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  • potoo22@programming.devtoFunny@sh.itjust.worksWeakness
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    7 days ago

    Achtually, most Uranium is uranium-238, which is mostly stable. People use it in glass and decorations and it causes them to glow in blacklight. It’s safe as long as you aren’t in daily constant contact with it or eat it.

    Uranium-235 is less stable, but makes up less than 1% of Uranium on Earth. The quantity in natural uranium isn’t much riskier unless you’re exposed to enriched uranium which has more Uranium-235.

    The byproducts of a chain reaction of U-235 fission are what cause most of the dangerous radiation. Which is to say, the leftovers of a nuclear explosion are very radioactive and dangerous, but natural uranium before exploding is mostly safe and it won’t explode unless you enrich it and set up the correct conditions.








  • To my understanding, the arcing is caused by hard edges. E.g. all the elections could be at the end of a fork’s tines, and EM field forces them to jump to another tine instead of going through the root of the fork.

    Since spoons are rounded, they don’t need to jump. I don’t think the material plays much of a role in arcing other than providing resistance. They would heat up, but they’d melt before they arc. Still, they can arc from one spoon to another spoon when there multiple spoons close enough.









  • potoo22@programming.devtoComic Strips@lemmy.worldSmall business
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    1 month ago

    I like to think the vendors resell them around their connections. Like this guy bought them at 5 gold each. He sells them to a distributor for 7 gold. The distributor sells them to cheese vendors and chefs for 10 gold.

    And that’s why you only get half the price when you resell your items.