[HN Gopher] Sand Won't Save You This Time (2008)
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       Sand Won't Save You This Time (2008)
        
       Author : Tomte
       Score  : 49 points
       Date   : 2021-10-26 11:08 UTC (11 hours ago)
        
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       | dredmorbius wrote:
       | There are a number of submissions relating to the author and
       | their blog, though from numerous sources. Informative,
       | entertaining, and cautionary.
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       | https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...
        
       | PaulDavisThe1st wrote:
       | I was hoping that maybe this was somehow about Dune.
        
         | perihelions wrote:
         | Well, this spicy stuff is also an interplanetary spaceship
         | propellant, and prolonged exposure to the gaseous form will
         | certainly mutate you.
        
       | JoshTriplett wrote:
       | Also see Ignition, a book on the history of rocket fuel
       | development, which is a _great_ read:
       | https://library.sciencemadness.org/library/books/ignition.pd...
        
         | Analemma_ wrote:
         | I don't know if anyone has confirmed this explicitly, but it's
         | a likely assumption that _Ignition!_ went back in to print
         | after many years of unavailability precisely because of all the
         | interest stirred up by this post.
        
       | AceJohnny2 wrote:
       | This is from Derek Lowe's blog "In The Pipeline" on the
       | pharmaceutical industry via chemistry, and it's the best.
       | 
       | It's bounced around a couple hosts over the years, and sadly this
       | latest incarnation on science.org doesn't preserve the tags from
       | the original.
       | 
       | Nevertheless, look up "Derek Lowe things I won't work with" for a
       | great and hilarious series of posts on "fun" chemicals.
       | 
       | For example:
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       | * Peroxide Peroxides:
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       | https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/things-i-won-t-wor...
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       | * Dioxygen Difluoride, or FOOF to its frenemies (let's put the
       | two strongest oxidants together just for fun):
       | 
       | https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/things-i-won-t-wor...
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       | * Triazadienyl Fluoride:
       | 
       | https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/things-i-won-t-wor...
        
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