Michelle
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The fandom doesn’t kid around.
February 27, 2024 at 5:53 PM
The fandom doesn’t kid around.
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The blue LED, one of the most difficult and important inventions ever – which allowed the white LED – is some of the craziest Chad shit I have ever heard about anything. This guy is pinnacle determination holy crap.
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Why It Was Almost Impossible to Make the Blue LED
The blue LED was supposed to be impossible—until a young engineer proposed a moonshot idea. Head to https://brilliant.org/veritasium to start your free 30-day trial, and the first 200 people get 20% off an annual premium subscription. If you’re looking for a molecular modeling kit, try Snatoms, a kit I invented where the atoms snap together magnetically - https://ve42.co/SnatomsV Huge thanks to the UC Santa Barbara Materials Dept for taking us around, and to Álvaro Bermejillo Seco for reviewing the science. These sources were also especially helpful: Nobel Prize Biography - Shuji Nakamura - https://ve42.co/NakamuraNobel Johnstone, B. (2015). Brilliant!. Prometheus Books. - https://ve42.co/Johnstone2015 Nakamura, S., Pearton, S., & Fasol, G. (2010). The Blue Laser Diode: The Complete Story. Springer. - https://ve42.co/Nakamura2010 ▀▀▀ References: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8M2z2hIbag https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGUteH93xNo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idwKHQEw78g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoTALRhAqWc Touchstone, L. A. (2022). Nick Holonyak Jr. University of Illinois. - https://ve42.co/Touchstone2022 Perry, T. S. (1995). The Unsung Inventor. IEEE Spectrum. - https://ve42.co/Perry1995 Chabay, R. & Sherwood, B. (2011). Matter & interactions (4th ed.), S2: Semiconductors. Wiley. - https://ve42.co/ChabaySherwood How MOCVD Works via Aixtron - https://ve42.co/MOCVD Vangala, S. R., et al. (2019). Epitaxial growth of ZnSe on GaAs. Journal of Crystal Growth. - https://ve42.co/Vangala2019 Nakamura, S. (1991). GaN Growth Using GaN Buffer Layer. JJAP. - https://ve42.co/Nakamura3rd1991 Amano, H., et al. (1989). P-Type Conduction in Mg-Doped GaN w/ LEEBI. JJAP. - https://ve42.co/Amano1989 Huang, M., et al. (2021). Defects in Mg–H‐Codoped GaN. Physica Status Solidi. - https://ve42.co/Huang2021 Schubert, E. F. (2006). Light Emitting Diodes, Ch 4: LED basics. Cambridge University Press. - https://ve42.co/RPI-LEDs Kitada, C. (2001). Blue About Japan. Japan Inc. - https://ve42.co/Kitada2001 Whitaker, T. (2002). Nakamura loses Nichia patent battle. Optics.org. - https://ve42.co/NichiaSales3 Pirates Osaka. (2014). Nakamura awarded Nobel Prize in Physics. Hatena Blog. - https://ve42.co/NichiaSales1 Growth Bozu via Twitter. - https://ve42.co/NichiaSales2 Rose, J. (2014). Blue LEDs – Filling the world with new light. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. - https://ve42.co/Rose2014 Pattison, P. M., et al. (2017). LED lighting efficacy. Comptes Rendus Physique. - https://ve42.co/Pattison2017 Electricity pricing via EIA - https://ve42.co/ElectricityPricing Lane, K., et al. (2023). Lighting. IEA. - https://ve42.co/LightingIEA LED Footprint via The Climate Group - https://ve42.co/ClimateGroupLED Nichia’s History via Nichia - https://ve42.co/NichiaHistory Shuji Nakamura via Wikipedia - https://ve42.co/NakamuraWiki Images & Video: Lighting the World via UCTVInsight on YouTube - https://ve42.co/UCTVep2 & https://ve42.co/UCTVep3 Palo Alto Times 1971 Article via Newspapers.com - https://ve42.co/Newspapers Nick Holonyak, Jr. and the LED via UIUC on YouTube - https://ve42.co/HolonyakIllinois The Original Blue LED via Science History Institute on YouTube - https://ve42.co/OGBlueLED Maxfield, M. (2022). Compound Semiconductors. EE Journal. - https://ve42.co/Maxfield2022 M. Stutzmann, et al. (2001). Playing with Polarity. pss (b). - https://ve42.co/Stutzman2001 Isamu Akasaki in 1995 via Andrey Nikolaev on YouTube - https://ve42.co/AsakiNikolaev Pioneer TX-610 Stereo Tuner via Ian Marino on YouTube - https://ve42.co/StereoMarino Shuji Nakamura via EPO on YouTube - https://ve42.co/NakamuraEPO Nichia Campus via Nichia on LinkedIn - https://ve42.co/NichiaHQ Nichia via TDElektronik on YouTube - https://ve42.co/NichiaTDE Violeds Sterilization of COVID-19 via Seoul Viosys - https://ve42.co/SterilizationUV ▀▀▀ Special thanks to our Patreon supporters: Chris Harper, Max Paladino, Balkrishna Heroor, Adam Foreman, Orlando Bassotto, Tj Steyn, meg noah, KeyWestr, TTST, John H. Austin, Jr., john kiehl, Anton Ragin, Diffbot, Gnare, Dave Kircher, Burt Humburg, Blake Byers, Evgeny Skvortsov, Meekay, Bill Linder, Paul Peijzel, Josh Hibschman, Juan Benet, David Johnston, Ubiquity Ventures, Richard Sundvall, Lee Redden, Stephen Wilcox, Marinus Kuivenhoven, Michael Krugman, Sam Lutfi ▀▀▀ Directed by Emily Zhang Written by Emily Zhang, Ricky Nathvani, and Derek Muller Edited by Trenton Oliver Illustrated by Jakub Misiek Animated by Fabio Albertelli, Mike Radjabov, David Szakaly, Ivy Tello, and Alondra Vitae Filmed by Derek Muller, Raquel Nuno, and Trenton Oliver Additional research by Gregor Čavlović Produced by Emily Zhang, Han Evans, Gregor Čavlović, and Derek Muller Thumbnail by Ren Hurley Additional video/photos supplied by Getty Images and Pond5 Music from Epidemic Sound
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February 9, 2024 at 5:17 AM
The blue LED, one of the most difficult and important inventions ever – which allowed the white LED – is some of the craziest Chad shit I have ever heard about anything. This guy is pinnacle determination holy crap.
youtu.be/AF8d72mA41M
youtu.be/AF8d72mA41M
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I heard you're looking for some "invite codes"
February 5, 2024 at 10:20 PM
I heard you're looking for some "invite codes"
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Technology is not a thing that exists as a force outside of the creation of the minds and hands which make it. Any human made thing can be stopped and changed by humans.
Yes, it actually can.
To give in otherwise is to abdicate responsibility and meaning, and that's cowardly fatalism, not reality.
Yes, it actually can.
To give in otherwise is to abdicate responsibility and meaning, and that's cowardly fatalism, not reality.
February 4, 2024 at 7:49 PM
Technology is not a thing that exists as a force outside of the creation of the minds and hands which make it. Any human made thing can be stopped and changed by humans.
Yes, it actually can.
To give in otherwise is to abdicate responsibility and meaning, and that's cowardly fatalism, not reality.
Yes, it actually can.
To give in otherwise is to abdicate responsibility and meaning, and that's cowardly fatalism, not reality.
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It's a diet called 'Universal Healthcare + closely interconnected multigenerational community'
lol
lol
February 3, 2024 at 4:03 AM
It's a diet called 'Universal Healthcare + closely interconnected multigenerational community'
lol
lol
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You know why Finland housed their homeless?
Because it's cheaper - saving Finland about $14K per person per year in crime, addiction, mental health, and emergency housing services.
In Canada/UK/US, we mostly rely on raising police budgets instead & still watch those problems rising exponentially.
Because it's cheaper - saving Finland about $14K per person per year in crime, addiction, mental health, and emergency housing services.
In Canada/UK/US, we mostly rely on raising police budgets instead & still watch those problems rising exponentially.
Finland’s successful approach to ending homelessness catches eye of Quebec City | Globalnews.ca
Quebec City Mayor Bruno Marchand has suggested that the solution to the crisis may be a Finnish model, which is a 'housing first' approach that aims to give everyone a home.
globalnews.ca
January 21, 2024 at 1:24 PM
You know why Finland housed their homeless?
Because it's cheaper - saving Finland about $14K per person per year in crime, addiction, mental health, and emergency housing services.
In Canada/UK/US, we mostly rely on raising police budgets instead & still watch those problems rising exponentially.
Because it's cheaper - saving Finland about $14K per person per year in crime, addiction, mental health, and emergency housing services.
In Canada/UK/US, we mostly rely on raising police budgets instead & still watch those problems rising exponentially.
