Right now because I read this. And then I realised that I jumped a few days ago because my partner and I were talking about our floorboards, and by pure chance I jumped in the same place and it triggered that memory. But I wouldn't have remembered it if I hadn't read this and jumped now.
The temperature, and pressure are the conditions for a self sustaining fusion reaction. The fact that they maintained a fusion reaction for ANY length of time would imply that, yes, they reached those temperatures and pressures...
Your argument is essentially that the article is talking about how long they ran a steam engine, but that it doesn't say that achieved water boiling temperatures.
edit: @usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca has done a better job of explaining your issue. I missed that the article talks about a sustained plasma reaction, not a fusion reaction, which is subtle enough that I think I can be forgiven for missing your point. Especially since, at the end of the day, I'm just a layman.
Having a look at the source article here shows that you're correct, it was only 50 million celcius.
I've actually changed my mind, and I agree with you that that is misleading and the article author could have done a better job at making clear that, while this is still an impressive milestone, no fusion reaction took place.
The CEA seems to have done considerably better than 10 seconds and gone 25% beyond what China achieved in January 2025 with 1,066 seconds. In the latest test, the WEST Tokamak held its reaction for 1,337 seconds.
It's the very next paragraph... not to mention the very FIRST paragraph...
France has upped the ante in the quest for fusion power by maintaining a plasma reaction for over 22 minutes
What more do you want?
edit: The article talks about a sustained plasma reaction, not a fusion reaction. I agree that this could have been made clearer. Even in quoting it, I missed that
I have quit sugar, caffeine, nicotine, weed, and am trying to get my alcohol consumption under control.
Sugar was almost automatic. I just don't have much of a sweet tooth, so consciously avoiding sugar was really easy. I can't say I've noticed much of a difference since, although overly sugary things like Coke now taste disgusting, and I can immediately tell when something has been sweetened with sugar, even if it's really subtle. It's like a 6th sense. You'll be surprised at the stupid shit people put sugar into. Pickles, mustard, tomato sauce... these things do not need sugar!
Caffeine had the most intense withdrawal effects. The caffeine headache is unlike any other headache I've ever had, and I'm a migraine sufferer. The brainfog was horrible too. Coming out the other side is great though. Plus having a coffee from that point on is a fucking glorious experience.
Nicotine took me years, and I wouldn't have accomplished it without switching to vaping first. I've written about this before but that makes it sound easier than it was. There were many many many failed attempts before I put down the vape for good. This one has had the best benefits though. You don't realise how good breathing is until you're fully quit for a while.
Weed was really not my choice. I really really overdid it, and I now can't touch the stuff. I've tried, and it's always a terrible time. I just withdraw inwards and become an anxious, paranoid mess. What's worse is it takes me days to recover as well. Doesn't matter how little I have or how "no really this weed is super mellow dude" it is, I consistently have a bad time now. I miss this one the most. I used to really enjoy what it was like in the beginning.
Alcohol is my fucking kryptonite. I cannot get it under control. I think my only option at this point is really to go teetotal. it's not really bad enough for me to what to be so drastic with it though. I'm not an angry drunk, I don't spend more than I can afford on it, it's not really negatively affecting my life... I just drink too much and too often, and I worry for my health.
re: Distros. Tuxedo is a strange one. I'm not saying it's bad or anything, it just doesn't normally feature in these discussions. I don't know much about it, so I couldn't say if it's a good option or not, but I'm curious what drew you to it?
OK so I think you might be joking but in case you're not:
"They don't need to understand DEs" and "Please teach people." Well which is it? is it intuitive or does it need to be taught? It can't be both
That was just an example. Your solution doesn't solve the problem I'm describing as a whole and I think my point still stands. Search might be common to most DEs but that doesn't change the fact that they all work slightly differently, and if you want to know how to do something that can't just be searched for, you need to know what DE you're using. Which means knowing what a DE is. Not to mention, a user coming from a Mac wouldn't think to just hit super anyway. It's cmd + space there.
It's not the "proper" way, it's just "a" way. There is no "proper" way do to this kind of thing. I would even argue that it's not even the "best" way because you're not learning how to navigate your OS/DE if you do it that way.
This is exactly the kind of facetious bs "ugh, it's not hard, just rtfm, noob" response the op is talking about
That's really unfortunate, but yeah, better to know beforehand.
The really painful part about this is it doesn't need to be this way. A lot of popular anti cheat software supports Linux, but the game devs just don't enable it. GTA is one example of these. It's allegedly just a checkbox that Rockstar won't check.
I'd be lying if I said I didn't do a little of that in my younger years, but I've calmed down a lot. These days I generally advise caution when someone tells me they want to switch to Linux.
I personally don't actually think any one variant of Linux is that much harder to use than Windows or Mac. I think the difficulty comes from two things:
One, I think people forget how much learning is involved in those OS's as well. If you've ever tried to teach an elderly grandparent how to use "the computer" then you know first hand how much of this specialised knowledge you can take for granted. Simple things like knowing where to look to change mouse sensitivity as an example, are really challenging to any new user of any OS.
Two, there isn't just one variant of Linux. It's biggest strength is also it's greatest weakness here. It's amazing that you have so many choices for your desktop environment, but that comes with the major drawback of users needing to understand what a desktop environment is, and why Googling "how to change mouse sensitivity in Linux" is probably not going to return anything useful. You have so much choice in Linux for every little thing. Down to a level of granularity that most Windows or Mac users wouldn't even realise they're not getting a choice in. Alsa vs pulseaudio, xorg vs wayland, not to mention the plethora of package managers. Hell even drivers for your video card: proprietary vs open source. And yes, some of those examples boil down to the old way vs the new way, but ALL of this is added complexity, which results in a steeper learning curve for a new user.
So yeah, Linux is hard to use. The learning curve is a cliff, and anyone who thinks it's perfect is kidding themselves! ESPECIALLY for the user who just wants to play a few games, and maybe do some browsing. We'll never get the year of the Linux desktop with this mentality!
I do also try to warn new users about this. It is a whole new ballgame, and it will take some effort to get up to the same level of comfort you have in Windows. It really is best to not just jump in to the deep end, and fully wipe your system on day 1.
Start with a VM, then dual boot, and once you've stopped booting into WIndows in frustration, then you're ready to commit.
One thing I promise though, it is 100% worth the effort
Ye, my dirty little secret is that I'm still running kubuntu on my main laptop (which I do a lot of gaming on as well fwiw.) It's what it shipped with, and it works just fine. I can't say I would have actively chosen it, but It's also not bad enough to make me want to go through the hassle of installing something else
If you're planning to try Linux but have no experience with it, the best piece of advice I was given is this. Learn how the filesystem is structured. It will make everything else you try to do easier.
You're also going to get a ton of conflicting advice on which distro to use. Pop OS or Mint are my suggestions. !linux_gaming@lemmy.world is a good resource to know about too
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Right now because I read this. And then I realised that I jumped a few days ago because my partner and I were talking about our floorboards, and by pure chance I jumped in the same place and it triggered that memory. But I wouldn't have remembered it if I hadn't read this and jumped now.