"America gets one-fifth of its power from nuclear power plants. Nuclear is far and away the cheapest and most reliable alternative to carbon-emitting coal. Yet we all know that nuclear energy carries one great big negative: the problem of nuclear waste, the radioactive residue from enriched uranium."
- Dave Hodson
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A must read post about nuclear power - think hard people!
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Today, a developer can run more experiments and achieve results much faster than before. If something does not work in a particular environment, the developer can drop that idea, click a few buttons, dispose all of his infrastructure and move on to the next experiment
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Not sure if how widely this concept is understood. Will be a huge trend in the future (if it isn't already)
- Dave Hodson
Watched the first 5 episodes of Weeds, Season 4. Soooooo wrong, but sooooo funny
"In September, Armstrong emerged from three and a half years of retirement, announcing that he would try to win his eighth Tour de France, a race that begins Saturday in Monaco. Aside from the winner’s trophy for the Nevada City Classic — his first win since the 2005 Tour — little has gone as expected for Armstrong in the reprise of his career."
- Dave Hodson
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Gazelle.com says they'll pay me $141 for my old iPhone. Should I do it?
"Palo Alto resident Hal Plotkin, vice president of the Foothill-De Anza Community College District Board of Trustees, is to resign July 7 to become a senior policy adviser in the U.S. Department of Education, the district has announced"
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