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@SteelFolk Works better in what sense?

@georgetakei

Scientist here, just a bit of a pet peve here. This isnt a good answer. Lead can form through normal processes (stellar)and doesnt require radioactive decay as its main source. In fact most lead on earth existed when the earth was formed.

@SteelFolk True, at that temperature the steel would be molten. But what i said would still be true other than the fact that the steel would be molten.

@Extelec No the reaction cant be sustained. IT takes more energy to dissociate the water then you get back from the flame. So it ultimately cools the object and onc eit drops below 2200 the flames will stop.

@SteelFolk The specific color would depend on the metal to some degree, but yea it would look yellowish-red for sure for steel at least.

So apparently Biden is Putin's choice for president over Trump...

> "For us, who's better, Biden or Trump?" Russian TV correspondent Pavel Zarubin asked President Putin.
>
> "Biden," Vladimir Putin replied in a flash. "He's more experienced, he's predictable, he's an old-style politician."

#USPol

Interesting fact of the day. Water will "catch fire" when used on anything over about 2,200 C.

You can observe this if you take red hot metal and dip it in water, you will see flames produced and even explosions.

The reason is because at those temperatures the water disassociates and hydrogen and oxygen is produced that then reignites turning back into water and producing flame.

In fact particularly hot fires can not be extinguished with water as the water will convert into hydrogen so quickly it will literally just cause an explosion.

@wjmaggos oops yea...ill fix

I wonder if all animals on earth became significantly cuter in response to the existance of humans or not? I mean it makes sense if we are eating the ugly ones more.

It definitely seems from artistis depictions (which are likely wildly inaccurate) to be the case... but who knows.

This is definitely something I would have done back in the 90s

@stux Is it malicious attempt or just spammers hijacking the servers? Not really sure whats going on here.

Thanks for the info though.

@Troggie I encourage my employees to challenge me, I think its the only way we improve.

That said if we debate how something should be done, and dont reach an agreement, as the boss I do have the right to make a final decision, and as an employee one should either quit or do it at that point. But a good boss will never be mad at being questioned.