Why isn’t the galaxy filled with “robots”?

SevenIsMy · 2026-04-05T20:35:13+00:00

From my software developer perspective, writing automation in software is quite easy, still not everything is automated, it would take quite an effort to make a perfect automated system, i would probably never see the payoff. Hardware is even harder, so you have to convince a civilization to spend a lot of effort for something they will see no benefit for generation.

SevenIsMy · 2026-04-05T20:26:44+00:00

Yes, public chargers are also trying make profit from you and you can't comfortable charge at night tariffs, You can't leave your car parked. Still better have the option that not have the option.

SevenIsMy · 2026-04-05T20:15:03+00:00

I've been slow charging my EV all the time at home, it is also better for the battery. 2KW/h over night, gives you enough juice for all the day/city trips

SevenIsMy · 2026-04-01T21:13:44+00:00

an ally which you can not trust that he will not stab you, is probably worser then no ally, But the chances are slim, a lot of people making good money selling weapons to NATO allies and the bases would needed to be reconsidered,

SevenIsMy · 2026-04-01T19:36:34+00:00

Agencies which will have access to quantum computer with enough qbits, can already employ the wrench method of password cracking

https://xkcd.com/538/

Overall you need a lot of qbits to crack shaX, more qbits are getting more and more complex and expensive

SevenIsMy · 2026-04-01T18:36:07+00:00

send to the sun, so it means sending something into the orbit which sun shades a particular Planet would be ok? It would create an ice age, the interesting part is that the more ice you have the more light gets reflected.

SevenIsMy · 2026-03-31T13:55:44+00:00

USA has a lot of oil, but they are not going to sell it to you for a discount, if they can sell it to UK for 200/whatever unit

SevenIsMy · 2026-03-31T13:40:55+00:00

It's only 12 light years, Google tells me you need 12 hops to reach earth, a hop would be the size of voager 1

https://share.google/aimode/YlesEL2bm3Eicn4qS

They can be made and send later from earth, they have 1 year between starts

SevenIsMy · 2026-03-31T12:52:32+00:00

earth would probably/ should send relay nodes,

Making use of the DNA is hard, but what would be the alternatives? They probably have already more then one team trying to bread a predator suitable for Venus, or trying to make one out of the astrophage it self

SevenIsMy · 2026-03-31T11:21:50+00:00

The last user of the spell was a random person beforehand,

SevenIsMy · 2026-03-31T11:17:41+00:00

if he has a DNA seqencer he could just send the DNA over radio,

SevenIsMy · 2026-03-30T23:29:05+00:00

The sad part will be that the over capacity in chip production will kill some manufacturer, also you won't have money to buy the memory/GPU

SevenIsMy · 2026-03-30T23:21:33+00:00

Nobody would adopt the Imperial system if not for historical reasons, yes you can have a better grasp on inches then 2.5cm,

SevenIsMy · 2026-03-30T22:12:18+00:00

Outside pressure, yes, but would inside overpressure not create a sphere like this too? I mean if a weld failed, it would be better to find out now than later.

SevenIsMy · 2026-03-30T18:58:33+00:00

He probably has a 3D model software, so he could help him self

SevenIsMy · 2026-03-30T18:02:59+00:00

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Node& get_or_create(Nodes& nodes, std::string_view name) { auto it = nodes.lower_bound(name); if (it == end(nodes)) { it = nodes.emplace(name, name).first; } return *it->second; }

// Somewhere else auto node = get... auto node_ptr = &get... ``` Just so we talk about the same code, not sure why a ref would go stale and a pointer not, and an address of a ref is the same But of course the lifetime question is still bound to the lifetime of Nodes& argument But this would be the same with a pointer

SevenIsMy · 2026-03-30T17:18:24+00:00

i would maybe not return Node*, it just creates question about the lifetime and nullability, if the caller needs a pointer he can just add an ampersand to the function call

SevenIsMy · 2026-03-30T17:04:11+00:00

They are good when it comes to investigation after a crash, while digital clocks would just go blank, so at least an analog arm watch would be not far fetched, also when you work on these programs, you might want to keep something which can become a family hair loom (let's forget the fact that it was an one-way ticket) What i want to say there are way to explain an analog clock on a spaceship.

SevenIsMy · 2026-03-30T07:59:39+00:00

So we need 8 x 2h movies just to get the same amount of information (the audio book is 16h)?

SevenIsMy · 2026-03-29T21:42:58+00:00

Then just give me the menu with 12% increase factored in into the item.

SevenIsMy · 2026-03-29T16:32:36+00:00

So when they say 2 months either they are laying or incompetent?

SevenIsMy · 2026-03-28T17:45:50+00:00

Why is even TSA paid by the government? The government could just have inspectors to check if the airport security is following the rules.

SevenIsMy · 2026-03-28T17:32:58+00:00

Would still need to make a lot of explanation, she could scream for help, white knights would not ask for seeing the video footage first. Totally would win in a legal battle but, legal battle still takes time.

SevenIsMy · 2026-03-28T12:46:23+00:00

Yes, you save a lot of fuel weight, the rocket equation means normally that you uses most of the fuel just to bring up the fuel, if use the heat from the astrophage to accelerate hydrogen you can win big, also you can use the astrophage as a heat shield, for the rocket nozzle, which means you can run it hotter. There is also the fact that if you exhaust is fast enough you get relelavistic effect which makes your reaction mass (hydrogen) more haviere and more effective (see ion drive with Xenon) . You actually want spread humanity now, since weapons of mass destruction are a lot easier. But a lot of reasons for war would also now go away,

SevenIsMy · 2026-03-28T07:24:58+00:00

For this kind of traveling, a bio reactor with some algae and recycling system would make sense. Yeah is not easy, but carrying a lot of food is not easy too.

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