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midribbon_action 101 points 8 months ago

Splitting a heavy U-235 atom, given perfect conversion to electricity, could power a 1 Watt nightlight for around 7.5x10^-13 seconds

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Vince 41 points 8 months ago

This was just the question I wanted answered

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midribbon_action 24 points 8 months ago

One could say I gave you what you Watt-ed.

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MajorMajormajormajor 10 points 8 months ago

Yes, hello Physicists, how do I put someone else's comment in the collider?

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otter 28 points 8 months ago

Maybe they had trouble hitting that atom, and decided to surround with many other U-235 atom before trying the split

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turdcollector69 15 points 8 months ago

That's forever in Planck time

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deegeese 9 points 8 months ago

How many tons of TNT is that?

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thatKamGuy 7 points 8 months ago

Around 7.66 x10^-3^ nanograms

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nomecks 6 points 8 months ago

They're fighting over an atom, they're probably not that big

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WhiskyTangoFoxtrot 1 point 8 months ago

Life is unfair.

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ryannathans 2 points 8 months ago

Much easier to split many

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NeatNit 75 points 8 months ago

They've come a long way. https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2014-11-25

(click above link for full comic)

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xoggy 35 points 8 months ago

Since we're nitpicking the atom thing, also Solomon didn't split anything. He said cut the baby in half to see the reaction of the women to find out who the true mother was.

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Damage 26 points 8 months ago

And even if his method wasn't actually great for establishing that, it certainly unmasked one woman as a psycho who was unfit to be in society, let alone care for a child

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shalafi 15 points 8 months ago

If you don't know the story, two women were arguing over which one was the real mother of a baby. Solomon said, "OK, I'll cut it in half. Everybody happy?"

One woman was like, fine, do it. The other went to screeching. Solomon concluded the second woman was the real mother.

And that's where the term "nuclear option" came from!

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flandish 9 points 8 months ago

up and at them!

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ameancow 8 points 8 months ago

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DeathByBigSad 8 points 8 months ago

Lol I saw the nuke first and was like: wtf, then I read the rest of it and I lol'ed.

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