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[–] notsoshaihulud@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

A headline without calling it an "Artificial Sun"?!

[–] Toribor@corndog.social 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The power of the sun in the palm of my hand.

[–] MalMen@masto.pt 0 points 2 weeks ago

@Toribor @notsoshaihulud with great power comes great responsibility

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

The amusing thing is that the sun is actually quite a shit fusion reactor. It's power per unit volume is tiny. It just makes it up in sheer volume. A solar level fusion reactor would be almost completely useless to us. Instead we need to go far beyond the sun's output to just be viable.

It's like describing one of the mega mining dumper trucks as an "artificial mule".