The SCIENCE! - Fusion Cores in Fallout 4 EXPLAINED

[@eliasalsos6763]

Top ten rappers eminen was too afraid to diss

[@edgy8801]

I'm glad people are using this meme more

[@laethenglish1299]

Quite so.

[@nichsulol4844]

next the crazy module will enough breaking sun energy

[@krisnewbern7445]

Dear past Austin, in less than 10 years we managed to do nuclear fusion, congrats!

[@ragabashmoon1551]

I know right? So crazy.

[@rexevans100]

Too bad we will never see it used in our life time due to corporate greed, and shit politics.

[@anon_y_mousse]

At the time he made this video we had already achieved nuclear fusion, and he acknowledged as much in the video. What we still haven't managed to do, is make it cheaper, room temperature, or sustainable.

[@anon_y_mousse]

@brickmylife7184 That may or may not be what he meant, but absent qualifiers I can only analyze the direct statement, and the direct statement is factually incorrect. However, if he had meant to use the qualifiers that I used, then he'd still be factually incorrect as we still haven't achieved any of those goals either.

[@maccat38]

@@rexevans100 like that'll stop em

[@francescocasillas4965]

Remember guys, all this fusion tech exists because the guy that invented the microchip died in a car accident, while in our universe, he didn't.

[@sonpopco-op9682]

Do you mean Jack Kirby? While he is considered the lead inventor, others were named and involved. If Jack Kirby had never worked for Texas Instruments, someone else would have invented ICs, if not in 1959, it would have happened eventually. Technology is like that. You reach a super-saturation point, and the invention happens, often at multiple locations.

[@IsaiahMaster-ni2oj]

Wow... very riveting if you think about it.

[@tacticaltentical7622]

WELL WE GOTTA FIX THAT DON’T WE

[@joshskier]

@@sonpopco-op9682 i.e., the telephone

[@bruh-nd2mx]

Damn micro chips stopping the nuclear apocalypse

[@michaelmcgowan7779]

Let's face it. A fusion core is an automotive ignition coil with a doorknob on the end and a fusion cell is a spin on oil filter.

[@penguinsrockrgr8yt216]

I have many disagreements with this statement but I can’t argue against the facts

[@cxx23]

You just inadvertently gave us some great tips on how to make some easy DIY fusion cores and cells.

[@cralixthegameking4408]

4:00 my favorite part

[@cheesebone2818]

What

[@zkmk8593]

Who are you, that is so wise in the way of science?

[@random3x70]

I always saw the fusion cores as high capacity batteries that have gained their charge from a fusion reactor of some kind. As they're called Fusion cores and Micro Fusion Cells. These are terms for batteries. These are not actively performing Fusion. As to why they run down despite powering a building for 2 centuries. Well, it's simple. They weren't powering the building. Think when you disconnect them does the entire building go dark. No the lights temporarily dim meaning there's an outside power source and the cores were most likely meant to be used as emergency generators. And considering running redundant lighting is a low power operation compared to a suit of armour that is often compared to a tank in power consumption in the Expanded lore. That's where you get your answer as to why they run dry quickly. A few side notes just for fun: With a decent bit of luck (and maybe saving before trying) you can pickpocket the fusion core out of a raiders armour. This forces them to exit the armour and become easier to kill, you also get a set of armour with the frame. You can exit you armour when the core is at 1% remaining charge remove the core and manually insert a full charge one and the value of the core doesn't change.

[@deno202]

Really all you need is high sneak perk(I have 4) plus first perk of pickpocketing for steal cores. I'm Brotherhood Knight, but i like to steal their cores and armor when they are on the ground, my punishment for them for poorly flying and crashing Verdibirds every time :D P.S when you take the core of Raider or someone else, PA will still be "stolen", so if you exit that PA near you companions, they will dislike that(only Mccready likes that) :D

[@quinntheking]

if you sneak and take it out or shoot it out and make it explode of a power armored npc they end up getting back in it often and continue to do combat in the armor without a core

[@a1dnk819]

thats an extremely good explaination actually. I actually see that being the true explanation(within fallouts universe)

[@Blackwatch8800]

Except in Fallout 3 terminal log entries call microfusion cell a small fusion reactor.

[@obamagaming3654]

@@deno202 just buy fusion cores they r pretty cheap

[@lordofscience2370]

Me: clicks on video than wonders if it is a game theory or shodycast episode. Austin:says the word foreplay Me:thank god

[@claytonkickflip7595]

Wow your name compared to your grammar is astonishing.

[@luallual8180]

@@claytonkickflip7595 only thing wrong with his grammar is putting "than" instead of "then"... Why do you care even its probably just someone who doesn't live in an english speaking country. Cut him some slack

[@kiran5964]

DO NOT MIX COCAINE WITH ENGINEERING!!!

[@kiran5964]

1 Billion Kelvin spooks the fuk out of me.

[@griffinbecker8996]

We too

[@Micavich]

Your pic is gr8 for that sentence.

[@JoshIdstein]

Solid life advice.

[@baker90338]

RWBY plz take notice

[@SunnyAznable]

Did someone mention PRECIOUS TRITIUM?! The power of the Sun... in the palm of my hand!

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

His plan would have been so much better with his stronger containment field if he had just used the same amount as the first experiment. I guess having your brain fried can affect your ability to make smart decisions.

[@arstrob2y]

Is this a Toby Spiderman doc oc reference?!? I think you'd be fun at parties

[@whiterunguard1434]

Go away

[@datboi7669]

@@arstrob2y that was my first impression too.

