Thursday, November 14, 2024

Tuesday, November 12, 2024

Meme Dump...





 

U-Turn

Looks like Rubio's investment in the good kneepads has finally paid dividends.

Gotta wonder if Don's gonna slip up and refer to his Secretary of State as "Widdle Marco" in a tweet out of sheer force of habit?

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Monday, November 11, 2024

Monday Meme Delivery




Know Nukes

With all the data center construction that's accompanied the AI... boom? bubble? ...the demand for power is off the charts and this is leading to talk, wild speculation, and outright misinformation about nuclear power and potential reactor construction.

Here's a dude who knows something about the topic talking about small modular reactors:
Tech giants are signing deals with nuclear power companies to supply energy to their data centers. Many of these deals revolve around unproven Small Modular Reactors (SMRs). This is a relatively new term for most people, so I figured it as worth it to dig in a little to help it make sense.

First to get the hysteria out of the way. No, Microsoft and Google will NOT be running nuclear reactors. No, AI will not be running nuclear reactors. These SMRs will be operated by highly trained operators licensed by the NRC, just like I was on my reactor. Every licensed operator is personally responsible for ensuring nuclear safety. Like go to prison personally responsible. It doesn’t matter who’s name is on the front gate.

Go thou and RTWT.

And remember, any talk about running a technological civilization on clean power that doesn't involve nukes is fundamentally unserious.

Armistice Day

On the eleventh hour
Of the eleventh day
Of the eleventh month
The guns fell silent



Sunday, November 10, 2024

Automotif DLXVIII...


This 1970 Chevelle SS looks like it's down to party. It sounds like it, too.

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Happy Birthday, USMC!

Did you remember to leave cheap whiskey and crayons out for the ghosts of Dan Daley, Smedley Butler, and Chesty Puller last night?

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Processing

"Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you." -Satchel Paige

Yesterday was the Monumental Marathon here in Indianapolis. Like last year, I pedaled my bicycle up to the intersection of 58th Street and College Avenue, which is the closest good vantage point. (And it is a good one! The runners are coming right at you as the course heads east on 58th before turning north on College.)

This year I shot the race with the Oly E-M1X. I had a choice of a fast lens or a long one, and chose the long one. Until the sun started peeping through the clouds, I kept it in aperture priority at ISO 400, shooting in the f/5.6-6.3 range. It left me wanting a fast, long lens.

Still culling through the images, hoping for a real winner or two.

Here are the runners headed north on College Avenue.


Friday, November 08, 2024