oof yeah they’re being really generous with the orange in Europe wtf.
oof yeah they’re being really generous with the orange in Europe wtf.
membrane attack complex
powerful phrase
traveling at high fractions of the speed of light means that trip time from the travellers perspective is reduced due to relativistic effects. that said, this changes nothing about the other challeneges.
after effects
“alphabet soup agencies” FBI, CIA, NSA, DOJ.
I think it’s an oblique reference toward the fact that the sun is the source of nearly all available energy on earth.
burglars typically get the fuck out if they learn someone is home, if they stick around after a warning they’re far more likely to be dangerous.
societies collapse after the marginal return on investment in societal complexity goes negative. not necessarily immediately after, there’s usually some desatbilizing incident that catalyzes the process once that point has been reached.
I recommend The Collapse of Complex Societies by Joseph Tainter
I will bet $200 that helion is not the first net positive fusion reactor. I will bet a further $200 that the first such reactor is in China. That said, talk is cheap and I doubt many here would take that bet against me.
I appreciate the feedback.
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I notice that Major Briggs appears to be in attendance.
I learned what terminal irony poisoning looks like from him. Thanks jreg!