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[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 16 points 17 hours ago (4 children)
[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 16 points 16 hours ago

Errich, is the refrigerator running? This is Mike Hunt, and he's a rich.

[–] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 15 points 16 hours ago

Eric Bachman, this is your mother. You are not my son.

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 5 points 14 hours ago

"This is you as an old man. I'm ugly and dead alone."

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[–] uis@lemm.ee 6 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

And then there are thermonuclear generators

[–] RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 9 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

There are some fusion designs that use direct energy conversion.

Some work went into fission designs as well.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_energy_conversion

[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 6 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)
[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 3 points 13 hours ago

That's from building nuclear weapons though, not power

[–] unlawfulbooger@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

I heard that somewhere in the US there were parts of a nuclear power plant being delivered by steam train. So that’s basically one steam engine supplying another! (^^,)

I can’t seem to find an article about it anywhere, so it might be an urban legend :(

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 9 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Big Steam is playing us for suckers!

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[–] frezik@midwest.social 5 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

Given that the first commercial nuclear power plants in the US were coming online in the late 1950s, that's entirely possible. Steam trains were well on their way out by then, but there were still a few hauling freight around.

Fun adjacent fact: even when the British Empire had moved off of wind sails and into coal, those coal ships didn't have the range to possibly cover the entire Empire. Coal stations were setup around the world, and the coal had to be transported by sail. The previous technology helps get the next generation technology going.

[–] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 4 points 14 hours ago

Sail ships continued to be used well into the 20th century. The absolute last purely sail powered warship served during WW1!

[–] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 8 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Nuclear power is the refining distilling and enriching of uranium into unstable isotopes and higher elements, boiling water is one small step in converting nuclear energy into electrical energy.

[–] Rolder@reddthat.com 6 points 15 hours ago

But it’s one of the most important steps because it’s where the actual electricity comes from.

[–] uis@lemm.ee 2 points 14 hours ago

into unstable isotopes

No, they were there all along.

[–] Draegur@lemm.ee 3 points 13 hours ago

"what if fire... But... MOAR"

[–] Beacon@fedia.io 7 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Sheng Wang is hilarious! Seriously, if you like comedy then watch his stuff

[–] exasperation@lemm.ee 9 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Both Jimmy O. Yang and Sheng Wang are hilarious, but you should recognize that they are two different people.

[–] Beacon@fedia.io 4 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

The only Asian standup comedian guy with long hair I know of is Sheng Wang, so i thought the pic was him when he was young. My bad

[–] exasperation@lemm.ee 1 points 13 hours ago

Sheng Wang had short hair when he first got into the standup game:

https://youtu.be/Qvo9stCkbyA

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[–] plinky@hexbear.net 4 points 15 hours ago

nerd actually space based nuclear uses thermoelectric

[–] Des@hexbear.net 1 points 12 hours ago

still waiting for those molten fuel MHD reactors

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago

Or melting salt, or whatever. But yes it's just making stuff hot.

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 0 points 10 hours ago

The issue is that boiling water is inside human bodies

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