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It was playing on all the screens in a govt. building for 5 minutes. The staff didn't know how to stop it so someone was running around manually unplugging screens. I'd say that's pretty newsworthy

Even the Asteroid took one look at what was going on here on Earth and said "actually, fuck that"

I'll just leave this and this here...

Any trans person trying to get to the states right now needs to strongly reconsider.

Detecting multiple leviathan class lifeforms in the region. Are you certain whatever you're doing is worth it?

Can I just jump in here and say "broligarchy" is now my new favourite term

My brain: Uncomfortable image of slamming the lid shut

Thanks, you're right. I missed that.

No no, you're not reading it in the right tone of voice, it's Long Live the King

The temperature, and pressure are the conditions for a self sustaining fusion reaction. The fact that they maintained a fusion reaction for ANY length of time would imply that, yes, they reached those temperatures and pressures...

Your argument is essentially that the article is talking about how long they ran a steam engine, but that it doesn't say that achieved water boiling temperatures.

edit: @usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca has done a better job of explaining your issue. I missed that the article talks about a sustained plasma reaction, not a fusion reaction, which is subtle enough that I think I can be forgiven for missing your point. Especially since, at the end of the day, I'm just a layman.

Having a look at the source article here shows that you're correct, it was only 50 million celcius.

I've actually changed my mind, and I agree with you that that is misleading and the article author could have done a better job at making clear that, while this is still an impressive milestone, no fusion reaction took place.

The CEA seems to have done considerably better than 10 seconds and gone 25% beyond what China achieved in January 2025 with 1,066 seconds. In the latest test, the WEST Tokamak held its reaction for 1,337 seconds.

It's the very next paragraph... not to mention the very FIRST paragraph...

France has upped the ante in the quest for fusion power by maintaining a plasma reaction for over 22 minutes

What more do you want?

edit: The article talks about a sustained plasma reaction, not a fusion reaction. I agree that this could have been made clearer. Even in quoting it, I missed that

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