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Andrew McCalip demonstrates synthesis of LK99

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Re: Andrew McCalip demonstrates synthesis of LK99

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Post by DoctorOetker »

huijzer wrote: post #49
sashank_1509 wrote: post #40

This makes me extremely bullish about Varda Space, they have engineers of high quality and expertise that they could do a decent replication very quickly (if they got access to raw materials earlier, they might have been first to do so, comparable with the Chinese Groups) while working on their off time (from what I’ve seen of their twitter) and not a single big academic lab has managed to complete any sort of replic…

> not a single big academic lab has managed to complete any sort of replication to date! They are still busy getting approvals from three layers of management and one group of lawyers.

Currently out of office, will respond as soon as possible after Impostor Syndrome therapy session is over.

Re: Andrew McCalip demonstrates synthesis of LK99

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Post by toxik »

huijzer wrote: post #49
sashank_1509 wrote: post #40

This makes me extremely bullish about Varda Space, they have engineers of high quality and expertise that they could do a decent replication very quickly (if they got access to raw materials earlier, they might have been first to do so, comparable with the Chinese Groups) while working on their off time (from what I’ve seen of their twitter) and not a single big academic lab has managed to complete any sort of replic…

> not a single big academic lab has managed to complete any sort of replication to date! They are still busy getting approvals from three layers of management and one group of lawyers.

Doesn’t ring true for me at all, academia is many things but if your supervisor is onboard, you can generally do anything.

Re: Andrew McCalip demonstrates synthesis of LK99

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Post by sashank_1509 »

admissionsguy wrote: post #62
waihtis wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

the difference between doers versus academics has never been demonstrated more beautifully

The problem is they needed academics to show them what to do.

The story goes, some professor had a theory in 1999 that was rejected by the mainstream regarding creating superconductors. He passed away and as a dying wish asked his students to continue the research work and develop a theory for why it works. The students unable to get “academic” funding set up a company and got funding from industry to do their research in 2017 and the rest is history.

It’s very hard to redeem academia in this example.

Re: Andrew McCalip demonstrates synthesis of LK99

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Post by TheAceOfHearts »

tw1984 wrote: post #63
ssijak wrote: post #21

There is a Checz lab also documenting the process https://twitter.com/CondMatfyz

I am totally confused, it is documented in the original south korean paper, why anyone would want to rely on such second hand unverified info when first hand info from the original inventors are freely available to everyone?

Having multiple groups document and share their progress while attempting to replicate LK-99 is exciting and it captures people's imagination. People want to see LK-99 being replicated by multiple sources. Aside from that, as I understand it the information in the original South Korean paper leaves out a lot of details on how to fully replicate their findings.

Re: Andrew McCalip demonstrates synthesis of LK99

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Post by Swenrekcah »

gmerc wrote: post #32
ssijak wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

pardon my ignorance but why are people posting nitter links every time, what is wrong with original twitter urls?

Elon is turning his platform to pay for misinformation and rage baiting. No need to support that even passively.

You are not wrong. I certainly was no fan of the old twitter’s ultra woke circle jerk and bullyism but you could at least mostly ignore it and the verified accounts were actual verified people.

Today the misinformation and shitposting crap is impossible to avoid, the top comments are invariably random 8 dollar people (?) that add little to the discussion and porn bots / onlyfans all over the place.

On top of that it seems there might be a bias in the accounts that get selected for payouts and there is indeed quite the incentive for ragebait there.

Re: Andrew McCalip demonstrates synthesis of LK99

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Post by ssijak »

tw1984 wrote: post #63
ssijak wrote: post #21

There is a Checz lab also documenting the process https://twitter.com/CondMatfyz

I am totally confused, it is documented in the original south korean paper, why anyone would want to rely on such second hand unverified info when first hand info from the original inventors are freely available to everyone?

not sure what you are saying. other labs are trying to replicate what Koreans published and are documenting the their process of replication

Re: Andrew McCalip demonstrates synthesis of LK99

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Post by h2odragon »

yxhuvud wrote: post #64
tw1984 wrote: post #56

the really amazing part of the LK99 is that you don't any big name with access to some national labs to demonstrate that for you, all you need is some high school lab equipments and some very basic understanding of the subject.

Yes and no. You still need access to red phosphorous which is not all that easy to get hold of.

I recall using it for fireworks recipes. Good thing we controlled access since then; otherwise people would be making drugs with it all over...

Re: Andrew McCalip demonstrates synthesis of LK99

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Post by nemo44x »

OJFord wrote: post #43
est wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's made in USA baby!

I think you're joking, I'd 100% assume it, except that I ran into some truly bizarre US patriotism while trying to follow McCalip's updates a few days ago - last relevant one I could find was 'materials coming tomorrow' on 27th, but then I couldn't find anything about using them or any update. Just a decent into people tweeting (in thread) about how great America is, the best country, etc. Really surreal. Think it wa…

He’s replicating a cutting edge material science in his garage. People are celebrating the optimistic spirit of Americans. The indomitable will that this country encourages and the sense that anything is possible if you’re ambitious and smart enough to pull it off.

Re: Andrew McCalip demonstrates synthesis of LK99

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Post by sanxiyn »

sashank_1509 wrote: post #40

This makes me extremely bullish about Varda Space, they have engineers of high quality and expertise that they could do a decent replication very quickly (if they got access to raw materials earlier, they might have been first to do so, comparable with the Chinese Groups) while working on their off time (from what I’ve seen of their twitter) and not a single big academic lab has managed to complete any sort of replic…

World first replication was done by Iris Alexandra using her own accelerated process and there is no way Varda Space could have beaten her.
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