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Re:Nuclear physicist explains why fusion ignition is hailed ... by idiotsecant on Monday December 19, 2022 @12:47PM (#34055052)
Boy, the HN pedantry is potent this morning.

The fact that black holes exist does not mean that we can spin one up to harvest it's hawking radiation for power. It's not just an engineering problem. That's not what that phrase means.

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Re:Nuclear physicist explains why fusion ignition is hailed ... by smt88 on Monday December 19, 2022 @01:08PM (#34055374)
Your point is well-taken, but please be less of a jerk about it.
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Re:Nuclear physicist explains why fusion ignition is hailed ... by unethical_ban on Monday December 19, 2022 @03:13PM (#34057011)
Say that to rob74, the starter of this thread, who essentially says "so what if it is the first time we've ever had a net positive fusion reaction, there is still work to be done and I don't like the people working on it" in order to wave it off.
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