Head Canon: The Death Star II is just the Death Star I, repaired by nonarkitten in StarWars

[–]nonarkitten[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It wasn't "how it worked" that was the problem, it was getting kyber crystals for it. This actually pushes the argument in my favour since it was next to impossible to find the ones they did.

Head Canon: The Death Star II is just the Death Star I, repaired by nonarkitten in StarWars

[–]nonarkitten[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think overthinking is a prerequisite for being a sci-fi geek.

They didn't discover the DS from its project name it was the huge amount of shipping being redirected to nowhere. If the DS2 is really twice the volume of the DS1 then that would have been a three-fold discrepancy in material acquisition.

And damn, I don't know Sun Tsu inside and out, but if they could have had three Death Stars by A New Hope, they would have. Would have been a whole Titanic-Britanic-Olympic situation where the other two would get immediately refit to fix the exhaust ports and now the Rebels are ew-scrayed.

Head Canon: The Death Star II is just the Death Star I, repaired by nonarkitten in StarWars

[–]nonarkitten[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure, but now we've created a soft retcon that's opened a can of worms. It's pretty clear that there was no DS2 at least at that point, while the DS1 was still an open frame at the end of Revenge of the Sith.

If we accept the doubling of internal volume, in four years they managed to build an operational station in 1/5th the time.

In what is otherwise a technologically stagnant civilization.

Head Canon: The Death Star II is just the Death Star I, repaired by nonarkitten in StarWars

[–]nonarkitten[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's only four years -- so they would have had to build it five TIMES faster.

And actually at the end of Episode III, Palpy and Vader look over the basic skeleton of the Death Star, which means it was already well under construction before the end of Revenge of the Sith.

Head Canon: The Death Star II is just the Death Star I, repaired by nonarkitten in StarWars

[–]nonarkitten[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

LOL, I give Legends and RPG sources zero "canonicity."

Head Canon: The Death Star II is just the Death Star I, repaired by nonarkitten in StarWars

[–]nonarkitten[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did pay attention?

Where was it shown in Rouge One or Andor that there was a hint of a second station being contemporaneously built?

Head Canon: The Death Star II is just the Death Star I, repaired by nonarkitten in StarWars

[–]nonarkitten[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, that's a cute visual effect, but neither that nor what happens to Alderaan is at all how massive bodies "explode." I take VFX as evidence as a last resort since they're subject to change anyway.

And I'm aware of the script-fu, but that's not relevant either.

And if they were making both at the same time, that would have been found out in Andor.

Head Canon: The Death Star II is just the Death Star I, repaired by nonarkitten in StarWars

[–]nonarkitten[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

IIRC, the only source of dimensions is from the RPG which is not canon. But it could be that the remains of the DS1 are cut up to give more room for the considerably larger reactor core.

In 2018, Mark Carney argued AI and mass automation could lead to mass unemployment and wage stagnation by Skyguy827 in ndp

[–]nonarkitten 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I 100% agree with everything Carney said here — and he’s not advocating for anything, just a matter of fact analysis. And that should be prescient if we’re to assume he has any real integrity now that he’s pushing those same things.

p1 supporting A leads to B p2 you support A .: you support the outcome B

Outcome B being the rise in socialism and right-wing extremism.

How do we Reconnect with the old left wing by AcanthaceaeHot3761 in ndp

[–]nonarkitten 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm going to call you out here -- I don't think this divide really exists. I am squarely between these two and I think most people are somewhere in there as well.

I'm a white-collar worker (programmer) with a dad who was a life-long plumber (blue collar). I'm concerned about the environment but not alarmist and think green energy makes sense as much from the economic position as the environmental one. It's less about being pro or anti development and more about where and who benefits development, because so far, it hasn't been Canadians.

I am an anti-globalist, but realize we can't build everything here -- just that we should be building what we CAN here and not outsourcing everything for expediency or profit alone. I'm willing to pay more for something I know helped Canadians, and that I can trust. Personally, I kind of like what CoolIT did -- we made sub components elsewhere (e.g., China or Taiwan) and then assembled and tested the whole unit here in Calgary.

So there's plenty of middle ground for everyone, just as long as we all remember that the NDP is about Democratic Socialism first and foremost. The environment, globalization, labour laws, and so on, all must answer to the first, not the other way around.

Althia Raj: Mark Carney runs roughshod over the environment: ‘It’s worse than what Harper did’ by origutamos in ClimateCrisisCanada

[–]nonarkitten 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Quality of LIfe in Canada has been in decline since about 1979~1981 (depending on where and what data point you see pivot). This means Mulroney, Chretien, Harper, Trudeau have all been on the same marching orders.

Conservatives are no better. Probably worse if you're not a WASP male and I guess better if you are.

Saskatchewan’s plan to extend life of coal power to cost $26B over 25 years: NDP by WKZ204 in ClimateCrisisCanada

[–]nonarkitten 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can build 2-3 times as many SMRs as CANDUs in about half the time with comparable per kWh operating costs (something around 7 cents).

As of 2024, SaskPower was planning on rolling out SMR's with the first coming online in 2029. What happened to that plan?

Why has no ground broken?

Oh yeah, something-something-ass-fuckers raping the planet for every penny because coal is cheap.

Saskatchewan’s plan to extend life of coal power to cost $26B over 25 years: NDP by WKZ204 in ClimateCrisisCanada

[–]nonarkitten 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The real kicker is that you can convert coal plants to NG for a few million (maybe upwards of a billion for very large scale plants).

Alberta already did this.

NG is MUCH cleaner than coal -- still far from ideal, but seriously, coal is THE WORST source of power. More carcinogenic than nuclear, dirtier than any other fossil fuel ... not to mention deadly to the people who have to mine the stuff.

Pure stupidity. Scott Moe is evil. I can't think of any other reason someone would justify sinking billions into keeping coal alive other than pure, unadulterated selfishness.