Thanks, that's interesting to know. Btw, do you mind sharing what felt oddly bright about moissanite specifically? Was it too noticeable/distracting in your periphery vision? Haven't heard someone comment that about them before.
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No, it’s attached. I’m on kbin though, so it’s probably some inter-instance communication issue. Added a link to it in the body.
Here, I assembled a comparison image. They're pretty similar in normal light, but moissanite shines like a motherfucker :)
As someone who works in jewelry design, moissanite is far superior to diamond anyway.
- Very similar hardness (9.25+ vs 10), but lower value makes moissanite a bit less brittle, less prone to chipping and more durable overall
- Higher refractive index (2.65–2.69 vs 2.42), which gives moissanite more brilliance and sparkle compared to diamonds
- Lower Abbe number. It means that moissanite tends to disperse light into colors more than diamond, giving moissanite more fiery or rainbow colors
- Usually lab-produced, so much more ethical in general, and much higher clarity on average
- It’s waaay cheaper
So for anyone going for a diamond ring, I suggest trying moissanite instead. The only thing that diamond has going for it in this comparison is just decades-long PR. It’s not even a fun gem chemistry-wise, it’s just carbon. Moissanite, on the other hand, is SiC :)
Thanks. Holy shit, but kinda not surprised by any of those, all seem to be the standard right-wing talking points
I assume “trump’s nft cards pack” is just a pack of low-quality printed cards that simply say “nft” somewhere on them? :)
Are there any other differences besides a more visible mountain/ice layer? Feels like it should have had an aurora or something in that vein on the UV layer.
I know that it’s right wing, but I haven’t heard much about what Italy’s new government has actually been doing for the last year or so. Do you have any specific examples of damaging policies/laws? Or something that’s planned to take effect?
Haha, I know. But its mostly laziness, like if I need a new tab I just open one, and since it doesn't lag I don't care. I do save quite a lot though when I go through them and I refer or look up quite a few afterwards. So, ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Pretty much, but they aim to have a continuos range, so they might be able to keep improving the information density by having more accurate readouts across that range.
To save you a click, they used new material combination, thin films of hafnium oxide connected by barium bridges, to create a memory storage device that can encode states in between 0 and 1 to increase possible information density.
Also, the horizon line on their logo looked like a hair on my phone screen and it bugged me the whole time I was reading the article. I accidentally clicked on it trying to swipe it off the first time.
It’s Sinclair, stuff around him always gets overly-sensationalized, but skimming though the actual paper… damn, it looks surprisingly promising.