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3Hotdogs

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11. So you were a science dork. I was just a plain dork. But let me tell ya about my grandson. Now 16.

Reply to NNadir (Reply #9)

Sat Nov 1, 2025, 09:06 AM

16 hrs ago

At 11, he designed his gaming computer, went with our friend (70 year old electronics dork), bought the parts and assembled it. I don't know much about the sophistication of such devices but I know that it has 15 fans in it. I don't think my iMac has any fans.

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Transmutation of Mercury into Gold. [View all] NNadir Wednesday OP

Great. Now EVERYBODY knows, thank-you very much. Note to self: sell off gold holdings. marble falls Wednesday #1

Don't worry; be happy. No one is building a modern Clementine reactor. If they did, it wouldn't smash the market. NNadir Wednesday #2

he ALWAYS ruins stuff...ask him about perpetual motion! ret5hd Wednesday #3

Ironic considering that mercury is often used to mine/separate gold, polluting the environment. Norrrm Wednesday #4

I got an old thermometer somewhere in the house. 3Hotdogs Wednesday #5

This would depend on whether you have a high energy gamma source in your house. NNadir Friday #7

Doesn't Radio Shack sell gamma generators? 3Hotdogs Yesterday #8

Ah...Radio Shack. Some still I exist, I believe. As a first time father, anticipating the life of fatherhood... NNadir 17 hrs ago #9

So you were a science dork. I was just a plain dork. But let me tell ya about my grandson. Now 16. 3Hotdogs 16 hrs ago #11

That boy will be necessary to rebuild America after the ongoing fall. NNadir 16 hrs ago #12

I saw on Reddit that Marathon Fusion is a start up with this very idea Ponietz Thursday #6

I'm skeptical that anyone will build a fusion reactor as reliable as a fission reactor, at least not in the lifetime... NNadir 17 hrs ago #10