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I remember reading a comment here on Hacker News years ago and someone mentioned: "I wonder if carbon nanotubes are going to be the asbestos of the 21st century
by alexpotato 4y ago
I remember reading a comment here on Hacker News years ago and someone mentioned: "I wonder if carbon nanotubes are going to be the asbestos of the 21st century?"
Looks like we're finding out if that is the case.
- PaulHoule 4y agoAlternately if asbestos was discovered today people would call it "nanotechnology". I've noticed that contemporary toasters are a lot slower than toasters used to be and I guess that's because old toasters contained asbestos. I remember the first Chinese-made toaster my mother in law got from WalMart that she was amazed by until it caught on fire, then after that toasters from WalMart were all very slow models that made up for being slow by having four or more slots.
- IIsi50MHz 4y agoAlways seemed like madness, to me, that the slot toaster allows most of the heat to waft up and be during use. Toaster ovens for the win …except USA stores have a great many uneven-heating toaster ovens …and except "denshi rehnji" (single-chamber combination microwave and toaster oven, sometimes including air fryer mode) seems to make both obsolete!