SapphironZA
@SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on Islamic slavery in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period 1 week ago:
I suspect you are correct. Its also important to note that only the elite own slaves. And they would concentrate them on their business interests.
- Comment on Epic boss Tim Sweeney blasts Steam for putting AI tags on games — says move is ‘irresponsible of Valve’ 2 weeks ago:
I would argue for a “Publishers are arseholes” tag, along with other ones like “Studio got closed”, “fired most of the developers”
- Comment on Epic boss Tim Sweeney blasts Steam for putting AI tags on games — says move is ‘irresponsible of Valve’ 2 weeks ago:
I agree with you on DRM, but it is worth noting that Value is a rare case where despite having a dominant market position, they continue to offer and improve the best client experience.
Not without missteps of course, but there are nowhere near as bad as Microsoft, Google, Apple, etc.
- Comment on Excellent point... 4 weeks ago:
And try not to die from the dodgy meat you were forced to eat, becuase its the only meat you have seen in the past 3 months.
- Comment on Mad Marv Rides Again! 5 weeks ago:
Now if only we can aim the “killdozer crazies” at the right targets.
- Comment on Share of global electricity generation by source (2000-2025) 1 month ago:
Scale has always been a problem with nuclear.
Fission is far from dead. It still the most compact power source with the lowest environmental impact.
The problems come in is that they all seem to be treated as one-off projects, which is costly and less safe than an approach at scale.
The cost of a reactor on a nuclear submarine is actually cheaper than a terrestrial one, despite being more complex, because when they build them, they build 20 at a time.
Also, if you look at recent construction of fossil fuel power plants, they are also largely overbudget and late. For the same reasons as with nuclear.
The best solution has always been a mix of renewables and nuclear due to their different strengths.
- Comment on Share of global electricity generation by source (2000-2025) 1 month ago:
Much of that has to do with the age of the nuclear fleet.
China is building reactors with significantly lower costs than the ones built in the west 40-60 years ago.
Nuclear is excellent for base loan and high power density requirements, like industrial electrification, where the cost of transmission and storage would quickly become too expensive.