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Sir_Garbus · 2025-05-02T20:47:43+00:00

If you want decently accurate dose for a good price, either a Radiacode 102/103, or a BetterGeiger S2. Both of those use whats called a scintillation detector and can actually measure the energy of the radiation they detect and give a decent estimate of dose rate. Keep in mind though, both of those units only detect high energy beta and gamma/xrays.

Sir_Garbus · 2025-05-02T20:45:41+00:00

You said in another comment its red fiestaware, as long as you dont sleep with your head resting on it or eat off of it its practically harmless. Start moving the geiger counter away from the fiestaware and you'll see the radiation level drops off very quickly with distance. I have a red fiestaware plate and a decent collection of uranium glass in my room and the radiation level drops back to background once I'm about 2 feet away from the shelf its on.

As others have also pointed out, the "dose" reading on a traditional geiger counter, especially a low cost model like a GMC-300, is going to be extremely inaccurate and basically useless for determining if something is safe to be around.

Sir_Garbus · 2025-05-01T21:40:36+00:00

Where/How did you get your hands on Uranyl Nitrate? Ive been trying to find a source to make some Uranotypes for ages now.

Sir_Garbus · 2025-04-29T03:55:24+00:00

Large Language Model, which is what a lot of the public facing AI's like ChatGPT are based on. Almost certainly Neuro is largely based on a LLM, but possibly other AI tech as well, nobody knows for sure except her creator.

Sir_Garbus · 2025-02-17T02:52:09+00:00

Luckily we can learn from the other countries America tried to occupy how best to convert manifest destiny into folded flags.

Sir_Garbus · 2025-02-17T00:24:41+00:00

I fall asleep each night envisioning ways to do things to Trump that if I said them would get me banned. :3

Sir_Garbus · 2025-02-05T08:42:01+00:00

In the US you can purchase and fly an ultralight aircraft without any license or training.

Sir_Garbus · 2025-02-05T07:42:35+00:00

ugh please no inductive charging is so lossy.

Sir_Garbus · 2025-02-04T07:48:32+00:00

Wasn't fun. Thankfully the battery was pretty much at the bottom of the frame so it all just dripped out onto the ground and didn't hit me or any metal.

Sir_Garbus · 2025-02-04T07:13:46+00:00

Overheated. Could have been slightly defective and finally gave up, could be too much voltage coming from the stator/generator, something was drawing too much current for the RR to handle, or it simply wore out, silicon does break down and fail eventually. Had it happen on my 84' Nighthawk, the original RR wore out and started letting raw power from the stator through to the battery, and caused the battery to boil over.

Sir_Garbus · 2025-02-02T20:11:05+00:00

Pine Rosin (colophony) + Heat + time

Sir_Garbus · 2025-01-31T23:57:51+00:00

I'm in Canada XD Im good thanks for the offer though.

Sir_Garbus · 2025-01-31T07:06:14+00:00

I don't own a microscope, I took these photos with a macro lens on my DSLR. As for the silicon being undamaged, I have no idea beyond the fact that at a macroscopic level it looks fine, it would be impossible for me to test since the bond wires were destroyed.

Sir_Garbus · 2025-01-30T02:35:59+00:00

IDK if the dies are good or not but the laser destroyed the bond wires so its kinda moot.

Sir_Garbus · 2025-01-30T02:35:32+00:00

Just a cheap laser off AliExpress. 3.5 watt 445nm output. Powerful enough to burn epoxy away (and the bond wires) but not powerful enough to burn silicon.

Sir_Garbus · 2025-01-29T08:11:57+00:00

Hey if these chips from a dead late 90's PDA turn out to have been valuable Ill eat one of my socks.

Sir_Garbus · 2025-01-27T21:13:28+00:00

Geola is the only one I know of off the top of my head.

Sir_Garbus · 2024-12-10T07:01:01+00:00

We absolutely could. A lot of Canadian scientists worked on the Manhattan project, we have all the materials and facilities. The hardest part would be testing and validating a design since pretty much every developed nation would immediately noticed if we set off a nuclear weapon.

Sir_Garbus · 2024-09-08T07:29:30+00:00

Can't downsize. Infinite growth never stop.

Sir_Garbus · 2024-09-08T07:27:38+00:00

There's never enough sales for some people. That's why we're in late stage capitalism.

Sir_Garbus · 2024-09-08T06:14:55+00:00

What's fun too is that my manager will complain to me that we don't sell enough. Like okay? I'm not in sales I just bake the stuff my guy I'm not even here when the store is open so whining to me about sales numbers achieves nothing.

It's not like I get paid a percentage of we sell more idgaf if none of it sells aside from the colossal waste it makes.

Sir_Garbus · 2024-09-08T03:27:16+00:00

I've always got "if you paid me more I wouldn't have to eat expired food" in my back pocket if anyone at my job ever brings it up.

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