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Images SI Uranium Ore

Amazon's catalog no longer lists this product (checked 2026-11-02). The name comes from the link HN users posted.

When HN users recommended it

14 HN users recommended this between 2009 and 2023, in 14 comments.

20072026

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What HN users said

noahc linked amazon.com View on HN

No.

What about 1Gb fiber connection makes one a terrorist?

What about buying Uranium off Amazon[1] makes one a terrorist?

What about starting an organization that promotes technology in the Midwest, a typically rural and industrial location, in need of new sectors makes one a terrorist?

The point is that we need to be more nuanced in our approach and show restraint. There are a lot of people with crazy ideas, however, doing things differently or having eclectic hobbies or dreams isn't what makes someone a terrorist.

What do we prefer?

We prefer freedom, liberty, and privacy to live our lives according to our own desires. Our desire for real safety is there, but security theater is ineffective. We can not prevent all terrorism, we can not prevent all harm. It is the cost of the freedom, liberty and privacy and one that we should be willing to pay. These are not absolutes, and trade offs can certainly be made. But today, we have traded too much freedom, liberty, and privacy for a false sense of security.

This is what we prefer: real safety balanced with real freedom, liberty and privacy.

[1] http://www.amazon.com/Images-SI-Inc-Uranium-Ore/dp/B000796XX...

Animats linked amazon.com View on HN

A report was received that the substance is Natural Uranium, which is highly radioactive and dangerous to human life.

Right. Ordering info from United Nuclear for uranium metal: "Caution: Use normal safety precautions (wear a filter mask/respirator and gloves) when working with Uranium metal. Accidental inhalation or ingestion of Uranium particles can be dangerous. Machining will produce particles that can spontaneously ignite producing radioactive smoke. Note: adult signature required upon delivery."

If you want some uranium ore, it's on Amazon.[1]

Meanwhile, Uranium Energy Corporation purchased 2,105,000 pounds of uranium oxide, which they are stockpiling as an investment.[2]

[1] https://www.amazon.com/Images-SI-Uranium-Ore/dp/B000796XXM

[2] https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/uranium-ener...

kortex linked amazon.com View on HN
in Europium UltraGlow Powder – Green, a direct reply to the story

United Nuclear is quite the nostalgia bomb. My first experience with them was in 2008, buying a chunk of uranium ore to trigger a geiger counter to use as a true random number generator. I'd say "where else can you just buy a chunk of uranium ore" but... [1]. Of course at the time it wasn't something you could buy on amazon.

1 - https://www.amazon.com/Images-SI-Uranium-Ore/dp/B000796XXM

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