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Electronic Structure of LK-99

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Re: Electronic Structure of LK-99

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Post by tanseydavid »

xorbax wrote: post #136
xtracto wrote: post #127

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What's up with that uh? I read about the swore statements during the depositions, and all the mainstream media news, but for some reason HN had radio silence. Is there something I missed that shows it's all shenanigans?

They (1) claim not to know what the craft are, which somebody told him contained (2) nonhuman biological whatever It could be a Chinese drone with rat-cell-on-a-chip inside it The guy's testimony was that somebody told him stuff and it seemed scary. Congress made a dog and pony show that a significant chunk of people attended. Parse the details, not the overarching fantasy. The government admitted to doing this in th…

>> and remember that Air Force pilots aren't supreme authorities for objectively assessing parallax and assigning airspeed to all moving objects while flying a fucking cracker attached to a rocket.

They don't need to be "supreme authorities" on anything -- they have insane technology acting as their eyes and as their objective measuring and tracking systems.

Re: Electronic Structure of LK-99

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Post by r00fus »

tavavex wrote: post #186
NovaDudely wrote: post #160

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I would say I am in both worlds. Not too excited about a lot developments in computer tech, but mostly because there is a lot of hype on technology that tends be impressive BUT misses the mark on the bold claims. But with this LK99 stuff, there is not much room for vague wiggle room. The requirements are very clearly defined and if they do it. It is done! It isn't a case of "if in 5 years and $X billion we may be abl…

Exact opposite for me - with stuff like AI tech, I'm a lot more familiar with the subject matter than the happenings in the material sciences, so it allows me to be more confidently optimistic about computer-related advancements. Even if my education is still insufficient to grasp the full extent of new tech, I can at least try to understand it conceptually. On the other hand, the LK-99 news seem very promising, but…

Skepticism is a survival skill. That said, I'd be happy to be wrong in this case!

Re: Electronic Structure of LK-99

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Post by qwertox »

xtracto wrote: post #127
JamisonM wrote: post #113

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> 3. In May we find out apparently our government has recovered alien technologies This is a silly thing to include on the list since it doesn't seem to be true?

What's up with that uh? I read about the swore statements during the depositions, and all the mainstream media news, but for some reason HN had radio silence. Is there something I missed that shows it's all shenanigans?

"A friend of a friend told me, I swear".

Re: Electronic Structure of LK-99

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Post by ant6n »

klysm wrote: post #171
SamPatt wrote: post #47

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The least interesting phenomenon revealed so far is that HN is split into a group who are entertained by watching and discussing emerging tech / science news, and a second group who are entertained by disparaging the first. I enjoy watching floating rocks and talking to computers.

And there’s the third group that likes to comment on meta-hn behavior in a disparaging way

Like you!

Re: Electronic Structure of LK-99

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Post by distortionfield »

keepamovin wrote: post #164
distortionfield wrote: post #118

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I’ve seen several tweets implying the gubberment is rushing out RTAPS to “cover up” the alien stuff

What is RTAPS? I tried searching but got a bunch of conflicting acronyms!

Sorry, room temperature ambient pressure superconductors.

Re: Electronic Structure of LK-99

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Post by faraggi »

bluecoconut wrote: post #93
jpmattia wrote: post #69

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> These Cu d-d interactions right at the fermi energy give me huge hope. Feels very familiar to other superconductors (re: all the cuprates). As someone who is versed in semiconductor band structures but not superconductor band structures: What is it about Cu d-d interactions that causes the superconductivity? Degenerate energies in semiconductors don't give rise to electron pairing, so I'm a bit out to sea with the…

To be honest, this is a hunch thing more than a I can teach and explain it thing. To me it's just "a lot of the same stories" that are told about cuprates, and less of a "I can explain the mechanism". Roughly, one of the "properties" that shows up with these materials is that the 3d orbitals of coper atoms are involved in forming the bands near the fermi level. Couple that with the fun story of Cu electron configurat…

Any plans on going back to your field with these discoveries?

Re: Electronic Structure of LK-99

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Post by NovaDudely »

tavavex wrote: post #186
NovaDudely wrote: post #160

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would say I am in both worlds. Not too excited about a lot developments in computer tech, but mostly because there is a lot of hype on technology that tends be impressive BUT misses the mark on the bold claims. But with this LK99 stuff, there is not much room for vague wiggle room. The requirements are very clearly defined and if they do it. It is done! It isn't a case of "if in 5 years and $X billion we may be abl…

Exact opposite for me - with stuff like AI tech, I'm a lot more familiar with the subject matter than the happenings in the material sciences, so it allows me to be more confidently optimistic about computer-related advancements. Even if my education is still insufficient to grasp the full extent of new tech, I can at least try to understand it conceptually. On the other hand, the LK-99 news seem very promising, but…

That is pretty cool, I mean, I do get the excitement of the technology of things like AI - I fall more in line with the philosophers or "but what does it really all mean". I'm not sure if what I do is useful at all other than a mental toy to play with. It is more that some folks act like it is the end of all work, others say it is the end of humanity itself - the reality is definitely in the middle there!

When it comes to this stuff there is a fine line between pessimist and optimist. Too optimistic and you will be left disappointed. To pessimistic and you risk being labelled a loom smashing luddite.

I always appreciate those that see the bright future, they will push the technology forward regardless of what others say, but that can also be the path to ruin - as they say, the road to hell is paved with good deeds. It seems as though, we do not know if something is good or not until it is done.

Like with the LK99 news, what it is delivered everything promised. Could this just be the next step of the rebound effect, and we just feed into our base desires and consume even more of everything? It is possible, but we probably won't know until it is well in the rear view mirror.

Interesting times ahead.

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Post by stevenhuang »

JamisonM wrote: post #113
swalsh wrote: post #95

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It's so hard not to be crazy excited about the future. The past few months are proving to be an absolute breakout for the literal human race. So far we've seen: 1. in Dec 2022 We saw a fusion breakthrough seeing a net gain in energy 2. In March GPT-4 was released, which seems to be a seminal breakthrough in AI, and maybe of our first glimpse in what could become an AGI. 3. In May we find out apparently our government…

> 3. In May we find out apparently our government has recovered alien technologies This is a silly thing to include on the list since it doesn't seem to be true?

Been following the topic for many years.

TLDR is, we need to wait and see for real evidence to be revealed. It may well be all true.

Re: Electronic Structure of LK-99

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Post by forward-slashed »

NovaDudely wrote: post #163
Valgrim wrote: post #75

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Same with me, it gives me the same feeling of "Living in a science fiction world" that I once felt when cell phones or Google maps came out. Of course even tough I still use both profusely every day, the feeling of novelty wore out. I expect the same will happen with this.

There was a line from the movie 'Ted', that film about a child's stuffed bear coming to life. It was something along the lines of "No matter how special and amazing something is, eventually people get bored of it and move onto something else." It will probably be like this for us. The children will just take it for granted as they grow up with it, we will be endlessly amazed by it.

To see the real value of something, take it away. Humans are greedy (mathematically) creatures, so there's no point in mulling over assets which are secure. The awe is the exploration phase of a piece of technology, but the remaining value is still valuable.
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