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This is worth reading for the line "For some reason difficult to divine the radioactive ATM card did not catch on." alone.
by cperciva 8mo ago
This is worth reading for the line "For some reason difficult to divine the radioactive ATM card did not catch on." alone.
- zabzonk 8mo agoOh, I don't know. I quite like radioactivity. My Dad (RAF bomber pilot) had a pilots watch with radium luminous dials. I always fancied getting it after his death, about 12 years ago, but nobody could find it - my brothers denied all knowledge, and I have absolutely no reason to doubt them. So it must be somewhere irradiating the roaches that will become our inevitable successors.
- cperciva 8mo agoOh, I entirely agree. There are cool ways that radioactivity can be used entirely safely. But I also understand that a lot of people don't understand -- so I see why even entirely safe uses of radioactivity are concerning to the public, even though they shouldn't be.
- caseyohara 8mo agoThere are still contemporary watches that use radioactive isotopes like tritium for illumination. I’ve always wanted a watch with always-on lume. Here is a good example, the Marathon GSAR. You can see the radioactive symbol on the dial. https://www.marathonwatch.com/products/arctic-edition-large-divers-automatic-gsar-with-stainless-steel-bracelet-41mm https://www.marathonwatch.com/products/arctic-edition-large-...
- eesmith 8mo agoNor Niven's "Yet Another Modest Proposal: The Roentgen Standard" - make coins out of radioactive waste. (https://www.larryniven.net/?q=yet-another-modest-proposal-the-roentgen-standard https://www.larryniven.net/?q=yet-another-modest-proposal-th... albeit with an SSL certificate error.)