Alchimerical

Physicist. Tokyo, Japan

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@SatoshEh @gladstein @ContrarianCurse The majority of people on Earth are disenfranchised. Many don’t even realize it.

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@Unveiled_ChinaX He did a 3 year postdoc so it’s unlikely he is the youngest staff scientist at NIMS. USTC is a good school and he’ll do well, but don’t act like every early career staff scientist moving is some kind of newsworthy coup. 😂

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@zephyr_z9 Is this made by Tecnisco (2962.T)? They make metal/diamond composite heat spreaders with similar specifications. But their main business is microfabrication of glass and embedded electrical connections (TGV).

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@dylfreed @JohnCarreyrou

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@newscientist

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@LukeGromen @AndreasSteno New defense companies will be born because lazy researchers at Raytheon put 500 ounces of silver per missile.

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@WallStreetMav Researchers will find ways to replace or reduce silver in all applications if prices stay high. And this will be permanent.

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@CacheThatCheque Bad western style Japanese food would be the ultimate send off.

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@TShirtnJeans2 @jukan05 Shin-Etsu (4063.T) already has the technology for large-scale separation and refinement of REEs. I suspect they will build more capacity in Indonesia or create a subsidiary there.

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@RealKeithWeiner

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@Strombo94 @RushDoshi @nytimes China used US belief in the free market and globalism to tie a hangman’s noose around American necks that would make Sun Tzu proud. And these idiots think that’s fine because surely the Chinese won’t ever drop the door underneath.

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@Strombo94 @RushDoshi @nytimes Rare earth (RE) elements are abundant all over the planet. Refining them is the main challenge because process is really messy. Better methods exist but governments need to subsidize them like China. Economic cost is low. Total RE market is $12B, ~1/100th the steel market.

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@PaulJHeer @RushDoshi Cooperative interdependence doesn’t mean you should allow your main geopolitical rival to supply your bullets.

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@RushDoshi @nytimes It’s just so sad that such a move is necessary because the American strategic position on trade is so woefully naive. People like yourself got the US into this mess after we warned you for years.

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@RushDoshi @nytimes Why did the US allow China to dominate rare earths/magnets? Chinese used them as leverage against Japan in the 2010s. The tariffs are dumb but forcing China to reveal its true intentions before they dominate all industries is a good result.

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@murchandamus @ToneVays @LukeDashjr @jimmysong @knutsvanholm @giacomozucco IEEE’s projected storage cost is ~$3.50 per terabyte by 2028. Full blocks on a 2TB drive would get you to 2031.

https://t.co/gybMct6jzb

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@isaacstonefish @SantiagoAuFund The Bitfinex hackers barely touched their stolen Bitcoin for ~7 years.

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@btcquokka @stephanlivera Cost per terabyte is expected to drop to $3.50 by 2028 according to IEEE.

And assuming full 4MB blocks, a 2TB drive should last you until 2031. This seems inexpensive to me even with the Yen in the toilet…am I missing something?

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@offbasicwhite @NewbpkerRS The absolute worst on japanlife was the foreigner whose ex-wife got remarried to Japanese and would only allow ex to speak with his child via Skype and only if he posed as an English teacher and not father.

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