Buying a home in San Diego is tough. The hot market is allowing Sellers to expedite escrow, foster bidding wars, and refuse to perform any repairs. At least we have low interest rates compared to the 12% and up that our parents faced.
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Making Our Fusion Reactor Better, day 16 of 320: an early morning view of the top of DIII-D. To the right (and close-up), a waveguide for 1 MW of microwave power. To the left (bottom corner), just the faintest edge of a 5 MW particle beam enclosure.
Making Our Fusion Reactor Better, day 15 of 320: we are posting the diagnostic task schedule on the wall so that all collaborators can view it. It’s bigger than the whiteboard next to it! Good luck to us all ?
Making Our Fusion Reactor Better, day 14 of 320: weekends are a good time to adjust the schedule. Design reviews are due each week, and we need to make sure other tasks are complete before we rip out the platforms that access the middle of the machine.
Making Our Fusion Reactor Better, day 12 of 320: empty only days ago, these shelves rapidly fill as demolition continues. Do these parts get reinstalled or are they destined for radiation disposal? I have no idea, but someone here does.
Making Our Fusion Reactor Better, day 11 of 320: had to create a new calendar of events. There are so many tasks, subtasks, and deadlines that we need to separate them according to the areas they affect. Demolition continues unabated!