Posts by funranium@redwombat.social
(DIR) Post #ASSfRqqmKvnYsGwqFU by funranium@redwombat.social
2023-02-08T04:10:11Z
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Anyway, here's me hoping [knocks on wood] that I don't have a reason to be a helpful Health Physicist wrt to a train derailment any time soon. Or ever, really. I would be A-OK never needing to share PROTIPS for that.In conclusion, be nice to your friendly neighborhood Industrial Hygienist. They're great and have it much harder than me.
(DIR) Post #ASSpF8HtC238jSCdH6 by funranium@redwombat.social
2023-02-08T06:41:00Z
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@publius Granddad Did It Right.
(DIR) Post #ASVmJeHAUCiEiECtdo by funranium@redwombat.social
2023-02-09T16:58:49Z
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IMPORTAN SERVICE INTERRUPTION ANNOUNCEMENTFor most of June 2023, there will be no BBotE or Stein of Science production. I will be going for a walk.https://www.funraniumlabs.com/2023/02/planned-service-interruption-june-2023/
(DIR) Post #ASlzogDXrAl9lxtD3w by funranium@redwombat.social
2023-02-16T19:41:03Z
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With a moment's contemplation after reading this, I just realized how spectacularly bad this could go if, for example, you went to do a search for an chemical's MSDS and it gave you back some bullshit advice to take in the event of exposure or fire.Human brains melt at the concept of what to do with chemical incompatibles & water reactive substances during a fire. Machine learning will train on the typical responses...but the zebras will kill you.https://twitter.com/edzitron/status/1626281111713382400?s=20
(DIR) Post #ASlzoh68aCQcVHQo9g by funranium@redwombat.social
2023-02-16T19:41:58Z
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However, an AI trained to think about the zebras is going to return useless info to you most of the time.The very first thing students do before they do an experiment is "check the literature" and step one is almost always hit up Google. I grimly await a lab blowing up due to AI advice.It's nice that I have a new thing to add to safety training now. That people should absolutely not use any conversational AI generated advice unless they are actively seeking a Darwin Award.
(DIR) Post #ASlzohckcwW48QgqzQ by funranium@redwombat.social
2023-02-16T19:44:38Z
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As someone with a safety role considering all the things people regularly search Google for, like material safety data sheets, asking an AI what to do in any dangerous situation is:1) Asking to die from inaccurate/blatantly wrong advice.2) A liability nightmare. Not sure Section 230 is going to protect the AI's owner.Will the AI tell you to put out a vinyl chloride fire with water? Will it tell you to wear a HEPA filter respirator? If it did and you follow that advice you are about to die.
(DIR) Post #ASxOBtSPKhAv8N0DGy by funranium@redwombat.social
2023-02-17T17:24:00Z
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With a due amount of editing to make it all more readable, the 20th compiled Choose Your Own Radiation Adventure: Rad PresentsFor the record, I still really want the Haigerloch chandelier.https://www.funraniumlabs.com/2023/02/choose-your-own-radiation-adventure-rad-presents/
(DIR) Post #ASxOBvPI5Fs1BHYkgy by funranium@redwombat.social
2023-02-22T21:27:36Z
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As people asked "What do you do with a collection of rad stuff?" in reply to the twentieth CYORA, here's the fifth to answer that question. https://www.funraniumlabs.com/2020/10/choose-your-own-radiation-adventure-collections-of-the-dead/
(DIR) Post #ASyjghEB8znUNSptmy by funranium@redwombat.social
2023-02-23T16:46:58Z
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No $USER, I won't let you buy Amazon laser safety glasses. I'm sorry, not Amazon. Third party seller through Amazon that stinks of gray market, uncertified production in a random Shenzhen factory to make sure liability is completely avoided.No, it's not okay if you buy the same product from Wish or Walmart instead. Stop it.
(DIR) Post #ASyjgiH3FngncfBhuC by funranium@redwombat.social
2023-02-23T16:53:11Z
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@jaseg Oh my answer to that is always "I specifically told you not to buy from Thorlabs. Did you even read the vendor list?"
(DIR) Post #ASyjgiM0xLevs3Vfdo by funranium@redwombat.social
2023-02-23T16:52:17Z
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No, I won't share a link with you because I don't want anyone else to buy them either.It is a bad sign when a seller hasn't even made a website of their own to share their fake accreditation info and testimonials. Too lazy to commit to the grift.
(DIR) Post #ATEBnLUmZL9IBh182S by funranium@redwombat.social
2023-03-03T04:47:51Z
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No, I don’t have any positive fusion takes for you. I will just reiterate what I’ve said many, many times before:You have gotten so far excited about a nuclear reaction that you never bother to think about what a reactor, much less a power station, will be like from a radiological point of view. I yelled at NIF researchers this week for “I told you 18 fucking years ago this would happen. I trained your employees for it!”
(DIR) Post #ATECAsH4rc6AVgpHjk by funranium@redwombat.social
2023-03-03T04:56:03Z
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@publius At least some NIF people have gotten their dick slammed in the door enough times to stop referring to it as fusion power research. It’s stockpile stewardship and neutronics experiments. That’s it.
(DIR) Post #ATFBETji8GnKliKlMm by funranium@redwombat.social
2023-03-03T04:54:52Z
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@Lilysea because the dream is much higher intensity in a smaller footprint. Doesn’t matter if it’s real or not, or ever will be real, it’s still a dream.
(DIR) Post #ATaubK58vrPusCz55U by funranium@redwombat.social
2023-03-14T03:57:00Z
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@textfiles they also really have no idea how their detectors work. Like, at all.
(DIR) Post #AU3HjX6zsOSqCs6dFI by funranium@redwombat.social
2023-03-27T19:21:59Z
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Oh no, depleted uranium (DU) munitions discourse is afoot again. Let's do the really short version:Q: Is it a radiological hazard?A: No.Q: Is it safe to use?A: Try not to lick or huff the targets you shoot with them, but I'd say that for lead too. Heavy metals toxicity.
(DIR) Post #AbXv04ZerOQ1eMLiUK by funranium@redwombat.social
2023-11-06T22:50:37Z
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In light of the many, many people that wanted my commentary on scorched ape eyes, here ya go.https://www.funraniumlabs.com/2023/11/ultraviolet-rant/
(DIR) Post #AcrFMdv77mLcFyBxR2 by funranium@redwombat.social
2023-12-16T03:27:09Z
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Now that I’ve spent my day discussing licking nuclear weapons and Pokémon porn, I feel obligated to remind folks that we’re in the final countdown for holiday shopping. GIT SUM https://shop.funraniumlabs.com
(DIR) Post #Am8KNXLqoeDEnVKLZ2 by funranium@redwombat.social
2024-09-18T15:49:25Z
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Okay, as promised long ago, the Uranium Glass & Fiestaware post.Eventually, I'll get a better pic of the tiles at Union Station in there than one from the toilet company. https://www.funraniumlabs.com/2024/09/fiestaware-uranium-glass/
(DIR) Post #AvrWiFTzfYYZguNxmi by funranium@redwombat.social
2025-07-06T16:21:06Z
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Two in one week! Will wonders never cease?It's time for the CYORA that generated the most cranky "I don't like your options and want to argue about it" responses. It's been sitting in draft since December 2020 so there's a few things that stung as I edited in the present.https://www.funraniumlabs.com/2025/07/cyora-anti-drone-warfare/