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[–] radio_free_asgarthr@hexbear.net 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Silicon is actually a semi-metal...

[–] buckykat@hexbear.net 23 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Unless you ask an astronomer, then everything but hydrogen and helium is a metal

[–] radio_free_asgarthr@hexbear.net 4 points 1 day ago

You are technically correct, the best kind of correct. This is annoying because I do work in both astronomy and condensed matter. So I have to be careful of context for using words like metal.