Alphane_Moon

Sorry, my mistake, I meant fusion, not cold fusion.

I was pointing out that the hype around SMRs doesn't seem to match reality. Lot's of VC-style investments and press releases. Very little "SMR were responsible for x GW power output and y total GWh in a given year.

member of a group of wealthy individuals wielding sovereign power

This doesn't seem right. Russian oligarchs do not wield sovereign power, yet they are still oligarchs.

They wield power, but the term sovereign doesn't seem appropriate.

"So we've been working back from silicon advancements and architectural improvements, and I think we have a pretty good idea of what the next version of Steam Deck is going to be, but right now there's no offerings in that landscape, in the SoC [System on a Chip] landscape, that we think would truly be a next-gen performance Steam Deck," Griffais continued

It sounds like what they are aiming for might not be in their alleged sub $1,000 price target.

I understand the economic logic behind the SMR concept (production economies of scale from modularity), but the whole SMR concept is starting to remind me of cold fusion.

Concept seems to have been invented in 2007 as per Wikipedia, but as of 2024 the only known example is in China (why aren't they scaling it?). The floating nuclear power planet example from russia seems to be a different thing, but I am no expert in these matters, so happy to be corrected.

Additionally many project seem to have either unrealistically close target dates or sometime long term dates (that are subject to change by definition).

Believe it or not, but there are externalities to the polemics you are describing.

The ostentatious posturing (I am a tiny minority that is virtuous, everyone else just wants to punish people and doesn't want the law to apply to everyone equally) is pretty ignorant. I've lived in multiple countries across North America, Europe and Asia, it's clear that you haven't thought about this.

It's comically easy to find well known (locally) examples where even the non polemical version of your arguement doesn't hold.

EDIT: I would appreciate a counter argument from people who don't agree. I am genuinely curious, because to me this seems like common sense. And I can provide multiple example from different cultures about why this rhetoric does not sound convincing.

I don't think the reference to "ostentatious posturing" is uncharitable. Just look at the text. This copytext is pretty standard and clearly aimed at self-aggrandization.

Sure, but he is not an oligarch.

I don't think open Android is viable.

It's technically open, but it's structured in a way that it's de facto not open.

I am personally planning to move over to a Linux phone of some sort. Going to keep my A73 for critical apps/use cases and slowly move over to a Linux phone.

In a way, it's good that Google is killing sideloading (in the real sense, where I decide what gets installed, not some hoodlums in Mount View or wherever).

Yes, I am in Europe.

I actually had a Nokia N9 back in the day until I lost it.

Jolla is on my watchlist.

I suspect I will keep my old phone for banking/e-government/work apps.

I really hope there will be some solid development on Linux phones in the coming year.

I will have to drop Android once it's not possible to use F-Droid. This is a red a line for me. In a way it's a good thing, it will help with my goal of dropping Americans services/products.

Literally promoting phrenology.

That's why I said this article was subpar. And I even commented on this in pretty harsh terms:

the regime members are really busy doing their best to make a new metaphorical rope

I don't agree with a lot of what they say, but I don't believe they are malicious, at least to the extent that many American news sources are.

The Economist is generally a pretty good news source, but I thought this article was subpar.

Irrespective of whether this facial evaluation algorithm works or not, as things stand today, it is pointless to discuss its use in the context of meritocracy. A regime founded upon the rejection of personal responsibility, corruption and criminality makes such discussions irrelevant (algorithm or no algorithm).

At the risk of sounding like an accelerationist, I can't get rid of the feeling that the regime members are really busy doing their best to make a new metaphorical rope.