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Comment · 11 months ago
Maybe if you build the datacenter inside an asteroid, and use the whole surface as an infrared radiator.
Comment · 11 months ago
The thermal budget is impossible to escape. Maybe in an asteroid it could be possible, the whole surface becomes a thermal radiator and the whole asteroid a thermal mass. But still no convection.
Comment · 11 months ago
What's your counter argument for the thermal budget problem ?

Dissipating heat into outer space is extremely difficult, you can't escape thermodynamics.

Comment · 1 year ago
Maybe some governments are sponsoring these activities near the border of a political rival. Like they did during the golden triangle era...
Comment · 1 year ago
Grok could say anything. Isn't there a rule yet on just blatantly copy/pasting AI answers ?
Comment · 1 year ago
More than Germanic ?
Comment · 1 year ago
Sorry to be that guy. But Emacs ? Free forever and great at keyboard shortcuts.

Probably still needs a good text editor though.

Comment · 1 year ago
I meant compared to the glory that the theoretical physicists get. I can't find any general public / mainstream work that even mention him as a crucial scientist in the development of the nuclear industry.
Comment · 1 year ago
Just curious if anyone has heard of Otto Hahn? Unsung genius of quantum research born on the losing side of multiple wars.
Comment · 14 years ago
Comment · 15 years ago

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