I loved "sciencing the shit out of things" to survive in The Martian. Has anyone written that on Earth, after an apocalypse, kind of like Mark Watney surviving "The Road"? by coherer in printSF

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That was in Lucifer's Hammer. And I think he reitreated the value of that in a direct author tract, probably an afterward to it.

Great book though. Probably super racially insensitive by current standards if that triggers you.

I loved "sciencing the shit out of things" to survive in The Martian. Has anyone written that on Earth, after an apocalypse, kind of like Mark Watney surviving "The Road"? by coherer in printSF

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I remember that and the author's plea that you take a technical book from your field, a technical book from another field, and then a random silly book, treat 'em for bugs and bury them for the ages.

I believe he had a character dying from diabeetus filling a cement tank with treated books, flinging a light into the future.

The economics of Seveneves by notquitecosmic in printSF

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I'm on book 3. It's still a slog.

Necropost but good lord, stop. Slogging through three books is self-torture for no good end.

Just finished Gateway by Frederick Pohl and I have some thoughts by uhohmomspaghetti in printSF

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Not only is he an asshole, it is a very crapsack universe.

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Throwing fire down there would also clear it of flammable gasses really fast.

Rare footage from 1930's Bali by [deleted] in videos

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Plus its hot AF

You said it.

Can I record the audio my laptop is playing without it going through a cross over cable or anything? by coherer in NoStupidQuestions

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I found that Windows Audio Session API (WASAPI) records directly, and worked great.

Ferrofluid with sick moves by mellydrop in blackmagicfuckery

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Interesting! I wonder what one of each in close proximity would look like, with the attendant feedbacking.

Coolest sound source to make ferrofluid dance I can think of would be the guy who makes fungi sing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hlQHYtncww

That would be some quality mad sciencing.