muthas

7 ms·

1.
by muthas 2y ago
I've found a mixed approach works best, given the dev inventory I run: - a good supply of passive SMT books from the usual suppliers (mainly the "notebook" style ones with cut tape in the pages) - various larger SMT & PTH
2.
by muthas 4y ago
Fascinating stuff: > ...but at that time we were mostly worried about whether the reactor was still working. That is, was it generating short-lived radioactive isotopes... > ...the most precise information about the state of the re
3.
by muthas 4y ago
I wonder to what extent nuclear would be an option, given the relative abundance of previously-enchriched fuel now sitting around as waste, and an post-apocalyptic willingness to engage in high-risk, high-reward behavior... I suspect that t
4.
by muthas 6y ago
After a recent discussion with our home heating oil provider, seeing this post got me thinking - could a similar system be applied to the exhaust of a household furnace that is burning No. 2 heating oil? A typical household in my part of th
5.
by muthas 7y ago
I don't know if I'd agree its something you can't make useful, but trying to use inflation as a means of macroeconomic policy - rather than an indicator of the success/health of the overall economy - seems utterly dang
6.
by muthas 7y ago
I heard an interesting podcast a little while back that conjectured the typical way to get inflation going (so-called "helicopter money" to the spending population) is far and away the least predictable way to do things. Specifica
7.
by muthas 7y ago
I support a group called ERDG (Ecological Research & Development Group, https://www.horseshoecrab.org ), which focuses on improving the state of the four remaining Horseshoe Crab species. For those who don't know - despi
8.
by muthas 7y ago
A couple items to note here: - while agreed that a trap should help contain gasses, in order to cure the resin involved they have to inject high-pressure steam into the piping... possible that it could cause bubbles to pass through function
9.
by muthas 7y ago
Based on how we humans use melanin, I would believe that this is a case of having these environmental-stress-reduction "tools" basically already in play (to deal with UV, free radicals, background radiation, etc.), then capitalizi
10.
by muthas 7y ago
...with the corresponding scientific name would be "Brucea Banneriolus".
11.
by muthas 7y ago
To put it another way - from an "immediate risk" point of view, the largest danger from critical-capable amount of fissile material is the prompt radiation emitted during a criticality: the pulse of neutrons, gamma and x-rays thro
12.
by muthas 7y ago
This is fascinating to me, because if the primary use of fossil energy at these plants is in process heating... why use electricity here at all? Seems to me like there are a variety of renewable options that could generate process heat at