Matt

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Forever GM. Audiophile. Unapologetic nerd.
Show threadMattMar 13
@b00ksc0ut Absolutely agree. Painful to leave but not more valuable than another option is just an abusive relationship.
Show threadMattMar 13
@b00ksc0ut Broadly agree, but what specifically are you calling out?
Show threadMattMar 1
@mike Force people to sign up at the next WAG meeting? đŸ˜‚
Show threadMattMar 1
@mike I know, right? Best follow-up I could find was something like a 10-year-plus plan to create a power plant that could safely leverage it, but nothing about what kind of grant money was being used or if there was any kind of private investment involved.
Show threadMattFeb 28
@mike https://www.llnl.gov/article/49301/shot-ages-fusion-ignition-breakthrough-hailed-one-most-impressive-scientific-feats-21st
A shot for the ages: Fusion ignition breakthrough hailed as ‘one of the most impressive scientific feats of the 21st century’

Call it the shot heard 'round the world. The monumental, first-ever demonstration of fusion ignition by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's (LLNL) National Ignition Facility (NIF) marks a potentially world-changing breakthrough for fusion energy and a key initial step in a decades-long quest for limitless clean energy, U.S. government officials and LLNL scientists said Tuesday. At an historic press conference held at U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) headquarters in Washington, D.C., officials with DOE, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), the National Nuclear

MattFeb 28

I just found out that in 2022 the NIF achieved ignition in a nuclear fusion reaction. Multiple times since (because science, gotta re-test and confirm) with MJ of energy.

HOW is this not something that has been more widely talked about and investing for the next steps?!? Oh, right. Capitalism.

MattFeb 23
You know you work from home when during your second cup of coffee it occurs to you that you should probably shave over lunch đŸ¤£
MattFeb 15
I will forever maintain that we experience and remember through music. Or maybe just I do. Sometimes the music is a fully produced song; sometimes it is a singular voice with emotion; sometimes it is the music of birds and the wind.
MattFeb 13
Some Fridays you just need to shower and wash the work-week off you at the end of the day.
Show threadMattFeb 6
@mike @b00ksc0ut Good! Can only keep the doors and windows closed so much.