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    • dafyreD
      dafyre @RojoLoco
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      @rojoloco said in Non-IT News Thread:

      @dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:

      @rojoloco said in Non-IT News Thread:

      There was a tiger on the loose in N Ga apparently...

      http://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/henry-county/police-investigating-reports-of-tiger-on-i-75/603877558

      Ha ha ha. What did I tell you about keeping your tiger on a leash?

      I thought that was a euphemism...

      Only when there's not a real live tiger roaming your neck of the woods.

      Edit: I feel bad they had to kill it though.

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      • NerdyDadN
        NerdyDad
        last edited by NerdyDad

        BIG KITTY Now DEAD KITTY

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        • DustinB3403D
          DustinB3403 @Dashrender
          last edited by

          @dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:

          @coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:

          I'm not sure how I feel about this.

          https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/08/florida-power-company-exchanging-nuclear-plans-for-solar-plans-cutting-rates/

          Agreed.

          Not sure that I see this as a bad thing. The senate has consistently battled to keep nuclear waste where it was created, rather than disposing of it in a safe mountain somewhere. Which was a big part of the "keep it there" initiative. States not wanting truck / trains going through their states with millions of pounds of nuclear waste.

          Renewable energies should be implemented as often as possible. All sky scrapers should have solar panels installed on the tops.

          Wind turbine tech should be developed into new sky scraper construction so as to generate additional power.

          Sea turbines with wind and solar combinations should be built.

          Nuclear power produces a ton of energy, but also way to much extremely volatile waste. I'd happily throw out $800 million to not build another reactor.

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
            last edited by

            @dustinb3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:

            @dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:

            @coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:

            I'm not sure how I feel about this.

            https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/08/florida-power-company-exchanging-nuclear-plans-for-solar-plans-cutting-rates/

            Agreed.

            Not sure that I see this as a bad thing. The senate has consistently battled to keep nuclear waste where it was created, rather than disposing of it in a safe mountain somewhere. Which was a big part of the "keep it there" initiative. States not wanting truck / trains going through their states with millions of pounds of nuclear waste.

            Since when do they try that? When I was in high school I helped the EPA to fight against the trucking (and training) of nuclear waste into NY for a central dump site. We lost and they had miles of trucks bringing nuclear ash to NY because they specifically didn't want it to be kept where it was.

            That's how we ended up without school a few times due to nuclear ash spills.

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
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              @dustinb3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:

              Nuclear power produces a ton of energy, but also way to much extremely volatile waste. I'd happily throw out $800 million to not build another reactor.

              Those of us that grew up in a nuclear evac zone then once went to full emergency evac with a pending meltdown have a different perspective than most of the country. NY with its near miss and PA with its Three Mile Island know better.

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              • DustinB3403D
                DustinB3403 @scottalanmiller
                last edited by

                @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                @dustinb3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:

                @dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:

                @coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:

                I'm not sure how I feel about this.

                https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/08/florida-power-company-exchanging-nuclear-plans-for-solar-plans-cutting-rates/

                Agreed.

                Not sure that I see this as a bad thing. The senate has consistently battled to keep nuclear waste where it was created, rather than disposing of it in a safe mountain somewhere. Which was a big part of the "keep it there" initiative. States not wanting truck / trains going through their states with millions of pounds of nuclear waste.

                Since when do they try that? When I was in high school I helped the EPA to fight against the trucking (and training) of nuclear waste into NY for a central dump site. We lost and they had miles of trucks bringing nuclear ash to NY because they specifically didn't want it to be kept where it was.

                That's how we ended up without school a few times due to nuclear ash spills.

                It's been well known that many people in congress and the senate fight against the trucking of nuclear waste, it still occurs of course.

                But the better alternative is just don't produce it.

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
                  last edited by

                  @dustinb3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:

                  @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                  @dustinb3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:

                  @dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:

                  @coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:

                  I'm not sure how I feel about this.

                  https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/08/florida-power-company-exchanging-nuclear-plans-for-solar-plans-cutting-rates/

                  Agreed.

                  Not sure that I see this as a bad thing. The senate has consistently battled to keep nuclear waste where it was created, rather than disposing of it in a safe mountain somewhere. Which was a big part of the "keep it there" initiative. States not wanting truck / trains going through their states with millions of pounds of nuclear waste.