[@nagihangot6133]

Settle down there, Father Elijah.

[@griffinellis5439]

10:25: ShoddyCast: LMS class locomotive train engine Video: Shows picture of an LNER J71. Me: Excuse me wtf

[@Oliwerbro]

I am sorry train master

[@einloggen1000]

Also used the unit milli watt instead of mega watt. Mega watt would be MW.

[@paulhollier6382]

BEWARE, here there be Trivia Nazis! (Lol, I am also an overflowing cesspool of trivial knowledge, so I understand the need to correct, I really do. Just making a joke, plz don't take it the wrong way. It is perfectly ok for you to do "you".)

[@thejuxtaposedjinty9140]

@@paulhollier6382 it literally says LNER on the side

[@joshdeighton8636]

Sorry train master, I bow down to you

[@Graymaven90]

1.28 gigawatts?! Too bad you ran outtatime or you you could have made a doc brown reference.

[@scorchingraiderthethird8614]

I see that what you did there

[@KnightOfHvn]

Bing, point to you.

[@Commanderbarron]

👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏👏👏

[@Dgsbeast]

It's 1.21

[@scorchingraiderthethird8614]

David Simon I know that, talking about the outtatime

[@chimerahitman]

Mega watts is abbreviated as MW. mW is milli-watt Time: 10m23s

[@hazeltree7738]

10:23

[@sapuseven6119]

Yes, also GW for giga-watt (not gW)

[@Hanzyl]

Don't know what I just watched, but I'm subscribing.

[@theliveing]

Welcome.

[@Graymaven90]

One of us. One of us.

[@Hanzyl]

Settle down, settle down...

[@ff0732]

And video games destroy your brain

[@Ayelis]

Case in point: "Anagalous". 2:00

[@FrostyFoxDrake]

Also, 5mm Remington is a rimmed cartridge, and is a rim-fire cartridge. The 5mm ammo in Fallout is center-fire, and is comparable to 7.62x51mm NATO, in shape and size (this is based off the assumption that the .308 cartridge in FO:4 is identical to its real-world counterpart) also, the box of “5mm” ammo is marked as 7.62x51mm NATO, which kinda odd, despite matching up with the real-world m134 minigun

[@CAPEDCRUSADER3900]

I wish ShoddyCast was my science or math teacher I would love to be in a science or math class with him.

[@jasonpowerz360]

Noah Quintana Why not both lol

[@ericthemadscientist8357]

"Scienmath"

[@anon9579]

Using comedy to teach that would be awesome more students would pay attention

[@thureintun1687]

He can only be your *meth* teacher

[@MeatPlanet]

Idk man. I feel like he would return some of my homework with "MAKES NO GODDAMN SENSE" scrawled in red ink all over it. :(

[@TibleUWU]

So I slowed the video down to .5 He sounds drunk af

[@TibleUWU]

Especially when he spdeoed up his voice audio to fit into the vi

[@DevinOde1]

I did exactly this. It's perfect.

[@stevie_ily]

I did this at the speed round at the end, it actually sounded almost normal :p

[@sevenproxies4255]

Am I strange since I was actually able to follow and understand the monologue when he went into zero punctuation-mode?

[@OMGXWAFF3LZ]

soo funn

[@gamecrow8354]

HOLY SHIT! First off, thank you. I feel accomplished today for being mentioned in a video. Sucks that I really despise editing because now I want to get back in the upload game (my editing software sucks majorly and I am BROKE). Also, thank you for doing the math for us. I tried taking into consideration decay over the years, but kept throwing it aside (possibly subconsciously) to the fact that not every core you find is in use. So like an idiot I threw out idle decay. But more importantly, you solved MY issue (because the comments on the last video got way out of hand, down to it not even being about fusion cores, but if synths could really blend in with human society. I stopped following along after a while, especially with some of the silly things people were saying like how fusion generators just power light bulbs. I'm starting to get long winded.) BUT REALLY, THANK YOU! This also means that whenever we get another fallout game, we can call total bullshit on there being power armor and gatling lasers unless they give a way to recharge them, which I would suspect would only be possible by organizations like the BoS, Institute (which is most likely lore blown up), and the Enclave (also blown up). And then we can revisit this issue (in 8 years with our luck) in Fallout 5. Until next time, later! -Crow

[@gamecrow8354]

+ShoddyCast Austin, again. Thank you for settling it all at last.

[@TheTheawesomeguy35]

pirate it

[@ViktorSinister]

My prediction for Fallout 5: The aliens finally get sick of our shit and wipe out all of humanity. Fusion core problem solved.

[@oldnotweak]

humans are the ultimate power though so when they try to wipe us out they just end up driving us to THEIR home planet instead

[@Spartan11117777]

I know I am really late at replying but ever since Fallout 76 came out, Bethesda added in the ability to recharge Fusion Cores in that one. But Fallout 76 takes place 185 Years before Fallout 4 happens so that Fusion Recharger Tech might just be Lost Technology at this point.

[@welshrogue034]

The way you combine actual knowledge with hilarious comedy is really a special attribute to why your videos are so good man.

[@blazeoftherazgrizsquadron9306]

I'll say this Austin.. you've taught me more about fission and fusion in less than 20 minutes compared to the 5 or so years I learned in highschool. Or really just school in general. Really goes to show that presentation is the key factor in teaching. This is how you get people interested in fields of study, especially in the younger crowd.

