ContrarianTrail @ ContrarianTrail @lemm.ee

Independent thinker valuing discussions grounded in reason, not emotions.

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Well it's also the first and only one of its kind so you weren't too far off.

And a month from now they're back to normal. Writing news about the price of individual stocks fluctuating is completely meaningless.

not a single ultimate disposal place for the radioactive waste has been found/created.

Onkalo spent nuclear fuel repository

Also something to keep in mind is that high level waste which is the spent fuel is only about 3 - 5% of the total radioactive waste from nuclear power plants. Majority of the waste has way lower levels of radiation and it's things like reactor parts and safety equipment.

Agreed. We should build much more of it to the point where we'd basically be powering our southern and western neighbours too.

I don't remember the exact statistics but around half of Finns have plan similar to mine where the prices change hourly. So far it has been cheaper on the long run but there are days when the prices are so high that you basically have to turn off heating or it'll cost you hundreds in one day. There is no upper limit to it but there's no lower limit either. Sometimes it goes to negative as well. Last year there was a day when it went so far into negative that people were earning money by running electric heaters outside in the winter.

I have nothing against nuclear energy personally. I wish we'd build more of it. Currently about 2/5th is wind power, 2/5th nuclear and 1/5 hydro. When there's no wind and it's cold outside we see prices in the 30 - 70c/kWh which is insanely expensive. If we had huge storage capacity and much, much more wind turbines then maybe it could work.

Euros but it's basically the same in USD

So it would have been fine if they hadn't asked? I don't get your point. Like I said: I don't think anyone denies that it's supposed to look like it was from the movie. It's not though. It's similar but is not the same. I don't see what the copyright infingement here is supposed to be. I don't think you can own the idea of a man in a trenchcoat overlooking a city with orange filter on it.

Yeah, no. This is like suing someone because their picture of the sunset looks similar to yours. Obviously, the image is supposed to resemble that movie - I don’t think anyone seriously doubts that - but I don’t see any copyright infringement here.

Do you think there shouldn't be any laws prohibiting the sharing of people's personal information like that?

They're not handing out personal information. If you hide stuff like that in your ad links then you're the malicious actor, not facebook.

I believe it's prohibited under GDPR as well as many local laws.

My name, address and phone number are public too but if you were to share it on social media you'd be breaking the law.

An advertiser contacts Facebook and says, 'We’d like to advertise this product to a specific group of people,' and Facebook says, 'Sure, hand us your money and the ad you'd like us to display,' and then targets that ad to the desired audience. At no point does Facebook hand over user data to the advertiser.

For example, if I want to advertise my home renovation services to all the elderly home owners in my city, then what use would it be for me if they just handed me a list of those people? None. They're the advertising platform. It's them who targets those ads.

Probably neither but to feel superior over their friends.

Not just iPhones but smartphones in general. I haven't been excited about a new device since 2016 or so.

Tracking those jets isn’t the issue. It’s sharing that information publicly. Facebook doesn’t hand out your personal information to others, and if you think they do, then you don’t understand how targeted ads work.

I haven't seen any statistics suggesting Teslas crash more often than other vehicles.

Chad argument against AI

Generative AI*

I assume you're a guy somewhere in their twenties.

Start going to the gym and lifting weights. I know it’s a cliché, but it’s the single most impactful thing you can do - not only for how others see you, but also for how you see yourself. It’s something everyone should be doing anyway, but it especially applies to people like you. Don’t do it for them, do it for yourself. I know how you feel, believe me - I used to be in your shoes.