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adammunich
6y ago
I'd love to put lithium batteries in one of these old scooters.
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6y ago
This is the biggest news of the decade.
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Fines are part of their business expenses
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6y ago
It really is almost useless, there's not really a way to get useful 3D models out anymore.
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6y ago
China
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6y ago
This seems absolutely important
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6y ago
Reply to his email now?
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6y ago
Radium paint was very very expensive, I'd wager it's just a regular phosphorescent paint.
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6y ago
It's still very radioactive and putting new silver-activated zinc sulphide phosphor on the dials (a risky proposition) will make it glow again.
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6y ago
It's really hard to comprehend just how much heat a reactor can make from decay alone. Like... boiling a hot tub in only a minute.
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6y ago
"we support housing, just not in our neighborhood"
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6y ago
Processing uranium ore by the ton, a few grams per ton! Yes, she did bring it back in her purse. As well she would keep a vial as a pocket toy to show off at parties (it ionizes the air and glows blue). Her textbooks are still very radioact
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6y ago
Half the battle is hardware, who's going to make the computers that will run in Alaska, and Mexico, for 20+ years?
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6y ago
Yeah I'd love to hear some stories too!
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6y ago
It probably will be something stupid like the e-bart transfer in Antioch is
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6y ago
With every lithium-sulfur battery I've come across you need to have a lot of steel clamping plates together because they expand so much when charging, and will otherwise delaminate. So ultimately they become the same mass. This include
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6y ago
This is a really neat idea
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6y ago
Won't this just encourage China to make their own system like they're doing with computer chips now?
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6y ago
It's about owning the libs... righteous indignation
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Are wires about to get cheaper?
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6y ago
In Russia the government set up a process to have people freed from contracts during the pandemic, using this legal concept.
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6y ago
Some companies collected those loans and still didn't pay employees. I've seen this unfold personally too and it has really shaken my respect for American businessmen...
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6y ago
Can you provide an example? Last I checked white light lasers were $16,000
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6y ago
Can they really trademark the name of an element? That seems absurd.
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6y ago
This is a curious thought, can you explain further?
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6y ago
Why not fabric?
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6y ago
A lot of people still use gas for hot water heating in the northern USA. Electric hot water heaters often use too much power for them to be replaced. Some sort of battery-powered heater might help here.
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Really, I need to hear this!
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6y ago
Go out on the street and talk to some young folks in Oakland, Richmond, Los Angeles... You won't find their story in some academic journal or news article.
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6y ago
Never heard one person planning on selling to major food buyers. Everyone knows that's a losing game. Farmers markets and co-ops give much better prices. It's not about money though. The motivations are to get away from money actu
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