[@LuisCabrera-sp1wj]

most difficult fap don't judge me

[@killer88rar82]

I'm judging you

[@pussdesutroyer9481]

echhi

[@pussdesutroyer9481]

echhi

[@zarithial5480]

i judge you

[@OhSoTiredMan]

Thank god bleach is here

[@tylerlewerenz4113]

if you throw enough shit at a wall it will eventually stick.

[@That_Guy_Ty]

Tyler Lewerenz what?

[@connor4317]

Tyler Lewerenz ...

[@360xxx_swagluvunohomosapie9]

Good analogy

[@lucienrichardson6038]

*anal* ogy

[@csgas0]

ANAL ogy

[@JoseRodriguez-eu5ez]

*About to take a big sip of water* "Oh no...no no no..."

[@pathosfear6290]

As an engineer, your description of nuclear power plants made me uncomfortable xD

[@robadc]

How so?

[@MegaBanne]

Because it is very unnerving.

[@6611nitro]

Because it's actually kind of scary how relatively simplistic our handling of one of the most dangerous natural force we know of on our planet is.

[@TlalocTemporal]

+6611nitro -- It`s kind of scary how simplistic our handling of anything is, if you think about it. We just entered the age of knowledge, technology and practices are still in the dark ages of the cold war.

[@MegaBanne]

6611nitro He was placing a stupid nuclear rod in a bucket of water, it is somewhat more to it than so.

[@michaelrosenstock9187]

11:26 put it on 0.5 speed to get DrunkyCast

[@Archris17]

Okay, thank you so much for that. That just made my day.

[@echoness_]

lol, jez that is a waaaaaaaaaaaaay lot of fun. If you put it on 2x speed that sounds like Austin is actually shooting Gatling laser with his mouth.

[@geoshark5637]

when you slow it down it sounds like he's drunk

[@retrofittedsunshine1062]

thank you so much!!!

[@michaelrosenstock9187]

holy shit you"r right XD

[@supremechungus4288]

Tod Howard: Oh hey a Email! *Reads Email Email: Dear Bethesda... Tod Howard: OH GOD NOT AGAIN. Edit:Holy CRAP 170 likes that's awesome, thanks everybody!

[@melmonsmith9306]

I don' think when Tod Howard gets an Email he says "Oh hey another Email".

[@supremechungus4288]

@Gizio Sorry, thanks for correcting me, how could i forget the Todd Howard's name lol

[@HonestLotus7]

shark vasion np I didn’t like

[@cal_ibri4236]

More like “Aww sh*t here we go again”

[@jujuyee2534]

edit: STFU

[@dc2008242]

10:42 1.26 gigawatts..... that's so close to 1.21 gigawatts.......

[@tomke009]

i was thinking the same thing...

[@232pk]

And doc Brown actualy installed a reactor called mr fusion in the second movie.

[@dc2008242]

828pk yeah, well that fused trash.....

[@JohnDoe____]

(wasn't it 2.21 ?)

[@RyuAuhuo]

trust me, as a back to the future fan you can trust me in saying that it is 1.21 gigawatts

[@2k-kane18]

I actually understand this... Holy shit, thank you Chemistry.

[@shadowranger937]

no just thank yourself for not being an idiot. Unless you actually followed along that time-lapse of him doing math.

[@2k-kane18]

+Alex Gluch (ShadowRanger) I think I'll go with thanking Chemistry... it'll make the feeling of baby-sitting class mates and explaining them concepts out teacher failed to explain for a while year worth it.

[@2k-kane18]

+2K-Kane *whole

[@shadowranger937]

2K-Kane sighs slowly* ok btw in a way that wasn't demeaning or whatever. XD

[@leenone1241]

I'm glad somebody does, my brain is broken

[@OlaftheGreat]

11:26 - 14:26 That was absolutely exhilarating. It's like pure cocaine...but SCIENCE!!!

[@KoeSeer]

Okay, you have to make the science behind Stimpak. And RadAway.

[@L337f33t]

I would so watch that, something about chemicals that stimulate cell growth being the way they work and finding a real world analogue.

[@paulliu8502]

Radaway too!

[@nicoleboudreau2646]

I always assume that needles that heal me in video games are just pain relievers and the actual healing is done later off screen.

[@SomeGuy_Somewhere]

Radaway is simple, and if played fallout 1 or 2 you'd know that. RadAway is an intravenous chemical solution that bonds with radiation particles and passes them through the body's system. It takes some time to work, and is also a potent diuretic. You could basically just call it a IV of oh I don't know Graphene oxide or something, maybe even just sunflowers.

[@Skoopman]

Medicine in Fallout? :D

[@herveglandu4847]

definitively not the video to learn english ^^

[@ErtaiCZ]

Exactly the opposite! Set the speed to 1.75 and once you understand it you are a master

[@ps238principal]

You mean how he pronounces "analogous" as "a-nag-a-luss?"

[@Antidon1]

tried to understand, but its too fast for my brain, to translate)

[@ErtaiCZ]

You need to get to the point when you don't need to translate it

[@ls200076]

@@Antidon1 you have lot to learn.

[@zurnan1953]

I got your Kelvin joke.

[@ExplosiveBG]

0 kelvin is the absolute zero, its pretty much the best way to observer cold temperatures.

[@EvilParagon2]

We also could never see an object that is 0k, it could not reflect light as that would mean it is receiving energy.

[@meeper123ad2]

Same

[@heliveruscalion9124]

Evil Paragon 2 Cant Something Stay At 0k And Obsorb Energy?

