Charlie Stross on Nostr: Why the reports of the NIF laser facility achieving thermonuclear fusion are ...

Why the reports of the NIF laser facility achieving thermonuclear fusion are basically breathless bullshit with no likely civilian utility: https://dothemath.ucsd.edu/2023/08/fusion-foolery/

(Reminder that NIF is run by LLNL, a nuclear *weapons* research lab. It's just a work-around for the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, to allow tests of H-bomb plasma dynamics without setting off any bombs.)