MrWunderful

Somebody should make a vertical flow chart. Start at Nintendo of Japan, nintendo USA, or whoever else they have. Filter it down through all the distributors, developers, 3rd party licensed international sub contractors, local publishers, overstock buyers, etc. Then just draw a horizontal line through it and define whatever you want on either side. Who can give out seals of approval? Who can put Nintendo tm (c) on something? Think about how we could solve this all right now!

I still think it could be a huge leap on a much smaller scale (phones, semiconductors etc.) but scaling up is just unrealistic in such a small amount of time- relative i said AFAIK on teams internally to someone today and got called a millennial, yet didnt know what ELI5 meant so now Im confused

EL15? To answer the rest, almost nothing. Maybe 10% less on your electrical bill, MAYBE. I can’t provide a lot about the uses for this material in semiconductors and small for applications, but I can talk about it from an electrical construction perspective. Great discussion tho, let me elaborate . Maybe this can add to clarification on scaling of the lk-99. For general residential/commercial/industrial wiring, having a “theoretical” conductor that offers true zero resistance would definetly save on material costs for whoever is installing it. Lets take a step back. Every year, across the entire world, there are millions, and millions of miles of wire that are produced. Wires is fine as a human hair, all the way up to wires as thick as a half dollar. For LK – 99 to get anywhere near that the cost to produce would have to be equal to if not lower than copper. So that makes it feel very unrealistic. For it to even exist at a consumer level, it Has to prove itself as superior on a commercial and industrial level. but we’re gonna need some more information first. Can we put 4000a through something as fine and flexible as a hair? Because then I could see it saving more than what the numbers from the article show. But when you really look at the practicality behind logistics, supply chain production, etc. it doesnt make sense for it to even exist on a consumer level in our lifetime. We will be using copper/aluminum for power distribution until the day both our grandkids die. Maybe after that?

You will always need codes, as cities always want the income from permit and inspection fees. But thats capitalism. I get what you are saying, but splicing fiber is something that requires a super expensive machine and a very specific environment. Splicing copper needs a .03 c wire nut and some wire strippers. Re: compatibility, you would need everything that is connected to that material to be either the same durability, or higher. The circuit breakers act as the weakpoint in any building to “fail” (trip) before a component catches on fire. For it to be viable, it would basically need to be the same price, flexibility, etc as copper just “better”. And assume there is no dielectric corrosion like what happens when dissimilar metals touch. Fuses are literally a piece of copper designed to brake. Would we have copper fuseible links protecting something that theoretically would never melt? If you plug in an inductive load like a space heater, it would just draw power until something other than the lk-99 melted. TLDR: call me when its sold at home depot for 100$ for 250’ like 12-2 romex.

The amount of copper wiring in every house, in every building, in every city, in every country in the world is impossible to replace. Like how flexible is it? What is the bend radius? How do you splice it? Can you drag it across the ground? Can it be procured for under 1$/ pound? Will it work in wet locations? How is it in salty sea air and 135° summers? The entire NEC (national electric code) in USA is designed around protecting copper and aluminum wire from melting or catching on fire. I could see it being revolutionary on a very small scale, like phones or computers. But electrical distribution, all the way down to the plug in your wall? No chance. For sure not in our lifetimes, and It would almost have to be infinitely scaleable. but good question

Me too. Everybody of course wants top dollar for it too, and I am personally fine with the old “-1” set. Or you and I can piss everyone off and act like it doesn't count

As the resident electrician, I can safely say this will never replace copper and aluminum conductors. NEVER.

Thats what we should do, but un-ambiguous “yes or no” leaves one party’s argument moot. “Retail” is in fact 100% irrelevant when talking about licensed/authorized or not. edit: remember this thread?

I would love to have an improved relationship to a border country over china. Enjoy russia, Xi!

@Gloves didnt want to start a new thread. what is the best way to address game stores that have closed in the gamestore section? Send the person that created the entry a message? I believe only the gamestore entry creator can show it as open or closed, or am I wrong?

Just saying, if an argument on legitimacy is based on “being sold at retail”, it should be defined. An international chain store? A regional chain store based on franchises? A local detritus/junk store chain with 3 locations owned by a single Small business owner? A back alley flea market that happens to put price tags on things?

Oh you mean “any place that sells stuff” doesn't count? Interesting

That was a good thread. And It was a joke, as I assumed you had no idea what it was (the official United states soccer league “major league soccer”) @FireHazard51 what team? Earthquakes man myself, but looking forward to the womens “bay fc”

Are you an MLS fan?

What if we specifically defined “retail” tho

Old pudding fingers meatball ronnie will still be begging for scraps

Old Mitt dont want the mouth breathing trump cultists harassing him way too rich and chill. Any Republican that takes him on is going to feel the full incel onslaught of the always online crowd.

Trumps main lawyer is a realestate attorney lol no real lawyers will go near him. Powell, Wood, Eastman and Guiliani have been or will be disbarred. Im looking forward to watching him drown under the full weight of the real americans at the DOJ, and attorney generals of Georgia and New York. The final shoe from Georgia hasn’t even dropped yet. I’m not exactly a huge Biden fan, but will vote for a plastic bag full of Hillary Clintons and Anthony Fauci’s shit before anyone with an R in front of their name, unless maybe Chris Christie. But still probably not.

Which helps my case, thank you

Good pull. I have one if nobody else does

He was in a ton of stuff. Film and tv according to wikipedia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Reubens @everyone else that doesnt get it. If you know, you know.

That money did, im sure. However, Buying something like that with manufactured hype that has no comparable items of that scale, drove up the “lower” graded (as in, not the highest) along with minty sealed for the hope that you get the next 1 mil plus game. Which if you had the capital, you could snatch up as much of that pre purchase lower-high grade slabbed and mint raw games for the after purchase flip. My future moneys on no game sells for over a mil again outside of some other historical/pop culture context. Also, how did something packaged on an assembly line like 30 million others by a robot magically be in so much better amazing condition