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[–] [email protected] 21 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

At the cost of ruining the joke… no you won’t. Even if you do it under inert atmosphere, you’ll get oxide inclusions.

You would get a perfect cast if you yeet the house out to space first, then let everything outgas for a while. Then pour molten aluminum through the chimney.

Aluminum is a bitch to work with.

[–] [email protected] 80 points 10 months ago (4 children)

The joke is some scientists do this with (inactive/abandoned) ant nests to study how they are designed. And thus comparing humans to ants against these giant aliens

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago

Ahhhh, figures. As you might have guessed, I’m more into materials science than biology ;)

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Backyard scientists do it to active ground wasp nests as a form of flashy extermination.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Fuck wasps, they can suffer and die.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

He knows that, he's just being a standard metalworker commenting on another's work.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Wouldn't the problem be the house would catch on fire?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago

It will start to smell after a few days but after a while it stops.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago
[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)