KSP Atlas ( @KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz ) 40•8 months agoThe rock isn’t really “flattened”, its more like being melted, turned into a crystal and sliced
HobbitFoot ( @HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club ) English26•8 months agoDon’t forget the saucy photos they take of it.
ActuallyRuben ( @ActuallyRuben@actuallyruben.nl ) 19•8 months agoSounds a lot like flattening with extra steps to me
MonkderZweite ( @MonkderZweite@feddit.ch ) 11•8 months agoSounds a lot like magic and alchemy to me.
Incandemon ( @Incandemon@lemmy.ca ) 7•8 months agoNot just melted, the rock is first dissolved and distilled. Then it is melted.
wewbull ( @wewbull@feddit.uk ) English7•8 months agoThen gassed repeatedly.
rgb3x3 ( @rgb3x3@beehaw.org ) 3•8 months agoNever realized I’d share so much in common with it.
deadbeef79000 ( @deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz ) 37•8 months agoAny sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
Clarke or Azimov, can’t remember which titan of SF said it.
Malgas ( @Malgas@beehaw.org ) English14•8 months agoIt’s Clarke’s Third Law.
pyrflie ( @pyrflie@lemm.ee ) 8•8 months agoI got curious and looked them up.
- When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.
- The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.
- Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
rgb3x3 ( @rgb3x3@beehaw.org ) 9•8 months agoPretty sure that was Abraham Lincoln
deadbeef79000 ( @deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz ) 8•8 months agoThe vampire hunter?
Neat!
Scrof ( @Scrof@sopuli.xyz ) 21•8 months agoIf it’s stupid and it works it’s not stupid.
UraniumBlazer ( @UraniumBlazer@lemm.ee ) English18•8 months agoFun fact: Lithium is named after the Greek word “lithos”, meaning “stone”. It was named so as it was first found in ores. Lithium is a critical element in batteries. Therefore, it isn’t wrong to say that your magical glass slab sucks energy from magical stones to show you pictures of hot femboys.
bmlzootown ( @bmlzootown@lemmy.ml ) English3•8 months agoMine just shows me pictures of hot masculine guys. This isn’t a bug, though… It’s a feature.
fl42v ( @fl42v@lemmy.ml ) 11•8 months agoWouldn’t it be more like sand or glass instead of rock?
afathl ( @afathl@feddit.ch ) 16•8 months agoBoth are made from rock
Johanno ( @Johanno@feddit.de ) 7•8 months agoRock and Stone
Kuvwert ( @Kuvwert@lemm.ee ) 3•8 months agoFor Karl!
Magnetar ( @Magnetar@feddit.de ) 1•8 months agoWhat’s the difference?
ezures ( @ezures@lemmy.wtf ) 5•8 months agoLegally speaking, rocking is more legal than stoning