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Re:Physicists Start to Pin Down How Stars Forge Heavy Atoms by frontfor on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @08:12PM (#44450220)
I think the analogy here is that it’s indeed easier to get any smaller piece, but it’s harder to get a specific smaller piece you want.
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Re:Physicists Start to Pin Down How Stars Forge Heavy Atoms by dumpsterdiver on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @11:14PM (#44451305)
Without reading the article I visualized the analogies mentioned in these comments as a house that you still have the potential to get several windows out of reliably, and importantly - you wouldn’t be missing a corner from an otherwise perfect window.

The house soaks up environmental damage to keep identifiable windows intact, vs a pile of mostly broken / not-up-to-spec windows.

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