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Historian of science, secrecy, and nuclear weapons. Professor of STS at @FollowStevens. UC Berkeley alum with a Harvard PhD. NUKEMAP creator. Coder and web dev.

Hoboken, NJ / NYC
blog.nuclearsecrecy.com
Joined September 2011

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    Alex Wellerstein‏Verified account @wellerstein 25 May 2018
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    UPDATE TO THE NUKEMAP PRIVACY POLICY: I've never saved personalized information and never will. I can give no guarantees about whether the NSA keeps track of such things. But NUKEMAP hit +150 million virtual detonations recently, so you're not likely to stand out.

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      2. Casillic‏ @Casillic 25 May 2018
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        Wow +150 million! Did you ever imagine it would achieve that scale of use when you initially created it?

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      3. Alex Wellerstein‏Verified account @wellerstein 25 May 2018
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        Man, I was happy when I got 10,000 hits originally

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      2. ᴊᴀᴍᴇꜱ ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ᴊᴀᴍᴇꜱ‏ @purpleidea 25 May 2018
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        It would probably be vaguely interesting to see which places get "nuked" the most often, and how well that correlates with where they are located.

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      3. Alex Wellerstein‏Verified account @wellerstein 25 May 2018
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        I do keep some data (not personalized) on usage patterns. Someday (SOMEDAY) I will work with a quant colleague to do a real study of what people do with them. I have done a preliminary study but it is very out of date now (1 million vs. 100 million datapoints).

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      2. Junior Dent (11-4 🐻 Defending NFC NORTH CHAMPION)‏ @game46312 25 May 2018
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        still waiting on the next big update for nukemap

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      3. Alex Wellerstein‏Verified account @wellerstein 25 May 2018
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        should be some key updates by the end of the summer (I have a student working on implementing a few things)

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      1. Arrigo Triulzi‏ @cynicalsecurity 25 May 2018
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        … except for that select group dropping nukes on Monterrey each time @ArmsControlWonk posts one of his beach/bar/restaurant pictures. Could they have it bookmarked?

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      1. Nathaniel Taylor‏ @SpaceCat4NonPro 25 May 2018
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        It was me, I did all the detonations.

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      1. JamesWill‏ @JWCripp 25 May 2018
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        So how many kilotons is that?

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      2. Rob Giokas‏ @RGiokas 25 May 2018
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        Do you have stats for the number of virtual detonations on certain cities? I'm curious how many people click on LA vs NY vs...

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      3. Andrew‏ @AliasXIII 25 May 2018
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        I’d imagine a lot of people also put in their house as a target.

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      1. imagestreampress‏ @imagestrmpress 25 May 2018
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        Any plans for an app? You’d probably get 10x the use.

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      1. Ryan Pierce‏ @RyanPierce_Chi 26 May 2018
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        Thanks for releasing such an informative tool! I recently used it to fact check the Command and Control documentary. So no, I don't have anything against Damascus, AR....

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      1. Fat Angry Geneticist‏ @angryFatNerd 26 May 2018
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        Is getting nuked opt-in? If not, the EU will sue you for megatons of eurocoins

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