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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 week ago

How do we know he didn't invent the bloody thing?

[–] Tylerdurdon 29 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Okay, now make large sheets of the stuff because we need to transport whales... Somewhere.

[–] cm0002 18 points 1 week ago

Err I'm a whale who's totally cool with you taking me off this planet if that's where you happened to be going, not that that's what I'm saying or anything.

Um whale sounds

[–] AbouBenAdhem 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That’s just (synthetic) sapphire, right?

[–] Aolley 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Aluminimum Oxide sure is and it can be make clear, I don't know why they added the T or x connotation This article appears to be more on a new method of creating that directly out of Al. That said, "electrowetting" is the name of my new rock band, or is it the name of your sex tape?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I heard the kids these days are all electrowetting.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

I got a heated blanket for my bed so I can now enjoy chronic electrowetting instead of regular bedwetting

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago

That's the ticket, laddie.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] cm0002 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You use the internet without an ad blocker‽ Lol this is how a fresh open of the link looks for me

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I can’t open links with an external browser on voyager’s pwa :(

[–] cm0002 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Ah, looks like you're on iOS, you should come over to Android, system-wide ad blocking is amazing.

Though I think there are options for iOS that are also system-wide

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

How do system wide ad blocking on Android?

[–] cm0002 2 points 1 week ago

If you can, root and an app called AdAway (on f-droid)

I'm fairly certain AdAway can do the job without root, it's just not as efficient because it has to do some trickery with VPNs and stuff where as with root it can apply it's blocks directly to the system hosts file

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Or use Arctic on iOS. This is what I see. Internal browser configured to use Reader by default. It's about 98% effective.

screenshot

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Tap the button to the left of the refresh button (top right), you should then be able to tap something like “open reader” which does a decent job at blocking intrusive ads

[–] OldManBOMBIN 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] _stranger_ 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That video is going to be awesome a year from now

[–] OldManBOMBIN 2 points 1 week ago

Oh yeah. At least it'll be 5 hours long

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

That’s the ticket, laddie.

[–] Majorllama 8 points 1 week ago

I love science. The last time they were trying to figure out how to make a strong and moldable "glass" they accidentally discovered super glue.

If they can really make aluminum completely clear the applications for such a thing would be pretty wide.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

So we get a gem fused to aluminium. Cool

[–] iAvicenna 1 points 1 week ago

TRANSMUTATION

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

So invisible jets (with wondrous pilots) when?

(Or do we just wait for pollution to turn the rain acidic like this?)