John Preston

Assoc. Dean @McMastereng Host Big Ideas for a Changing World podcast.

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[John Preston @JS_Preston]

@JessePeltan Respectfully disagree. Computation has become exponentially more energy efficient, however the complexity of calculations is outpacing it. The result is Big Tech needs a return to energy abundance. They need nuclear, they need wind, they need solar and could really use fusion.

[John Preston @JS_Preston]

@EricDLombardi Toronto has a long history of poor urban governance and an inability to commit, raise funds and invest in long term projects. When a region is successful in spite of its own governance, it is tough for other levels of government to invest.

[John Preston @JS_Preston]

@whatisnuclear @Atomicrod I am in no expert, but I see numbers like 1 c per query. If so, a factor of 10? before their business model would suffer.
Many innovative industries have leveraged non-price sensitive markets to work out kinks before mass marketing. Modular nuclear has found its sweet spot.

[John Preston @JS_Preston]

@Atomicrod @whatisnuclear For the data center, a regulatory risk is real, economic feasibility much less so. As long as they are operating, their economic margins can easily handle expensive electricity.

[John Preston @JS_Preston]

@AlexUsherHESA The computer science community supported a younger Hinton through a generous interpretation of the awesome Strategic Grant program. If he was starting out in today's funding environment there would be no mechanism to properly support him.

[John Preston @JS_Preston]

@AveryYuen OUCH!

[Adam Stein @Dr_A_Stein]

The workforce for nuclear energy is expanding quickly. It will be challenging to more than double the workforce, and ensure the timing is right. In @WSJ by @yusmkhan
https://t.co/1HbyByQmeK

[John Preston @JS_Preston]

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[Keith D. Patch @KeithDPatch]

@SolarInMASS @kaffjamesnewtow @NREL @ARCHES_H2 @bosthi @gh2org @JS_Preston @DickWinchester @H2Bjorn @anunezjimenez @Ember421 @Jared_TH2 My focus is to correct the shortsightedness of battery lovers, who think all the world's problems can be solved by using more/bigger batteries, and dismiss hydrogen #H2.
How about air/sea transport⬇️, fertilizer, steel, cement, glassmaking, methanol, etc? #HydrogenCan

[Ralph Goodale @RalphGoodale]

The Torch-passing events to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day this June were inspired by CANADA🇨🇦 - by the immortal words of Cdn war poet Lt Col (Dr.) John McCrae “In Flanders Fields”. The torch design came from talented students at McMaster University, Hamilton. #LestWeForget

[Maryam Badv @MaryamBadv]

Looking forward to presenting and hearing from an excellent line-up of speakers!

@UCalgaryBME @SchulichENGG @UCalgary

[Dakota Kochie @dakotakochie]

This is what used nuclear fuel looks like in 🇨🇦.

Contained. Safely monitored. A solid. Safe.

Spoiler: it’s not like what you see on the Simpsons.

Every single one of these dry storage containers contains fuel bundles that have powered where Ontarians live, work, and play.

[John Preston @JS_Preston]

@JessePeltan @SuitedScience A bit tangential to your point here, and odd to say about a Nobel laureate but John B. does not get nearly enough credit for all the fields he advanced and people he supported.

[John Preston @JS_Preston]

@maxantonynewman @AlexUsherHESA A bit, everyone recognizes the problem but current tricouncil incentives drive faculty, departments and unis to use incremental increases to train more grad students rather than increase support for existing numbers.

[Mitchell Tremblay @ODSPoor]

"We are extremely disappointed to learn about the Disability Tax Credit eligibility requirement and the proposed $2,400/year cap.

It can be very difficult for people with disabilities to be approved for the DTC due to its strict eligibility requirements, and $2,400/year is woefully inadequate; it will not lift most people with disabilities who are eligible for the #CDB out of poverty."

#canadadisabilitybenefit #budget2024 @cafreeland @KamalKheraLib #resignkamalkhera

[Caleb Watney @calebwatney]

Wrote a short response essay on the ARPA model and the political will to allow failure

[McMaster University @McMasterU]

That was a day — and for 96 seconds, a night — to remember! Thank you to the thousands of people who joined us on campus for #EclipseAtMac https://t.co/p4kVmDi9O0

[John Preston @JS_Preston]

@KeithDPatch @USTreasury @AndreasenJack @jamepdx @wind4me @DickWinchester @kaffjamesnewtow @sleepless_jones @H2Bjorn @bataille_chris I agree with your assessment for California, I was thinking about the political situation in Ontario as I wrote my comment.