The Livermore bulb only has a small part, but this reminded me of the story 17776: What Football Will Look Like in the Future [0]. It's a fun science fiction story that is also a great example of web storytelling.
There's also (the first half of) a sequel, 20020: https://www.sbnation.com/secret-base/21410129/20020/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29009014
And there it is !!! I find it again here thanks to you and your comment. (I was not much interested in this story so I was about to leave and I just had a quick look at the first comment : yours) This is an incredible luck ! Thank you very much !
I have no idea what I just experienced. My PC fan spooled up to max speed when I clicked on the link and everything went all 2001 Entering The Monolith on me. I panicked, but I stuck with it.