[@EvilParagon2]

0K means absence of heat, therefore absence of energy. Light carries heat, and when light bumps into something it leaves some heat behind. For you to be able to see something, light has to touch it. For something to be 0K, it must have no energy. Thus, we can never see a 0K object because if light touched it it wouldn't be 0K and if light didn't touch it we couldn't see it.

[@accumbularatedop5468]

So basically 62 days after Fallout 4 starts the entire wasteland would explode...again.

[@GethKnight]

No, the cores would only explode if their regulators were damaged.

[@vabese]

no... all old world cores in the game stop working 62 days after fallout 4 starts(if lore is consistent), it could have blown up during those 105 years the cells were just laying around...

[@chrisridge5504]

in other words we should be able to find some extra blown up cities somewhere.

[@vabese]

+ChrisRidge it's possible but it will be hard to tell it apart from a city destroyed by nukes, the big difference is if it's been less than 50 years since it went off and if it's radioactive since most of the detectable rads dissipate in a 50 year span..

[@KoeSeer]

oh shit, that means, I have to dump my empty FC somewhere at the Glowing Sea... because... basically it's a trash bin for nuclear material.

[@yamaan93]

the SCIENCE is the only reason i subscribed to this channel

[@kokichiouma297]

well this and storyteller for me

[@tommyGun0610]

Agreed. :)

[@jakobmceldownet5389]

yamaan93 same

[@alvinderama3196]

I really love listening to scientific mambo-jumbo.

[@yamaan93]

Alvin De Rama i love it too, but i actually get it

[@FrostyFoxDrake]

Atoms: reach 100 mil K° Atoms: *i’M FaST AS F-hEcK, BOi*

[@GoforKrogh]

10:41 And more than it takes a Delorean to timetravel

[@Lokpyrite]

Naw, if you have the secret of fusion you'd be in an unmarked grave outside of Vegas.

[@DRZzSWGGER]

Literally

[@aleggs6019]

11:45 *switches to 0.5 speed

[@SawdEndymon]

He sounds drunk when at half speed.

[@codyrogers9182]

that's what I thought

[@Freakous6000]

If you want to better understand what he is saying, yeah. But put it at 2.0 instead. Its fucking hilarious

[@BigBeowolf]

0.75 speed is better.

[@widodoakrom3938]

Thanks

[@StormCougarTypeZero]

>Using lower case shorthand for metric prefixes Maximum Triggered Tomahawks targeting shoddy HQ, Ready to fire

[@Gingerninja800]

Hes 'murican. Forgive him as they still use imperial. I know the intellectuals probably would use metric because it's simpler however commonly/casually he'd use imperial.

[@americasultimateweapontalo3933]

+Gingerninja800 who's flag is on the moon

[@_NobodySpecial_]

+AMERICAS ULTIMATE WEAPON TALOS German

[@StormCougarTypeZero]

>Telling the ultimate expression of United States Military power how they do it in America. Come now, and walk the path of explosions with me!

[@0osk]

>Using funny fourchon meymey arrows on KZbin

[@Rynosaur94]

>using 5mm Remington as the mingun cartridge NO! BAD! You NEVER want to use a rimmed cartridge in a self loading firearm, it makes your weapon very very susceptible to rim lock, makes extraction a chore and is just generally bad design. It's also RIMFIRE! Rimfire is simply not reliable enough for military use, especially not in high volume use like a minigun. The 5mm round in Fallout is most likely a specially packaged version of 5.56mm NATO. Possibly the telescoped ammo used by the LSAT, though that doesn't explain why it was used in Fallout 1 when the LSAT wasn't conceived of until 2004. The energy comparison is totally flawed due to this, IMO.

[@biggiesmallsyalls7674]

Rynosaur94 There are a lot of Automatic weapons that use .22lr. I dont know what Bethesda meant but it clearly wasnt 5.56

[@NerfMaster000]

There's already a 5.56mm round in FO4 and it's not used in the minigun. Not to mention, the world of Fallout could've just used a centre fire design for the 5mm instead.

[@skyhuck08]

Look up the M61 Vulcan or the Phalanx CIWS, both are Gatling guns (same thing as a minigun) and they use much larger rounds. The Vulcan fires at 6,000 rpm and the CIWS 4,500 rpm.

[@drivemecloser]

Well, the bombs didn't go flying in Fallout's world until 2077. The style is just a sort of sustained retro-futurism that largely reflects the 1950s aesthetic. The world is one where the transistor was a latecomer and things were done with tubes for a longer period of time. Fallout itself starts in 2161.

[@mojungle3054]

Rynosaur94 THANK YOU!!!!

[@vadimblyat5436]

I always taught the sun itself is a fusion reactor with all the plasma inside it

[@dhararry7929]

It is.

[@KYCDK]

it is, in the very core of the star, there is so much gravity pushing the hydrogen together that it fuses it into helium, it doesn't require energy to do this as gravity is just naturally doing it, the energy then pushes against gravity keeping the star from collapsing

[@kridocaign5722]

I have an answer for their longevity. The fusion cores are not active all the time Instead, they have an electrochemical battery to kick-start the reaction. They could even be designed to restart the reaction as needed to keep the battery conditioned. This would make far more sense, as back-of-the-hand math suggests that storing a lot of idling fusion cores would quickly become infeasible due to the accumulation of waste heat. Alternatively, they could use a primary battery to start the reaction. That would mean that each fusion core would be limited to a fixed number of duty cycles, and also explain why refueling them is extremely difficult.

