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Algr replied to the thread Clone ships with brain-taping to colonize other planets, part 2.That could work, but it would not necessarily need to be nanobots. I suggested that there would be multiple ships co-operating, but... -
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Land on the planet and use the water from there to grow bodies. It would be a huge savings in mass of the spaceship, not having life... -
Algr replied to the thread Clone ships with brain-taping to colonize other planets, part 2.Yes. The first thing to come from the ships would be seeds of various types. Microorganisms from Earth. Then progressively more...
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It has occurred to me that the Iran war is the most positive environmental movement ever. If the ensuing depression cuts fossil fuel...
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Algr posted the thread Clone ships with brain-taping to colonize other planets, part 2 in Sci-Fi Writing and World Building.A prediction of mine from 2022 has come true: This was in the context of interstellar colonization. I think that braintaping...
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Algr replied to the thread Spam blocking using your Whitelist.I don't want to deal with PayPal or give them any more power. Plus, how does PayPal make money off of this? They would just make the...
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Algr replied to the thread Spam blocking using your Whitelist.My folders are absolutely deluged with spam, to the point that my e-mail client chokes if I try to delete it all. I routinely miss...
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Algr replied to the thread Spam blocking using your Whitelist.There would be one button that turns the blocker off, and then turns in on again after three minutes. (Or once you accept the e-mail...
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Well there is yet another security failure in the news. This time it is from Apple. Ugg. About a year ago I was on a Discord and...
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Algr replied to the thread The ugliest moon in the solar system.Imagine being the king of the Gods, and not only do you have that thing staring down at you all the time, but people say that it is your...
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Algr replied to the thread Mercury-sized rogue planet flyby at 70,000 km: tidal and atmospheric effects.If it was dark, it would also reduce the time before you could actually detect the object.
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Algr reacted to Hornbein's post in the thread Mercury-sized rogue planet flyby at 70,000 km: tidal and atmospheric effects with Like.
The body could be a neutron star or black hole. Maybe the accretion disk can intersect the earth causing havoc. A book about a black...
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Algr reacted to cassius's post in the thread Mercury-sized rogue planet flyby at 70,000 km: tidal and atmospheric effects with Like.
I started with an LLM, of course, but as soon as I got in touch with people from the field, I realized that AI often just 'wings it' or...
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Algr replied to the thread The ugliest moon in the solar system.Perhaps, but there is a limit to that. "My dear, I look into your eyes and see you have a face like Io." :: Gets slapped. ::
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Algr replied to the thread Will anyone alive today see a permanent colony on the Moon or Mars?.I understand "colony" as meaning that people move there expecting to live their whole lives, get married, and have kids who also live...
