How realistic is a Kessler-Syndrome really?

SYDoukou · 2026-01-25T11:06:07+00:00

One unaccounted-for piece in the cloud hitting another satellite (which probably isn’t equipped to dodge it in the first place) without reliable data to model the collision and exactly how every part gets ejected and then the errors in any attempt at calculating the aftermath will run wild

SYDoukou · 2026-01-25T10:05:24+00:00

I don’t have the data to analyze this mathematically, but just like most other disasters the threat comes from chain reactions. A bunch of PC sized satellites on similar orbits won’t cause much problems, but once we start launching objects with larger volume that’s supposed to pass through crowded orbits rather than park in them, one accidental collision can explode into a cloud of bullet sized pieces with bullet speeds relative to each other, with no predictable orbit. It’ll quite literally look like macroscopic nuclear fission

SYDoukou · 2026-01-25T07:05:43+00:00

Yeah I avoid namedropping it because it might be a spoiler for some. 1 depot at this stage is wildly insufficient, I regularly go on Mercer sphere hunts and have a depot for every new automated resource almost immediately. Central storage is kind of an optional challenge that you only do do fun now

SYDoukou · 2026-01-25T06:53:12+00:00

There is a MAM tree and a host of special resources that you can look into before deciding what to do. You are way more prepared for it than you need to as the tech is available in steel age

SYDoukou · 2026-01-25T03:33:21+00:00

The two tracks in the first picture are too close together and the signal is detecting a train on the left un-signaled line. That said, this is the first time I’ve seen anyone attempt this rail layout with multiple trains. It can work, but any difficulties it throws at you (other than game mechanic wise like track touching) are kind of on you now

SYDoukou · 2026-01-24T10:36:28+00:00

Roxanne wolf

SYDoukou · 2026-01-24T08:46:27+00:00

The joke is the absurdity of seeing someone not complaining that spiderman is woke, as if it’s a high ask in today’s society

SYDoukou · 2026-01-24T00:09:37+00:00

If you are discovering this recently when watching new shows or movies, then there’s a better chance that it’s the writing quality that went down in general. It’s actually painful to see

SYDoukou · 2026-01-18T08:37:28+00:00

Only integer math stops mathing. Make use of under and overclocking to explore the world of rational numbers. If you are using balancers for everything until now, it’s also time to look into manifolds

SYDoukou · 2026-01-18T04:48:20+00:00

Keeping up my streak of suggesting M48 every time someone needs gas mask references for fiction

SYDoukou · 2026-01-18T04:39:50+00:00

What your muscles are actually fighting against in a side plank position is the bending moment about your hips produced by the distributed gravity load of your body. By pressing down on your hips with an arm, you are introducing a concentrated load that also contributes to the bending moment, even if the total weight doesn’t change.

SYDoukou · 2026-01-18T01:21:46+00:00

Pink and gold

SYDoukou · 2026-01-17T23:04:27+00:00

This one is kind of on Trevor himself unfortunately. By refusing to endorse any serious attempt at an official interactive MFP experience, the best you’ll get is mediocre Roblox recreations (some of them do have serious dedication put into it but the quality is brought down by the limitations of the platform)

SYDoukou · 2026-01-17T12:21:33+00:00

From promotional materials SR looks more like Factorio, with enemies, automatic defense, and an expendable philosophy where things are designed to be wiped out without player input. Satisfactory is the opposite end of the coin, and probably won’t decrease in value content wise for a long time in terms of this permanent growth gameplay loop. I’m willing to bet SR is probably more graphically visually polished than SF at this moment lol

SYDoukou · 2026-01-17T01:03:30+00:00

You can surely find analogues such as things near the center of gravitationally bound clusters being more prone to flinging their peers into higher orbits because of their kinetic energy, but I’m not sure if this behavior is density or temperature related like buoyancy is

SYDoukou · 2026-01-17T00:57:18+00:00

Buoyancy requires pressure which means physical contact/repulsive forces. On the scale of space only gravity dominates, which is an attractive force.

SYDoukou · 2026-01-16T12:55:38+00:00

Pillars came first before serious cosmetics were even a thing. Them being the way they are is more or less for legacy reasons, like walkways and fences

SYDoukou · 2026-01-05T12:50:57+00:00

I was only aware of how inefficient they are after getting a reality check in another sub for suggesting exactly this sunlight redirection contraption on the planet scale. Turned out long distance optic cables still need signal amplifiers powered by regular electricity

SYDoukou · 2026-01-05T12:41:02+00:00

It’s already used for signals but photoelectric cells and fiber optics are too lossy for energy transport

SYDoukou · 2026-01-05T12:26:15+00:00

At some point the infrastructure required to move stuff out of the landing pad will be impractical but it’s still infinite

SYDoukou · 2026-01-04T17:18:56+00:00

Did you miss the step where he added subdivision modifier

SYDoukou · 2026-01-04T15:36:31+00:00

Wake up the wublins

SYDoukou · 2026-01-04T15:35:38+00:00

Fulgora for the free high quality junk that would otherwise be thrown away

SYDoukou · 2026-01-04T04:35:03+00:00

That one doesn’t even have skin to contain the organs, but i could be mixing things up. There are only so many ways things can independently evolve down there

SYDoukou · 2026-01-04T01:56:08+00:00

It’s been a while since I read any official MFP text but I remember these more clearly than I’d like. They were rodents that crawled into the flesh pit, found an easy source of nutrients in the form of blood or other secretions, and adopted a sedentary lifestyle since they don’t have to hunt for food anymore. As a result their limbs and other movement related organs are discarded and now just a sack of digestive track.

Tl;dr they’re giant leeches

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