[@penguinsrockrgr8yt216]

“Do not mix cocaine with engineering” Yes

[@necrisro]

18 mins, exam tomorrow and 10 more pages at an essay. It better be good !

[@scottwatson6763]

Good luck. ^_^ also a tip I learnt from my tests is don't study, the answers you learn rarely show up, for example I got a question about a car and we did not do anything about that and I'm know nothing about cars. There's no need to study ^_^ anyway good luck!

[@necrisro]

***** For "Marketing Research", 100+ pages of techniques and methods i'm pretty sure i have to study. :D

[@phoenixoutoftheash]

If you write as fast as he speaks that shouldn't be a problem ;)

[@TheRealGarg]

I'm in the same boat friend, it was worth it

[@NinjaGrimm666]

I play unreal tournament too. \ get better mortys

[@ericmcquisten]

400 people that watched this don't like science. remember folks, you only have 62 days in Fallout 4 to use your Fusion Cores!

[@wolfartgaming4556]

But i've about 472 of them for 3 years in the game...

[@koopinator11]

+WolfArtGaming We have a different issue if you have spent 3 years in game, suggestion of a healthy dose of dark souls stat

[@wolfartgaming4556]

+Dusk Rotani I would do that but there is 1 problem... i have never played or owned any dark souls game.

[@Commanderbarron]

+WolfArtGaming you should boot that up if you do

[@Ayelis]

I think we can all agree that if you're still playing this game after 62 days, you're doing it wrong.

[@dumbdeniz]

Scientists in Fallout: *makes fusion cores, laser rifles, and stealth possible* The entire US Military making Liberty Prime: *gets stuck powering it*

[@barneymiller7894]

Prime would be completely useless tactically speaking, just a big ole lumbering target for artillery and bombers 🤣

[@paulliu8502]

I understood about 80% of it after watching the rant twice at full speed should I be proud

[@blazeemiya908]

yes

[@bertrandlecerf2565]

No.

[@stardestroyer19]

No you shouldnt. This is high school physics in the UK.

[@FourScore460]

Maybe

[@theblue2228]

This is honestly basic physics. I understood it after one watch and English is not even my first language.

[@ablekitten5744]

12:20 RUN HE'S GOING TO BLOW

[@ADMONIUS]

The most badass scientist goes to... Shoddy!

[@ADMONIUS]

"Basically, fast as fuck!"

[@slayix3875]

10:39 1.28 gigawatts.. Isnt that a quote in back to the future? A fusion core had the same power as a bolt of lightning

[@exkdvs]

I believe in bttf its 1.21

[@kieranaho]

This is another reason why the institute truly is the best thing for the commonwealth, even though there di*ks, they could commandeer the mass fusion building and recommence the production of fusion cores and be the greatest power in the commonwealth (maybe even America) surpassing the brotherhood and starting a new order and eventually share their technology with the commonwealth. It'd be the overall best ending.

[@bensolo9806]

The "Institute" is a joke ,They Abuse technology ,just Look around the wasteland ,Humans have gone too far ,join the brotherhood of steel . :)

[@gamermanh]

The east coast brotherhood in 4 is actually way more of a group of technology abusers, considering their use of the Prydwin and vertibirds exclusive to them for wartime activities

[@sevenbillion2521]

Yeah but they don't care about the wastelanders. They think it would be better for the world if they were the only ones left alive.

[@sevenbillion2521]

***** fair but I don't think one man could change the base beliefs of an entire community in only one generation. Oh wait this is a Bethesda fallout game? Well then never mind all it will take is one sentence and some save scumming.

[@clayxros576]

+Ben Solo They abuse it far less than the Brotherhood. Get your head out of Fallout 3, this is the true Brotherhood who care only for themselves. The Institute at least *tried* to help the Commonwealth. That just blew up in their face because wastelanders. So they are underground and running experiments and developing better tech so that, one day, they can try again to help the world above.

[@thewhiskysmokers3117]

I had to set the playback speed to 0.75 % to actually hear it all

[@carterwells3491]

same

[@logannoble6707]

even then its pretty fast

[@gert7004]

The Whisky Smokers I did that too lol!

[@FlamingMarshmallow255]

fuckin lightweight

[@benmcdaniel]

Three-quarters of one percent? Wow! That would take over 40 hours to watch.

[@tukes1234]

As far as all the videos that I seen since KZbin came out.you sir take the cake, any video you do you take the time to do it right and do the research figure out the ins and outs and then explained it in such a way that anyone can follow, my hats off to you good job keep up the good work!

[@kainfiract7992]

Amazing man, love the tasteful swearing and enthusiasm. Made the video better, everything else was also amazing. Keep it up bro

[@Oscar230]

Hello, I noticed a small mistake at around 10:52. In gigawatts the g in gW should actully be an uppercase G, according to the SI standardization. A good rule for this is that everything in y where in x*10^y where y > 1 the prefix should be uppercase, for instance kilo K, mega M, giga G, tera T, peta P. Wich means that when y < 1 the prefix should be in lowercase, for instance milli m, pico p, atto a. Hope i helped, great video! You have done some really good math here!!👍👍

[@Eckendenker]

kilo is an exception it's kg, kJ, km etc.

[@Mushyloni]

Because uppercase K is Kelvin ?

[@MikePhantom]

wait you said 1.28 giga watts AND NO REFERENCE TO BACK TO THE FUTURE? ( i know its 1.21 gW but COME ON its close)

[@CamelSpyd3r]

IKR even just an offhand comment like "that's more energy than what it takes to send a Delorean back in time." Would've been nice.

