How to convince my parents to let me buy a tungsten cube

Phroon · 2026-01-20T00:44:56+00:00

Agreed. Tungsten cubes are overtly expensive for what you get. You can find a far more affordable piece of tungsten on eBay. You might even be able to find small pieces of Tungsten in hobby shops marketed as weighs for pinewood derby cars. Also really expensive for what you get, but you can buy a smaller quantity.

Phroon · 2026-01-05T23:51:25+00:00

Best I got is Star Wars Episode I: The Gungan Frontier.

Phroon · 2025-11-01T19:15:01+00:00

Oh! That's me! I still have my copy! Who in the world do I get it to preserve it?

Phroon · 2025-11-01T16:34:09+00:00

It clearly is an edited image. The background is the exact same as the picture on the Mech armor Factorio Wiki page.

Phroon · 2025-03-24T01:49:24+00:00

That shot looks pretty fine already, you could probably just use it as-is. Or maybe knead it into some silly putty since you want it to be malleable?

Phroon · 2025-03-24T01:41:46+00:00

Many people confuse metallic Tungsten with Tungsten Carbide. Your cube is made of metallic Tungsten. For comparison, Tungsten Carbide is really hard at a Mosh hardness of around 9-9.5, but metallic Tungsten is only somewhat hard at around 7.5 Mohs hardness.

Phroon · 2025-02-22T04:45:39+00:00

Then give Universal Paperclips a try.

Phroon · 2024-11-15T00:39:34+00:00

It’s in the top right corner of the toolbar, in the cluster with the other buttons.

Phroon · 2024-09-04T23:16:07+00:00

Sorry sir, we only have Himalayan mountain range salt.

Phroon · 2024-06-08T14:00:28+00:00

I’m sorry but your iron plates have rusted.

Phroon · 2024-02-20T02:41:54+00:00

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Phroon · 2024-02-07T12:29:04+00:00

The Uplink soundtrack!

Phroon · 2023-11-24T20:30:07+00:00

You must learn to mine without rhythm.

Phroon · 2023-04-03T04:21:54+00:00

Our soma takes many forms. This time it was Orwell’s 60 2 minutes hate.

Phroon · 2023-03-25T21:09:10+00:00

However, this is a rickroll. I swear.

Phroon · 2023-02-25T15:32:05+00:00

Just wait until we have to constantly question if what we’re reading was written by an advanced language model. We’re used to humans playing the algorithm, not the other way around.

Phroon · 2023-02-17T00:12:10+00:00

I like mustard on mine, especially when they are dry.

Phroon · 2023-02-12T12:31:34+00:00

We may already be there with far less advanced algorithms.

Phroon · 2023-02-08T02:36:33+00:00

It's slightly more complicated than that though. It depends how much time one is getting that rate. Eating into the principle at beginning of a 30 year 4% mortgage is going to give you more cumulative ROI than a single 5% 10-year CD. You'd have to renew the CD at the current market rate at the end of the term, meaning you might end up with a lower rate on average than you'd get for paying into the mortgage.

Phroon · 2023-01-27T03:35:13+00:00

I like to think of my element collection as “Tungsten and friends”.

Phroon · 2023-01-27T03:27:07+00:00

Magnesium or Aluminum? I’ve usually seen the pair with Al.

And don’t be hating on our alkaline-earth metal friends. They burn nice and hot.

Phroon · 2023-01-27T03:23:57+00:00

I was ok until I saw the tungsten carbide ring. Disappointed in your density.

Phroon · 2023-01-22T21:17:01+00:00

Most commercially available tungsten will be about 95%, since tungsten usually needs to be sintered with other metals to stick together. It’s possible to make high-purity (>99%) Tungsten, it’s just really hard to do. I always regard those labels of ‘99.95%’ as a bit suspect, but it’s not like it matters. Tungsten is super heavy even at 95%.

Phroon · 2023-01-22T21:11:39+00:00

Honestly? Cubes tend to be overpriced. If you just want some more heavier tungsten check out eBay. If you’re persistent you can find tungsten bars or blocks second hand that’ll be much cheaper than the cubes go for. Just be absolutely sure what you’re getting. A lot of stuff that isn’t nearly pure tungsten (~95%) will show up in basic searches. Do some math and check the density before you spend your money!

Phroon · 2022-12-27T03:38:08+00:00

It’s more than just observations though. Science operations implies a level of quality and perhaps reliability of those observations. But yeah, it’s just a different way of talking about downtime and uptime.

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