@Role_Play_Chat They're one of the original three, along with elves and dwarves. Skilled sailors and "outsider-hunters" (i.e. demon, devil, and aberration slayers). Obv as varied as any other ancestry, but that's their background (as per their creator goddess)
@sherlock_hulmes It's certainly not for everyone, but it's interesting that many of the actions and conditions you've introduced in Altheya (which I love btw) remind me so much of Pf2e ๐
South Africa really turned their shit around quick. From the perpetrators to the prosecutors. Makes me hopeful for the rest of the world, but also embarrassed for every 'developed' nation not up there.
Not sure the world UNDERSTANDS what is happening in Gaza.
7,028 Palestinians were killed in 20 days.
66% are children and women.
1,600 people, including 900 children, are missing- they may be under the rubble.
#CeasefireNOW
https://t.co/bANNMpvpZv
Our correspondent in his last report as Israel imposed total blackout. "Please guys if you can hear us send the message to the world we are isolated now in Gaza. Again guys if you can hear us ... we are isolated we don't have phone signals or tech connections.."
Our correspondent in his last report as Israel imposed total blackout. "Please guys if you can hear us send the message to the world we are isolated now in Gaza. Again guys if you can hear us ... we are isolated we don't have phone signals or tech connections.."
@HonkIfUrHoary pheasants are alive purely by coincidence and the whims of some prankster god
magpies likely have plans to subjugate all of humanity but decide to chill (for now)
National Lab (LBNL) results support LK-99 as a room-temperature ambient-pressure superconductor.
Simulations published 1 hour ago on arxiv support LK-99 as the holy grail of modern material science and applied physics.
(https://t.co/UOOtDlx3eE)
Here's the plain-english explanation:
- The simulations modeled what the original Korean authors proposed was happening to their material - where copper atoms were percolating into a crystal structure and replacing lead atoms, causing the crystal to strain slightly and contract by 0.5%. This unique structure was proposed to allow this amazing property.
- @sineatrix from Lawrence Berkeley National Lab simulated this using heavy-duty compute power from the Department of Energy, and looked to see what would happen to the 'electronic structure' of this material, meaning, what are the available conduction pathways in the material.
- It turns out that there are conduction pathways for electrons that are in just the right conditions and places that would enable them to 'superconduct'. More specifically, they were close to the 'Fermi Surface' which is like the sea-level of electrical energy, as in '0 ft above sea-level.' It's believed currently that the more conduction pathways close to the Fermi surface, the higher the temperature you can superconduct at (An analogy might be how its easier for planes to fly close to the surface of the ocean due to the 'ground effect' that gives them more lift.)
This plot in particular shows the 'bands', or electron pathways, crossing above and below the Fermi surface.
- Lastly, these interesting conduction pathways only form when the copper atom percolates into the less likely location in the crystal lattice, or the 'higher energy' binding site. This means the material would be difficult to synthesize since only a small fraction of crystal gets its copper in just the right location.
This is insanely bullish for humanity.