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OK... so it apears that the explosion in beirut as a confiscated substance ammonium nitrate, now this substance is highly flammable and super unstable...


Lets get into a discussion about this and lets hear your thoughts,
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Was wondering what all the fuss was about. Accident? Terror attack?
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It looks like terror, the load of ammonium nitrate was confiscated so that would indicate this being a act of terror. However the substance is so unstable it could also have been an accident,
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You know that sodium chloride is salt right?
It was Ammonium Nitrate
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hamin_aus wrote: 06 Aug 2020, 15:12 You know that sodium chloride is salt right?
It was Ammonium Nitrate
Lol it got translated,

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Tx for correction jamin, my phone apparently thought sofiun nirrate was what i was after, :oops:
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I have seen the videos. Didn't Israel say something about taking out an arms stash ? Will go look for it
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Spicy-McHaggis wrote: 06 Aug 2020, 09:44 the substance is so unstable it could also have been an accident
Unstable and left to sweat in a sealed warehouse in a pretty damned warm environment for an extended period.

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rustypup wrote: 17 Aug 2020, 10:38
Spicy-McHaggis wrote: 06 Aug 2020, 09:44 the substance is so unstable it could also have been an accident
Unstable and left to sweat in a sealed warehouse in a pretty damned warm environment for an extended period.

No need to hunt goblins when standard incompetence fits the bill
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For Ingress First Saturday, we are meeting up with the players in Beirut on Zoom instead of having our own meet. So far there are more than 500 people that are going to join from around the world, and help raise funds for the people in the area. We are already in a Telegram chat and it is amazing what they are going through - and how positive people are. There really are wonderfully kind people in this world. They guesstimate that we will be more than 1000. I wonder if Zoom can host that many and how chaotic it will be?
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Tribble wrote: 18 Aug 2020, 08:12 They guesstimate that we will be more than 1000. I wonder if Zoom can host that many and how chaotic it will be?
You may be the first to test Zoom's concurrency limits in this way... but deep down, I think we all know the answer to the "chaotic" bit. :P
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Ron2K wrote: 18 Aug 2020, 08:26
Tribble wrote: 18 Aug 2020, 08:12 They guesstimate that we will be more than 1000. I wonder if Zoom can host that many and how chaotic it will be?
You may be the first to test Zoom's concurrency limits in this way... but deep down, I think we all know the answer to the "chaotic" bit. :P
I see us breaking away to chat on our own after a few minutes. As Chotic is not something I willingly bring into this life. :lol:
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Lol ,
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