Types of corundum maybe but I think that’s a stretch. Sapphire is (usually) blue Al2O3. Ruby is red Al2O3. Transparent aluminum is Al2O27N5.
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Scotty would be proud.
teft@startrek.websiteto Gaming@lemmy.ml•With the year coming to an end, what was your favorite video game you played this year?5·1 year agoSame for me. 650 hours in I’ve got the platinum trophy and golden dice and I started a new character yesterday (gith paladin) because there is still stuff i havent seen.
teft@startrek.websiteto World News@beehaw.org•Italy refuses Munich museum’s request to return ancient Roman statue bought by Hitler17·1 year agoDoes anyone have their own art?
Those plates are replaceable plus this looks cool.
When half of the books have the † that indicates bulk sales.
teft@startrek.websiteto Science@lemmy.ml•The bilingual brain may be better at ignoring irrelevant information32·1 year agoIf you want to really sound like a spanish speaker say it like hijueputas. In english I’d transcibe it like ee-hway-POO-tahs. It sounds way more rude like that.
teft@startrek.websiteto Science@lemmy.ml•The bilingual brain may be better at ignoring irrelevant information10·1 year agoThis study considers me monolingual since I never learned my second language in a classroom and. I learned it as an adult. So…I guess fluency doesn’t count. Que grosero.
teft@startrek.websiteto Technology@lemmy.ml•YouTube is reportedly slowing down videos for Firefox users332·1 year agoThe delay also does not trigger just once; it is reportedly triggered every time YouTube links are opened in a new tab.
This part got me yesterday as I was listening to music. I loaded a new video in a tab and the other tab waited 5 seconds. I thought I had paused it or something but nope, every time you load a new tab it delays all the other tabs by 5 seconds.
Hilarious is one word I wouldn’t use to describe a company offloading their AI training to users.
The Hu are awesome. They did a few songs for Jedi: Fallen Order and Jedi: Survivor as the in universe band The Agasar.
This one is from the very beginning of Jedi: Fallen Order:
teft@startrek.websiteto Space@beehaw.org•Why You Don't Actually Want to Live on Mars with Dr. Kelly and Zach Weinersmith - Factually!4·1 year agoHeat death of the pizza roll universe.
teft@startrek.websiteto Linux@lemmy.ml•What is the difference between x11 and x12 (Wayland)?11·1 year agodeleted by creator
teft@startrek.websiteto Space@beehaw.org•Why You Don't Actually Want to Live on Mars with Dr. Kelly and Zach Weinersmith - Factually!8·1 year agoHere’s why I don’t want to live on mars:
Limited supply of pizza rolls.
teft@startrek.websiteto Firefox@lemmy.ml•Firefox is blocking my personal website based on flawed "Google Safe Browsing" What the hell?63·1 year agoClick “ignore the risk” and it will continue to the page. You better be certain you aren’t being man in the middle attacked though.
Like looking into a mirror.
teft@startrek.websiteto Memes@lemmy.ml•Another Holodeck meme. Those poor, violated dinosaurs nuggies2·2 years agoEnsigns. Ensign Mariner cleans out the holodeck &$%# filters in Lower Decks.
Any corundum without trace elements is colorless. Corundum with trace chemical impurities makes the gems we know. Chromium gives the red to rubies, sapphire has iron and titanium, you can get other colors using vanadium or different ratios. Gems are neat.