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Re:How do plutonium-powered pacemakers work? by whoisthisdude on Sunday January 14, 2018 @10:27PM (#16148286)
At 10% efficiency you'd still be dumping out around 45 watts of heat in your pocket. We'll just need some aluminum pants for the heatsink!
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Re:How do plutonium-powered pacemakers work? by baybal2 on Monday January 15, 2018 @01:26AM (#16148900)
Saying along those lines used to be a popular joke among Soviet nuclear scientists.
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