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@skobkin That said I have run it at high voltages of (40ish V) and it goes up almost instantly at that voltage/current. Just not what I'm running it at today.

@skobkin no, 40V but i should have said 3.2A since it is current limited and for short runs of pencil "lead" it is only running at about 5V.

@Ianhorsewell While I have never tested this, I would expect there to be yes...

When the carbon gets hot it starts to react with the atmosphere producing CO2 as gas (though no noticeable flame) this causes the graphite to thin out. As it gets thinner its resistance goes up and it gets hotter, and brighter. As such it will start a dull red and slowly thin out as it gets to a blinding white light, at the end it breaks apart in a final flash of bright white light and then the circuit is broken.

I would expect in a vacuum the carbon would remain unreacted and likely wouldnt have the same runaway reaction.

@jordinn

Isnt that virtually the same thing though... like grow a bunch of trees, and bury them and their leaves in the ground.. its the exact same process that created the oil and as long as you put in as much CO2 as you get out your break even... whats the problem?

@Ianhorsewell a classic indeed.

The thing i find fun about the pencil lead is just how insanely bright it gets... it will cause eye damage if you look at it.

I love running 40V across 0.5mm pencil lead and watching it evaporate into gas in a flash of blinding white light :)

@customdesigned Are you claiming the vast majority of scientists have never and will never agree on anything? That doesnt sound right at all.

@admitsWrongIfProven

Authoritarian is different... authoritarian means "the govt has power, and that is more important than the power of the individual.".. democrats are generally authoritative-left and republicans generally authoritative-right.. libertarians however are usually non-authoritative and come in both right and left forms.

@ech

@ech

Well no, it may mean that... the right isnt limited to republicans.. different groups ont he right manifest the principles in different ways. Right-libertarians generally dont want any power to be centralized in the state but are ok if natrual processes cause centralization of power among people (in other words they are ok with monopolies forming in an unregulated market), republicans are generally ok with some level of governance.

@admitsWrongIfProven

@Biggles

My opinion on the vaccine has been consistent... It deserved caution when it was authorized for emergency use and didnt clear the usual safety checks... now that it has full FDA approval its pretty stupid not to be vaccinated.

That said when i was voicing my concerns over the vaccine and other COVID issues (Keep in mind i am a research scientist who worked on COVID) I got very abusive resistance to my ideas fromt he extreme left and right, even though most of my ideas were fairly standard mainstream opinions.

@mike805

@stux

Well I dont think anyone will be shocked if Threads winds up completely abusing privacy rights.... so yea...

@0c75844ed6379ab9381461e27f5bd5e12bc72e2df7b2fc532d258685ee9ecf1d

A popular favorite for sure :)

@stux Hate to break it to you, but that issue applies to all federation, not just meta. There are countless servers that exist exclusively in the USA..

That said I support whatever decision you make re: blocking meta... as long as your transparent to your users they can pick whatever server they want.. if they want to talk to their friends and family they will just move servers, no biggie.

That said I think the legal reason doesnt add up, its more ideological, but thats ok!

@Biggles

I too did not see any pushback on vaccines from liberals.. in fact quite the opposite, I saw them very strongly pushing for it and being quite aggressive towards anti-vaxxers.

@mike805

@ech

>deregulation and lower taxes

Im not sure thats really saying anything different. Deregulation is a way of basically saying "We wont try to manipulate who has power and who doesnt, we will let natural processes define that and if power accumulates in a central place, so be it"...

Taxes are a bit more nuanced, generally a progressive tax structure where the rich are more taxed than the poor/middle class is about wealth redistribution. Therefore lower taxes, particularly when we talk about taxes closer to being flat, then that too is about "let power distribute where it naturally will".

@admitsWrongIfProven

@mike805

Thats not really true.. nutrient defiencies are cured with the proper nutrients, poisons are cured with their proper antidoes (methanol being cured with ethanol for example), surgeries usually directly fix the underlying issues (mending bones for example). In fact outside of mental illnesses and viruses most diseases can be cured directly rather than just mitigating symptoms.

@Biggles

@mike805

Fair criticism. In all liklihood many of the alternative treatments would have had marginal impact at best... I mean never in the history of medicine have we ever been able to find a significant cure to a virus outside of vaccines, never.

Any treatments that could have potentially help would have addressed the symptoms and likely not cured the virus..

That said your right that blind suppression was at play and some of the treatments may atleast have been helpful if not a complete cure.

@Biggles