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Tue Jun 10 14:26:17 UTC 2014 <asciilifeform> that's actually the part that intrigues me - how do we fake gallium
Tue Jun 10 14:24:43 UTC 2014 <jurov> there are other amalgams not suitable as solder, but for faking gallium in closed container something can be certainly though of
Tue Jun 10 08:42:53 UTC 2014 <jurov> BingoBoingo asciilifeform according to pediwikia gallium is incredibly sticky and messy once it melts, and rather poisonous...so, no chains nor cutlery
Tue Jun 10 03:33:36 UTC 2014 <asciilifeform> BingoBoingo: why silver is the white metal everyone seems to horde and not gallium << Ga is typically found in bauxite, so it had to wait for cheap Al refinement.
Tue Jun 10 01:35:32 UTC 2014 <BingoBoingo> asciilifeform: I wonder why silver is the white metal everyone seems to horde and not gallium.
Wed May 28 02:40:49 UTC 2014 <asciilifeform> naive engineer / worker bee might imagine that 'next wave' is gallium arsenide, eldrich optical cpu, etc. - but nope.
Sun Jan 12 03:14:39 UTC 2014 <nubbins`> Vexual: well, when the value explodes in the future, you can't just sell your gallium coins to samsung or w/e
Mon Nov 04 15:59:55 UTC 2013 <asciilifeform> or, anybody still alive knows how to wrangle gallium arsenide logic?
Fri Oct 25 03:29:42 UTC 2013 <asciilifeform> it could also look like a 1m by 1m cube of gallium arsenide optical logic, bathed in liquid He