▲ 385 ▼ Iran War Chokes Off Helium Supply Critical for AI (www.wsj.com) submitted 7 months ago by themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world 92 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] tal@lemmy.today 12 points 7 months ago (3 children) Sulfur hexafluoride does the opposite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvvSIAqOkIw permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago* IIRC it's also one of the worst greenhouse gasses in existence, unfortunately. Edit: the worst greenhouse gas. Why are cool things always secretly terrible? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Zoot@reddthat.com 2 points 7 months ago (1 child) Can you stand upside down to get dense gasses out of your lungs? Asking for a friend permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] tal@lemmy.today 4 points 7 months ago* I assume so. Here's a video of someone floating a boat (apparently in air) in it, and then sinking it by pouring cups of sulfur hexafluoride over it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ee2NaYRnRGo If it avoids diffusing into air to the degree that you can scoop it up and pour it, I'd imagine that it'd pour out of one's lungs the same way. But if you just want to get most of it out of your lungs like, you've been breathing it and don't want to asphyxiate I imagine that exhaling all the air you can and inhaling air and doing that a few times would probably do a pretty good job, the way the Mythbusters video above did with the helium. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago* IIRC it's also one of the worst greenhouse gasses in existence, unfortunately. Edit: the worst greenhouse gas. Why are cool things always secretly terrible? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zoot@reddthat.com 2 points 7 months ago (1 child) Can you stand upside down to get dense gasses out of your lungs? Asking for a friend permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] tal@lemmy.today 4 points 7 months ago* I assume so. Here's a video of someone floating a boat (apparently in air) in it, and then sinking it by pouring cups of sulfur hexafluoride over it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ee2NaYRnRGo If it avoids diffusing into air to the degree that you can scoop it up and pour it, I'd imagine that it'd pour out of one's lungs the same way. But if you just want to get most of it out of your lungs like, you've been breathing it and don't want to asphyxiate I imagine that exhaling all the air you can and inhaling air and doing that a few times would probably do a pretty good job, the way the Mythbusters video above did with the helium. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tal@lemmy.today 4 points 7 months ago* I assume so. Here's a video of someone floating a boat (apparently in air) in it, and then sinking it by pouring cups of sulfur hexafluoride over it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ee2NaYRnRGo If it avoids diffusing into air to the degree that you can scoop it up and pour it, I'd imagine that it'd pour out of one's lungs the same way. But if you just want to get most of it out of your lungs like, you've been breathing it and don't want to asphyxiate I imagine that exhaling all the air you can and inhaling air and doing that a few times would probably do a pretty good job, the way the Mythbusters video above did with the helium. permalink fedilink source parent