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[–] friendly_ghost@beehaw.org 2 points 2 hours ago
[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 13 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Sounds like it was a 2 petawatt pulsed laser, with picosecond pulses, so 2kJ/pulse. Staggering amount of power and energy for a pulsed laser!

Note that it's not CW, so the average power will be much, much, much less than the pulsed power. Too lazy to find the rep rate to see average power.

[–] sgbrain7@lemm.ee 6 points 6 hours ago

I know he'll prove those guys wrong some day

[–] tsiad_mordecai_miktros@lemmy.world 41 points 10 hours ago (5 children)

why are they so mean what did he do

[–] dditty@lemm.ee 63 points 9 hours ago (1 children)
[–] tsiad_mordecai_miktros@lemmy.world 6 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

poor guy how will he feed his children now

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 7 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

It’ll be OK, look on the bright side!

yea at least he wont have to pay taxes

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

Oh, so that's its supervillain moto!

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 hours ago

(Phew, missing punchline fixed :) )

[–] superkret@feddit.org 3 points 7 hours ago

His son will be lighter next year

[–] superkret@feddit.org 5 points 7 hours ago

He wasn't very bright

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 9 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

well that's not acceptable in this economy

[–] Fermion@feddit.nl 10 points 9 hours ago

The justification given was incoherent.

[–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 10 hours ago (1 children)
[–] tsiad_mordecai_miktros@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

this is so sad i will make a post on !chadmctruthstruth@lemmy.world raising awareness

https://lemmy.world/post/25273084 i hope we can get his job back

[–] Rudee@lemmy.ml 15 points 9 hours ago

Supervillain origin story if I've ever heard one

[–] DragonsInARoom@lemmy.world 6 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)
  • Laser is fired:
  • Laser is fired in Japan: 😯😯😯😯😯😯
[–] EchoSpire@lemmy.ml 22 points 10 hours ago

Lost it's job to AI

[–] don@lemm.ee 6 points 9 hours ago

The amount of cannons that have had to get in the unemployment line is stratospheric.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 8 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Gets angry and lies himself on top of a high powered sniper rifle

[–] Nasan@sopuli.xyz 5 points 9 hours ago

That's a pretty niche role, a position as part of the laser grid at a museum is much more steady

[–] shoulderoforion@fedia.io 8 points 10 hours ago

just look at the guy, all he wanted to do was an honest days lazing for an honest days pay, was that too much to ask