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  • I think you misread my post. Im not defending fosstodon or carrotcypher, I was asking for more clarity about the issues.

    Reading up on him in the linked posts, he looks like a big piece of shit that shouldn’t be moderating a large mastodon instance. It’s clear he abuses his power there and on the 50 communities here on lemmy he mods to silence discussion that doesn’t align with his views.

    You opting to “not look into them” is the same stance as the Fosstodon admins, and honestly, not a good choice.







  • This is the world’s largest thorium reactor. There have been other experimental ideas, but not many operational ones. The next largest operational Thorium reactor I can find is called kamini in India, which is 30kw. For scale, China’s reactor is 2000kw.

    3Okw is a toy. That would power maybe 10 US homes. 2000kw? That’s more like 600 homes. Small, but usable. Fits the SMR niche well, actually. Making 1/1000th of the radioactive waste and basically no weapons grade materials locks in there too.

    The article makes it very clear its running continuously, which is what they are celebrating. They have successfully refueled it while operating, which is a huge part of the “continuous.”

    The article is all of 6 paragraphs. It’s not a difficult read.










  • Glad to see you already picked it up. I read it in “one sitting” over the a couple of months at a slow job. The start was painful, but added really good context to her character.

    I cant speak to a Coil like villain that isn’t Coil in the books, but if you are were I think you are, there are many “cold blooded and amazing actions by an anti-hero, villain or hero with a plan” instances left in the book, many of them major plot points.

    I cant say anymore without major spoilers, but if the above is your criteria, the books have some pleasant surprises for you if you finish them.


  • You might enjoy the web novels Worm. The main protagonist is basically exactly the above, an antihero by necessity with an “evil” power. The book in general lends itself to grey morality, even for the heroes. The actual villains? Actual evil. The author likes to imagine unorthodox super powers and really makes the characters with them really sing.

    Be warned though, it’s a web novel that is literally something like “normal” 20 books long. Besides a rare lurch or two, it’s also a surprisingly very good 20 novels.