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   skylar :confederateflag:??? :z: (skylar@misskey.yandere.love)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Dec-2024 14:04:29 JST skylar :confederateflag:??? :z:

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   @udongle cause there's more of em
   steel, arguably the most versatile metal, is only worth $160-180 a ton
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     BowserNoodle ☦️ (bowsacnoodle@poa.st)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Dec-2024 14:04:28 JST BowserNoodle ☦️

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     @skylar @udongle Titanium is basically steel but better and is like 1/20 as common as iron. Still, gold wins for scarcity and unique properties.
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     veff :trash: (veff@poa.st)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Dec-2024 14:04:37 JST veff :trash:

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     @skylar @udongle Also, just as a store of value, gold requires zero cleaning or upkeep to prevent rust or tarnishing. A pure gold coin will be a pure gold coin always.

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     BowserNoodle ☦️ (bowsacnoodle@poa.st)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Dec-2024 14:17:31 JST BowserNoodle ☦️

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     @skylar @udongle And as an example of what I mean: Fatigue limit. Imagine a piece of steel that could handle X force at max before failure. There is a number, hypothetically 0.3X for example purpose, where the steel can handle the force forever and never deform or lose strength or fail or fatigue in any other way. Aluminum doesn't have this property. The only metals with a fatigue endurance limit are iron and its alloys (steel), and titanium.
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     munir (munir@fedi.munir.tokyo)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Dec-2024 16:27:52 JST munir

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     @skylar @udongle wait steel is THAT cheap???