wait how much can you fuck someone up with a laser these days https://twitter.com/0th_disciple/status/1220761079049003008 …
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wonder how large a capacitor I could build at home
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back of envelope ... use two layers of aluminum foil with a layer of saran wrap wrap in between. Extra layer on the outside to insulate from the next layer. rig up a "machine" that holds the four spools and feeds them onto a dowel on a wood lathe foil is ~ 0.016 mm thick >>
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I once read a story on Reddit which seemed credible of a person who had built some massive capacitor on a trailer with drums of chemicals, for reasons, hooked it up to power lines surreptitiously and it drew enough power to knock out the grid and get all explodey. So, goals.
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I found it: https://www.reddit.com/r/tifu/comments/6cx6fl/tifu_by_trying_to_be_tesla/ … So, let me know when you hook a laser up to that. See also author's comment in regards to question about further details:https://www.reddit.com/r/tifu/comments/6cx6fl/tifu_by_trying_to_be_tesla/dhy7ifo/ …
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Stephen Kings brother did a similar thing as kid but with an electromagnet knocked out the whole city block hes a scientist now
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And then there's the classic "Atomic Boy Scout": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hahn
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Damn, I hadn't heard before how his life turned out; I think I'd first heard the story while he was still alive and maybe more of the page hadn't been fleshed out. Pretty sad.
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yeah :(
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