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nyrath

@nyrath@spacey.space

Star map and Atomic Rocket geek. The hard-science SF writer's tech support. The website is at
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/

Refugee from the decline and fall of Google Plus.

In my long and misspent youth I did the artwork for various TTWG such as Ogre, WarpWar, GEV and such.

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@nyrath Seen this one? https://gizmodo.com/nasa-pulsed-plasma-rocket-advanced-concept-mars-1851463831

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@steinarb

I saw the article, but haven't gotten it on my website yet.

I do have the prior version, the Pulsed Fission Fusion engine

https://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/enginelist3.php#puff

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nyrath, to random
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https://futurism.com/the-byte/nasa-contractor-warns-boeing-valves

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Because of Burnside's Zeroth Law of space combat:

Science fiction fans relate more to human beings than to silicon chips.

https://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/crew.php#gottahavecrew

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@shig

There is actually something written earlier. In 1942.
The Wabbler by Murray Leinster

Synopsis: An artificially intelligent weapon's story, told from the point of view of the weapon.

https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?46584

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@shig

If anybody is interested in reading The Wabbler by Murray Leinster, it can be found online here

https://archive.org/details/Astounding_v30n02_1942-10_dtsg0318/page/n84/mode/1up

ZachWeinersmith, to random
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Question whose premise may be faulty:

Why is it that in Chinese calligraphy, it seems to have always been impressionistic, with quick pretty strokes, whereas with Latin scripts the calligraphy, even when it's swoopy and fancy, is highly controlled? Is this inherent to pictographic vs alphabet calligraphy or is it random cultural stuff, or are their actually just forms of calligraphy I haven't found?

nyrath,
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@ZachWeinersmith

I am just speculating here, but perhaps it is caused by the difference between brush calligraphy and pen calligraphy?

Hcobb, to random
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@nyrath What's the proper size for the hero ship in a movie, TV series or RPG?
99% of the crew of the Enterprise seem to do nothing ever, not even react to the half-human.
In the three Star Wars movies the Millennium Falcon seems more a setting for interludes rather than part of the plot. As soon as the rookie gets the keys to an X-wing he's outta there. (In diapers?)
Traveller has two types of ships, depending on the types of missions the gamers are in to. With few if any NPC crewmembers.

nyrath,
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@Hcobb

The Millennium Falcon is more of a transport ferrying the characters to their next adventure.

The Enterprise is also a ferry, but in addition there could be a plot base on members of the 300-odd crew. Sort of like the TV show "Wagon Train".

nyrath,
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@Hcobb

Notes on hero crews in scifi

https://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/crew.php#id--Example_Crews

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cstross, to random
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5/8: When writing technical or scientific detail, how much is plausible vs imagined?

Correctly depicting the background details in an SF/F story makes the utterly imaginary conceit at the heart of the story more plausible—it gains believability by being presented in a realistic context. (The best present-setting SF should leave you unsure how much, if any of it is imaginary.)

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@Hcobb @cstross

And how well does voice rec work when you have a head-cold or hay fever?

thisnorthernboy, to random
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Little render of the un-named space tug.

#b3d #Spaceship

nyrath,
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@thisnorthernboy

Ooh, nice.

And I can see how you using Bender to sketch in three dimensions and design in the round.

nyrath, to random
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PRELIMINARY DESIGN OF A HYPERVELOCITY NUCLEAR INTERCEPTOR SYSTEM (HNIS) FOR OPTIMAL DISRUPTION OF NEAR-EARTH OBJECTS

nuking incoming rogue asteroids

(pdf file)
https://www.adrc.iastate.edu/files/2012/06/AAS-12-225.pdf

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@isaackuo

Yeah, there is always boom tomorrow

StefanEJones, to random
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Really slacked off last week.

(Srsly, there needs to be a little graph going back a month for each metric.)

(Weight gain metric is actually lbs over goal.)

(Also srsly, I could probably get away with eating a bagel and cream cheese with breakfast now and then.)

nyrath,
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@StefanEJones

It would be nice if they could incorporate sparklines

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparkline

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https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/06/boeing-starliners-first-crewed-mission-scrubbed/

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We just folded space from Ix.

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@cerebrate

Lots of machines on Ix

tkinias, to random
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reads another story about Google

God, we need a phone OS that isn’t from Google or Apple.

(No, not you, Microsoft.)

nyrath,
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@tkinias

I still miss my Palm Pre smartphone, using webOS.

thisnorthernboy, to scifi
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The Pelagic, progress.

#b3d #Spaceship #SciFi

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@thisnorthernboy

holycrap! That's beautiful!

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@thisnorthernboy

I'm not just saying it.
A bit more than I decade ago I self-taught myself how to use Blender 3d. So I know how difficult it is to learn.

Plus you had the advantage of being a hauntingly good 2d artist to start with.

ErikSchouten73, to gymnastics Dutch
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Morning

nyrath,
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@ErikSchouten73

Just call me Atlas

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https://www.tumblr.com/sabotpetal/748045998640791552/f-117-nighthawk-in-production

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@Sevoris

I've also noticed that some Traveller type spaceships use that faceted look

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https://astrobiology.com/2023/06/specular-reflections-from-artificial-surfaces-as-technosignature.html

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https://astrobiology.com/2023/09/application-of-the-thermodynamics-of-radiation-to-dyson-spheres-as-work-extractors-and-computational-engines-and-their-observational-consequences.html

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https://hushkit.net/2021/10/23/10-extremely-sexy-spaceplanes/

nyrath,
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Back in the 1970s, when I did some conceptual art based on Metagaming Concepts Stellar Conquest, I based the Scout starship on Dr. Bono's Mars spaceship

https://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/realdesigns.php#id--Bono_Mars_Glider

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Pouring one out for all the artists trying to make a living

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@benhencke

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