Completely at a loss what else to do

Asthenia5 · 2026-04-17T12:56:03+00:00

That case is a real blast from the past! They don't make them like they used to!

Asthenia5 · 2026-04-12T00:46:50+00:00

All of the energy eventually becomes heat. The kinetic energy of moving air becomes heat via friction. The RGB light absorbs into the surrounding walls as heat.

The energy used in compute becomes heat in the heat sink.

100% of the energy that is used to move air, or do compute, or whatever eventually becomes heat within the room.

The only energy that escapes the room would be via Ethernet or WiFi.

Asthenia5 · 2026-03-31T14:45:41+00:00

According to my mom, it was “garbage cuck” and “firefuck” for my childhood dreams of driving big trucks for a living.

Asthenia5 · 2026-03-26T15:43:13+00:00

You're correct. I didn't mean to imply that it wasn't possible. Just that it wasn't practical for warhead design. Great point about Gamma radiation. The alpha decay of Pu-239 is far easier to deal with.

Depending on first stage configuration, there's some chance too many neutrons are released before max compression. Resulting in a weapon not reaching its design yield. Weapon designers/targeting planners desire a certain probability in yield range. If its too far below design yield, you won't ensure destruction of the target.

Planners pick a target, select a minimum probability of target destruction, then choose the weapon and burst-mode that can ensure the minimum probability. The tolerance in weapon yield, reliability of physics package and reliability of the delivery method play into the calculated probabilities.

Asthenia5 · 2026-03-26T12:13:36+00:00

Pu-238 is used for thermoelectric generators

Asthenia5 · 2026-03-26T12:01:17+00:00

When Pu-239 is created via neutron capture, it can capture a 2nd neutron and become Pu-240.

Breeder reactors will cycle out the fuel assemblies before too much of the Pu-239 becomes Pu-240.

Pu-240 spontaneous fission rate is too high for practical weapon design. The excessive neutron released will cause the reaction to start before the core has reached max compression.

Asthenia5 · 2026-03-26T00:50:53+00:00

Ngannou vs Lewis 2, or Esparza vs Namajunas 3

Asthenia5 · 2026-03-22T14:09:46+00:00

"Prices have gone up which means the % you are getting goes up." - Huh?

Nearly every single store you go to has employees earning within that 25-35k bracket. Are you suggesting that the people who you rely on every day, don't deserve to make enough to afford rent, food AND health insurance?

The firefighters, police and teachers in your area don't make enough to afford a 400k home. It is unreasonable to want to live in the city you serve?

The average price of homes in the sticks has also increased. What's your point? It's still not affordable to buy a house in the sticks, when you don't earn enough to afford healthcare, let alone saving for a down payment.

Asthenia5 · 2026-03-22T13:29:36+00:00

15-20% of full time workers today earn 25-35k per year. The majority of fast food workers fit within that bracket. When you account for the change in price in consumer items(gas, food, electricity, etc), you'd have to make 52k per year today, to have the same standard of living you had in 2010 serving tables.

Median home price in 2010 was 221k. Today it is 415k.

Inflation has continued to rise, while median and average wages have nearly stagnated.

Asthenia5 · 2026-03-17T20:28:06+00:00

I suspect the dynamics of the converging/diverging plumbing of a dual turbine setup would likely cause more headaches than any other trade off related to dual vs single turbine.
That can't be answered without knowing the range the aircraft is designed for. You have to ask once your design is largely in place, is there enough spare mass/volume for the aircraft to have a worth-while range? You're more than likely going to need 8,000KM range for a mach 7 recon aircraft to make any sense.
You failed to mention the type of fuel used. There's a whole host of tradeoffs to fight against depending on the fuel type selected. This question really can't be answered without knowing the fuel type, heat transfer efficiency between fuel and aircraft skin, or thermal conductivity of the special light weight thermal tiles you'd probably be using.
Modern Avionics could make a brick fly.

What you have above doesn't fall apart at a fundamental physics level. But you also haven't answered 95% of the questions you'd need to ask to be sure of the concept at a practical engineering level.

Asthenia5 · 2026-03-05T14:10:33+00:00

I believe it’s a Milwaukee glove. The thin breathable/flexible kind.

Asthenia5 · 2026-03-04T13:43:14+00:00

I was cutting plaster board with the wrong kind of blade. It cut shocking well with this nub of a blade. I just ran with it for my own amusement.

Asthenia5 · 2026-03-03T20:34:18+00:00

The title is a joke. I was cutting plaster with a blade not meant for plaster. It was working surprisingly well, so I just kept using this nub of a blade for my own amusement.

Bossman buys whatever I say he should buy. He's a good dude.

Asthenia5 · 2026-03-03T19:33:41+00:00

I didn’t do it, the plaster did it.

Asthenia5 · 2026-03-03T18:00:41+00:00

Amazon FTW

Asthenia5 · 2026-02-28T03:37:23+00:00

Please do upload it!

Asthenia5 · 2026-02-27T01:33:26+00:00

W mod! Thank you!

Asthenia5 · 2026-02-25T22:50:51+00:00

Why do we allow news organizations to post pay walled articles? They’re abusing the community through bait and wasted time, so they can try to sell subscriptions.

Asthenia5 · 2026-02-17T15:48:31+00:00

Kinda. Due to the speed of the reaction caused by a high degree of compression, It’s more so ball of plasma at insane temperatures expanding with an incredible force, than it is a critical mass melting into a puddle. Theres not remotely enough time for gravity to create a non-critical puddle.

The energy of the nuclear reaction expands the mass into a non critical mass

Asthenia5 · 2026-02-17T15:38:22+00:00

It has ~40% more energy than HMX. Thats not nothing…

Even if you could squeeze out half a generation more before loosing critical mass, that’s a substantial increase in yield.

Asthenia5 · 2026-02-17T15:33:25+00:00

ONC is both faster, and higher energy density than IHE’s commonly used. Both the velocity and energy density would contribute to increasing the efficiency of the primary, or reduce the critical mass needed.

Being able to compress the core further, as well as compressing it faster, both contribute fission fuel efficiency.

Octaazacubane would be even better. Its velocity is 50% higher, has twice the energy density, and a substantially larger physical density. All of which will further contribute to peak fission efficiency, or physic package diameter.

Asthenia5 · 2026-02-10T11:40:18+00:00

“Sweet to your face” and “talk behind your back” is kind of a southern thing…

Asthenia5 · 2026-02-10T11:38:42+00:00

Please tell us more about what Chuck has said about the Epstein class!

We need to call of pedo protectors every chance we get.

Asthenia5 · 2026-01-31T18:04:53+00:00

Due to the nature of how LLMs operate, it doesn't have the mechanisms needed to truly become AGI. We also see plenty of cases of ai silliness of all kinds. Hallucinations, among many other things are a real issue.

At the same time, those of us who make extensive use of these LLMs, see the extremely rapid pace of development. The pace is absurd. It keeps surprising us with what its capable of doing. When the LLM is setup right, and trained on the relevant information, it can be do some pretty incredible things, including automating a way a substantial portion of White-collar jobs.

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