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themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago

Iran War Chokes Off Helium Supply Critical for AI

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themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago
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      Unfortunately it’s also critical for MRIs.

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        Yeah, what a crazy headline that AI was the thing mentioned and not 1 of the many other real life uses that offer greater solutions to us.

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        Okay, but do you really think we’re going to prioritize the enormous loss-leading CSAM engines over lifesaving medical diagnostics machines?

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          I trust our leaders to make the right decisions. Just a small bump in the road or two lately, that’s all.

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            Thanks for reminding me of the date

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              Oh, I’ll be damned. Didn’t even dawn on me.

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        And making your voice sound funny

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          Sulfur hexafluoride does the opposite:

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvvSIAqOkIw

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            IIRC it’s also one of the worst greenhouse gasses in existence, unfortunately.

            Edit: the worst greenhouse gas. Why are cool things always secretly terrible?

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            Can you stand upside down to get dense gasses out of your lungs? Asking for a friend

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              I assume so. Here’s a video of someone floating a boat (apparently in air) in it, and then sinking it by pouring cups of sulfur hexafluoride over it:

              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ee2NaYRnRGo

              If it avoids diffusing into air to the degree that you can scoop it up and pour it, I’d imagine that it’d pour out of one’s lungs the same way.

              But if you just want to get most of it out of your lungs — like, you’ve been breathing it and don’t want to asphyxiate — I imagine that exhaling all the air you can and inhaling air and doing that a few times would probably do a pretty good job, the way the Mythbusters video above did with the helium.

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