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If they weren't doing this in a suburb I'd say 'Congrats'-- but to knowingly be generating x-rays in a residential neighborhood is really, really selfish and di
by stevecalifornia 10y ago
If they weren't doing this in a suburb I'd say 'Congrats'-- but to knowingly be generating x-rays in a residential neighborhood is really, really selfish and disrespectful to neighbors.
- ams6110 10y agoThey had measurements showing that outside the room there was nothing above background counts. Still, I think if it had been me I'd have some lead shielding around it.
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- gnoway 10y agoI think this is overstating the risk a little bit. Looking at the video linked elsewhere, this was run in a bedroom on the second or even third floor of a single-family residence. He mentions not being able to detect x-rays more than 35ft from the device. I think a neighbor would have to be trying to get in range to be affected. Here's the video again, queued up to the view out the bedroom window: https://youtu.be/92M5qcjDkaU?t=1m5s https://youtu.be/92M5qcjDkaU?t=1m5s
- enraged_camel 10y agoOn the other hand, if the neighbor's cat starts growing a third ear, they know who to blame! ;-)
- zamalek 10y agoOne of the the few times where the inverse square law is helpful.
- drjesusphd 10y agoIt's helpful all the time, since it allows stable orbits. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand%27s_theorem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand%27s_theorem
- hexane360 10y agoReminds me of this: https://what-if.xkcd.com/29/ https://what-if.xkcd.com/29/ What's lethal at 3 inches probably isn't measurable at 50 feet.