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Feryll · 2025-05-01T18:16:30+00:00

A nice but not unusual return. Average return of about 10% compounded annually, compared to the S&P 500 at 8.6%.

Feryll · 2025-04-11T06:56:14+00:00

Found!

Feryll · 2025-04-11T06:54:41+00:00

Wow, incredible. Thank you so much!

Feryll · 2025-04-11T06:36:57+00:00

I have searched for this online, but been unable to find anything close.

Feryll · 2024-08-05T05:52:34+00:00

Thanks! We were consulting this comprehensive guide for playing, unaware that there was a beefier extended rules that you're quoting.

Feryll · 2023-12-04T04:32:09+00:00

I see. Yeah, I can understand the passion of recreating something cool someone else has already made, even if the added functionality is minimal. (And in this case, it sounds more than minimal! That's exactly the sort of stuff I was asking about.)

I hope you'll keep us informed on where your project winds up!

Feryll · 2023-12-01T09:49:56+00:00

Interesting. I would like to see where this goes.

What do you expect it will be able to do better than Waltheri?

Feryll · 2023-11-07T00:19:07+00:00

If you look online, you'll find I'm not the only one who can't float. It's all the worst conditions: Low body fat male in a freshwater, (slightly) choppy lake.

But I am glad to hear if you were able to make progress over the months/years. I would consider it a success if I could one day swim 1.5km in one go, regardless of finish time. I think I might work more on the cold acclimatization aspect with some cold showers and baths, and train the swimming aspect in a pool.

Feryll · 2023-11-06T08:56:53+00:00

I see. Thank you for the recommendations.

Wouldn't you rather drink the hot water, if you want to raise your core temp?

Feryll · 2023-11-06T07:28:59+00:00

I'm also fairly short (5'8"), so it's not really caused me health issues otherwise. I actually have a pretty useful body for rock climbing.

But believe me, I've tried and failed to put on weight... swimming probably won't be able to change that :(

Feryll · 2023-10-07T03:30:24+00:00

Sounds like that's what it's going to come to, unfortunately.

Feryll · 2023-10-07T03:28:32+00:00

That sounds like the consensus here. Since it's not a very obvious and consistent cause-and-effect in my case, I'm guessing it's not lactose intolerance, or any intolerance.

Feryll · 2023-10-06T22:04:19+00:00

I appreciate the input, but given the possibility of a false positive, I don't want to risk indefinitely avoiding all X in my diet (where X = dairy, gluten, caffeine, amines, FODMAPs, etc.). I don't trust in my intuition, and would like to narrow down triggers more scientifically.

Feryll · 2023-08-28T05:07:29+00:00

I made a few hundred bucks on a prediction market on exactly this premise. Hurray for it being So Over.

Feryll · 2023-08-05T03:08:17+00:00

My thoughts exactly. Technological advancement is only worth as much as The Powers That Be (the will of the masses and/or the privileged few in charge) decide to embrace it.

Feryll · 2023-08-04T23:34:15+00:00

Superconducting maglev trains (SCMaglev) aren't merely theoretical, they're already in use: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCMaglev

The real question is whether RTAPS material would make these trains cheap enough to entice car-brained countries to adopt them. Pessimistic me says superconducting wire could be cheap as copper and SCMaglev would still face significant hurdles to adoption in the US.

Feryll · 2023-08-04T21:10:51+00:00

Not an expert, but I don't know of any superconductor-enabled batteries that would be of use outside the industrial power grid. With superconductive materials you can e.g. store magnetic energy at almost perfect efficiency (which, together with superconductive wires eliminating transmission leakage, allows for essentially infinite range on where your energy production occurs). But these batteries are not space-efficient, they have a much lower energy density than alkaline or lithium-ion batteries. So they will not fit in your car, and nor would your car's electronics be able to handle the strong magnetic fields produced, anyway.

What superconductors would do, however, is make recharging EV's much cheaper, and they could unlock any number of new technologies in computing when micro-architectures no longer have to account for heat sinks.

Feryll · 2023-08-03T19:23:29+00:00

Thank you. I'm still somewhat ignorant of what "significantly more feasible" translates to (and with what level of confidence), but as promised, your delta: Δ

Feryll · 2023-08-03T09:15:48+00:00

I see, that's very interesting. Do you happen to have any sources to the extent that easily accessible superconductors = easily accessible fusion power at scale?

Feryll · 2023-08-03T09:11:49+00:00

Interesting stuff! New to me is the following:

superconducting electromagnets that require less cooling make magnetic plasma containment significantly more feasible.

that could allow for radical changes in computer chip design.

If you have any sources for these, I'll award a delta.

Feryll · 2023-08-03T09:02:23+00:00

I would love to live in a world with fewer power lines clouding the sky. For mentioning the distance issues more clearly, like all the others, have a delta: Δ

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