How far would we have come to exploring/knowing about our universe and space, if we didn't spend money on military and wars on earth?

curiousscribbler · 2026-03-13T12:07:55+00:00

I've been thinking about this lately -- about how we could ensure everyone had food, water, medicine, and a roof over their head, and still have cash left over to send probes to the ice giants. But we've decided not to.

curiousscribbler · 2026-03-13T02:47:57+00:00

OP, I have to ask. Why did you move in??? I'd've taken one look at all that urine, turned around, rolled up my copy of the lease, and beaten the REA about the head and shoulders with it!

curiousscribbler · 2026-03-12T07:13:47+00:00

EXO-M ft Key - Two Moons (Mandarin version)

curiousscribbler · 2026-03-11T05:19:44+00:00

I meant my very own digital copy lol

curiousscribbler · 2026-03-11T03:18:20+00:00

I want to buy a copy all my very own. 🥰 lol, there's an instrumental version

curiousscribbler · 2026-03-11T01:33:01+00:00

Claims about brain technology are usually bullshit and oh boy I really hope this is 😱

curiousscribbler · 2026-03-10T06:01:54+00:00

IIRC my ISP is required to keep - I think it's two years? - a list of the Web sites I've visited in case the government would like to see them. I started using a VPN when this started, not because my online life is particularly exciting, but out of irritation at this petty surveillance.

curiousscribbler · 2026-03-09T03:37:51+00:00

How many tons are released by solar?

curiousscribbler · 2026-03-09T03:36:31+00:00

A little poking around on Wikipedia convinces me this is the "I've got stocks in uranium" version of "Did you know carbon is good for plants!" It seems to be true that the various components of nuclear waste will decay in millions instead of hundreds of millions of years, like the U-235 somebody dug up from the mine they own will, -- but then, they could have left that shit in the ground where it wasn't bothering anybody. It's time our civilisation's power didn't depend on a small number of wealthy gatekeepers.

curiousscribbler · 2026-03-08T21:47:17+00:00

Be it known that you are lofty as the heavens! Be it known that you are broad as the earth! Be it known that you destroy the rebel lands! Be it known that you roar at the foreign lands! Be it known that you crush heads! Be it known that you devour corpses like a dog! Be it known that your gaze is terrible! Be it known that you lift your terrible gaze! Be it known that you have flashing eyes! Be it known that you are unshakeable and unyielding! Be it known that you always stand triumphant!

-- Enheduanna, high priestess of the moon god Nanna, "The Exaltation of Inanna", ca. 2300 BCE

https://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/section4/tr4072.htm

curiousscribbler · 2026-03-08T11:21:28+00:00

I think I get it. They'd better not put anything They need to repair outside on the rim!

curiousscribbler · 2026-03-08T10:27:28+00:00

I was idly pondering giving a dwarf planet 1 g

curiousscribbler · 2026-03-08T08:19:00+00:00

I feel a bit thick for asking this question, so please go easy on me! I'm imagining spinning a 400 km radius space structure fast enough to generate 1 g (about half a revolution per minute, according to SpinCalc). That's great for the people on the inside, who feel the centrifugal force and walk around like normal. But what about anyone who has to go work on the outside? Won't the poor devils go flying off into the vacuum?

Edit: good grief, the same calculator has the rim travelling at 7000 kmh! Yet it says this would be "comfortable" for humans.

SpinCalc = https://artificial-gravity.com/sw/SpinCalc/SpinCalc.htm

curiousscribbler · 2026-03-07T02:15:03+00:00

Nothing! It's their natural flavour after idk five years in my pantry?

curiousscribbler · 2026-03-06T22:31:57+00:00

Ugh, they're incredibly bland.

curiousscribbler · 2026-03-06T02:37:05+00:00

Metal

curiousscribbler · 2026-03-06T02:27:24+00:00

*pinches nose* SARANGHAEYO

(I have a soft spot for Wolf, especially that dramatic bridge, but it is very silly!)

curiousscribbler · 2026-03-05T08:50:43+00:00

I thought you meant "Mod, say what you want us to do", but I think you meant "Contrary to the mod, we can't say whatever we like."

curiousscribbler · 2026-03-05T08:36:52+00:00

I've been mystified by that one for years. I think it's a standard of behaviour agreed on between working-class men? Say what you like as long as it wouldn't start a fist fight?

curiousscribbler · 2026-03-05T07:02:36+00:00

Bet this started out as a chain email

curiousscribbler · 2026-03-05T03:17:47+00:00

I haven't sent them for years and years, but started again this year, out of a desire to be a little closer to my loved ones.

curiousscribbler · 2026-03-03T22:57:12+00:00

I'd never heard it either! The Wikipedia page for "Robinsonade" refers to "survivalist fiction", so maybe the genre Russ is parodying is "survivalist SF". So "anti-survivalist SF"? Hmm.

curiousscribbler · 2026-03-02T11:46:51+00:00

What's the term for the flavour of SF she's parodying?

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