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a111: Logged on 2018-06-11 16:18 asciilifeform: one of these was '
reactor control' , with realistic constants, you had to ramp up
reactor, control the
rods and the sodium pump etc, object was to get max power but avoid meltdown
a111: Logged on 2016-07-06 19:30 asciilifeform: last i recall, they fitted 'general electric' fuel
rods to the 1 remaining sov
reactor, it is a pop waiting to happen
a111: Logged on 2017-12-27 00:06 asciilifeform: let's say every homo redditus alive -- suddenly interested. then WHAT? what's gained, other than a great mass of meat that now gotta be put somewhere far from the
reactor rods ben_vulpes: what is this automating of the mental
reactor rods!?
mircea_popescu: at which point hte poison suddenly runs out, and now you have a critical
reactor and not enough time to moderate it (because those
rods take time to move, being mechanical in nature).