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At this point I’ll believe it when I see an independently confirmed measurement of a working prototype. This stuff seems to be perpetually 20 years out.
by throwaway84742 9y ago
At this point I’ll believe it when I see an independently confirmed measurement of a working prototype. This stuff seems to be perpetually 20 years out.
- royjacobs 9y agoIt's the "year of Linux on the desktop" of alternative power.
- throwaway84742 9y agoIt’s worse. At least Linux _can_ be viable on the desktop. The challenges surrounding fusion are so staggering that putting any definite timeline around solving them is pure bovine manure.
- digi_owl 9y agoYeah, there is nothing technical that stops Linux. It is mental and political/financial.
- dgreensp 9y agoSomething that pretty much everyone in the world wants to see happen, but still faces a few technical hurdles, is much more likely to ever happen than something that is already possible but not enough people want, it seems to me. Achieving ubiquitous nuclear power is more like achieving ubiquitous electric cars than achieving ubiquitous flying cars. It’ll probably happen any decade now, vs maybe never.
- iamdave 9y agoI think I grok what you're referring to when you say "political" but if anyone Dell came closest to fixing the financial problem with their Ubuntu laptops wouldn't you say?
- jimmaswell 9y agoHas Linux desktop caught up technically to Windows yet? The last time I used it there were still problems like double clicking a jpg from the Firefox downloads list opening an "open with" dialog pointed to /usr/bin or something. And it seems like where Windows will put things in places that might not technically be a perfect categorization but are convenient and make some sense, like monitor/video/screensaver properties from right clicking the desktop, this seemed to happen a lot less in Linux DEs. Aside from them seeming somewhat less responsive in general and lacking equivalent GUI system utilities to things like "Computer Management" or the device manager.
- OrganicMSG 9y agoI'm not sure that the Windows desktop has caught up technically compared to many of the graphical shells available for linux desktops, it just depends on which list of things you value in particular.
- crowbahr 9y agoIt's not there yet but the Bash for Ubuntu on Windows system is very very good.
- ethbro 9y agoIn response to the comments you're getting, it seems HN doesn't have a working irony detector.
- asdsa5325 9y agohttps://www.wired.co.uk/article/china-fusion-breakthrough https://www.wired.co.uk/article/china-fusion-breakthrough Not a prototype, just a breakthrough. 50 million C isn't something to cough at.
- throwaway84742 9y agoI’ve been a subject of articles by tech press, several times. You have to realize that at least 50% of any pop sci article (and the vast majority of any “breakthroughs”) is straight up made up by the journalist for dramatic effect. I talked on the record to prominent journalists from established publications, who really should know better, and afterwards I just could not believe the fabrication and spin when the story is published. These people will pimp out their mom for clicks and ad revenue. So your best bet is a replicated experiment in a peer reviewed journal.
- asdsa5325 9y agoYou can find the original statement about the breakthrough on the website for the Institute of Physical Science in Hefei.
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