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		CheeseFromLidl 27 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Lightning declines over shipping lanes following r... Maybe there’s a parasitic bipolar transistor in the atmosphere, with sulphur acting as a doping that reduced the threshold for latchup.

schiffern 27 days ago [–]

Maybe so, but honestly that seems just as contrived. Surely we should be looking for the atmospheric science nerds to be chiming in here, not the computer engineering or EE nerds?

Problem is, atmospheric science isn't exactly considered "high status" vs the other two.

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