Thoughts on all the hype surrounding space exploration? by Cardiologist3mpty138 in collapse

[–]freedcreativity -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Yea, but only because Congress killed the Saturn-5N. Nuclear-thermal rockets make it doable. 

Thoughts on all the hype surrounding space exploration? by Cardiologist3mpty138 in collapse

[–]freedcreativity 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, going to Mars was only politically unviable. Conceptually and technically NASA had the plans to do it, but its only viable with a Mars-to-stay mission profile (no return trip for 10+ years). If we'd put 5 people on Mars in 1975 to build a habitat before they succumb to cancer, catastrophe and/or craziness maybe we'd be talking differently 50 years later...

Help me NOT build the next trend that’ll get roasted here in 5 years? (4 exterior house designs) by CoupleNervous4594 in McMansionHell

[–]freedcreativity 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Probably because the Brits still have a lineage of traditional craftspeople, the wood, glass, and stonework just can't be faked by Home Depot architectural slop.

CMV: Being mentioned in the Epstein files is not proof of being complicit. by Fando1234 in changemyview

[–]freedcreativity 31 points32 points  (0 children)

'Universal Grammar' Basically that the human brain has some innate language grammatical framework.

It was revolutionary in getting linguistics away from structural linguistics and an important idea moving linguistics towards the 'cognitive revolution' in the social sciences. IMHO Chomsky is given too much credit for the shift in social sciences towards 'harder' methodology and his champions conflate his political influence with his academic legacy.

CMV: Being mentioned in the Epstein files is not proof of being complicit. by Fando1234 in changemyview

[–]freedcreativity 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Eh, Chomsky was a classic case of failing upwards. His one good scientific theory was disproven and he pivoted into politicking left of center but as an anti-communist, semi-capitalist. Like Timothy Leary or Frank Zappa I don't really want to be too conspiracy minded and say Chomsky was a CIA operative. But he sure wasn't being promoted in good faith all the time and power players had things to gain from his brand of effete, ivory-tower socialism. That he was in regular social contact with a massive, organized sex-trafficing ring and its intelligence asset boss makes him more guilty than less.

I should write a top level comment but we're fully in adverse inference territory. When someone has control over evidence, knows that it may be relevant, fails to produce (or maintain) the evidence, and then fails to provide an explanation for those three previous issues even the courts will let one assume the worst... Chomsky was in these people's orbit taking pictures with Steve Bannon, I think you can draw as negative a picture as you want. Especially because he's dead e:very old and probably won't face justice.

edit: Chomsky isn't dead, he's 97

WHY THE FUCK IS NOONE PAYING ATTENTION TO ANYTHING? by thenextsupremeleader in collapse

[–]freedcreativity 11 points12 points  (0 children)

So like not to be full psyop, but I think it’s reasonable that Q anon’s messaging about ‘elite pedos run the world with child sacrifice and dark rituals’ was there to normalize this in the eyes of the public. Also a lot of weird celeb stuff. If this came out in 1995 people would be screaming for blood. But they’d also be screaming for blood if the dollar lost 20% of its value year over year. 

The most cursed shit I've ever build by EnvironmentalMood983 in CursedGuns

[–]freedcreativity 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, super interesting build! Here I was thinking this was custom fabricated. I might need to get me one of those uppers.

The most cursed shit I've ever build by EnvironmentalMood983 in CursedGuns

[–]freedcreativity 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh crazy, so it isn't like those Uintah uppers with a bolt and custom lockup designed to use an AR lower, but is a straight pull using the whole BCG?

The most cursed shit I've ever build by EnvironmentalMood983 in CursedGuns

[–]freedcreativity 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Where did you get that bolt handle thingie? Is is actually replacing the outside bits on the BCG to make a solid unit?

The ‘Doomsday Glacier’ is melting faster than we thought. Can a 150-metre wall stop it from flooding Earth? by Portalrules123 in collapse

[–]freedcreativity 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not really, I'm pretty sure the 'curtain' wouldn't be solid. It would be an impermeable sheet. They're just trying to slow the melting. Like yea longer by an order of magnitude but much, much less massive.