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ATTENTION VISUAL ARTISTS:
Chicago University's 'Nightshade 1.0' Learning Algorithm 'poison' filter is now live for public use:
Unlike 'Glaze', which only makes your art irreplicable, Nightshade actively damages any learning database it gets added to.
nightshade.cs.uchicago.edu/downloads.html
Chicago University's 'Nightshade 1.0' Learning Algorithm 'poison' filter is now live for public use:
Unlike 'Glaze', which only makes your art irreplicable, Nightshade actively damages any learning database it gets added to.
nightshade.cs.uchicago.edu/downloads.html
nightshade.cs.uchicago.edu
January 20, 2024 at 1:24 AM
ATTENTION VISUAL ARTISTS:
Chicago University's 'Nightshade 1.0' Learning Algorithm 'poison' filter is now live for public use:
Unlike 'Glaze', which only makes your art irreplicable, Nightshade actively damages any learning database it gets added to.
nightshade.cs.uchicago.edu/downloads.html
Chicago University's 'Nightshade 1.0' Learning Algorithm 'poison' filter is now live for public use:
Unlike 'Glaze', which only makes your art irreplicable, Nightshade actively damages any learning database it gets added to.
nightshade.cs.uchicago.edu/downloads.html
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It cannot be stressed enough how much “Innovation” in our current moment generally means “divert money from a public good to a hypothetically profit generating sector”
January 16, 2024 at 10:23 PM
It cannot be stressed enough how much “Innovation” in our current moment generally means “divert money from a public good to a hypothetically profit generating sector”
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Rest in peace Terry Bisson author of, among other things, one of the funniest sci fi stories ever written (you can read it here):
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They're Made out of Meat
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January 11, 2024 at 11:37 PM
Rest in peace Terry Bisson author of, among other things, one of the funniest sci fi stories ever written (you can read it here):
www.mit.edu/people/dpoli...
www.mit.edu/people/dpoli...
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immense respect to this science teacher for seeing his opportunity and grabbing onto it with both hands
January 9, 2024 at 3:08 AM
immense respect to this science teacher for seeing his opportunity and grabbing onto it with both hands
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I am still gob-smacked at the news that the university was paying for private planes to take the WVU president to Charleston and other locations within driving distance and that the costs of these flights per anum was greater than the annual budgets of some of the programs he cut...it's galling
January 5, 2024 at 10:34 PM
I am still gob-smacked at the news that the university was paying for private planes to take the WVU president to Charleston and other locations within driving distance and that the costs of these flights per anum was greater than the annual budgets of some of the programs he cut...it's galling
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If I could pick one single figure to transport to the modern age with microblogging social media access I would pick Dorothy Parker in an absolute heartbeat and never even think about anyone else
Dorothy Parker to Robert Benchley, December 31, 1929. Happy New Year!
December 31, 2023 at 10:58 PM
If I could pick one single figure to transport to the modern age with microblogging social media access I would pick Dorothy Parker in an absolute heartbeat and never even think about anyone else
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"it's much easier to edit two hundred words of bad writing than it is to edit no writing at all."
December 29, 2023 at 2:07 PM
"it's much easier to edit two hundred words of bad writing than it is to edit no writing at all."
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Saturn Devouring His Son, by Francisco Goya, 1823
December 18, 2023 at 11:19 PM
Saturn Devouring His Son, by Francisco Goya, 1823
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We’re about to learn an important lesson about who runs the university, and it ain’t faculty or students
Ross Stevens, a wealthy donor to the University of Pennsylvania, is withdrawing a gift worth around $100 million in protest of the school's response to antisemitism on campus.
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December 8, 2023 at 1:21 AM
We’re about to learn an important lesson about who runs the university, and it ain’t faculty or students
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Despite frequent remonstrations, Persephone never accepted that she could not photocopy a whole book in one go.
December 6, 2023 at 7:02 PM
Despite frequent remonstrations, Persephone never accepted that she could not photocopy a whole book in one go.
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Vonnegut knew
December 3, 2023 at 3:54 PM
Vonnegut knew
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Long COVID is very real, and in Scientific American Tony Fauci says people with it, and with ME/CFS, need real medical help. Read Emily Mendenhall's conversation with NIH's former infectious disease chief here.🧪
Is Long COVID Real? Here Is What Tony Fauci Told Me
Too many people are suffering from long COVID and other postviral syndromes. Anthony Fauci says we need to step up funding and research now
www.scientificamerican.com
November 10, 2023 at 10:58 PM
Long COVID is very real, and in Scientific American Tony Fauci says people with it, and with ME/CFS, need real medical help. Read Emily Mendenhall's conversation with NIH's former infectious disease chief here.🧪
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“So who’s writing the headline for the big moon landing?” “Oh, I assigned it to Jim.” “Jim? The guy who always finds a slightly weird way to phrase everything?” “Yeah, but don’t worry, he promised this time he’d be extra careful to make it sound completely normal.”
July 20, 2023 at 9:22 PM
“So who’s writing the headline for the big moon landing?” “Oh, I assigned it to Jim.” “Jim? The guy who always finds a slightly weird way to phrase everything?” “Yeah, but don’t worry, he promised this time he’d be extra careful to make it sound completely normal.”