Tens of thousands of radioactive fuel fragments escaped from the Dounreay plant between 1963 and 1984, polluting local beaches, the coastline and the seabed. Fishing has been banned within a two-kilometre radius of the plant since 1997.

Since 2008, over 2,300 radioactive particles have been recovered from the seabed, with 351 removed by a remotely operated underwater vehicle this summer.

The most radioactive of the particles are regarded by experts as potentially lethal if ingested. Similar in size to grains of sand, they contain caesium-137, which has a half-life of 30 years, but they can also incorporate traces of plutonium-239, which has a half-life of over 24,000 years…

The plant’s operator at the time, the UK Atomic Energy Authority, was fined £140,000.

Oh that’ll teach em.

I still think we should replace much of our fossil-fuel energy with nuclear, but let’s never call it “green.” Energy comes at an extremely high cost. This kind of thing makes it hard to advocate for nuclear (although I think we have safer methods now).

Georgia and Moldova.

I’m curious about what this had said.

So it’s like he’s been vaccinated.

there is a bubble of “USA” around him.

I like this visual. It’s like a force field.

That’s really amazing. Their joke article was hilarious even as a joke. But the fact that they really bought it is beautiful.

I thought that was a joke. But regular news sites are running the story. So maybe it’s real?

My “primitive motivations” are on full display, not covered at all. The “primitive motivation” is to show your kid how to not let people walk all over you.

You absolutely should not be a third wheel for the adulterous ex and her cheating-partner guy.

I never said anything about teaching lessons to the ex. You brought that idea in from nowhere.

100%. At best it’s extremely disrespectful. At worst it’s a petty power play. And you don’t want to teach your child to allow themselves to be treated that way.

Ok. I just read the wiki and it’s interesting. What’s a good resource for learning deeper about ECS?

No. I actually think it sets a bad example for the kid. Your wife is allowed to leave you and be with somebody else. But she’s wretchedly petty to transform you into a third wheel in front of your child. Your kid should see that you’re above that. Just like your kid needs to see that you can still get along with the mother.

I forgive them. English is a complex beast.

Would you make a game with functional programming? Or anything with a GUI?

You’re not stuck with it Anon. You can use something different!

I like how straight-forward the syntax is. And it also seems orderly to have everything be a class. There’s a system to it.

I’m using C++ for a project now and I like it in a similar way, but there’s more freedom (everything doesn’t HAVE to be a class). So with C++ I’ll never go back to Java (unless it’s for a job).

It sure do.

Teams is the name of the application, singular.

Teams *are the name of the application, singular.

Microsoft Teams *are dogshit.

I’ve been doing it wrong!

I go back and forth between reading novels and difficult non-fiction books. Also, I read in the morning with coffee and in the evening with non-caffeinated tea.

When I fall out of my reading habit, I restart it by reading a page-turner. Stephen King, Neal Stephenson, whoever.

When reading a difficult book (philosophy) I treat it like a serious undertaking, something I might not be ready for. I have a dictionary nearby. I’m here to learn, to struggle. And it’s like a sport. But an extremely edifying and satisfying sport. It’s like climbing a mountain. Some philosophy books require reading like three other philosophy books first. These are geniuses talking to each other, and I just get to watch.

And when I’m done with a difficult book, I follow it up with a page-turner. Alastair Reynolds, some comedy novel, or whatever.

I never read a book “just because it’s a classic.” That’s no fun. There has to be something about the book that makes me want to read it.

And I try not to read multiple books at the same time. I’m currently breaking that rule.

Edit:

Also, find your niche. I never feel guilty about not reading. I just love all the experiences and ideas I get from books. You do it for the love of it. So find the kind of book you love. History (of Europe, of technology, of whatever), spy novels, whatever!