Just because it’s safe doesn’t mean it’s the best we have right now.

• It’s massively expensive to set up
• It’s massively expensive to decommission at end of life
• Almost half of the fuel you need to run them comes from a country dangerously close to Russia. (This one is slightly less of a thing now that Russia has bogged itself down in Ukraine)
• It takes a long time to set up.
• It has an image problem.

A combination of solar, wind, wave, tidal, more traditional hydro and geothermal (most of the cost with this is digging the holes. We’ve got a lot of deep old mines that can be repurposed) can easily be built to over capacity and or alongside adequate storage is the best solution in the here and now.

Yes, but apple will market them better so people will think it’s new .

Peer review

https://youtu.be/fUspLVStPbk

I’ve not watched either, but this is probably the relevant extract from the wall of text that the UK gov put up.

If consumers are led to believe that a game will remain playable indefinitely for certain systems, despite the end of physical support, the CPRs may require that the game remains technically feasible (for example, available offline) to play under those circumstances.

I think you’re thinking of the humane AI pin.

{edit, I have no idea why the Lemmy algorithm decided to put this on my front page today}

I think that big difference is for low paid workers, rather than higher flyers.

Comparing a store assistant position between Lidl USA and Lidl UK.

Lidl USA

• Starting pay $16.00 per hour
• Up to 20 days of Paid Time Off (PTO) to use for sickness or vacation, plus 6 paid holidays annually

Lidl UK

• Starting pay £12 (current exchange rate $15.21)
• 30 days holiday (increasing to 35 after 5 years service)
• 10 days sick.