Dogyote

@Dogyote@slrpnk.net

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If we ever find a planet with life in it, we could never set foot on it, because the interaction of the two biologies can have unpredictable consequences⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve read that one, it was quite good.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If we ever find a planet with life in it, we could never set foot on it, because the interaction of the two biologies can have unpredictable consequences⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  This is an interesting idea. If neither biologies used the same fuel molecules then they wouldn’t compete for resources, but perhaps they would compete for space? But then if both biologies were that different from each other would they be able to even live in the same environment?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨China reaches energy independence milestone by ‘breeding’ uranium from thorium⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m all for fighting misinformation but you can’t just scream and insult, that doesn’t work even if you’re right.

  I dunno, you finally got a reasonable source.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨China reaches energy independence milestone by ‘breeding’ uranium from thorium⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m acting like an asshole because you’re spreading missinfo and you keep doing it.

  Radioactive Waste Management in France

  Radioactive waste management varies depending on its nature.

  High-Level Waste (HLW): 0.2% of the volume of radioactive waste but 96% of the radioactivity

  The fuel used by nuclear power plants produces the majority of HLW. Composed of an assembly of uranium, sometimes combined with plutonium, this fuel can be 96% reprocessed: the recyclable materials (uranium and plutonium) are recovered to produce MOX (Mixed Oxide Fuel). Nearly 80% of the reprocessed spent fuel is not currently reused but could be by Generation IV reactors. The unusable materials (fission products and minor actinides) that constitute HLW are calcined. The resulting black powder is conditioned in molten glass paste, which is then poured into a stainless steel drum.

  Here’s the entire section you’re citing. They’re reprocessing 96% of 0.2%. Now, in that same paragraph, nearly 80% of that reprocessed spent fuel is not used. It’s right there. I’m telling you again, with the information you’re providing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨China reaches energy independence milestone by ‘breeding’ uranium from thorium⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  No! That’s not what it fucking says. High activity waste is 0.2% of waste volume but has 96% of radioactivity.

  This is a quote from the translated article:

  Nearly 80% of the reprocessed spent fuel is not currently reused but could be reused by IV and generation reactors.

  The IV generation reactors don’t really exist yet. According to this source, maybe one or two do exist. So no, 96% of spent fuel is not being recycled. Stop spreading misinformation, you’re as useless as chatgpt.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨China reaches energy independence milestone by ‘breeding’ uranium from thorium⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  IIRC isn’t a good source

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New South Korean law will turn large parking lots into solar power farms⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Does this include parking garages?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Big Nuclear’s Big Mistake - Linear No-Threshold⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s not the message here at all.

  It’s the downstream effects of your message that I’m worried about. We shouldn’t get sloppy with nuclear material. Suggesting that a little radiation exposure isn’t bad or a little water contamination isn’t bad, while perhaps technically correct, can lead to sloppiness and eroding standards. People should be afraid of radiation so they respect it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Big Nuclear’s Big Mistake - Linear No-Threshold⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Perhaps this is true, however it’s a slippery slope. “Don’t mind my leaky reactor. If anything it’s good for you, a little bit of extra radiation reduces your risk of cancer.”

  Honestly OP this is such a weird message to be pushing. Are you heavily invested in nuclear or something?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When baking, if your oven can't reach the temperature stated in the recipe, do you then just adjust for time?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  lol, I’ll stick a toothpick in my cake before I solve for rate constants.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are children always portrayed as the epitome of "innocence", when a lot of kids are evil af and bully their peers, and name-calling runs rampant in schools?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They’re evil because they’re innocent and don’t know what evil is.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the most offensive word I can use that isn't a slur?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Thundercunt, works every time

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Peter Thiel Antichrist lecture: We asked guests what the hell it is⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  In the podcast, Thiel explained that he believes the Antichrist will present itself as an advocate for regulation, pushing to slow technological and scientific progress in the name of safety. He suggested, with a straight face, that the Antichrist could look a lot like 22-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg.

  He’s just getting the jump on his opposition. Of course regulations are the work of the antichrist. The one legal thing that could stop whatever shit he’s cooking up is a biblical boogieman. You better think twice if you want to reign in AI or environmental degradation, because that’s anti-jesus.

  Does he really think a lecture series will spread that message? Wouldn’t youtube videos be better? Why in-person lectures?

  Also why is he threatened by someone like Greta? Greta has no power. More broadly speaking, the left, however you’d like to define it, is unorganized and therefore has no power. Furthermore any serious actions as of late appear to result in capture of the actors. There’s not a damn thing that can be done unless you want to throw yourself away.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Acquired a sliding mitre saw⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh okay. I have this model of saw and that hasn’t been an issue but I suppose that’s a thing that could happen.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Acquired a sliding mitre saw⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Why let the blade spin down before lifting it up?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This 81-year-old still works at Home Depot to support herself and her 90-year-old husband⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Sure bud

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This 81-year-old still works at Home Depot to support herself and her 90-year-old husband⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I get where you’re coming from, but I don’t think it holds up the way you’re framing it. Pinning the root of their trouble on a decision made in 1994 is a bit of a reach. You’re talking about a 30-year-old choice—one that may not have panned out financially, sure, but let’s not act like anyone who steps off the traditional path is just writing themselves into a future of failure. People take risks. Sometimes they pay off, sometimes they don’t. That doesn’t make someone reckless or undeserving of support three decades later. You’re applying hindsight like a hammer, and it oversimplifies everything that likely happened in between.

