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Best case scenario estimates are a complete replacement by 2050 if energy consumption doesn't change. This requires aggressive investment in renewable production.

However, that's unlikely to happen, as energy consumption is increasing, especially as vehicles across the globe abandon oil-based fuel for electricity from the grid.

The largest hurdle to nuclear power is simply regulatory. We could have nuclear plants built by 2030 with a ~30+ year life that would guarantee us the ability to fully phase out fossil fuels in favor of renewables by 2050 even as demand increases.

Why do they care if it does? Creators get paid on a per-gold basis, which means people are paying reddit in the first place for gold. Whether bought gold is spent on bots or human users is probably entirely immaterial to the Admins. Reddit sees engagement and (ideally) spending go up.

Reddit could crack down on bots if they want to. It's almost entirely a separate issue. Adding money likely isn't going to change much since obviously bot farms already have a profit motive to spam reddit and the payouts aren't huge.

Because in 2016 it was a huge deal when they introduced a $5 monthly subscription for a few perks.

Now a $500 subscription triggers about the same level of response because we've all been worn down by subscription fatigue so much, so no one is really surprised, but we feel like we should still be really indignant and mad about this.

I'm kind of surprised that not a single state has yet.

Like the states that legalized weed have made a bonkers amount of tax money while the others continue to lose out to other states or the black market. And oh look, suddenly way less drug crime.

Legalize it, regulate it, then tax it. The Netherlands figured it out. Kind of surprised Nevada hasn't taken their shot. A state could legalize it and watch their tourist and tax revenues skyrocket while likely lowering human trafficking to boot.

There's nothing more capitalist than pushing coal and oil.

And any rational green energy advocate knows it'll take us decades to build enough solar/wind to fill the fossil fuels gap, but would only take us a couple years to fill that demand with nuclear and also produce fewer emissions. That's simple numbers.

So are you just irrational or a coal-snorting capitalist yourself?

Earlier this year a bunch of people got stuck on a 4 hour Amtrak ride for like 18+ hours, without power, toilets or water. Were told they couldn't leave and not allowed/able to transfer to another train.

I'd rather just die in an incredibly rare plane crash than trust AmTrak to get me across the country in days versus a flight which can get me there in hours.

Glad I fly Delta, even with the typically higher cost.

It's not like a Rolling Stone journalist went and asked. Journalists have these things called "sources":

While Trump publicly professes confidence, privately, three sources familiar with his comments say, he’s been asking lawyers and other people close to him what a prison sentence would look like for a former American president.

This is a valid way to camouflage rocket artillery that was seen in Iraq by US armed forces.

It won't stop the US and S. Korea from also just bombing every garbage truck if it comes to it, but we then waste a ton of bombs on harmless garbage trucks trying to hit ~100 rocket trucks.

It's a good idea.

Drugs are patented, not copyrighted, and handled by the US Patent Office. This is a decision by the US Copyright Office.

Not the same thing, and I would not be surprised if the Patent Office decides drugs designed in part with AI tools can still be patented, while the Copyright Office decides art cannot be copyrighted.

I'm tired of restaurants basically wafting a Carolina Reaper over their salsas or sauces and advertising their barely-jalapeno-grade garbage as being particularly spicy. One drop of extract in a bulk batch of sauce for a restaurant does not make it spicy, but it certainly lets vanilla consumers with no real tolerance feel like they're able to take actual heat from real peppers.

I love spicy food and I've done the One Chip Challenge just for the thrill, but it's not really done as a "food" any more than skydiving is done for transportation. It arguably shouldn't be sold to minors, but it's actually hot, not just marketing, and arguably is more responsible for creating the trend in the first place than jumping on the bandwagon later. The Challenge has been sold for a long time.

The chip has been safe to eat for millions of people for years.

Capsaicin consumed orally isn't fatal. This kid probably has some other underlying health problems he was simply not aware of, but it's not like it's an inherently lethal product. If a kid with an unknown peanut allergy eats and dies from a Snickers, it's not like Snickers are actually a lethal food.

It does say it's intended for adults only, but that's hardly ever stopped teenagers from doing anything ever. It's probably good they pulled it temporarily, but the real answer here is probably simply "Don't sell this to minors."

Yeah, as a heavy Google user I would use this if I had a reason to use a VPN. Google is scraping all my information anyway from my Android phone, my Google searches, and G-Mail, Maps, etc. They're not going to gain any additional information about me from usage of a VPN.

This is probably true for anyone using Google One.

If I had an iPhone or used DuckDuckGo or Firefox was taking other security measures, it's probably pointless, but I've just gone all in on only Google have any of my data.

Best way to sell a browser and software services built on privacy is to do a lot of consumer reports emphasizing the value of privacy.

Depends on the OEM, but generally late-2010s is when it became more ubiquitous.

Any car with an infotainment system is probably a "risk," but especially '20s cars with features tied to apps are the real vulnerability here.

On both the standard web page and through Sync, it shows the article text. But on any format, you can click the little link and it will take you to the full article.

And I'm sorry dude, but it's the internet. If you feel called out over little criticism of your unwillingness to read an article before commenting, that's a you problem. It's hardly "vitriolic." We can and should try and make Lemmy better.

Since when is it liberal to be opposed to Russia? It's been a conservative Western policy since the Cold War.

You said "directly responsible," which means all or most of the blame in a given situation. No one uses American English to claim something is directly responsible but not also majority responsible.

Also, I never even actually said that you claimed the US was solely responsible. I just said Russia was solely responsible, because they chose to invade. If you're conceding you meant the US is solely responsible though and are walking back that inane argument, understood, but maybe just stop licking Putin's boot and go read a history book for fucks sake.

No, they also used a lot of wood.

But doesn't change the fact the concrete is good concrete. Better much of ours.

Yeah, I just assume the Ohio SC assumed if they drew their own maps they would be immediately challenged and have it go to Federal, and didn't want to risk their decision being overturned or something.

Either way, as a Michigander, I'm actually rooting for you guys. Our newly created commission made maps for last election and it was nice that the votes actually mattered this time.

I like that on Lemmy, you now don't even have to click the link to actually read the article, and people still don't do even that before making a stupid comment that is addressed by the article.