Revan343

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

If the current state of America is any indication, plenty of people didn't teach their kids that

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

One joke that is apparently risque enough that OP didn't want to include it in the post?

Yeah, I'm thinking the furries weren't the problem

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

While not exactly a bouncer, I like Quassel

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 days ago

For example Limonene can either smell like pine or oranges depending on what way the molecule is mirrored.

And would you look at that, pine is another extremely common cleaning scent

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Make 'em require an online patch to be playable after first install.

Actually, I should shut the fuck up, they might actually hear me

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Lol salmonella.

Naw, they'll kick away what few safeguards there are, and then entire flocks will die of bird flu, driving prices even further up.

And then we'll get mass human-human transmission

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

As an Albertan, please no

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

What wit, all I see is a time-traveller come to warn us

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

This whole process is regulated via neutrons(or maybe protons, not 100% on that). Put the rods of plutonium closer together, get more fission, more heat. I think they use graphene to regulate things too.

The gist of it is that the fuel rods are designed in such a way as to maintain about the right level of neutron emission, with further refinement using a neutron moderator* (which slows down neutrons and this increases the reaction rate, this is generally water or graphene) along with adjustable control rods, which can be inserted to slow down the reaction.

There are two kinds of decay leading to neutron emission: prompt neutrons are emitted immediately, while delayed neutrons take time to be emitted because of the decay path that the excited atom has to take. In order to maintain control of a reactor, the number of prompt neutrons must be lower than the level needed to reach criticality, with the additional delayed neutrons being enough to push it over the edge. The delay is what gives you time to control the reaction; if the reactor becomes prompt critical, then it begins to melt down.

*Not all reactor designs use neutron moderators, but fast reactor designs are generally military or research reactors, while moderated ('thermal') reactors are typical for civilian power generation. Here in Canada, we use the CANDU reactor design, which is moderated using heavy water

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

No, that's potassium/kalium. If you want to brick them with with K, you probably want to start with potassium nitrate

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 days ago

Naw, it's about pretending to stop cheaters. It's security theatre, same as the TSA

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (3 children)

I'm pretty sure thermite will render them inoperable; it tends to render most things inoperable

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