It's like how I had limitations on the use of calculators for math tests. For calculus the steps toward the answer are where you earn points.

Modern CPUs have transistors at least in the tens of millions, the most advanced have billions. A gram of bismuth has ~2*10^21 atoms. Pre-existing impurities would probably be a bigger factor by orders of magnitude.

The hyperlink directs to "nl.farnell.com/en-__NL__"...

Are you Dutch too? What a coincidence, haha.

Bismuth-209 was long thought to have the heaviest stable nucleus of any element, but in 2003, a research team at the Institut d’Astrophysique Spatiale in Orsay, France, discovered that 209Bi undergoes alpha decay with a half-life of 20.1 exayears (2.01×1019, or 20.1 quintillion years), over 109 times longer than the estimated age of the universe.

Due to its hugely long half-life, for all known medical and industrial applications, bismuth can be treated as stable.

I had studied "traffic engineering / mobility planning" for 2 years, but I behind, catching up was difficult because of a change in curriculum and I bit off more than I could chew regarding training social skills.

Computer science was too abstract for me and applied physics was too broad, plus I have a lifelong fascination with technology, how things, magnets and electricity. Electrical engineering also seems pretty secure for the job market, given the omnipresence of electricity. I like the physical and the digital and electricity is the medium that connects them! The university I chose also has a lot of international students, I like meeting people from other places.

I've often thought about possibly moving to China and work as an engineer there, given recent developments in Europe and China investing heavily in science right now. I do find it scary to just start a new life in another country like that, I do feel pretty attached to the place I grew up in.

I recently decided to apply for electrical engineering lol

How did you end up getting the payload in the first place, if I may ask?

3-hour video essay

a lawsuit filed by Mr. Perrone on behalf of an inmate who had accused jail officials in Clinton County, Mich., of being “deliberately indifferent” to her when she started vomiting last year.

In a brief order issued on Monday, Judge Kent noted that “each page of plaintiff’s complaint appears on an e-filing which is dominated by a large multicolored cartoon dragon dressed in a suit, presumably because she is represented by the law firm of ‘Dragon Lawyers PC © Award Winning Lawyers.’” “Use of this dragon cartoon logo is not only distracting, it is juvenile and impertinent,” Judge Kent wrote. “The Court is not a cartoon.”

I've been curious about the background of Futurism, I've been pleasantly surprised by the snarkiness their articles often exhibit.

I've been wondering, does China have a lot of discourse around cyberattacks/cybersecurity like we do here?

GT-May '26

Oh my God, yes!

The study cites this for how they measured each form of "authoritarianism":

The study it cites about "left-wing authoritarianism" explicitly states that it "strongly correlates with engagement in political violence" in the abstract and for why they think their research matters, which makes it sound like they want to get some phrenology-based "Minority Report" thing going.

I find this kind of research very suspicious overall.

Then Elon Musk would be Yegor Gaidar. This photo strengthens my case:

And Peter Navarro would be Jeffrey Sachs, I guess?

At the same time, I'm reading about how they're missing other targets, so overall I'm confused: https://www.carbonbrief.org/china-briefing-6-march-2025-two-sessions-climate-news-new-vice-minister-targets-missed/

When I look up the video all the comments are Dutch people struggling with the cyclist's Frisian accent lol

Don't forget the "red-islamist alliance"