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[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 36 points 5 days ago

Reminds me of the meme using the Donnie Darko psychologist template.

Donnie: I made a new form of power generation.

Psychologist: New or steam?

Donnie: Steam...

[-] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago

The only truly new method of power generation we've made in the last 100 years has been photovoltaic cells. Everything else is just finding new ways to make turbines spin.

[-] aprl02@feddit.nl 1 points 3 days ago

That’s wrong statement

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 points 4 days ago

I've actually seen this same meme used in the opposite way where they did discover a new way but I don't remember enough information to find it. And I don't think it was talking about solar.

[-] Draegur@lemm.ee 6 points 5 days ago

Steam implies water! What if we used some OTHER phase-change working fluid? :D

||(No idea what, though. my question is implied with a playful tone and is at least 50% facetious; any actual discussion that might result would be little more than a pleasant coincidence)||

[-] MehBlah@lemmy.world 11 points 5 days ago

You want to see weird water look up super critical boilers. That stuff was nasty. A regular steam leak will set things on fire. That stuff would explode a broom. We looked for the leaks with straw brooms. You can't see steam in normal conditions. Only its effects.

[-] Benjaben@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago

Blech, I've heard stories in my industrial automation days of people being clipped by invisible high pressure steam leaks. No frickin thank you, regular stovetop steam jacks me up frequently enough.

[-] xthexder@l.sw0.com 3 points 4 days ago

Well, now this is on my list of invisible things that scare me:

Radiation
Methanol fires
Supercritical steam jets

[-] avattar@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 4 days ago

It seems you need to learn more about prions.

[-] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Predators with cloaking devices

[-] Benjaben@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

Not quite invisible but you could also splash and wade into a pool of strong acid thinking it was water, during what first seemed like a somewhat routine FUBAR maintenance situation...filling your boots etc.