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minus-squaredarcylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·2 years agowait how has noone thought of this?
minus-squareAurenkinlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up70·edit-22 years agoYeah 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.
minus-squareChariotwheel@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up42·2 years agoWhat do you mean “no one”. There is a wikihow guide on this: https://www.wikihow.com/Make-Gold-from-Mercury
minus-squaresteal_your_face@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·2 years agoSeems easy enough. Off to the nuclear reactor store to get started.
minus-squareagent_flounder@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 years agoAw man, all we have near us is IKEA.
minus-squaregenuineparts@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoJust buy your Nuclear Reactor from IKEA: Stråhlå
minus-squareroguetrick@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoCould always build yourself a fusor for a weak neutron source. Lots of guides for that on YouTube.
minus-squareVenutianxspring@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 years agoThis 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
minus-squarePatapon Enjoyer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·2 years agoYeah they didn’t have tweezers back then
minus-squareRandomStickman@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 years agoDon’t be daft, of course they have tweezers back then. They don’t have plastic yet.
minus-squareLuckyBoy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoBut eletricity didnt exist at the time, so no risk of being electrocuted.
minus-squaredarcylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years agoyou can make gold from platinum! however this is a net loss as platinum costs more
minus-squarePennomi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·2 years agoYou 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.
minus-squarePregnenolone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoYeah but it would cost more and take an exorbitant amount of time (like billions of years) to produce anything of value, let alone profit.
minus-squareeating3645@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoStep 2 is expensive :( tweezers ain’t cheap!
minus-squareswab148@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoWhere am I gonna get a pygmy pony at this hour?
minus-squareFleur__@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoThey have they all died tho cos it makes hydrogen gas and the die and suffocate please like to spread awareness
wait how has noone thought of this?
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.
What do you mean “no one”. There is a wikihow guide on this: https://www.wikihow.com/Make-Gold-from-Mercury
Seems easy enough. Off to the nuclear reactor store to get started.
Aw man, all we have near us is IKEA.
Just buy your Nuclear Reactor from IKEA: Stråhlå
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Could always build yourself a fusor for a weak neutron source. Lots of guides for that on YouTube.
Step two is fiddly
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
Yeah they didn’t have tweezers back then
Don’t be daft, of course they have tweezers back then.
They don’t have plastic yet.
But eletricity didnt exist at the time, so no risk of being electrocuted.
you can make gold from platinum! however this is a net loss as platinum costs more
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.
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.
Step 2 is expensive :( tweezers ain’t cheap!
Zircon-encrusted
Where am I gonna get a pygmy pony at this hour?
They have they all died tho cos it makes hydrogen gas and the die and suffocate please like to spread awareness
just hold your breath ???