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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
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 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 18:51:13 UTC 2014 <BingoBoingo> I like the gallium torroid idea. I was thinking I might be useful for creating small bronze scultpures that could be remoulded almost like clay.
Tue Jun 10 18:53:39 UTC 2014 <BingoBoingo> asciilifeform: Well, I think retaliation from the Gallium upbidding cartel could take the form of upbidding Indium. iPhones can have problems too.
Tue Jun 10 18:59:20 UTC 2014 <BingoBoingo> It might take what, 1, 2 kilograms to fill a small fountain? The gallium might need changed out every couple seasons due to impurities?
Fri Mar 20 04:45:50 UTC 2015 <asciilifeform> and if you're building computers in the tens or hundreds rather than quajizillions quantities there is no reason not to use germanium, gallium arsenide, doped diamond, etc. chemistries
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 14:36:01 UTC 2014 <assbot> One or Two Ounces of Contaminated Gallium Liquid Metal Read | eBay