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xkcd bot@lemmy.worldB to xkcd@lemmy.worldEnglish · 25 days ago

xkcd #3313: Fusion Device

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xkcd #3313: Fusion Device

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xkcd bot@lemmy.worldB to xkcd@lemmy.worldEnglish · 25 days ago
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xkcd #3313: Fusion Device

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I don’t see why people have trouble doing this at room temperature. Using hot rivets would honestly have been MORE work.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3313/

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  • nfms@lemmy.ml
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    24 days ago

    Can someone explain this one?

    • TheTechnician27@lemmy.world
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      • Phillips head = protons
      • Flat-head = electrons
      • Rivets = neutrons
    • I Cast Fist@programming.dev
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      The duo mistook a visual representation of how fusion works for a diagram of an actual machine, so they “built” it by putting screws on a block, making the block look like the diagram

    • crowcore_explorer@piefed.blahaj.zone@piefed.blahaj.zone
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      based on my understanding, they created a 3-d model out of a 2-d model and claimed they had built the thing (fusion reactor?) being modeled.

      e: fixed a word

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