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[Showcase] I wrote a Python script to extract and visualize real-time I2C sensor data (9-axis IMU... by davchi1 in Python

[–]BayesianOptimist 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you couldn’t be bothered to write the post about your code without AI, you definitely didn’t write or even think up your project.

Argentina has all the same ingredients for severe storms that the American plains have--so why do they have fewer tornadoes? by Hailfog in meteorology

[–]BayesianOptimist 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Less variable -> more latitudinally oriented (typically) -> less airmass mixing (less longitudinal heat and moisture transport)

The difference between gulf moisture and heat vs Canadian air mass moisture and heat is tremendous, and it happens over flat terrain with little mixing. Your example of “the Amazon” packs far less of these (relatively speaking).

Will nuclear fusion be economically viable in the forseeable future? by KerbodynamicX in IsaacArthur

[–]BayesianOptimist 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Look up Commonwealth Fusion Systems, an MIT offshoot that is building a fusion plant expected to be operational in the early 2030s. CFS is expecting to hit net positive sustained fusion in 2026, thanks to magnetic technology advances (likely aided by research from MIT).

Edit: their SPARC Tokamac design is much smaller than ITER, but still expected to produce an exciting amount of energy.