  And honestly, the “$200k job to start a band” line feels a little too convenient. Maybe he quit for health, burnout, family reasons—we don’t know. Framing it as a dumb, selfish move is an assumption dressed up as fact. Life’s not a spreadsheet. People don’t always make optimal economic choices, and pretending everyone has the foresight, stability, and circumstances to do so just isn’t realistic.

  As for the $37,000 car—yeah, that’s not ideal. But again, you’re pulling one purchase out of what’s probably a complicated financial picture and using it to write off their entire decision-making process. Have you priced reliable vehicles lately? Even used ones? You don’t know if that was their only option after a breakdown or if it was financed under pressure. It’s easy to diagnose “bad choices” from the outside when you’re not in the thick of it.

  And about “doing what you have to”—I agree in principle. Life is about hard choices. But let’s not pretend that “just move to a cheaper state” is some silver bullet. Moving costs money. Leaving behind your doctors, your social support network, everything familiar—that’s not nothing. It’s not just a matter of pulling up Zillow and hopping a U-Haul to West Virginia. The fact that you think that’s a simple fix kind of underlines how disconnected this solution is from the reality of aging in poverty.

  You say they have no Plan B. That’s fair, maybe. But they also don’t have many cards left to play. Working at 81 isn’t ideal—but it’s what they’ve got. And instead of asking “why didn’t they plan better 30 years ago?” maybe ask why we expect any 81-year-old to be keeping a job just to afford rent. That’s not a personal failure—that’s a systemic one. The fact that they’re still working shows grit. The fact that they have to shows a breakdown in the system we’re all supposed to be able to rely on someday.

  You’re focused on their past decisions like they were filling out a retirement strategy on a clean whiteboard. But most people aren’t living with that level of control, especially over decades. You don’t know their full story, just some snapshots, and you’re building a moral framework around it. That’s fine if you want to play armchair financial advisor, but don’t pretend it’s empathy.

  And yeah, they’re in a bad spot. But treating them like a cautionary tale instead of real people facing a brutal system isn’t going to help them—or anyone else headed in the same direction.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This 81-year-old still works at Home Depot to support herself and her 90-year-old husband⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I would argue that they were in fact victims of circumstance. The 2008 mortgage implosion seems to be the root of their troubles. I doubt they thought they were making subpar choices in the aftermath. Putting the blame on them really shifts focus from the elephant in the room, that our society should provide a baseline level of dignified existance for the elderly and infirm no matter the quality of their life choices.

  Suggesting they move to west virginia because it’s cheaper is a ridiculous idea that only someone who lacks life experience would propose. I’m calling out a kid, aren’t I?

  Your writing is too verbose and lacks tact.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This 81-year-old still works at Home Depot to support herself and her 90-year-old husband⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Why is it that every comment chain about an unfortunate event has at least one callous person who is obviously victim blaming but trying their best to downplay it?

  I’ll ask you directly, why are you doing this, partial_accumen? Are you trying to convince yourself that this couldn’t happen to you? Are you perhaps trying to convince yourself to stick with your soul-sucking yet decent paying job? What’s your motivation?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This Tiny Radio Lets Me Send Texts Without Wi-Fi or Cell Service⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Then what is it?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How come nobody does anything about North Korea?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  but to blame the entire state if the country on the bombing campaign of the 1950s is to…

  Nobody said that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How come nobody does anything about North Korea?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If you read the previous comment more closely you’ll realize that the commentor wasn’t comparing today’s NK to Gaza, but Korea during the Korean War to Gaza. That is a reasonable comparison, as nearly every standing structure was bombed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Financially rewarding and you will always have a job⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If they’re proper student loans then interest doesn’t accumulate while you’re a student.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Financially rewarding and you will always have a job⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  People typically get paid to earn a PhD, so this person’s debt likely came from elsewhere, unless they grossly overpaid for their undergraduate education.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK about StopICE.net to send and receive alerts about ICE raids in your area⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Why aren’t any raids being reported in Texas?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We Live In Public⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I believe Santa Claus has already done this

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fairphone announces the €599 Fairphone 6, with a 6.31" 120Hz LTPO OLED display, a Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 chip, and enhanced modularity with 12 swappable parts⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I can’t help but detect some passive hostility in your response.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fairphone announces the €599 Fairphone 6, with a 6.31" 120Hz LTPO OLED display, a Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 chip, and enhanced modularity with 12 swappable parts⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Not in the US apparently

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fairphone announces the €599 Fairphone 6, with a 6.31" 120Hz LTPO OLED display, a Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 chip, and enhanced modularity with 12 swappable parts⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I didn’t know sony made phones

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fairphone announces the €599 Fairphone 6, with a 6.31" 120Hz LTPO OLED display, a Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 chip, and enhanced modularity with 12 swappable parts⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Alright what phone are you using with a jack?