Lab-grown rocks and fewer weddings have put a huge damper on the market. On the bright side, a big dazzler is now affordable for many
  • AdrianTheFrog@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    yeah, like the heat conduction thing is super cool, and the ability to scratch literally anything, while not particularly useful, is still pretty neat

    I bet once diamonds get cheap enough CPU manufacturers will start using them as heat spreaders on their high end chips

    • Bronzebeard@lemm.eeEnglish
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      2 days ago

      Scratching things is super useful. We have so many tools based on exactly that principle

      • AdrianTheFrog@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 days ago

        Yes, there just isn’t all that much use I would get from it personally, and I think diamond tools are already not all that expensive.