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Re:Scientists develop ‘cheap and easy’ method to extract lit... by snypher on Sunday June 06, 2021 @04:53PM (#27416226)
On the last day of the month, do you get to keep as much lithium as you can carry home? I'm not sure how we can make a joke about conflict minerals.
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Re:Scientists develop ‘cheap and easy’ method to extract lit... by ptbello on Sunday June 06, 2021 @07:23PM (#27417305)
Yes, but only in the form of carbonate tablets
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Re:Scientists develop ‘cheap and easy’ method to extract lit... by CPUstring on Sunday June 06, 2021 @06:00PM (#27416755)
You can make a joke because that, while conflict minerals are horrible and cause enormous damage to human life, the conflicts between people on a team are also very small. Comparing the two as if they are equivalent, when we all know they aren't, is funny.
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Re:Scientists develop ‘cheap and easy’ method to extract lit... by airbreather on Monday June 07, 2021 @05:14PM (#27427034)
You have no idea, there's been 2.5 years of it and the toll on some people has been severe. An impossible contract was signed and this has created some very perverse outcomes.
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