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Better Things Are Possible
January 7, 2026 at 5:01 AM
Better Things Are Possible
If you’re not interested in continuing this conversation, do you have any reading recommendations on your perspective? I’m interested in your concerns about inefficient land use and in optimistic projections for how quickly nuclear power could/will scale up.
January 6, 2026 at 3:32 PM
If you’re not interested in continuing this conversation, do you have any reading recommendations on your perspective? I’m interested in your concerns about inefficient land use and in optimistic projections for how quickly nuclear power could/will scale up.
Land is not a notably scarce resource w/r/t energy, so I’m not sure why acreage is the priority. The hurdles for nuclear, imo, are high cost and lengthy time to get it online. Given climate change and rising energy demand, time seems like a more important thing to optimize around than land for now.
January 6, 2026 at 2:49 AM
Land is not a notably scarce resource w/r/t energy, so I’m not sure why acreage is the priority. The hurdles for nuclear, imo, are high cost and lengthy time to get it online. Given climate change and rising energy demand, time seems like a more important thing to optimize around than land for now.
What would be the efficiency breakpoint where you consider it viable?
I’m not sure that density/acre is the most urgent concern since solar is still a significantly more efficient use of land already devoted to energy, e.g. cornfields for ethanol. What timeline do you envision for nuclear at scale?
I’m not sure that density/acre is the most urgent concern since solar is still a significantly more efficient use of land already devoted to energy, e.g. cornfields for ethanol. What timeline do you envision for nuclear at scale?
January 5, 2026 at 11:03 PM
What would be the efficiency breakpoint where you consider it viable?
I’m not sure that density/acre is the most urgent concern since solar is still a significantly more efficient use of land already devoted to energy, e.g. cornfields for ethanol. What timeline do you envision for nuclear at scale?
I’m not sure that density/acre is the most urgent concern since solar is still a significantly more efficient use of land already devoted to energy, e.g. cornfields for ethanol. What timeline do you envision for nuclear at scale?
I don’t think anything you’re saying contradicts what I’m saying. If we ultimately end up in a place where nuclear fission provides enough power for the entire grid, that’s great! But our production capacity for solar is the quickest avenue toward renewables currently, and speed is relevant too, imo
January 5, 2026 at 5:14 PM
I don’t think anything you’re saying contradicts what I’m saying. If we ultimately end up in a place where nuclear fission provides enough power for the entire grid, that’s great! But our production capacity for solar is the quickest avenue toward renewables currently, and speed is relevant too, imo
Advancements in solar tech means that it’s astronomically cheaper and quicker to scale than nuclear. We’re already increasing solar capacity exponentially faster than we would be able to scale up nuclear generation, and the tech is only getting more accessible. Solar is at an exciting stage!
January 5, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Advancements in solar tech means that it’s astronomically cheaper and quicker to scale than nuclear. We’re already increasing solar capacity exponentially faster than we would be able to scale up nuclear generation, and the tech is only getting more accessible. Solar is at an exciting stage!
The quantities of rare metals needed for renewables are a fraction of the volume of oil we already mine in a year. We’re also shifting battery production toward plentiful elements like sodium. Shifting fully to renewables should significantly reduce pressures for resource extraction.
January 5, 2026 at 4:20 PM
The quantities of rare metals needed for renewables are a fraction of the volume of oil we already mine in a year. We’re also shifting battery production toward plentiful elements like sodium. Shifting fully to renewables should significantly reduce pressures for resource extraction.
I just took my 65-year-old father-in-law who loved the first one and didn’t know there had been a second one. Gave him a 30-second rundown of the second movie and he had an absolute ball with the third one. A quick skim of the Wikipedia summary for Way of Water is plenty to enjoy the third one imo.
December 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I just took my 65-year-old father-in-law who loved the first one and didn’t know there had been a second one. Gave him a 30-second rundown of the second movie and he had an absolute ball with the third one. A quick skim of the Wikipedia summary for Way of Water is plenty to enjoy the third one imo.
