@nyrath The reason the Enterprise would plunge into the planet within a few minutes of losing power is that they were using the engines to hover directly overhead to minimize terrain interference with line of sight communications.
It's not like Kirk had to pay for the antimatter himself.
@Hcobb@nyrath
So if Enterprise had traveled with a destroyer, a couple of frigates, and maybe a few corvettes to use as communication relays they could have avoided a lot of trouble?
God: In an unfortunate Afterlife mix-up, Jacob Marley will be headlining The Pearly Gates Reggae Festival, and Bob Marley will be teaching a rich old Curmudgeon the meaning of Christmas.
AI-generated books on Amazon now have the potential to kill people, as they've moved into the realm of mushroom foraging. Guides have popped up like, well, mushrooms, packed with information that makes no sense and could easily be dangerous, illustrated with structures that are "the mycological equivalent of a picture of a hot blond with six fingers and too many teeth," writes Vox's Constance Grady. Here's more.
Speaking of #Fallout4
I am looking at "Tips for best starting stats" and so so so many sites treat Charisma as a dumping stat... when it is vital for making money in the game. If you do not have enough Charisma to make trading routes you are going to suffer badly both economically and just because you have to carry scrap around instead of having it teleported between your settlements.
Does sci-fi shape the future? Tech billionaires from Bill Gates to Elon Musk have often talked about the impact of novels they read as teens, from Neal Stephenson's "Snow Crash" to Iain M. Banks' "Culture" series. Big Think's Namir Khaliq spoke to authors including Andy Weir, Lois McMaster Bujold, @cstross and @pluralistic about how much impact they think science fiction has had, or can have.
Why do sci-fi artists design aerodynamic spaceships like mother ships that are never going to land? Aerodynamics really doesn't matter a whole lot in space.
Also, why would these ships need a discernable top and bottom? There is no real up or down for most of your interstellar travel.
@cerebrate@nyrath@JeremyMallin At this point we don't really know what the economics of space/microgravity industry will be. I suspect "optimize for low mass" is going to be an overwhelming consideration.
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Also energy is cheap (inside the orbit of Jupiter). Just hang panels out to collect more.
Mass is expensive. You have to get it from somewhere, take it where you need it, and once you throw it away its gone.
@thisnorthernboy@nyrath you need fewer fins, fins rotated 90 degrees, or fins divided into at least three rings. The surface of each fin should be pointed directly out to space, otherwise the fins are heating each other.
@GottaLaff you can tell your iPhone to share its connection with your computer. I use android so i don't have details. But you just tell the phone to act as a hotspot, then tell the computer to use that as a new connection. Just like connecting to any other new wifi.
Very interesting article on the benefits of composting.
Also if they claim that weeds should not be composted, I strongly disagree with this statement.
Weeds are a fantastic source of greens when you only collect the leaves. If you make a conscious effort to drastically reduce your waste weeds will contribute to a healthy compost pile. Of course, don't collect the seeds.
