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[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)
[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago
[–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

5,318008 seconds should be a new goal.

[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

Flexing is not good for the containment

[–] 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.

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[–] 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".

[–] tomkatt@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This is freaking awesome. Only a few years ago it was exciting to see a fusion reaction last a fraction of a second.

[–] Thief@lemmy.myserv.one 1 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

It is awesome. Whichever country develops it first will be remembered as the next ‘moon landing’ event forever.

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[–] LostWon@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Maybe if it runs longer, we all get to jump to a better timeline. 😅

[–] PumpkinEscobar@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Or the world blows up and it’s all over. I guess what I’m saying is, no downside, fire it up and let’s see what happens.

[–] Sceptique@leminal.space 1 points 2 weeks ago

No tech will give you a better timeline, back on the floor please ^^ It's a political problem before anything else, and energy production is far from being the first problem.

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[–] Placebonickname@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Meanwhile in America we’re trying to make macdonalds cheaper by bundling an extra sandwich to go along with a value meal…

[–] Jericho_Kane@lemmy.org 1 points 2 weeks ago

America would blow up a fusion reacto, call it dangerous, elon musk has a lot of things to say about it and then it would be illegal worldwide. Have you guys heard about coal? We already fixed it, just burn coal.

[–] match@pawb.social 1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

1,337 seconds? That... that number used to mean something, but now i can't recall what...

[–] not_so_handsome_jack@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

The translation has been lost to the ages

[–] rimjob_rainer@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I still use 1337 sometimes, for joke names like 1337h4xX0r, or I use 1337 where others would use 42 or 69, but it's always that nobody gets it. How could past internet culture vanish like that?

[–] canajac@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

All your base are belong to us

[–] akakevbot@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] RunningInRVA@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The power of the sun in the palm of my hand

[–] ThePyroPython@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

la puissance du soleil dans la paume de ma main

Honhonhon

[Takes a drag on a sexy cigarette]

[–] Klear@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

But I'm le tired.

[–] HowAbt2morrow@futurology.today 0 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Oh shit. Things are heating up in the fusion race.

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[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Guarantee you they weren't generating a whole lot of power though.... And if you can't do that part then what's the point?

[–] garretble@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (11 children)

The first planes only flew for a few seconds.

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[–] WalnutLum@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This is cool but also remember the practicalities of Fusion make it not much better than nuclear:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHmHBMaS6Sw

[–] dev_null@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

Well nuclear is great, so even "not much better" would be great.

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