It seems like your premise is that a teacher can, in advance, fully distill the educational benefits of a class into ’knowledge’ and impart it to the AI, which will then provide flawless guardrails for students to engage with and gain that knowledge in isolation. Is that a fair interpretation?
October 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
It seems like your premise is that a teacher can, in advance, fully distill the educational benefits of a class into ’knowledge’ and impart it to the AI, which will then provide flawless guardrails for students to engage with and gain that knowledge in isolation. Is that a fair interpretation?
So your proposal is that AI can be used as a roundabout evaluation tool? Again, what is the value that AI is adding in this example over more traditional evaluation methods?
October 28, 2025 at 1:43 PM
So your proposal is that AI can be used as a roundabout evaluation tool? Again, what is the value that AI is adding in this example over more traditional evaluation methods?
What is the benefit the AI adds in this example, as opposed to the teacher directly ‘feeding a knowledge source’ to students by way of teaching them?
October 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
What is the benefit the AI adds in this example, as opposed to the teacher directly ‘feeding a knowledge source’ to students by way of teaching them?
Thanks, I’m excited to dig in! Always interesting to see what people have done with the medium besides superhero stories.
October 28, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Thanks, I’m excited to dig in! Always interesting to see what people have done with the medium besides superhero stories.
I hadn’t heard of Little Nemo before but it looks fascinating. It looks like The Complete Little Nemo in Slumberland is often recommended; would you say to read Little Nemo as well, or just the Slumberland stuff?
October 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I hadn’t heard of Little Nemo before but it looks fascinating. It looks like The Complete Little Nemo in Slumberland is often recommended; would you say to read Little Nemo as well, or just the Slumberland stuff?
Maybe I’m just not grasping your definition of ‘ethical’ in this context.
E.g. Why is Polanco bouncing back this season deemed unethical? Is that the case for all players who improve after a decline, or is there something specific to him that makes it unethical?
E.g. Why is Polanco bouncing back this season deemed unethical? Is that the case for all players who improve after a decline, or is there something specific to him that makes it unethical?
October 21, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Maybe I’m just not grasping your definition of ‘ethical’ in this context.
E.g. Why is Polanco bouncing back this season deemed unethical? Is that the case for all players who improve after a decline, or is there something specific to him that makes it unethical?
E.g. Why is Polanco bouncing back this season deemed unethical? Is that the case for all players who improve after a decline, or is there something specific to him that makes it unethical?
What about the Mariners is unethical? I didn‘t get that from your explanation.
October 21, 2025 at 4:49 AM
What about the Mariners is unethical? I didn‘t get that from your explanation.
The book referenced above is Mood Music by Liz Pelly.
March 21, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The book referenced above is Mood Music by Liz Pelly.
Danny Kaye is a top-notch physical comic, wonderful performance.
March 19, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Danny Kaye is a top-notch physical comic, wonderful performance.
I’ve watched this a dozen times and I have no idea how they get the glass to break without cutting or disrupting the shot. There’s no way that an actual projectile was fired, right?
January 20, 2025 at 5:24 AM
I’ve watched this a dozen times and I have no idea how they get the glass to break without cutting or disrupting the shot. There’s no way that an actual projectile was fired, right?
Which time travel movies are the coolest of all time?
January 12, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Which time travel movies are the coolest of all time?
Incredibly deep cut here
December 19, 2024 at 6:00 PM
Incredibly deep cut here
The Abe assassination has led to multiple pieces of legislation being passed to curtail church financial abuses, had an obvious impact on the cabinet and subsequent elections, and was “stunningly effective.” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Shinzo_Abe
December 10, 2024 at 6:50 PM
The Abe assassination has led to multiple pieces of legislation being passed to curtail church financial abuses, had an obvious impact on the cabinet and subsequent elections, and was “stunningly effective.” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Shinzo_Abe