There’s plenty of insurers not in America…

A nuclear reactor isn’t actually a very complicated machine, in a sense. Put enough nuclear fuel in one place and it gets hot. Then, drive a heat engine with it. Usually one based on steam, although closed-cycle gas turbines, sterling engines and airbreathing jet engines have all been experimented with.

It’s just that you have to keep track of neutron moderation and cross sections, half lives of thousands of isotopes, thermal changes, non-constant demand and the possibility of point failures, all under the condition that you can’t let anything escape. That makes it complicated, but then again each individual part on that list can be learned from open-source materials.

It’s even known what general kinds of reactors are on various military nuclear submarines. For example, the earlier Soviet designs used a liquid lead-bismuth cooled fast neutron design, which is why the Russians have so much polonium, while the modern designs use a pressurised water coolant.

To be clear, the exact designs on military craft are secret for security reasons, but not the theory and general technology. Commercial nuclear boats have long existed, they’re just niche for all the cost, safety and complexity reasons you’d expect.

I’ve heard it suggested that the mass production efficiencies wouldn’t kick in until they’re building hundreds or thousands. That’s pretty typical for manufacturing, and it’s not like we’ve never built a reactor before.

Israel does not need us for anything.

Which is also why they might be snake oil. Similar problems to a full-size modern reactor, but without the savings of scale and not having to ship modules around.

Cool, we’ll finally get to find out if it’s actually even more complicated and expensive than the traditional kind.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_2025_Canadian_federal_election

PQ and NDP are both pretty level for the past few years, which leaves the NDP in a better position now that the Liberals are imploding. Maybe you saw a Quebec poll?

What are the old social-democratic arguments, exactly? As an anglo, it seems funny to me to have a nationalist movement that’s not also traditionalist.

Really? NDP opposition is more in line with the polls right now.

Man, I wish Alberta was more like that. Zombie brand loyalty is frustrating.

On the other hand, it lets me pretend we don’t have FPTP, I guess. There’s less pandering to strategic demographics when there are none.

Lol, then they’ll find out it’s the same shit but worse. Unless they work in tech, I guess. I guarantee virtually none of them are asking to be forcibly kept out - don’t paint that as a benevolent position.

We do need to build more houses, though, and let values chill the hell out (you caught this before I could ninja edit that in).

You know that might be most Canadians in the upcoming election, right? Do you really think to moment you leave Toronto or whatever people become toothless inbreds?

I’m not in this picture at all, by the way. Like the rest of Lemmy I dread PP. Exaggerated stereotypes serve nobody well.

The immigrants would disagree.

The S*n.

If all Americans thought like this, I might support a union too. Unfortunately, you’re outnumbered.

It’s never too early to start collaborating with the occupiers, I guess.

Like, it’s still mostly hypothetical and this guy is putting his hand up to be a Quisling.

The momentum keeps building.

The dumb thing is that there’s literally no way to force him to leave if he just decides not to. I get have an incredibly high standard to force someone out, but nothing?

A actually haven’t been back to Reddit, but that sounds about right.

A good chunk of NIMBYism falls under there too. Middle-class Karen doesn’t want cheap apartments or a homeless shelter anywhere near her, but has no better suggestions. If she wins and you’re one of the people who needs that, it leaves you in a weird Kafkaesque limbo where you’re told you have rights, but you’re not really allowed to exist.

That would be a galaxy brain 4D chess move. And pretty edgy honestly - that’s a lot of damage done just for the sake of political points.

I actually lean towards less-strategic, lower-pragmatism answers for this particular party. They have a reputation for blind partisanship.

You think everyone is on the same page about that? People hate on billionaires all the time, but seem to be way more nuanced about someone who just makes a lot from their actual job. (And mostly ignore or avoid people who make way less)