Honestly yes! I made a strong bold statement its only fair to ask for references.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDUvCLAp0uU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8x_E1pMSHE

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/mrs-bulletin/article/abs/glassceramics-for-nuclearwaste-immobilization/6C69A3D12C516F1B98DE91A9675F9411

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/mrs-bulletin/article/abs/studies-of-ancient-glass-and-their-application-to-nuclearwaste-management/B11A67361CE124E7A8A84415545A112A

https://www.lyellcollection.org/doi/abs/10.1144/GSL.SP.2004.236.01.04

https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/sgt/gt/2000/00000041/00000006/4106186

So here are a few general video’s along with a few interesting papers regarding storing HLW as/in glass-ceramics. The academic research and discussion of this immobilization methods is very robust so lots of stuff you can read on that subject.

BUT we dont have to store Fission HLW if we reprocess it and run it in conjunction with other reactor types like LIFTR. Much of the remaining waste produced in currently operating reactors is still mostly unused and at most 5-10% of the total material is used up. We can pass that through a breeder reactor and convert U238 to P239 which turns “useless” naturally occurring non fissile uranium into fissile plutonium.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutonium-239

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzQ3gFRj0Bc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaC2pvDMPc0&t=603s

So, my point is that assuming we keep using low enrichment uranium to power current BWR/PWR reactors we have an existing solution for the waste (which if ALL of the worlds HLW was combined would not even fill a professional stadium) that easily takes care of all the waste created since we started production.

BUT all that waste is actually fuel if we recycle/reprocess it and we can burn up another large percentage of that waste and its remaining elements are generally shorter lived forms of waste.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0301421510007263

That is simply not true, storage is a solved problem, and the reason for not having locations is a political problem. NIMBY (Not in my back yard) keeps the world from having permanent storage locations, not science.

You forgot all the heavy metals too! Lots of brutal heavy metals in coal emissions and waste, which we dont get even in low level fission waste.

When I realized that what I want to do and enjoy in life has nothing to do with my career.

Work is work an and if you’re lucky maybe you get a job with a good team for good company. Maybe your job is even social positive an the that’s even better but it’s still a job not a calling so perfect it’s purely subjective.

Yes, but no…

For a basic user, who does not expect to be doing anything special beyond opening existing programs, or using programs downloaded from the package-manager its possible to never touch terminal.

I have two kids who daily drive Manjaro based light gaming PC’s, they never touch the terminal, but they also dont administer their systems, I do.

I do use the terminal, frequently for updates, and some specialized tasks like minecraft mods which require unpacking files and sometimes fixing permissions.

So my TLDR, is that its possible to be a USER without touching the terminal, but I dont think its possible to be an administrator without.

o man this hurts.

I will never suggest any form of equivalency because there simply is not one. The republican party is clearly a bad actor and comparing the democrats and suggesting they are in some way an equal evil is a ludicrous fallacy.

But that does not mean that voting democrat is an imperative, nor that they become a valid choice because the “others” are invalid.

The bulk of my voting power comes from republican primaries where I can have an outsized impact on which evil will get the chance to run, but beyond that my votes count for nothing.

My point is simply that if the democrats actually cared about making a difference, they would not prop up dead candidates, they would not bend over backwards to help move the goal posts for the republicans. What they could really do is change the laws around how we vote, create automatic registration, make election days mandatory holidays with mandatory time off to vote, pass laws around campaign fiance and transparency. But they wont, because the same tools help them “win” and have power.

Just look at Trudeau, who ran on a platform of voting reform in Canada, the second he had control he dropped that promise like it was radioactive. Why voluntarily break the system that put him and his party into power… It clearly worked for them before. Same logic applies to the dem’s in the US. They wont change the system, even while its being broken, because they still think it gives them a shot at power. We dont need power, we need actual population based representation and robust protection from corporate ownership of our government.

Not even close but that still does not mean I have a valid choice.

What am I supposed to do then. I tried voting progressive and Democrat, I tried organizing, I tried donating and fund raising, I tried at the local level.

And every step of the way the Democrats have gone out of their way to help move the goal posts to the point that my choices for a school board member we’re someone openly racist or someone who is openly sexist.

For president I get genocide or fascism… Gee really motivating me there folks.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.grimdev.grimquest

They are out there but I struggle to find good ones.

That’s normally how it goes Bill Lee doesn’t make any stupid decision until checking in with DeSantis and Abbott.

Nope just quality use of Tennessee tax payers money.

They are still selling literal boat loads of Oil, just not as much to Europe.

And highly processed foods?

It does bother me, but its also something I cannot control. I try to remind myself in situations like that, that I am only responsible for my own experience.

I cant control other people, but I can decide how I want to intemperate what has happened. I could choose to be mad, or hurt, or inconvenienced. Or, I can choose to pause, focus on my breathing, be mindful of myself and where I am putting my emotional energy.

Being angry, and hurt is easy start but actually requires lots of energy to maintain. I dont really want to spend all my time and energy on things that are now in the past and I cannot change, so I try to change what IS in my control, and if I can I try to support the people I depend on so they can be there when I need them.

it all sounds very woowoo and when your mad probably impossible, but like everything it requires practice. Start by stepping back, closing your eyes, breathing in and out slowly, then after like 15-30 seconds when you can engage your rational brain talk yourself through it. What could I have done differently, if it was not in my control then why am I choosing to intemperate it as malice or inconvenience? Can I or should I do anything different next time?

Do something like this any time your feeling this way and it will become a tool that you can start to depend on, and something you do control!

no, why would anyone save a 40 year old computer and keep it in working condition in their office…

no more or no less than the mass of the earth changes and our relative speed changes.

Could our day/night duration change, well that is totally different than Time changing.

I have an older 1970s house that has a similar problem more so since climate change has been increasing the amount of water dropped in a storm.

The actual best thing is it get out the shovel and start digging. Installing a French drain and plumbing my gutter spouts and moving that out flow 15 feet away from the house fixed all my water issues.

And while I was putting back the soil I ran new landscaping fabric to reduce weeds as well as to grade the 4 feet of surface next to the house.

College is 4 years and then you live your life for the next 40+. So what if you don’t pass every class.

Blow stuff up learn something from it even if it’s just that you didn’t like or find something interesting and move on to the next thing.

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