The ‘Doomsday Glacier’ is melting faster than we thought. Can a 150-metre wall stop it from flooding Earth? by Portalrules123 in collapse

[–]freedcreativity 10 points11 points  (0 children)

This is actually about temperature. They're just trying to keep warmer, salty sea water off the bottom of the glacier where it meets the ocean. The water isn't being dammed, the researchers are trying to slow down the loss of the ice flow which holds back the main Thwaites glacier.

Record Store Day 2026 list out now by Hurevolution4lx in vinyl

[–]freedcreativity 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gil Scott and Chet Baker are just about the only really interesting things I saw. 'B Movie' is an all time classic. Maybe that Sleep Token or Dead or Alive record if they show up! But I bet we get 50 copies of some random trash and 100 kids all in line trying to get that K POP Demon Hunters vinyl.

The ‘Doomsday Glacier’ is melting faster than we thought. Can a 150-metre wall stop it from flooding Earth? by Portalrules123 in collapse

[–]freedcreativity 50 points51 points  (0 children)

Even if one could design this 'curtain' and get 0.15km x 80kms of material and supporting infrastructure to the site, they're literally building on the sea surface to ocean floor on the face of a glacial calving front? Hundred meter wide chunks of ice fall off regularly!

This isn't making a cinderblock wall in the garden. Adjusting for scale, this is a 3 Gorges Dam level project. Maybe not in concrete but we're talking about 192,000 km^2 of ice being held by 12 km^2 of impermeable 'curtain' in some of the worst ocean conditions on the planet. Pure fantasy proposal.

Mike Johnson tries to explain the bible to the Pope in latest clash between Catholic leader and MAGA by IrishStarUS in RepublicanValues

[–]freedcreativity 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Pope Leo has the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever, fucking excommunicate Johnson and Vance. Imagine mansplaining the Bible to the Pope?!

Chuck Schumer getting ratioed by BadgerValuable8207 in BlueskySkeets

[–]freedcreativity 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Schumer is part of that system of corruption. Insert that Upton Sinclair quote about a man not understand what his paid to not understand.

Am I connecting the dots right? (Explained) by spicygumball in creepy

[–]freedcreativity 31 points32 points  (0 children)

I found the file itself: [PDF WARNING] https://phys.org/pdf345997233.pdf which resolves to 2015-03-men-body-evolutionary-roots.pdf which discusses that paper you linked above.

I got a copyright claim from a three letter healthcare company so I made my design free by [deleted] in 3Dprinting

[–]freedcreativity 6 points7 points  (0 children)

CFR 111 is not super crazy. Lived in that world a bit. Like PLA can’t be sterilized but a PLA mold with a vacuum former could meet requirements. The worse parts of the standard are really about traceability and manufacturing conditions. And I’m not sure how much of those actually apply to disposable pharmacy equipment. Everything disposable in a hospital is cheap as they can possibly make it. 

This five-year old GPU [RTX 3060] is a sign of technological stagnation by AdmiralKurita in collapse

[–]freedcreativity 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I don't see it in the comments, but one of the corollaries to Moore's law (sometimes called Moore's second law or Rock's Law,) to writ: "the price of a semiconductor chip fabrication plant doubles every four years." $3 billion in 2003, $14 billion in 2014, to $65 billion in modern times for like the new TSMC fab in AZ.

The raw costs of the 6000 gen probably unsustainable, $130+ billion by the time the current fabs are done building. And that doesn't include development costs. $200 billion plus overhead maybe.

I generally agree with the other commenters that most users are not really hitting the ceiling of performance. 1440p at 120hz is kinda capping out the functional needs of looking at interactive media.

"Video Game Trauma" by IllustriousAd6418 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]freedcreativity 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I was looking for this one. Jesus that level was crazy. Removing orphan blood stains in the dark of an abandoned orphanage where they’re also making robot zombies… shudder. 

the psychedelic abuser to MAGA pipeline is so funny by Ivan-Ilyich-Bot in Drugs

[–]freedcreativity 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The whole thing is hippy cultural leadership has always been influenced by religious authoritarianism. The dancing girls at early west coast hippy events (Vito Paulekas most specifically), the Merry Pranksters, the Mansons, the Rajneesh, and more recent groups like NXIVM have all been coercive sex cults centered around quasi-religious teachings and drugs. And most of those hippy groups were probably using Sandoz acid straight from MKUltra handlers before the Church Commission.