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8 months agoCringe…
AI slop?
Plutonium-238’s half-life is 87.7 years, Americium-241 is 432.6 years. Which… is almost 5 times longer, so… not sure why that’s cringe?
With an atomic number of 241, it’s hardly small.
I believe they’re referring to the fact that it’s not an element of major topic. This is the first time I’ve ever heard of it.
I think this could be compelling given that tech continues to get more power efficient. I don’t know the numbers, but if we were to launch the same tech that’s on Voyager 1/2 today, would we be able to do that with 1/5 the power? If so, those probes could likely still have all their instruments running if they used Americium.
Fighting the classification of lootboxes as gambling. Sony is absolute garbage, but Valve isn’t perfect.
https://youtu.be/13eiDhuvM6Y?is=6S3VWl4DnKcaw3LQ