Founded in 2013, Helion is in the news thanks to a $425 million funding round, backed by billionaires like Sam Altman and Peter Thiel.
We need to ask Elon if they really have the money.
There were over 40 fusion start-ups as of a year ago, with total funding >$7 billion. One of them might eventually succeed. Idk if there’s really any reason to bet on these guys over everybody else.
Ive revised my estimate from “no chance” to, “oh dear god, please let them fail”
Kinda what I figured but I’m both interested and have no idea how in the world to judge that kind of thing.
I’m at the point of hopelessness for humanity that I think it would be bad for a lot of us because the monetary benefits would get hoarded by small group of people and l, despite having limitless energy, they would use that economic advantage to make their lives better at everyone’s expense. Or there would be some massive wars.
Just the fact that they are not sharing results of their latest reactor puts them very much in the not going to happen anytime soon category. And with anytime soon I mean 30 years. The gap from having fusion for a short time to having fusion that produces enough extra energy to power a small village is huge.
I just don’t think there would be that much of a market for virtual power plants and distributed resources when there is a whole bunch of generation, but you’re probably right and we’d find a way to fuck it up and makes things worse.
I know nobody cares but braums still only taking indoor cash orders a full day later.
DRC (congo) has ebola strain with 90% fatal rate while one city is currently being taken over by rebels.
usually a virus that bad doesn’t spread globally but uh, not good
well deevers isn’t going to see a beaver so neither will the rest of oklahoma
(he’s an oklahoma state senator who proposes a bill to ban let’s just call it corn and imprison corn producers)
Internet says they got hacked. Wonder if doing orders through the drive through is inconvenient since they probably use computers to send it up front?
https://www.reddit.com/r/okc/comments/1iclmc7/do_anyone_know_what_going_on_with_braums/
Depends on how savory you’re talking. My local place always has flavor that sure sounds savory based on the description, but probably barely qualifies.
I’ve seen what appear to be legit savory ice creams on those competitive cooking shows where pros have to throw something together in an hour or whatever. I was at a restaurant that had something like that on the menu once, but I didn’t get it.
My google news feed had this article today:
i’ve seen like 50 sci fi movies that start this way and they all end badly for mankind
There’s a place in Bar Harbor, Maine that does lobster ice cream. It’s actually pretty good, just a feint lobster taste with butter pecan. The chunks of lobster are fairly large though, I think your brain is tricked into thinking it’s fruit.
Was what I was thinking after it went 24 hours. Thanks for the info.
Seems like seafood fraud has been an issue for a while. I have seen lots of reports of fish not being what they are supposed to be as well.
And I apologize that the story incorrectly refers to the Gulf of America as the Gulf of Mexico.
According to the sub forum it’s a Kroger thing to mistakenly overpay people and then come after them months or years later.
Pretty sure I would go to my grave before I sent them that money.