                  Since when do they try that? When I was in high school I helped the EPA to fight against the trucking (and training) of nuclear waste into NY for a central dump site. We lost and they had miles of trucks bringing nuclear ash to NY because they specifically didn't want it to be kept where it was.

                  That's how we ended up without school a few times due to nuclear ash spills.

                  It's been well known that many people in congress and the senate fight against the trucking of nuclear waste, it still occurs of course.

                  But the better alternative is just don't produce it.

                  Then we lose all of that teamster revenue!

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                  • NerdyDadN
                    NerdyDad
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                    Y'all forget about WIPP down in Carlsbad, NM where they ship trash from nuclear Dept of Energy sites by truck across US highways.

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                    • JaredBuschJ
                      JaredBusch
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                      T-Mobile to pay your Netflix bill.

                      http://www.businessinsider.com/t-mobile-is-giving-away-free-netflix-for-family-plan-subscribers-2017-9

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                      • travisdh1T
                        travisdh1 @DustinB3403
                        last edited by

                        @dustinb3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:

                        @dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:

                        @coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:

                        I'm not sure how I feel about this.

                        https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/08/florida-power-company-exchanging-nuclear-plans-for-solar-plans-cutting-rates/

                        Agreed.

                        Not sure that I see this as a bad thing. The senate has consistently battled to keep nuclear waste where it was created, rather than disposing of it in a safe mountain somewhere. Which was a big part of the "keep it there" initiative. States not wanting truck / trains going through their states with millions of pounds of nuclear waste.

                        Renewable energies should be implemented as often as possible. All sky scrapers should have solar panels installed on the tops.

                        Wind turbine tech should be developed into new sky scraper construction so as to generate additional power.

                        Sea turbines with wind and solar combinations should be built.

                        Nuclear power produces a ton of energy, but also way to much extremely volatile waste. I'd happily throw out $800 million to not build another reactor.

                        And I'd throw out 10x that amount to get proper re-use and recycling of nuclear waste, and sensible designs put in place rather than the current crop of old Fukushima type plants. Done correctly, only 1% is actually waste. Even that still produces heat, which can be used to provide smaller amounts of power for decades.

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                        • mlnewsM
                          mlnews
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                          https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/09/heres-what-the-worlds-most-accurate-weather-model-predicts-for-irma/

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                          • mlnewsM
                            mlnews
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                            https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/09/hackers-lie-in-wait-after-penetrating-us-and-europe-power-grid-networks/

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                            • mlnewsM
                              mlnews
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                              https://arstechnica.com/cars/2017/09/house-passes-law-to-accelerate-adoption-of-self-driving-technology/

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                              • mlnewsM
                                mlnews
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                                https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/09/freaking-out-about-hurricane-irma-youve-got-good-reason/

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                                • mlnewsM
                                  mlnews
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                                  Sweet Jaguar electric car upgrade...

                                  https://arstechnica.com/cars/2017/09/jaguars-restored-this-old-e-type-with-an-electric-upgrade/

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                                  • mlnewsM
                                    mlnews
                                    last edited by

                                    https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/09/watch-live-as-irma-nears-spacex-attempts-to-launch-a-us-spy-plane/

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                                    • travisdh1T
                                      travisdh1 @mlnews
                                      last edited by

                                      @mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                      https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/09/watch-live-as-irma-nears-spacex-attempts-to-launch-a-us-spy-plane/

                                      They made it. I don't think a rocket sitting on the launch pad would deal so well with a hurricane for some odd reason.

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                                      • NerdyDadN
                                        NerdyDad @travisdh1
                                        last edited by

                                        @travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                        @mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                        https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/09/watch-live-as-irma-nears-spacex-attempts-to-launch-a-us-spy-plane/

                                        They made it. I don't think a rocket sitting on the launch pad would deal so well with a hurricane for some odd reason.

                                        I say just shoot the rocket to the west coast and have a boat waiting for it over there, but I'm also not a rocket scientist either.

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                                        • mlnewsM
                                          mlnews
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                                          https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/09/opioid-maker-posed-as-doctors-office-lied-to-push-deadly-opioid-on-patient/

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                                          • mlnewsM
                                            mlnews
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                                            https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/09/high-profile-gig-economy-trial-turns-on-a-part-time-actors-job-woes/

                                            GrubHub seems to have a pretty solid case building against its gig worker looking for employee benefits while touting the benefits from not being employed.

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