Comment by alexpotato
3 days ago
Nice to see Pykrete being mentioned!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pykrete
Fun fact: you don't need sawdust for pykrete. Adding any kind of material e.g. just newspapers can help similar to how rebar makes concrete stronger
Isn't adding newspapers just adding cellulose with some bonus ink?
It adds fiber, which is the key. The main weakness of ice as a crystal is that as soon as a crack forms it can spread along imperfections in the crystal structure. Putting fibre in it bridges those gaps and stops the cracks before they can get big enough to cause significant weakening.
But those fibers disturb the crystal lattice of the ice, so surely there is some tradeoff?
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pip3 install pykrete
It provides the Krete framework for building your vacation to Crete island.
brew install pykrete
uv add pykrete
Jeez cmon
Came to the comments for the pykrete reference, thanks for this.