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Houba
@houba@spore.social
"The will to change begins in the body, not in the mind." - Adrienne Rich
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@LovesTha @notjustbikes
I don't think he is talking about the 90s
I feel this may be 2023-5 estimates.
This paper estimates solar at $45/MWh for large scale solar. I don't know where Thomas gets the nuclear figure from.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/372355663_Electricity_Generation_Costs_by_Technology
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"The will to change begins in the body, not in the mind." - Adrienne Rich
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@LovesTha @notjustbikes
If I remember the figures from Thomas, it was a while since I listened to it, the cost of nuclear excluding build, disposal, and decommissioning is about $170 /MWh where solar is about $40 /MWh inclusive. *I will probably listen to it again today and correct later.*
He describes it as "the most expensive way to boil water."
*I edited from what Thomas said in the recording, I had guessed too low on nuclear and too high on solar.*
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"The will to change begins in the body, not in the mind." - Adrienne Rich
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@notjustbikes @LovesTha
There was and interesting conversation between Robert Scheer and Thomas Bass (who wrote a book on Fukshima)
I have not fully investigated the assertions from Thomas, but he posits that nuclear was never viable, it was only ever a subsidy to enable weapons, there are obviously other positive and negative outcomes from nuclear, but this seems credible from my cursory understanding.
https://podcasts.captivate.fm/media/8b142d79-e9a0-474f-a9b0-42ea71256169/bob-and-bass-june-26-2026.mp3
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"The will to change begins in the body, not in the mind." - Adrienne Rich
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@Brad_Rosenheim @noondlyt
I didn't know it still existed, IIRC nextdoor was set up as a front for a newspaper coalition to farm for stories. Probably not surprising they remove stuff like this.
Nice work though.
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"The will to change begins in the body, not in the mind." - Adrienne Rich
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@MicroSFF
What would a genie do if you don't make a wish? Would they just hang around?
It's not like they have much to do. Do they just lay dormant in the lamp till someone rubs it?
Maybe they have whole other life in the lamp and randomly get pulled out while boiling pasta, that could be a problem.
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"The will to change begins in the body, not in the mind." - Adrienne Rich
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@smallcircles
There was an interesting talk by the economist Mark Blyth on Politics of grievance, I don't agree with everything he says, but this conversation reminded me of it.
https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=fLWhiugHkbQ
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"The will to change begins in the body, not in the mind." - Adrienne Rich
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@smallcircles
I not a fan of the "Ask not what you can do for the commons, but what the commons can do for you." I see more of a balance than in thinking like this, we should be doing both.
There is also fundamental differences between community motivations and individual ones.
I agree that the understanding and trust building is key, that is a long and involved process - including strategising and building shared understanding - and recognising that this never ends is also important.
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"The will to change begins in the body, not in the mind." - Adrienne Rich
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@smallcircles
On the same note, it is interesting stuff, thanks for the response.
Don't take the criticism as hostility, everyone here is working in their own way to what could be a better place, and I'm not so hubristic to believe I could not be wrong.
With care and peace.
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"The will to change begins in the body, not in the mind." - Adrienne Rich
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@smallcircles
The Chaordic stuff looks sound, but could just as easily be a method of cartel building as is the case for VISA.
However the Hedonic stuff is highly questionable, and "self-interest is basis for participation." Along with being incompatible with the Chaordic development proposed, it would open the door wide for capitalist tendencies to run wild in any organisation.
Have a look at Albert Hirshman's The Passions and the Interests, to see the perniciousness of this idea.
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@smallcircles
I have had endless 'discussions' in non-tech related orgs using big tech for office related tasks, and I have consistently lost the arguments, mostly due to some type is 'convenience' position, even after implementing FOSS solution which have been successful in the orgs.
My personal opinion on licensing is release everything under non-commercial, no profit can be extracted from the use of the tool. cut capitalists out entirely. I don't know if this makes a diff though.
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"The will to change begins in the body, not in the mind." - Adrienne Rich
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@smallcircles
The license doesn't offer anything IMHO, the people who want to use tools will do regardless, taking it to a base example: Do we lock the tools away or teach people to use them with respect?
beside ethics training some type of enforcement may be required for bad actors, then some level of power is needed to do that, one of the things I see in tech is the lack of collective power, but this is a larger societal problem than just FOSS communities.
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"The will to change begins in the body, not in the mind." - Adrienne Rich
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Anyone proposing that you should use AI in your job.
Consider what it would look like if the AI was a person. You get them to do something for you, you then correct them. Whether they know it or not, they are getting you to train your replacement.
Now if you think of this person as capital of a heavily indebted corporation. It will end up screwing you our of a job and screwing your employer out of money.
On top of that, this thing has no understanding of your job, it will probably fail.
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"The will to change begins in the body, not in the mind." - Adrienne Rich
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"We need to be clear. The west has no lessons to teach other powers and countries in the world when it comes to democracy and human rights."
Spot on!
Clara Mattei speaks with Hamza Hamouchene, North Africa Programme Coordinator at the Transnational Institute and editor of Dismantling Green Colonialism.
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@cstross@wandering.shop @Remittancegirl@mstdn.social
I think the people who are getting murdered in the footage, are receiving significantly more harm.
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