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@lemmy.worldThe headline should read:
Despite best efforts and all odds, ISPs find themselves on the right side of history.
Those now saying 5 to 10 years are VC backed startups.
It's scientists and engineers saying it, it may also be VCs, but 5-10 is the official line from engineers.
The bottom line is this, maybe one of these startups or smaller reactor designs will work, you never know. But at the end of the day, ITER is scheduled to be completed in 2034, and at that scale, it will be net energy positive, there's no doubt.
As a parent I say this about my kids all the time.
"And then he threw a tantrum because it was time to go, you know the exact thing I warned him about 5 minutes prior, and 15 minutes before that. Sorry, not sorry."
Honestly, I think we're getting really very close! We've been in this cycle of eternally "30 years away". These days we're in a cycle of "5-10 years away". That sounds like a joke, but we really are closing in.
Now that said, while we can eventually get fusion to work, it will absolutely not solve all of our energy problems. Once it's actually possible, it will still be the most expensive source of energy available. Which means once we can do it, we won't actually want to do it.
Heh, well I can make it worse, prepare to be judged!
Soda is for suckers. It's just extremely overpriced sugar water and it's basically a direct route to diabetes town. Also enjoy all the extra dental work you'll require.
Weirdly, I'm not against alcohol. While drinking a lot isn't a great idea either, I do understand the appeal of alcohol. I still try not to buy it in bars or restaurants though, the 5x mark up has always felt unreasonable.
Uh... If you insist, then four space indent. There is no "two space" indent.
But just use tab. Ugh... Monsters...
I've got a couple of 23 year old homeless people living with me now. They just need a couple months to find a place for themselves, that's what they said a year and a half ago when they moved in. I'm trying to help them out, but they really can't stay here forever.
Also one of them is my daughter.
Hospitals are practically faraday cages, it can be hard to get a signal in large hospitals.
But a text message that amounts to just a few bits can usually sneak through without much delay.
Let me know when the governor develops a technology to crack down on deepfakes. Using legislation to address the problem is... adorable.