Why “radiators” is being discussed
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I'm pretty sure the barrier to the lead-gold mass parity is that due to nuclear stuff they're gonna not trade equal proton/neutron count and while of you flip the ratio you…
by namibj · Sep 30, 2026
Yes, I disagree with some of his takes but he was spot on regarding heat pumps: > Let me spell this out. Heat pumps are superior in efficiency to condens- ing boilers, even if t…
by ZeroGravitas · Sep 29, 2026
To be fair, radiators in space doesn't require any new technology. It's a very well understood problem. The best method is infrared radiators. Cooling is just a function of how…
by Gareth321 · Sep 28, 2026
That is not the problem being discussed. Radiators can be scaled up, but the thermal mass of Earth is finite. GPUs can survive at temperatures the organisms of Earth cannot.
by itishappy · Sep 27, 2026
> but here we are, they are flying them up to space and presumably, will start working soon. From the article: > Google will run Gemini models on the TPUs for testing, but they…
by rsynnott · Sep 26, 2026
I hear this a lot without actual calculations backing up the claim. First of all, orbital data centre doesn't mean a monolithic 500MW monstrosity orbiting Earth. That's not what…
by qayxc · Sep 25, 2026
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