[@combustinghandshakes8617]

Oh what wasted potential for a joke

[@Woogoo336]

To be fair the script does say "1.21 jigowatts". "The 'jigowatt' is really the gigawatt that was misspelt by the producers Bob Gale nd Robert Zemeckis while filming Back to the Future, and became the standard spelling for the movie. It could then be interpreted in-universe that Doc pronounced gigawatt as jigowatt."

[@leviblackwell7997]

you lost me at 12:17, but overall this is a fucking good vid.

[@冬-01]

ayy wassup

[@leviblackwell7997]

Jr B ayy nice pic

[@lloyd.h.roberts4023]

ive learned nothing and now have a fucking headache

[@Re-tf8qf]

+Levi Blackwell he lost me at 2:18

[@cjpanaitescu1895]

Try watching it a 2x speed

[@Questionhex]

you failed to mention the muon fusion of the actual 1950's, still an amazing video

[@georgenelson6490]

"So cool it has to be measured in Kelvin" to which i respond "Negative Kelvin" I know the Kelvin scale doesn't go below 0, but i still think negative kelvin would be pretty cool.

[@theaveragepro1749]

Isn't 0 kelvin absolute zero?

[@ShadowSlayer74]

It is, that's why you can't go lower.

[@ehow5678]

+The Average Pro yes

[@Hotilaexe]

negative kelvin is impossible. Even if it was possible it would be actually hotter than those above. There's a really good video about it from Sixty Symbols if you want to know more as I'm unqualified to speak on the matter haha.

[@BlueCosmology]

Negative kelvin isn't impossible, as the very video you refer to will tell you.

[@BaronPraxis8492]

You're bringing real science to the magic Fallout "Fuck You That's How It Works" science. I like it.

[@spacemanjc]

Shoddy: "Strap yourself in!" Me: *looks around* * looks up* My mind: "No. why." Me: *Puts neck support on forehead* My mind: "WHY YOU PIECE OF PEA"

[@moonscript4675]

How do fallout 4's gamma guns and far harbor's radium rifles work???

[@MnemonicHack]

When it comes to the radium rifles I imagine, considering the electronic components haphazardly glued onto it like they mean anything (hint Bethesda, gluing capacitors onto something does not make it high-tech), it's presumably supposed to heavily irradiate the bullet, which them supposedly lodges itself into the enemy and irradiates them from the inside. It's pretty hamfisted and I highly doubt it would work in the slightest.

[@moonscript4675]

+Corto Maltese maybe shoddy cast will find a way to make it work and explain it

[@MnemonicHack]

***** I hope he will.

[@Wolfkin1983]

The only comparison I can think of is the depleted uranium rounds used in by real world military. The depleted uranium tip makes it easier for a round to cut thru armor. This tip was used for multiple size rounds and could turn a tank into an instant death trap for years to come from contamination. Note that after its first major use in Iraq, there was a huge debate on if these rounds violated serval national laws including the Geneva Convention. The contamination still effects Iraq today after it seeped into the dirt and water. Vehicles lined with contaminant just a couple feet from children playing. Considering how FO4 handles radiation poisoning, no the weapons are not accurate, but they are probably based on depleted uranium tipped rounds.

[@sandwichmanpiegerton]

Radium was the original material used for glow in the dark watches when they were first introduced in the military. It's actually a sad story. They had women hired to paint the watch faces, and most of them died of horrible cancers. In short it's just something that can be painted onto a round to deal said damage. It's not too far fetched but their design for the gun is a little flamboyant.

[@benmcdaniel]

2:01 Anagolous? Is that like analogous?

[@JamesonAranda]

Also kzbin.info/www/bejne/fnu3opaHl8-Sas0

[@Alligator_Pear88]

Oh good someone else caught it too I thought I was going senile

[@darrenross8191]

Anal ougues

[@evanlacoursiere124]

oh i thaught that was supposed to be a joke against people who say analogous

[@Rizebruh]

"yo wait, you got 1000 juuls, lemme have some".*Gets lit up by a goddamn minigun*

[@joshbonds3599]

One issue I have with the minigun's caliber is in the games it is supposed to be chambered in 5mm caseless. Yet in the games they clearly eject shell casings. I don't believe we have an actual 5mm caseless round in existence. The 5mm Remington was also designed as a varmit and target round, certainly not a combat cartridge. 4.7 caseless is the closet I think that you can get to what the minigun is supposed to fire. But I'm not going to ask you to redo the math on this great video. I'll post a link to the 4.7mm caseless if you're interested.

[@joshbonds3599]

Okay the link didn't work. But google 4.73x33mm caseless and you'll find a wealth of information on it.

[@nicraptor11]

It's in the fucking future, mate. Well, in the past in the future. Or something. Anyways, they have fusion cores and power armour and laser weapons and so on, so I think it's reasonable to assume that some hipster would make 5mm caseless at some point. As for the shell casings being ejected, most likely either a design choice or an animator not reading too much into things.

[@sharpshooter740]

Different timeline. 4.7x33 caseless doesn&#39;t exist. I&#39;m not sure why the miniguns are in some weird 5mm cartridge. A 5.56 mini gun would make more sense seeing as that cartridge exists in fallout and, you know, works.

[@nicraptor11]

sharpshooter740 >minivans are in some weird 5mm cartridge I feel like I've heard of 5mm before. On what are you basing your assertion that 4.7 caseless doesn't exist?

[@sharpshooter740]

nicraptor11 Where in the Fallout universe have we ever seen 4.7 caseless? Where have we ever seen caseless ammunition in the fallout universe period?

