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I found ultra-pure quantum crystals in an abandoned mine in the Atacama desert

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Re: I found ultra-pure quantum crystals in an abandoned mine in the Atacama desert

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Post by bee_rider »

nemomarx wrote: post #68
ninalanyon wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Australia behaves the same way, exports ore to China and buys back the refined products. Both countries have abundant energy (hydro and solar) but have old fashioned mining interests in charge.

Why do the mining interests prefer exporting it to selling to some local processor? you could probably get similar prices and the transport wouldn't be as complex, right?

I wonder if they just prefer the bigger contracts that they can (presumably) get from overseas customers? Why negotiate twice, especially if somebody in China says “yes, as much as possible.”

Re: I found ultra-pure quantum crystals in an abandoned mine in the Atacama desert

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Post by SoftTalker »

nemomarx wrote: post #68
ninalanyon wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Australia behaves the same way, exports ore to China and buys back the refined products. Both countries have abundant energy (hydro and solar) but have old fashioned mining interests in charge.

Why do the mining interests prefer exporting it to selling to some local processor? you could probably get similar prices and the transport wouldn't be as complex, right?

Smelting and other processing of raw materials tends to be a dirty process and might face difficult or impossible permitting and regulatory hurdles locally. Easier to outsource it to a country that is too poor or too corrupt to care.

Re: I found ultra-pure quantum crystals in an abandoned mine in the Atacama desert

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Post by dekhn »

Brian_K_White wrote: post #75
perching_aix wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe you're a bad judge of what comments are botted?

Rather you're a bad comprehender of what words mean. What they said was what it looks like, and in fact it does look exactly like what they said. The comment contains the exact same content and value as a bot comment. It doesn't matter who or what wrote it, the critique of the comment itself holds water. So the critique was not "a bot wrote this" it was "either a bot wrote this, or a human wrote a comment that is no…

It wasn't even a critique of the comment. I was just pointing out the text of the comment resembled a bot comment on youtube shorts- almost an exact keyword match.

Re: I found ultra-pure quantum crystals in an abandoned mine in the Atacama desert

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Post by bee_rider »

IAmBroom wrote: post #55
riskable wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The quest: Recover data stored in the quantum crystal matrix by building a tachyon pulse emitter.

Simple. Just reverse the polarity. That solves every problem that a warp bubble can't.

Somehow the technobabble of reversing the polarity of the quantum crystal matrix doesn’t quite work…

Clearly we must either reverse the polarity of the tachyon emitter (this voids the warranty), or shift the phase of the quantum crystal matrix (that’s in spec).

Re: I found ultra-pure quantum crystals in an abandoned mine in the Atacama desert

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Post by sneilan1 »

I wish the author had not used the words "Abandoned Mine in the Atacama Desert" Abandoned mine would've been fine. But now you've communicated the value of your find and given a basic hint of what mines to look up. The bright side is so far, author is probably fine because nobody's buying quantum crystals yet in a futures market.

At least the author has time to secure property rights and buy out old mines.

Re: I found ultra-pure quantum crystals in an abandoned mine in the Atacama desert

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Post by compass_copium »

cogman10 wrote: post #45
jerojero wrote: post #41

I was arguing with a Chilean friend who moved a few years ago to the USA. He was telling me how Chile doesn't do good science. I challenged his claim saying Chile actually had great scientists that were severely underfunded (Chile's investment in science and research is ~0.4% of the GDP versus the OECD average of ~2.7%). I think it's sort of a big consensus with people that have never been involved in science work, i…

That's actually a bit wild that Chile isn't refining or smelting copper. Is it because there's not the energy capacity to run smelters? I thought Chili had a pretty abundant energy grid (mostly hydro as I recall).

These systems aren't in place by accident. The US doesn't typically purchase roasted coffee beans or chocolate bars from South America either.

Re: I found ultra-pure quantum crystals in an abandoned mine in the Atacama desert

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Post by jandrewrogers »

sneilan1 wrote: post #85

I wish the author had not used the words "Abandoned Mine in the Atacama Desert" Abandoned mine would've been fine. But now you've communicated the value of your find and given a basic hint of what mines to look up. The bright side is so far, author is probably fine because nobody's buying quantum crystals yet in a futures market. At least the author has time to secure property rights and buy out old mines.

The vast copper-producing region of the US has large areas of similar mineralization. If they found it in the Atacama then you can find it in the US as well.

Re: I found ultra-pure quantum crystals in an abandoned mine in the Atacama desert

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Post by Razengan »

dekhn wrote: post #83
Brian_K_White wrote: post #75

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Rather you're a bad comprehender of what words mean. What they said was what it looks like, and in fact it does look exactly like what they said. The comment contains the exact same content and value as a bot comment. It doesn't matter who or what wrote it, the critique of the comment itself holds water. So the critique was not "a bot wrote this" it was "either a bot wrote this, or a human wrote a comment that is no…

It wasn't even a critique of the comment. I was just pointing out the text of the comment resembled a bot comment on youtube shorts- almost an exact keyword match.

y'all be crazy af

Do you even realize the irony of your unnecessary complaint about potential bots generating more noise than actual bots?

Re: I found ultra-pure quantum crystals in an abandoned mine in the Atacama desert

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Post by subw00f »

tomaskafka wrote: post #51
jerojero wrote: post #41

I was arguing with a Chilean friend who moved a few years ago to the USA. He was telling me how Chile doesn't do good science. I challenged his claim saying Chile actually had great scientists that were severely underfunded (Chile's investment in science and research is ~0.4% of the GDP versus the OECD average of ~2.7%). I think it's sort of a big consensus with people that have never been involved in science work, i…

You described https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resource_curse

Or if you look at the issue more closely https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dependency_theory
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