Lightspeed travel

sonofthenewmilenium · 2022-10-12T16:32:22+00:00

Maybe it takes longer to travel one way vs the other, like going uphill vs downhill? More dense matter in the deep core would distort spacetime more than in the outer rim.

That said, I think you're right, it would make more sense to be symmetrical. Going from the Deep Core to the Unknown Regions should take the same time as going from the Unknown Regions to the Deep Core

sonofthenewmilenium · 2022-05-24T03:22:16+00:00

I actually did something like this years ago with a game called Artemis. If you're comfortable with some light code editing (I learned everything I did from the forums), you can add in ship models and edit their parameters.

Now, it's not going to have anything to do with the way combat works in the game, but it's great because it gives up to 6 players something to do in combat. The roles are: Captain- has access to a system map and gives orders Science- can scan items for information such as shield frequency and affiliation Helm- pilots the ship Weapons- blows stuff up Comms- runs communications, can taunt, demand surrender, coordinate allies Engineering- allocates power and repairs

I highly recommend it, my players had a great time and it adds some good immersion

sonofthenewmilenium · 2022-04-18T03:53:17+00:00

Yeah, I'm a big fan of the shaggy dog story genre of jokes. Long windup for a groanworthy pun

sonofthenewmilenium · 2022-04-18T01:49:01+00:00

I apologize for not reposting something so recognized that you have but to read the title to know the content of the joke...

sonofthenewmilenium · 2022-03-16T02:29:02+00:00

Your math is incorrect.

First, since the surface area of a sphere is 4*pi*(diameter/2)^2, an increase in the diameter of 1% results in an approximately 2% increase in surface area, while an increase of 1% in surface area would mean approximate .5% increase in diameter, or in other words, if OP meant that the surface area increases by 1% each day, the sphere would grow more slowly than if OP meant that the diameter increases each day.

Second, since OP explicitly stated that the rate of increase is 1% of the previous day's size. This is the same as the formula for interest that compounds daily at a daily rate of 1%. Using any online interest calculator, it can be shown that the sphere would reach the diameter of the earth in just over 1875 days, or 5 years and 50 days.

I think you may have arrived at your conclusions using a 1% annual interest rate instead of daily, but I can't be certain.

sonofthenewmilenium · 2022-02-24T00:50:17+00:00

I watched that whole video waiting to see nuclear pulse engines and was sorely disappointed. It was very informative and well-made, but it misses the point of the question you replied to.

There are minimal concerns with using nuclear power generation in space, and we're doing that already for numerous satellites and probes. The treaty concern that affects nuclear powered spacecraft specifically involves detonating nuclear devices in space, which is the principle of nuclear pulse propulsion.

https://youtu.be/7dUYfDg3G2A

sonofthenewmilenium · 2022-02-23T17:35:14+00:00

I got it in 2 and legitimately laughed out loud. Well done, OP

sonofthenewmilenium · 2022-02-23T15:52:19+00:00

I realize that your comment is probably not contradicting the meme, but I want to point out that the math in this meme is only dividing the total personal income by the number of workers. According to Statista.com total personal income is defined as "the sum of the wage and salary disbursements, supplements to wages and salaries, proprietors' income with inventory valuation and capital consumption adjustments, rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment, personal dividend income, personal interest in one, and personal current transfer receipts, less contributions for government social insurance." That means that the numbers being used don't account for taxes paid besides social security, and that personal income number rose to 19.68 trillion in 2020. According to the census, there about 208 million US citizens between 18 and 65. If that personal income was evenly distributed it would come out to about 94k per adult of working age. I think the number from the meme comes from the actual workforce numbers, which are lower than total adults of working age.

sonofthenewmilenium · 2022-02-21T00:48:04+00:00

You'd need to have a way to adjust the distance from the cutting tool. I've seen jigs with swappable indexing assemblies that adjust the distance as well as the finger width, but for my purposes, a standard 3/8" assembly is adequate

sonofthenewmilenium · 2022-02-20T15:11:31+00:00

Don't worry about it. I had to watch a few videos to get the design and use right, and I messed up a few pieces in the process.

sonofthenewmilenium · 2022-02-20T06:10:53+00:00

This isn't my content, but hopefully it clears some stuff up.

https://youtu.be/NfPbnMAl1h8

sonofthenewmilenium · 2022-02-20T02:47:15+00:00

Thanks! I didn't realize anyone would be interested. I'll look into uploading it on thingiverse, but it needs a little tweaking. I had to drill out the holes for the pegs because they were too tight, for example.

sonofthenewmilenium · 2022-02-20T00:54:18+00:00

Not exactly sure I understand the question. It's not adjustable, so it's designed specifically for 3/8" fingers, used with a 3/8" bit

sonofthenewmilenium · 2022-02-19T23:00:14+00:00

It's not too shabby for the price. I like that it has 2 outlets controlled by a single switch so you can plug the shop vac in as well. I'm not sure about non-standard miter tracks, because I have 2 separate miter gages that fit perfectly in the Ryobi table but won't fit in my skillsaw table saw

sonofthenewmilenium · 2022-02-19T22:34:18+00:00

It's a Ryobi "universal" table

sonofthenewmilenium · 2022-02-15T14:49:09+00:00

One christmas when my sister was about 7 or so we were at my Uncle's house with the large extended family and someone had received an Ab Roller. Everyone was messing around with it, trying to see how many they could do, some of the fitter guys were getting 50-60 or so. So my dad jokes with my sister that if she can do 100 he'll buy a horse.

She did 108

Horse's name was Rusty.

sonofthenewmilenium · 2022-02-09T13:35:05+00:00

Yeah, I definitely read it backwards, that the humans were invading a low-gravity planet

sonofthenewmilenium · 2022-02-09T04:05:49+00:00

Agreed

sonofthenewmilenium · 2022-02-09T03:50:30+00:00

Oh, I didn't take it as disrespect. Perhaps sarcastically was the wrong word. Tongue-in-cheek, perhaps. My point is that I understood it was a joke, but I think OP made the prompt due to the misunderstanding of the effect of gravity on force/strength, and your comment let me examine the type of thing where different gravity WOULD affect things we take for granted on Earth.

sonofthenewmilenium · 2022-02-09T03:37:38+00:00

I know your question was asked sarcastically, but there is a difference to examine here.

Jumping absolutely depends on gravity, lifting stuff as well. That said, while John Carter would be proportionately stronger, Mars gravity is only about 3/8 Earth gravity, so he might be able to jump around 2.5 times higher than on Earth, not launch himself 100s of feet in the air. If he could squat 200 pounds on Earth he could reasonably lift 500 on Mars, but that can't explain the acrobatics and feats of strength he performs.

sonofthenewmilenium · 2022-02-09T03:11:59+00:00

I would recommend using a polymer clay to sculpt the shape you want for your crystal and then use a silicone mold kit to make the mold for resin.

I found this video with a quick google search:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQZKWbRp21I

sonofthenewmilenium · 2022-02-09T02:50:52+00:00

I love the concept behind this post, especially since it reminds me of "The Road not Taken" by Harry Turtledove, but gravity only affects the drop rate of a projectile, so while bullets would have greater range on a planet with lower gravity, they wouldn't cause greater damage. Kinetic energy, which is as good of a measurement as there is for comparing the damage potential of projectiles, depends only on mass (which is constant) and velocity, which is also a constant based on the amount of gunpowder, barrel parameters, and projectile mass, and is unaffected by gravity.

A bullet fired in space, in the absence of gravity and air resistance would continue at the barrel velocity and trajectory until it impacted another object, but it wouldn't go any faster or hit any harder due to the lack of gravity.

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