"Brian, The Life of" (familycar)
10/15/2014 at 12:29 • Filed to: None
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"Brian, The Life of" (familycar)
10/15/2014 at 12:29 • Filed to: None | 1
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Did you guys see this on the FP sidebar? If this works ... amazeballs!
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mcseanerson
> Brian, The Life of
10/15/2014 at 12:31 |
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No, people are too busy bickering about #gamergate for something useful to be noticed.
area man
> Brian, The Life of
10/15/2014 at 12:32 |
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Holy shit... if they can scale down as well as up, well, that's the future right there.
Brian Silvestro
> Brian, The Life of
10/15/2014 at 12:33 |
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"Yeah my car's got a triple reactor engine, such a smooth power delivery"
Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
> Brian, The Life of
10/15/2014 at 12:33 |
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WOAH WHAT? That's insane. Fusion cars when?
JR1
> Brian, The Life of
10/15/2014 at 12:35 |
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Where do you put the waste?
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Brian, The Life of
> JR1
10/15/2014 at 12:41 |
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As I understand it, fusion reactors require total containment so there is no "coolant" water/etc that becomes radioactive waste in the end.
jariten1781
> Brian, The Life of
10/15/2014 at 12:42 |
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I'll believe it when it's something more than CAD drawings and equations.
Also, despite what the article says, there's no way practical way to miniaturize this to power aircraft/cars.
Sir_Stig: and toxic masculinity ruins the party again.
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
10/15/2014 at 12:42 |
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Fusion you say?
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JR1
> Brian, The Life of
10/15/2014 at 12:43 |
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Interesting I had no idea that was the case
Chris Clarke
> Brian, The Life of
10/15/2014 at 12:45 |
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you "could put it on a semi-trailer, similar to a small gas turbine, put it on a pad, hook it up and can be running in a few weeks."
Yes please
Money Hustard
> Brian, The Life of
10/15/2014 at 12:45 |
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It's a Jesus Diaz story, so I assume whatever contained within is false/exaggerated/plain stupid.
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Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
> Sir_Stig: and toxic masculinity ruins the party again.
10/15/2014 at 12:45 |
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Woah, when did Aston Martin start making sedans?
/s
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Brian, The Life of
> Money Hustard
10/15/2014 at 12:52 |
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Since he got it from Aviation Week , I'm inclined to give it more credence.
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Money Hustard
> Brian, The Life of
10/15/2014 at 12:54 |
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Oh I saw the links, but the Jesus Diaz byline gave me that immediate impression.
Jayhawk Jake
> Brian, The Life of
10/15/2014 at 12:55 |
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I love how people jump to conclusions
Power cars, airplanes, etc...power what exactly? It's not a propulsive device. Unless it's pumping out an insane amount of energy it's probably not capable of producing energy as quickly as an airplane would consume it without having a ton of these reactors on board.
Fusion energy is the future if anyone can figure it out, but let's get the reactor running before jumping to applications
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Brian, The Life of
> Money Hustard
10/15/2014 at 13:00 |
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Oh, I'm not saying I blame you on that one.
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Brian, The Life of
> Jayhawk Jake
10/15/2014 at 13:03 |
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Exactly! If all we can do is power ships trains and eliminate coal/gas-fired power plants, that is still an enormous win for humanity. We can stick with ICE or batteries for cars, thanks.
HammerheadFistpunch
> Brian, The Life of
10/15/2014 at 13:05 |
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"It is the size of a jet engine, power airplanes, spaceships, and cities—and they say it will be operative in only 10 years."
So which is it. the size of a jet engine, power airplanes (?) spaceships or cities? Oh Diaz....
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Jayhawk Jake
> Brian, The Life of
10/15/2014 at 13:10 |
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I'm not saying it won't ever be used in cars or planes, I'm just saying to temper expectations of immediate applications
user314
> HammerheadFistpunch
10/15/2014 at 13:16 |
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Eh, so we're about ten years behind.
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HammerheadFistpunch
> Brian, The Life of
10/15/2014 at 13:18 |
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if its a JD story, I just skip it if I can and head strait to the source to draw my own conclusions
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HammerheadFistpunch
> Brian, The Life of
10/15/2014 at 13:20 |
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Replacing coal should be this reactors (hopeful) #1 priority. despite the bad rap cars get, they are a very small part of the problem in relation to electricity generation.
RallyWrench
> Brian, The Life of
10/15/2014 at 13:40 |
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That's another one of those articles that needs special dispensation to give more stars. It also nicely puts into perspective how stupid most of Gawker media's articles are. Seriously massive implications, and I hope like hell it works.
Agrajag
> Brian, The Life of
10/15/2014 at 14:21 |
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crowmolly
> Brian, The Life of
10/15/2014 at 14:58 |
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Fuck yeah, one step closer. LOL.
CKeffer
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
10/15/2014 at 15:06 |
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Well before that! Yes I know it was a joke, it was still an excuse to post a pic of one of the sexiest sedans ever made.
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Brian, The Life of
> user314
10/15/2014 at 15:57 |
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True story: my mom had one of those coffee grinders when BTTF came out
Racescort666
> Money Hustard
10/15/2014 at 16:12 |
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That guy drives me fucking crazy .
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Money Hustard
> Racescort666
10/15/2014 at 16:29 |
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He probably sees the oceans of hate crashing against him as jealousy. I mean why wouldn't he? He just makes GIFs and salacious claims as a job.
For me it goes past that though. I stopped reading Gizmodo almost completely due to his bullshit waste-of-space writing. He even created a kinja account to insult me one time. Out of everyone out there that could do his job (middleschoolers, meth addicts, etc.), I have no idea why Gawker media sees him as someone worth employing , I've always assumed he just has some amazing blackmail on someone in its upper management.
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Racescort666
> Money Hustard
10/15/2014 at 17:46 |
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I will admit that he occasionally finds cool shit like the topic in question but you are absolutely right that he is a shit journalist. He's pretty much on par with Buzzfeed/Upworthy/Huff Po for shittiness and should experience a canoe fire.