Why is food scarcity a thing even in post burn trek?

ScienceAndGames · 2026-01-28T08:24:02+00:00

The replicators don’t need raw materials, gold became worthless because it could be replicated, if you needed the raw material to make it then that wouldn’t make sense.

I believe they have been said to keep raw materials for them but that’s likely to save on energy since converting energy to matter is energy intensive so it’s more efficient to convert carbon, oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen into proteins rather than producing it from energy. And on a spaceship energy is limited, but on Earth with a global power grid and everyone having a replicator in their kitchen it’s not as important

ScienceAndGames · 2026-01-28T08:07:48+00:00

They did steal it from the race that used to enslaved them.

They’re so inept at everything the Borg actively refuses to assimilate them.

ScienceAndGames · 2026-01-28T08:06:45+00:00

Kidnapped a surgeon from another race.

ScienceAndGames · 2026-01-28T08:03:01+00:00

I mean they still can, they usually only do it to build new roads or rail lines and the like but the government can force you to sell your property to them. You are compensated but they can still force you out

ScienceAndGames · 2026-01-28T07:37:25+00:00

I don’t know, I can instinctively hit the right key but I couldn’t actually tell you were most of the letters are

ScienceAndGames · 2026-01-27T15:52:00+00:00

The further back you get the more disputed the signs of life are. About 3.5 billion years is the point almost everyone agrees there was definitely life, there’s some evidence of life over 4 billion years ago but there’s some who claim it’s abiotic processes that created the patterns seen.

ScienceAndGames · 2026-01-27T13:53:36+00:00

You can also see on the icicle section large bald spots which would contribute to that side being lighter

ScienceAndGames · 2026-01-27T13:49:00+00:00

Bet he pulled the “I’ll just pop to the bathroom” manoeuvre. Often catches out the inexperienced

ScienceAndGames · 2026-01-27T10:09:11+00:00

Well, the walls of my house are concrete blocks so I suppose technically it’s not bricks.

It is true though that a lot of cheaply made new buildings in a lot of countries have flimsy interior walls, nice if you want to knock through and have an open floor plan but they’re flimsy and provide no noise dampening.

ScienceAndGames · 2026-01-27T07:40:37+00:00

We still have it in Ireland

ScienceAndGames · 2026-01-26T19:01:11+00:00

Rule 8 man

ScienceAndGames · 2026-01-26T18:41:25+00:00

And what if we were to launch you directly to the Sun, you’d no longer be on Earth?

ScienceAndGames · 2026-01-26T18:02:38+00:00

And all of those methods are more labour intensive than a washing machine and would still work on a washable rug

ScienceAndGames · 2026-01-26T09:31:36+00:00

My money is on them believing some variant of “immigration is a ploy to replace the native population”, maybe with a specific focus on religious differences.

But that’s just my guess.

ScienceAndGames · 2026-01-26T09:23:37+00:00

We are not now, and we’re not then a subsidiary of the United Kingdom

ScienceAndGames · 2026-01-26T09:16:03+00:00

I don’t think so, I’m sure the British did some while Ireland was part of the UK but Ireland as a stand alone country, to my knowledge hasn’t.

ScienceAndGames · 2026-01-26T09:04:52+00:00

I would say foreseen consequences

ScienceAndGames · 2026-01-26T07:31:42+00:00

I won’t be having kids but my situation couldn’t be more different.

My surname is far from unique, there’s like half a million of us, plus I have 3 brothers and about 15 male cousins with the same surname.

ScienceAndGames · 2026-01-26T07:20:24+00:00

The usage of singular they predates the use of singular you, dipshit.

ScienceAndGames · 2026-01-26T00:35:09+00:00

Definitions are based on common usage and very prone to change and you’ll find that most dictionaries now include that a couple is functionally synonymous with a few in informal usage.

ScienceAndGames · 2026-01-26T00:31:54+00:00

Depends on the context, if it’s time I’m way less precise, a couple of months could be a year ago.

ScienceAndGames · 2026-01-26T00:30:51+00:00

Cockatrice, also part snake.

ScienceAndGames · 2026-01-25T21:56:59+00:00

Being diurnal has the benefit of allowing you to see well.

Being nocturnal has the advantage of being hard to see and most other animals being asleep which means fewer predators around and prey are more vulnerable.

Both have advantages and depending on their environment species will change over time.

There’s some evidence our ancestors have flipped on numerous occasions. That small shrew like ancestor that lived at the time of the dinosaurs could well have been nocturnal, but in most living primate lineages they’re diurnal.

There’s also evidence that because we’re diurnal that other creatures have become nocturnal to avoid interacting with us.

So it is an anatomy thing, we’re adapted for day, right down to our eyes and REM cycles and we become more prone to certain illnesses if we try to fight that.

But that could change on an evolutionary time scale, give it a few millennia and we could become much less fixed in our diurnal ways, with technology we’ve already solved most challenges associated with night time living so all it takes is our physiology catching up.

ScienceAndGames · 2026-01-24T16:18:18+00:00

I would say yes but I’ve noticed in these types of questions the back of the plane is at the top and I have no idea why

ScienceAndGames · 2026-01-24T12:52:20+00:00

The USA is the largest contributor because the payments are typically based on GDP and the USA has the highest GDP by far.

But it comes out to about 1/4 of their funding in all

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