMoon. NoScript is desupported on PM (though it still usually works) and was a pain in the arse anyway.
Mozilla is having financial issues and it's sad that they're wasting their time on silly fritterware stuff and copying Chrome, rather than improving stuff people use and keeping the API stable for extension devs.

Comment Re:Please be real (Score 1) 77

The price is more like $100/dose, and governments will pay for it. This Oxford vaccine is also being mass produced in India by Serum Institute for low-cost delivery to lower-income countries.
There is real science around Covid; it just isn't coming from Donald, Boris, Vlad, or Joao.

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