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		mannykannot on Aug 14, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Three papers highlight results of record yield nuc... They have achieved ignition multiple times. If reproducibility demanded getting the exact same numbers, a lot of good results would be thrown out for no good reason.

tsimionescu on Aug 14, 2022 [–]

If they claim they achieved 1.3MJ and can only reproduce some hundreds of KJ, that's not exactly close the exact same numbers.

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