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Microsoft and Helion want to build the world’s first fusion plant and seize energy’s ‘Holy Grail’

GeekWire

“If commercial fusion energy becomes available by the end of this decade, it could ease all the various possible pathways to [carbon] net-zero by 2050.” The expectation is that any technical difficulties will be overcome and Polaris will produce net electricity, demonstrating the viability of Helion’s commercial product.

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Why a “room-temperature superconductor” would be a huge deal

Vox

But the science of why it matters is, by comparison, relatively simple. The ability of these systems to instantaneously release a huge amount of power makes them useful as a backup in cases where there’s a sudden loss of power from more ordinary sources. If it didn’t need to overcome that hurdle, more would be possible.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: EP 69 Self-Healing Operating Systems

ForAllSecure

Rather than restoring from a backup the entire operating system, which gets you everything up until the moment of that last backup, then you still have to add in what’s missing. Not restore from a backup, because other parts of your system may be doing other things. When was the backup made? CODEN: Exactly.

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Twitter is reinventing itself

The Verge

People are making that comparison very directly. I wouldn’t say that it was a net accelerant by any means. It’s been a taxing time for everyone, so I don’t think it was a net accelerant. If I made the comparison to Wikipedia, would that be directionally correct? But I’m looking at something like Spaces, for example.

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24 things we think will happen in 2024

Vox

According to Morning Consult’s weekly approval ratings of more than 20 democratic leaders, Modi’s net approval was a sky-high +60 among Indian voters as of late November, twice as high as the next most popular leader. is ultra-progressive by comparison, and it’s adorable beagles, rather than food animals, that are at the heart of the case.

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