Comment on Ask HN: What are the signs a piece of technology will become commoditized?parentComments−jsprogrammer10yConsidering the huge risk someone would be putting many others in by attempting to construct and run a fission facility, I'm not sure anyone should be "free" to do so.−HeyLaughingBoy10yWhat's your definition of "free?"I'm possibly free to construct and run a fission facility, but I still have to follow the relevant regulations at all steps of the process.−CamperBob210yBut a coal plant spewing radioactive by-products into the air is perfectly kosher, amirite?−jsprogrammer10yNo, I believe you are wrong.−CamperBob210yGood, because it sure sounds wrong to me. Otherwise, I'd have to believe that radioactive pollution is only a problem when it looks bad on CNN.
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Considering the huge risk someone would be putting many others in by attempting to construct and run a fission facility, I'm not sure anyone should be "free" to do so.
What's your definition of "free?"
I'm possibly free to construct and run a fission facility, but I still have to follow the relevant regulations at all steps of the process.
But a coal plant spewing radioactive by-products into the air is perfectly kosher, amirite?
No, I believe you are wrong.
Good, because it sure sounds wrong to me. Otherwise, I'd have to believe that radioactive pollution is only a problem when it looks bad on CNN.