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An even easier approach: if you want a 40cm ingot, you can just take a 80cm one that you grew before, and cut it in half
by bjackman 2y ago
An even easier approach: if you want a 40cm ingot, you can just take a 80cm one that you grew before, and cut it in half
- LoganDark 2y agoHow do you cut it?
- jiggawatts 2y agoWith a diamond saw. Step one to making one of those is to compress and heat some carbon...
- A4ET8a8uTh0 2y agoI genuinely think that was one of the more amusing exchanges I found on HN. There is just such a weird level of.. it could very well be a deadpan joke, but also a well-meaning, helpful response.
- exe34 2y agoit's like the advice on how to become a millionaire. start with a billion dollars, and start investing.
- shepherdjerred 2y agoThis made me realize that I don't mind humor in HN comments when they're genuinely clever. This is opposed to what you often see on Reddit where the "funny" comments are just chains of some meme/common phrase and display no ingenuity (though, to be fair, I did once find those comments funny).
- LoganDark 2y agoI didn't actually know how silicon wafers were cut before, so it was actually somewhat informative.