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apparently ww1 era british soldiers figured out that cordite works like amyl but shittier (more specifically, nitroglycerin part) https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/abaf/009c8713aadd8accbb03b2b40a93b5c3c77a.pdf

got jumpscared by bubble mention in least likely place i've expected, weekly defense economics powerpoint:

There are a couple of features that are common to a lot of history's arms races. They can be easy to start, hard to stop, and incinerate cash with the kind of zeal you'd normally associate with venture capital during a tech bubble.

smokeless powder is, sort of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitroglycerin#Industrial_exposure

entire rationalist project is arguably get-smart-quick scheme

wait is this development also related to permanent magnet synchronous generators as found in offshore wind turbines?

Sr-90 that was involved in cases you mention is strong beta emitter, but Pu-238 isn't, it's mostly-alpha emitter, so it'll only get dangerous if somebody ingests it, but it's a piece of ceramic inside a strong case

it's not the type of plutonium that is fissile, 40% of it decayed by now, and it was formed into hard, chemically resistant ceramic in the first place

have you read the article

Catholic practice of adolescent confirmation

this must be country-specific, because the way i know it, it happens at age when people still can be pressured by parents/grandparents (under 15 or so), it's about the only reason why it happens, and it marks the last time they are seen in church before marriage (formal requirement for catholic marriage), if at all (country secularizes and many ditch catholic marriage entirely). there's also very little on the "inside" (you're picking a saint and write an essay on them that nobody reads; unless you want to become a priest, it has absolutely zero bearing on your life)

Final Reminder

promise??

know the difference:

cannon:

fanon: