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this post was submitted on 09 Apr 2025
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If we could consume uranium, you could have a teaspoon's worth and be done with eating for the rest of your life.
I think that's technically true regardless.
I wonder if that's actually factual or not. Uranium by itself isn't too terribly dangerous. It's the whole fission byproducts thing that's the buzz kill.
Also it depends on the isotope of uranium. Something you could find naturally isn't too dangerous, but something enriched too be used as fuel or for wepons is significantly more radioactive.
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In recent developments, 10% of the US GDP is now allocated to producing Astronomy and Astrophysics plots. More news at 9.
Wonder what that would look like the even more extreme case of matter-anti-matter?
By the way, energy density is exactly what you look for in bombs. It says nothing about energy prices per joule. It's also great for nuclear submarines or nuclear powered aircraft carriers. So war, basically. Light from the sun has a pretty low energy density, yet powers live on earth.
The energy density of light from the sun is pretty insane. You can power a lot with 1kg of light
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Yes boss, I did work out the dynamic range of that log amplifier we wanted to use in our next product's sensor PCB, it's 80dB.
The results are over here. (points to a roll of A-4 paper)
It has 40 data points and only took me 1 week, 10 pencils, and 20 erasers to plot the chart. Yeah I can present it, it'll take me 10 minutes to roll it out, pin it down, and fetch the A-frame ladder.
This is the real big brain hack with decibels
you can use a linear scale, it's just that the units are logarithmic instead.
(Yes I know most people would call a dB axis logarithmic, it's just a silly comment.)
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Copy pasta without source. Book! https://xkcd.com/1162/
I love book.
which is bigger? TREE(3) vs
((...(1 room of stacked papers ) room of paper) room of paper)...)) room of paper
The number of brackets in above expression is, eh, ok, you got the idea.
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*Boo
(But having a book instead is always nice.)
I choose to believe it was meant as a warning, because GP is going to yeet a book at your head. But with a fair warning.
Maybe it's like a yellow card and they've been booked.
I always use “book” as an insult. Especially since my phone autocorrect was updated…
Log scales are great but cannot be understood by the vast majority of people. They simply aren't taught to a level of comprehension.