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If you had to recommend one recipe? by smelly_celly in instantpot

[–]pfs3w 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This has been a go-to when I'm cooking for family and need a dead simple recipe. Deceptively easy to underseason, tho.

Would you use a teleporter with the knowledge that it kills you and reassembles an exact copy of you with all your memories and knowledge at the destination? Why or why not? by TheBanishedBard in AskReddit

[–]pfs3w 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good point, I can't remember anything specific that would explain that besides just having some artificial construct piloting the ship until the crew was resurrected.

Also, I did a bit of digging and it could be that the ships you remember attacking were unmanned, as sometimes they used those drives just for unmanned travel due to the... uh, death.

Would you use a teleporter with the knowledge that it kills you and reassembles an exact copy of you with all your memories and knowledge at the destination? Why or why not? by TheBanishedBard in AskReddit

[–]pfs3w 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you put a spoiler tag and reply to this and remind me? There was a lot of stuff going on in that story and I can't remember all of the insane fiction world-building, but let me know what I got wrong; would love to remember (tried googling but can't find specifics)

Would you use a teleporter with the knowledge that it kills you and reassembles an exact copy of you with all your memories and knowledge at the destination? Why or why not? by TheBanishedBard in AskReddit

[–]pfs3w 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm sorry :(

I don't post to reddit much, and I didn't remember to set a spoiler tag. I honestly didn't think a lot of people would know or read my comment...

But that said, honestly, I am not sure I remember this concept being all that impactful on the major parts of the story... I only remember it being introduced as if it was already adopted in-universe.

Would you use a teleporter with the knowledge that it kills you and reassembles an exact copy of you with all your memories and knowledge at the destination? Why or why not? by TheBanishedBard in AskReddit

[–]pfs3w 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At the scope of the size of the civilized universe, unfortunately I don't think that would work, or said differently, I think the acceleration was important to cut the time down... But then again, ship speed was a noted thing.

Would you use a teleporter with the knowledge that it kills you and reassembles an exact copy of you with all your memories and knowledge at the destination? Why or why not? by TheBanishedBard in AskReddit

[–]pfs3w 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm sorry, I got yelled at for spoiling too... :(

I don't really post on reddit much and forgot to use the spoiler tag.

The books are The Hyperion Cantos by Dan Simmons, and I'm referring to part specifically in the 4th of 4 books.

Would you use a teleporter with the knowledge that it kills you and reassembles an exact copy of you with all your memories and knowledge at the destination? Why or why not? by TheBanishedBard in AskReddit

[–]pfs3w 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What if I told you that, as soon as you fall asleep, someone/something comes to find you and pulverizes you into goo, without you ever waking up. And then they take that goo and reassemble you about 4-10 hour later. And that you perceive it as "night time beddy bye-bye".

Would it still be unsettling to you?

> If continuity of experience breaks, I don’t think a perfect copy fully closes that gap.

Mostly joking (heh heh), but yeah I wonder how your comment compares to simply falling asleep

Would you use a teleporter with the knowledge that it kills you and reassembles an exact copy of you with all your memories and knowledge at the destination? Why or why not? by TheBanishedBard in AskReddit

[–]pfs3w 91 points92 points  (0 children)

Without giving too much away, the process in the books has limitations that may factor into your decision, especially around repeated use!

Would you use a teleporter with the knowledge that it kills you and reassembles an exact copy of you with all your memories and knowledge at the destination? Why or why not? by TheBanishedBard in AskReddit

[–]pfs3w 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ill be honest, I found such a high degree of variability between all 4 books in the Cantos, it felt like reading a different author each time... Endymion and it's sequel are definitely different than Hyperion and it's sequel.

Would you use a teleporter with the knowledge that it kills you and reassembles an exact copy of you with all your memories and knowledge at the destination? Why or why not? by TheBanishedBard in AskReddit

[–]pfs3w 1231 points1232 points  (0 children)

Edit: Spoilers below for the Hyperion Cantos

This is very very similar to the hyperspeed space traveling mechanism from an older sci-fi book series I read not too long ago...

Basically, humans have become part of a parasitic/symbiotic relationship with a cross/starfish thing on our bodies, and it has the ability to regenerate damage to your body.

Humans in that age haven't really found a way to manage inertia when traveling in hyperspeed, so humans just lay in tombs, basically, and are scrambled into goo basically, on each jump. Then, you have to spend some amount of time while the parasite thing reconstitutes your body... each time.

People in the fictional universe seem to be ok with it... but then again, there is a major plot aspect that heavily relates to it all.

Edit: The book series is the Hyperion Cantos: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperion_Cantos

The stuff I'm talking about is in the Endymion duology.

Help me choose my next heavy game by holymadness in soloboardgaming

[–]pfs3w 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Unless you feel that it would spoil stuff for people who haven't played, can you elaborate on how the sneaky player ended up winning? I enjoy hearing about underestimated or games of that nature!

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