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New comment by crypttales in "Dostoyevsky isn't difficult"

crypttales — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 02:31:16 +0000

I know the feeling. Reading Don Quixote in English would be cheating.

Then again, so would reading Shakespeare in Spanish - even though I'm more comfortable reading in eng, I'm better in Spanish than i am 500 year old English

New comment by crypttales in "Dostoyevsky isn't difficult"

crypttales — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 02:28:16 +0000

Karamazov is amazing.

But if you're 600 pages in and it's a slog you might have lost the train of thought of the novel.

It is a lot to keep in your head!

New comment by crypttales in "Canada plans 'nuclear renaissance' with up to 10 reactors built by 2040"

crypttales — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 22:11:57 +0000

Well those online refueling channels look mighty interesting don't they?

New comment by crypttales in "Canada plans 'nuclear renaissance' with up to 10 reactors built by 2040"

crypttales — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 22:10:50 +0000

If there's something Canada has in excess it's water and storage space.

New comment by crypttales in "Canada plans 'nuclear renaissance' with up to 10 reactors built by 2040"

crypttales — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 22:09:33 +0000

Because the Candu is insanely expensive.

New comment by crypttales in "Canada plans 'nuclear renaissance' with up to 10 reactors built by 2040"

crypttales — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 22:08:46 +0000

"A well respected and safe nuclear design in CANDU"

A very expensive to build with lower utilization rates than PWRs despite online refueling. A solution AECL has been trying to move away from for the last thirty years.

And that online refueling? Looks a lot like a weapons grade Pu pipeline.

New comment by crypttales in "Surprising economics of load-balanced systems"

crypttales — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 22:28:56 +0000

Of course, this assumes independent events. World Cup, super bowls, etc break these assumptions.

Still, queuing theory is so cool.