[@Saltygunar]

i have no problem with fusion cores, what i do have a problem is that they ignore a part of their lore. more specifically this part of lora on the t51b: "The armor is fitted with a back-mounted TX-28 MicroFusion Pack which generates an output power of 60,000 Watts, The armor usually carries enough fuel to last for one thousand years" you see 10 000 years in contrast of 30min that fusion cores provide

[@josegamez9808]

1 thousand*

[@mftarik1255]

agree

[@mftarik1255]

Same goes for X-01 Powerarmor.

[@oblivionguard2286]

Agreed, also didn't the first version of T-45 power armor use Small Energy Cells -- but they burned out too fast so they changed it in later models?

[@KoeSeer]

well... they nerf Fusion Cores for gameplay balance reasons...

[@RADIOACTIVEBUNY]

The 5mm round the minigun uses would be much more comparable to the 5.56mm round, not a 5mm rimfire squirrel round. So right there you're going to be grossly underestimating your numbers. Still subbing.

[@jesondag]

It really doesn't matter, because comparing the kinetic energy imparted to a projectile from deflagration of a flammable powder in a gun, is in absolutely in no way comparable to the energy used by an energy weapon in any way let alone based on the damage it does in a game. His comparisons in no way were valid, whether he was using 5.56x45 or the obsolete 5mm rimfire.

[@TomJerry12933]

agreed...this video was stupid....I was really disappointed by this....

[@RADIOACTIVEBUNY]

lord6617 Sounds like you agree with the core of what I'm saying. All in the delivery. And he is grossly underestimating his numbers, but the process is exemplary, which is why I said "Still subbing." You have a good day, too.

[@lord6617]

I don't understand why you snapped at me anyways, I reply'd to Tom Jerry who's sum total contribution to this was "this video is stupid nya nya nya" Check your internet rage man.

[@lord6617]

RADIOACTIVEBUNY Yeah I got the "I'm a dumbass" impression already, you don't need to further explain yourself.

[@chuckrando7353]

Austsin's Editor: Queues correct music Austin: Takes a deep breath Eminem: Why do I hear boss music?

[@beatowalker1549]

i come on this youtube learning about enclave, brotherhood of steel, and NCR facts also their conspiracy starts opening my table of elements again because i'm sucks at sains and i'm focusing on social study. everybody know s what's gonna happen. RIP me

[@beatowalker1549]

and two things i get from this video is 1. machine guns and laser guns are awesome 2. pew pew pew... murica

[@JosheyG34]

You said Mega watts MW but put milliwatts mW. And GW is gigawatts....

[@ryanrusch3976]

Can you imagine how smart the Think Tank could have been if Mobius didn't change their programming and put them in a loop? They were the top scientists who produced Fusion and the Sierra Madre vending machines.

[@ChrisSoUndSo]

I started clapping after he finished his musical rant.

[@hatchmaster_5745]

for what it is worth I got your Kelvin joke

[@soxboy25]

Same

[@Rigel_Chiokis]

This was, hands down, the most entertaining science lecture I've ever listened to.

[@jocoma23]

Shit how i understand this shit and dont get a 60 of 100 on chemistry on FUCKING HIGH SCHOOL

[@Deadsnake989]

A) Poorly worded questions or B) Test stress.

[@jocoma23]

c) i sleep on all the class every class and for the test stress...nah :V

[@notapplicable8231]

+jocoma23 d you don't get to learn about the cool shit like atomic bombs and nuclear fission/fusion

[@jocoma23]

+Not Applicable hmmm thats true...maybe if the final proyect were a mini reactor and not a fucking text ...huh such unfair life

[@Gex9z]

Cause you had shitty teachers. (Also this isn't chemistry, it's nuclear physics).

[@Queddred]

chemistry.. HELL NAW TO THE NAW NAW NAAAW

[@SedgeSedgicus]

pretty sure its more physics than chemistry.

[@Queddred]

Im ok with phisics but chemistry.... ugh

[@V4demon_]

I'm 85.5% dumb

[@MegaBanne]

I am 15% repair.

[@normalguydrew4904]

Actually it was nuclear physics. Except when he used Avogadro's number, or as he called it Avogadros constant, to find the mole of the number, that was chemistry

[@rollog1248]

I would think that the reason the fusion core is at 100 percent in buildings is the constant supply of hydrogen. So you would have to account for the constant fusion for 210 years.

[@cooldude-ky4ni]

"Do not mix cocaine and engineering" My friend, you just got a sub

[@thatonecommenter7169]

11:04 Oh, I see what's about to happen *Runs to the fridge, grabs 2 monsters and 1 red bull, chugs all of them 11:45 I uNdERsTaNd eVERytHinG!!!

[@stephenjamieson3145]

So if a fusion core contains 1.28 gW of energy, does that mean we could travel back in time?

[@CamelSpyd3r]

Yes. Yes it does. It's time to stop the war before it begins!!!

[@CamelSpyd3r]

But a bolt of lightning only produces 1.21 GW... ugh time travel's hard!

[@stephenjamieson3145]

what is we took "x"% of whatever the capacity of the fusion core is, so that we had 1.21gW?

[@stephenjamieson3145]

Austin, we need your maths again! What proportion of a fusion core would we need for it to contain 1.21 gW of potential energy as opposed to the normal 1.28gW (as you calculated)?

[@CamelSpyd3r]

Too bad there aren't any Deloreans in the Fallout universe, but we do have Flux Sensors and Reflex Capacitors so if we duct taped those together added a fusion core and attached it to Dogmeat's armor... hmmm lemme get my abacus.

