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bk15dcx t1_jdkjvrh wrote

Reply to Gordon Moore, Intel Co-Founder, Dies at 94 by foxhound_vp

In addition to Moore’s seminal role in founding two of the world’s pioneering technology companies, he famously forecast in 1965 that the number of transistors on an integrated circuit would double every year – a prediction that came to be known as Moore’s Law.

“All I was trying to do was get that message across, that by putting more and more stuff on a chip we were going to make all electronics cheaper,” Moore said in a 2008 interview.

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BigbunnyATK t1_jdkj96n wrote

Reply to comment by Betterchicken9 in Another attack on an American base in Syria Friday after US retaliatory airstrikes on Iranian-backed groups by notunek

I don't understand what you've brought to the table. I link the USA's reasons for going to a war, or at least some small snippet of it, and you post "wrong and fake." As I understand it, our war in Afghanistan was to make an ally. Afghanistan had already had horrible leadership issues because Russia helped install units that would be pro Russia. We came in later to both clear the Russian influence and to help Afghanistan. We spent billions to help them build schools and infrastructure and to give them a voted democracy. It failed. But how can you sit from your computer seat and say what soldier's gave their lives for was wrong? War is complicated but don't pretend the USA as a monolith is some pure evil organization. We've had our hands in stopping several genocides. You know, Saddam Hussein against the Kurds. Japan against South East Asia (especially China). It's not like we're a country full of fantasy heroes who do no wrong, but if you think the mindset of America is pure evil you haven't seen anything of this world. We are sending billions to Ukraine, too. Would you rather they get toppled and raped and murdered by Russia? And if China attacks Taiwan, we'll be there, too. You take a simple view of a complex topic, and worse you take a simple view of a complex topic which has taken lives. Come back with a formed opinion based on historical fact and knowledge, and we can speak.

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BigbunnyATK t1_jdkijxi wrote

Reply to comment by Giftwrapfromhell in Another attack on an American base in Syria Friday after US retaliatory airstrikes on Iranian-backed groups by notunek

No, it's not hypothetical. As I said, Russia was already in these countries trying to garner complete control. Nothing hypothetical about it. Read up and have true opinions. There is no point in having half baked opinions on very serious history. You can't claim to be informed when even the small information I linked even discredits what you said. Also it's well known that one of, if not the main reason, that we went to the middle east was to fight a proxy war with Russia. Not an imaginary war. A proxy war. Look at Russia's involvement in Afghanistan, too.

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shady8x t1_jdkgiux wrote

Reply to comment by justhereforsee in Xcel Energy to power down Monticello nuclear plant early after more radioactive water leaks out by VaccumSaturdays

Unless a coal power plant opens up nearby, my guess is that the changes will be negligible.

These leaks aren't bigger than regular scheduled releases of the same type of polluted water. Unless they are lying about the amount or the type of leak they had, then government regulation of what a safe release is, is different from these leaks in only one way, these weren't caused by someone pressing a button while under government monitoring, but happened accidentally.

There is a reason why nuclear power is less deadly then even wind and solar power, per kilowatt generated.

This plant has to get it's shit in order, obviously. But from the information released so far, there is not much to be concerned about yet.

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