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Re:Nuclear lighthouses built by the Soviets in the Arctic [v... by rfreiberger on Thursday January 07, 2021 @06:53PM (#25679379)
I believe there's a video on youtube with this, they used a whistle to signal when to stop and change teams. IIRC it was 2 minutes of exposure, followed by hour of cool off time or something like that.

But everytime I hear this story, I got to wonder who would pick up an object generating heat and not question why it's still hot hours later?

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Re:Nuclear lighthouses built by the Soviets in the Arctic [v... by tgsovlerkhgsel on Thursday January 07, 2021 @09:56PM (#25680962)
"Wondering why it's hot" doesn't necessarily imply "worrying whether whatever makes it hot could be dangerous".

If you didn't know that radioactivity can cause heat, and you found a magic hot rock, do you think you'd go "I don't understand this, must be dangerous" or "I have now clue how this thing works but it's really useful, I'm gonna keep that thing"?

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Re:Nuclear lighthouses built by the Soviets in the Arctic [v... by mech422 on Friday January 08, 2021 @12:48AM (#25681910)
In today world, my default setting is pessimism - so I'd assume it was dangerous. I'm way past thinking 'magic' is harmless.

However, thinking I understand something when I really don't will probably be the end of me :-P

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Re:Nuclear lighthouses built by the Soviets in the Arctic [v... by eptcyka on Friday January 08, 2021 @02:02AM (#25682312)
I think non-{science,tech,engineering} people are a considerably more pessimistic about the world than the average.
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Re:Nuclear lighthouses built by the Soviets in the Arctic [v... by sandworm101 on Thursday January 07, 2021 @07:24PM (#25679627)
Russian winter. These guys were looking for firewood, for a fire to keep warm. Cold makes people despirate. And, knowing a little of russian rural culture in the winter, i think it safe to say alcohol may have been a factor.
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Re:Nuclear lighthouses built by the Soviets in the Arctic [v... by passerby1 on Friday January 08, 2021 @02:07AM (#25682341)
> In the village of Lia, Georgia

It's not Russia.

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Re:Nuclear lighthouses built by the Soviets in the Arctic [v... by ant6n on Friday January 08, 2021 @02:44PM (#25689309)
Does Georgia not have Russian Winters, or Russian Rural Culture?
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Re:Nuclear lighthouses built by the Soviets in the Arctic [v... by passerby1 on Thursday January 14, 2021 @04:40AM (#25774221)
No, AFAIK no snow, and very much different rural and overall culture.
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Re:Nuclear lighthouses built by the Soviets in the Arctic [v... by negrit on Thursday January 07, 2021 @07:29PM (#25679664)
People with no education?
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