[@thepatheticone4457]

You can find fusion cores in different locations. Such as a chest, a shop, a corps or a big machine that makes loud noises. I believe that this machinery keeps the fusion in the core alive. I think that people in the fallout verse have found these and collected the cores.

[@AdrianHereToHelp]

2:04 This is how I'm pronouncing analogous now

[@olngo4644]

11:27 my ex when she gave me reasons to break up

[@olngo4644]

@666LaVey666 Freaking H E double hocky sticks :V

[@marcbittner]

The end of your episodes where you go into high speed science rants...that's basically how my brain sounds every hour i'm awake. And now that i've heard your video my inner monologue is also playing carmen in the background.

[@normund8348]

12:00 0.5x Speed is like listening to a person trying talk while having headphones on that delay what you say. You know what i mean. Its sounds like derp.

[@normund8348]

2x speed to make him sound even more smarter

[@Zmanwarrior]

Sounds more like he's a really, really drunk scientist.

[@LPS-bc6fr]

wait 1.28 gigawatts ,that means it could power a Delorian

[@DARESQUAD]

LPS lol

[@That_Guy_Ty]

LPS nice

[@gorunnova58]

Watching this video made me want a gun that shoots cracked Fusion Power Cores!

[@janetlapham3919]

It just pokes a hole in one, and lets it fly around spastically, and then then just explode. It would be hilarious, powerful, and probably kill the user. I love it.

[@oscarcolon6743]

Ikr just wipe out a whole block. Best go fuck yourself ever.

[@primetyrant2891]

Well, power reserves in those have depleted long time ago, so its not as explodey now. Though last perk of nuclear physicist allows you to eject them as a bomb. Its fun to use with jetpack.

[@Chokah]

Remember, in Far Harbor you can get a Super Sledge that's forged from 4 cracked Fusion Cores

[@sheeno3882]

taking mini nuke to a whole new level

[@Gercho-san]

So, all this time I've only knew Austin from his videos on the game theorists channel, which are actually edited differently. So all of this time you have been doing 2 videos by the price of one, that I respect.

[@vaultboy9690]

Could you discuss the possibilities of ghouls in a nuclear fallout? That would be really cool!

[@balls8013]

www.nytimes.com/2010/01/20/books/20garner.html worth a read

[@oscaraberg1852]

You will not turn into a ghoul, you will turn into a corpse...

[@oscaraberg1852]

Vsauce3 made a small mension about it in thier video about nuculear survivle

[@omegaking1005]

There's a video about that, super mutants and even about rad roachs

[@omegaking1005]

+Brandon Nece SuperScienced I believe was the name of the one who made the video

[@bp766]

As a physicist, hats off to you!

[@heavyweaponsbird]

You put matpat to shame

[@thespark1015]

Heavy Weapons guy matpat is shame

[@animegundude7934]

He now works with matpat lol

[@MorganHunter92]

Matpat put matpat to shame

[@ntl4321]

This came up on my feed today. And I feel like THE SCIENCE of fusion has come a long way in 7 years and this video might be worth considering for an update.

[@nrincon96]

And why do BoS knights always have 100% Cores even when I've followed them for like 20 mins after a group spawns and I steal the core?

[@raynes6286]

Maybe that's a spare and the one they have in their suit isn't able to be taken.

[@adampark6729]

Because npc's don't drain power cores

[@andrzejwysocki609]

because semper invicta!

[@wampower6848]

Maybe they manufactured new ones that last a really long time is said in this video.

[@MrMLaidlaw]

Gameplay? Duh

[@IceLordCryo]

GREAT SCOTT!! That's a lot of wattage!

[@tylerhaack6802]

It's only got a little bit more than a bolt of lightning

[@IceLordCryo]

T- Gamer and those pesky lightning bolts are so unpredictable.... unless you've got a flier from the future

[@sarge9909]

After studying mechatronics for 5 years i can almost 85% guarantee the math checks out

[@Gizmomaster]

Interesting vid but your concept is completely based on regular fusion. You never mentioned.......Cold Fusion. Cold fusion would be much more achievable in a small core like that. And the station you find the cores in are actually the fridges keeping them stable and producing fusion. Once you remove them their energy output starts dropping until it is not able to do cold fusion and becomes a dud.

[@tertsv7746]

its not cold fusion though

[@Swimmer-ts6yr]

*at Bethesda HQ* *See's a video from this guy* O GOD NO STOP DOING THIS TO USE

[@Swimmer-ts6yr]

us*

[@samanthamonaghan7579]

1.28 GW is more than a certain stainless steel car needed

[@nicrobe9443]

Great scott!

[@FadedPixel]

Oh my God if you're gonna reference a movie do it right! ITS 1.21 GIGAWATTS, NO MORE, NO LESS, FAKE FAN

[@TroyPacelli]

"Do NOT mix cocaine with engineering!" 1) Funniest thing I heard all day. 2) Wisest thing I heard all day. 3) Now going to become part of my every-day quotes.

[@a.lampman2165]

"anagolous" That is all.

[@fishyfish2935]

if fusion cores where rechargeable without mods it would be way better

[@soxboy25]

Assuming they actally tried to learn the science for this game, a working fusion reactor that small should easily be able to strip normal hydrogen from water in the air and make it self recharging.

[@scoopian1468]

"DO NOT MIX COCAIN WITH ENGENEERING!" I couldn't Stop laughing XD