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[-] darcy@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago

wait how has noone thought of this?

[-] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 69 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yeah I think there were some folks who thought about splitting the atom right? I forget who.

Anyway, now I am become wealth, buyer of worlds.

[-] Chariotwheel@kbin.social 42 points 2 years ago

What do you mean "no one". There is a wikihow guide on this: https://www.wikihow.com/Make-Gold-from-Mercury

[-] steal_your_face@lemmy.ml 17 points 2 years ago

Seems easy enough. Off to the nuclear reactor store to get started.

[-] agent_flounder@lemmy.one 7 points 2 years ago

Aw man, all we have near us is IKEA.

[-] genuineparts@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago

Just buy your Nuclear Reactor from IKEA: Stråhlå

[-] roguetrick@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Could always build yourself a fusor for a weak neutron source. Lots of guides for that on YouTube.

[-] octoperson@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 years ago

Step two is fiddly

[-] Venutianxspring@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 years ago

This was the idea by alchemy. They thought you could change one element into another. Lead to gold and so forth, but not so easy in medieval Europe

[-] Zehzin@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago

Yeah they didn't have tweezers back then

[-] RandomStickman@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago

Don't be daft, of course they have tweezers back then.

They don't have plastic yet.

[-] LuckyBoy@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

But eletricity didnt exist at the time, so no risk of being electrocuted.

[-] darcy@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago

you can make gold from platinum! however this is a net loss as platinum costs more

[-] pennomi@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

You can make gold from hydrogen too! Just gotta put enough of it into one place so it forms a large star, then wait for it to go supernova.

[-] Pregnenolone@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Yeah but it would cost more and take an exorbitant amount of time (like billions of years) to produce anything of value, let alone profit.

[-] eating3645@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Step 2 is expensive :( tweezers ain't cheap!

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago
[-] swab148@startrek.website 2 points 2 years ago

Where am I gonna get a pygmy pony at this hour?

[-] Fleur__@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

They have they all died tho cos it makes hydrogen gas and the die and suffocate please like to spread awareness

[-] darcy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

just hold your breath ???

this post was submitted on 28 Sep 2023
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