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by shmeeed 3y ago
Seen in this context, it all makes a lot of sense. This kind of productivity seems like a cult to me. Maybe those who don't understand recreation are doomed to also not understand why their productivity is not very efficient.
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by shmeeed 3y ago
I love Connections! Still I sometimes wonder if this particular shot isn't hyped a bit too much, with people actually wondering in the comments whether it's fake... why should it be? It's a fairly trivial feat for any good p
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by shmeeed 4y ago
I was kinda disappointed to find no mention of https://qntm.org/mmacevedo
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by shmeeed 4y ago
Funny enough, this prompt wasn't originally engineered by Scott for the contest, but for an intended art piece, and the symbolism does check out: https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/a-guide-to-asking-robo... Th
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by shmeeed 4y ago
>Eventually they will need to be replaced or they will generate so little power that they may as well not be there. Since they need to be replaced over time then harvesting that 20% of sunlight is no longer free, but carries an ongoing r
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by shmeeed 4y ago
Honestly curious about how you come to the conclusion that the risk of hydro is that much bigger than nuclear. One would assume that this is a pure engineering problem and therefore "mitigated many times over" just as well as in n
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by shmeeed 4y ago
This argument only stood if the fuel for the IC engine were raining from heaven for free and would go 100% to waste if not burned, and if the combustion process itself produced no other waste than heat, both of which are obviously not true.
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by shmeeed 5y ago
Anybody interested in this topic might want to read the NASA Saturn V Owners' Workshop Manual: 1967–1973 (Apollo 4 to Apollo 17 & Skylab) by David W. Woods. It's an incredible collection of information, tables, and drawings re