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Nuclear power could more than triple by 2060, UN agency says

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For people that promote one over the other, my answer is always "why not both"?

Areas that are good for nuclear are likely not as good for solar or wind. The latter two are generally more sustainable, but also more temperamental towards environmental conditions for output.

So my thought is, built all three in the locations best suited to whatever, and also build to storage capacity where possible to manage peak/off-peak loads.

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What can India and Indians do to attract more international tourists

One major reason I'd not want to go to India is that there seems to be a significant crowd of Nationalists that would rather deny any issues than face and fix them, and can be quite hostile to anyone that points then out. I don't really care for the "apes" commentary as that seems racist AF, but if tourism is a goal then cleaning up regressive bullshit like caste and gender discrimination (and not conducting assassinations on foreign soil then getting hostile when called on it) would be a good start.

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I mean, I do get it. Some people take on debt as a way to live beyond their means when they could still live a "comfortable" life without the glamour or "keeping up with the Jones". The $80k+ gas guzzling truck bought on credit - that's only used for driving to work and grocery trips - is a good example of this.

But a better way of saying this is "live within your means", but it's becoming increasingly impossible to do this and have a standard of living that's just "decent shelter and healthy food" (or even, "enough food") which should be a bare minimum

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FFmpeg to Google: Fund Us or Stop Sending Bugs

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Not only that they have the money, but Google is actively working to lock down their streaming platform (YouTube) against third-parties and they have basically yanked the rug for their OS platform, while adding requirements for developers to sideload.

Their entire direction is antagonistic and in opposition to the core concepts of FOSS