@foone you could call this...

flash memory

i don't think i can rightfully process the extent of disregard for one's safety that "i will intentionally vibrate my airplane to pieces and then stake it all on my ability to climb out of the flaming debris with a parachute and open it before i hit something" implies

like i have done some unhinged shit in my own time but i haven't been even 1% as ... whatever the fuck it is... as they were

imagination-defying event

i wonder if the test pilot would close the door behind them

there's got to be something seriously wrong with you for even considering that... procedure, much less actually flying it

"if wings fall off my airplane i would simply walk out the door" mindboggling

the sixties were a different time https://admiralcloudberg.medium.com/physics-strikes-back-the-crashes-of-braniff-flight-542-and-northwest-orient-flight-710-2b3e2176c221

@foone i feel like this is a perfect application for prolog

> There are additional benefits to this approach:
>
> * The old libstdc++ documentation calls this **the cool way**.

(stares)

> libio is the glibc component which implements the foundations of FILE * streams support (printf and scanf are part of the stdio-common subdirectory.)
>
> Although libio is written in C, its streams are extensible with C++ classes.

glibc is doing *what*

@jacqueline @n0toose #openbsd doesn't protect your first freedom!! this is why i only use #guix

what i find really interesting is the relatively slow heat transfer from the graphite crucible to the magnesium. the crucible was glowing white hot, magnesium has a melting point of only 650°C, and yet it's barely melted

even their specific heat capacity is very close. i dunno why it's like this

key points:
- dry every part of the apparatus that will be heated (crucible, reagents, enclosure) for 4h at 150 degC
- use lots of NaCl flux
- fill crucible with argon before closing it
- feed argon into the enclosure from the bottom

things to improve:
- mix NaCl flux with MgCl2 for improved wettability of the oxide
- cover the top of the enclosure to somewhat reduce the amount of escaping Mg vapor (as well as heat) with an alumina dish
- heat it for several minutes to ensure complete melting

Item Acquired

video

i think the reason it smokes is Mg vapor escaping into atmosphere

HELL YEAH operation "Magnesium" was a success

by feeding inert gas from the bottom i have avoided it setting itself on fire!!!

it's cooling down nicely

apparently "asbestos shoveling competition" was a real thing

okay check this out http://www.popcornlinux.org/

@rain @encthenet @recursive this would make me more comfortable to use Dropbox and similar file-sharing solutions

I was using my headmate's file share (that's Synology, but same idea as Dropbox) and once I, or maybe someone else in the household, put like half a terabyte of files into the wrong folder. it got backed up and noticeably increased the storage bill.

ever since I obsess over "did this go into the right folder or not?" when using that system because of the very direct costs involved

@zanagb @mcc do you feel the same way about your memory? because dissociative amnesia means, for me, that posts are the only memory I'll have for much of my life.

I *hate* people who assert that my memory should expire.

@rain @recursive my reason is that I really don't want build products in the source tree, especially given how you can't remove anything from the history