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jemadduxon Why nuclear fusion yields more energy than fission

This is surprising to me. I would have thought the energy output per ton would be way higher. Do you have a source that explains why it is so low?

jemadduxon SpaceX Is Raising $500M at a $30.5B Valuation

https://everydayastronaut.com/prelaunch-previews/ will give you the countdowns to the launches. No links to previews though.

jemadduxon Neo – Desired Word Processor for Authors

That looks awesome. Double points for syncs with scrivener. Thanks

jemadduxon Let Consumers Sue Companies

Those are just the costs for you to sue ($5) and potentially what the company will lose ($30). You need to factor in that bringing a court case costs the taxpayer some amount of money as well which is presumably more than $35 to hear the case.

The usual way to deal with a $30 fee that wasn't valid in my experience is request a chargeback on your credit card and dare the company to come get it from you. That works often enough that court isn't really necessary IMO.

jemadduxon When TED Lost Control of Its Crowd

I agree entirely. Great base. Not sure that it scales well.

jemadduxon The Ruby on Rails Tutorial for Rails 4.0 (beta)

My version of rails 4.0 won't work without ruby 2.0 but I'm not complaining. Works like a charm as far as I have tested it.

jemadduxon The Cyprus bail-out: Unfair, short-sighted and self-defeating

My thoughts exactly. How can they justify simply taking deposits?