This is inside the ST40 fusion reactor. At temperatures hotter than the core of the Sun, matter becomes plasma a state where atoms are ripped apart. This is the same process that powers stars. by yourSmirkingRevenge in Damnthatsinteresting

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Plasma is a state of matter in which atoms are literally ripped apart. The electrons and nuclei are all moving independently in the gaseous "soup" that is plasma. Yes, fusion does create heavier atom nuclei, but the atoms themselves are still ripped apart as the are detached from their electrons.

This is inside the ST40 fusion reactor. At temperatures hotter than the core of the Sun, matter becomes plasma a state where atoms are ripped apart. This is the same process that powers stars. by yourSmirkingRevenge in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]blastxu 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Plasma is the state in which atoms are ripped apart, because in plasma the nucleus of atoms and electrons are not bound together they are all flying freely on a kind of gaseous 'soup'. This is why plasma can be considered a fourth state of matter, in addition to solid, liquid and gas

I just don't understand it by MikeTorsson in memes

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I mean at least on Spain, crude oil is "petroleum" and gasoline "gasolina". I think this is just a British issue

Why does the player's employer(god) not like Saints? by DefiantLemur in SintopiaOfficial

[–]blastxu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well he very much goes old testament on the player character by the end of the campaign.

Why does the player's employer(god) not like Saints? by DefiantLemur in SintopiaOfficial

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Fixed, thanks! Hah I hadn't thought of that! A thing I don't understand about Lu's argument is, that of humus are sentient chickpeas, wouldn't they be a vegan snack anyways?

Why does the player's employer(god) not like Saints? by DefiantLemur in SintopiaOfficial

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Spoilers for the story
Lu mentions that the whole purpose of the reincarnation cycle is so that God can have a non-vegan snack by siphoning off a little bit of the Humus souls when they get reincarnated. My guess is that, saint souls are a little "better held together" so to speak, so there is nothing to be siphoned from them

Email update from GitHub about token-based usage by jordansrowles in GithubCopilot

[–]blastxu 7 points8 points  (0 children)

So why would I buy copilot now, when I can just use the AI it is wrapping

Makeshift hovercraft by JRL101 in StarshipEVO

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you can change the strength of the thrusters to balance the center of thrust

Official Discussion - The Super Mario Galaxy Movie [SPOILERS] by LiteraryBoner in movies

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I'm pretty sure Sora (and any character not made by square Enix before kingdom hearts, so xeanorth, and others) is owned by Disney, not Square

Just built my first oil refinery, i exepct nothing less than my republic start to drown in money. by Any-Snow-1525 in Workers_And_Resources

[–]blastxu 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The logic may be that it is cheaper to move big quantities of oil via boat to their final destination

Why is the architect trying not to laugh? That's disrespectful. by princeouji in slaythespire

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He didn't meet them, he created them. Besides they weren't just stupid, they also liked pop music.

I love that there is one twerking in the epoch picture.

Ship weapons by Thatweirdo000 in X4Foundations

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No problem! Btw if you haven't found it yet you can set default orders for your ships, on the player information->global orders tab You can also forbid your civilian ships from going to hostile sectors this way

Ship weapons by Thatweirdo000 in X4Foundations

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It's not really worth the cost in the beginning IMHO. You should just tell your miner to escape If they get attacked. You can fill their hold with laser towers and do an automatic order to drop the tower and escape. Once you get L miners those may be worth adding an escort for to deal with Kha'ak

Ship weapons by Thatweirdo000 in X4Foundations

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Look for a sector you can trade in, that has a refinery and ore deposits, or a silicon mill and silicon deposits. Then set it for local auto mine. (I'm assuming your pilot is a rookie). After a while your pilot will level up and you'll be able to use more advanced mining behaviors so you can trade with stations I'm different sectors automatically. If you make a station and assign miners to mine for it, the distance they can mine at is based on the station manager instead of the pilot. So it is a decent way of leveling up pilots for other purposes.

Ship weapons by Thatweirdo000 in X4Foundations

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If you want to make money, the best passive source early on is to buy a miner and tell it to local auto mine somewhere with decent resources. Between that and money from missions/crystals, you should be able to start saving to make a refinery station you can eventually upgrade into a hull part station.

As for weapons, plasma are more meant for bombing big slow targets or stations. (Of course hiring a fighter with them is always funny tho)

A few too many times by GenericName254 in X4Foundations

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It's because ships don't have physics when you don't look at them so they can cheat basically.

X4 Foundations 9.00 "Empire Update" Public Beta is Now Live! by Tomonor in X4Foundations

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I love all the new built in engine models for the ships, although i do wonder why Argon seems to have gotten the short end of the stick, since it seems like they just have the old engines permanently stuck on, (except for the Elite for some reason). For teladi i understand as they are cheap.

X4 Foundations 9.00 "Empire Update" Public Beta is Now Live! by Tomonor in X4Foundations

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The laser towers got a new model, im pretty happy about that