Heavy water reactors (CANDU in the case of the explanation) don't scale down past a certain point - the water flow ends up with weird dead spots and that affects the reaction and cooling of the fuel rods. Since they don't scale down well enough, they aren't suitable for portable use, such as in submarines.

I'm not sure if it's still the case, but apparently one of the largest sources of nuclear engineers/scientists in the US was the US navy.

This also lead into the story about Jimmy Carter (nuclear sub naval officer at the time) coming to Chalk River in the 50s to help with the NRX meltdown...

https://optimizedbyotto.com/post/reasons-to-stop-using-mysql...

Bees make honey and pollinate - yellowjacket wasps may remove some pests from the environment, but otherwise bring pain and suffering to the unwary.

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I just lump it all under "Evolutionary Computing"...

How big of a threat is it/what impact will it have on business/reputation/etc.?

How likely is it to be exploited and how widely would it be considered useful to the market of threat actors?

It looks like it will probably be used in the "you made these threats and if you follow through, you'll be tried for that _and_ suffer some penalty for breaking the conditions of this order" kind of way...

That said, you won't get much traction in Canada with an argument that free speech includes things like "we should rid ourselves of all [members of some group]".

From: https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/how-righ...

"Even though these freedoms are very important, governments can sometimes limit them. For example, freedom of expression may be limited by laws against hate propaganda or child pornography because they prevent harm to individuals and groups."

So recognizances or peace bonds are issued frequently - even before this act.

"The purpose of a recognizance or peace bond is to prevent serious harm by imposing conditions upon a person, which may restrict their movement or behaviour to reduce the risk of them committing a future offence"

I know of instances where someone has verbally threatened harm on another person - and been subject to this. Generally, the impact is "stay away from the person or face consequences" but can have many additional conditions. Often a recognizance/peace bond is offered as an alterative to actual court proceedings - like a plea deal, but without the burden of a criminal record.

https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/law-crime-and-justice/crim...

https://evolvablehardware.org/

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/2737441_An_Evolved_...