UnifiedQuantumField
UnifiedQuantumField t1_jdzecdd wrote
Reply to comment by Inevitable_Syrup777 in The Greenland Ice Sheet is close to a melting point of no return by Vucea
These figures are probably accurate, but they don't tell the whole story. How so?
Consider that much of the emissions from China stem from manufacturing of products that get exported to places like Europe and the US.
tldr; We buy cheap stuff from China and then scold them for the CO₂
UnifiedQuantumField t1_jcztj2z wrote
Reply to When do you think we'll get the 1st life sim that's actually pretty close to real life? by doingStufffff
>something like the sims where you live in a town/map/world with 80-100 other simulated people, using AI which gives them personalities and can have conversations with the player.
I was thinking along the lines of an advance in interface technology. But you seem to be thinking more about advances in software?
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So in terms of rendering/visual realism, there are some pretty big jumps that are happening right now (e.g. Unreal Engine 5)
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In terms of creativity (if that's the right word?) we're also seeing some pretty big jumps in text to image software. It's reasonable to expect text to video will be progressing rapidly over the next few years as well.
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Gaming was a major driving force behind big advances on processing power. Also reasonable to think it can be a major driving force in the development of AI's... especially if the scenario you suggested becomes super popular.
UnifiedQuantumField t1_jae7hlb wrote
Reply to comment by ChesterNorris in Emperor Hirohito at Disneyland, 1975 by Queasy_Monk
I still can't believe we lost to these guys.
-Hirohito, on his way to the Teacup Ride, 1975
UnifiedQuantumField t1_j9ztea7 wrote
Billy Carter. Now there's a name I've not heard in a long time.
UnifiedQuantumField t1_j8f110q wrote
Reply to Danny Devito’s class photo, also from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, class of 1966 by dbear26
Hair today, gone tomorrow?
UnifiedQuantumField t1_j6ns3uw wrote
Reply to Neighborhood kids in 1973 by bitchan4
Lookin' like an ET audition.
UnifiedQuantumField t1_j6noag0 wrote
>In 2019, NASA patented a wing control system that combined both plasma and synthetic jet actuators, with the goal of creating actuators without any moving parts, and which were “essentially maintenance free.”
How about weight?
If there's no moving parts, the weight could be more, less or the same as the mechanisms that have been replaced.
But even if this system weighed the same, the increased reliability and maintenance free qualities ought to make their way to civilian aircraft design as well.
UnifiedQuantumField t1_j5lr1e4 wrote
Reply to Seattle-based Jetoptera is developing a vertical takeoff aircraft that can travel at almost 1,000 km/h with a radically simplified new type of engine. With almost no moving parts, it uses super-compressed air to create vortexes for thrust. by lughnasadh
>f they go on to prove their worth and make it into production, fluidic propulsion systems will lead to some of the most futuristic-looking aircraft ever built
This is the closest thing to a "Blade Runner flying car" that I've ever seen.
Make them so they can run on hydrogen. Then make them so that people can afford them. Like what Henry Ford did with the Model T.
But we'll call it the Model H
UnifiedQuantumField t1_j5gmbdz wrote
Reply to comment by A_Half_Ounce in Writer Hunter S. Thompson with his pet wolverine (1980) by Crayfish707
>This dudes daily diet was insane.
3:00 p.m. rise 3:05 Chivas Regal with the morning papers, Dunhills 3:45 cocaine 3:50 another glass of Chivas, Heineken, Chivas etc....
tldr; Hunter S Thompson was the real Liver King
UnifiedQuantumField t1_j5bkmr1 wrote
Reply to Exploring the Star Systems Orbiting the Black Hole at the Center of our Galaxy by johnkoubeck
>Orbiting the Black Hole at the Center of our Galaxy
A bit of speculation:
What if we accept the Dark Forest explanation for the Fermi Paradox?
In that case, a Black Hole might be viewed as evidence of a technologically advanced civilization. How so?
They find a way to bend light so that their space cannot be viewed by any external observer. And all EM signals (potentially) generated by such a civilization would be contained within the event horizon.
And we seem to find more/larger black holes near the centers of galaxies, where stellar density is higher... and the distances between stars is shorter (fractions of a single light year) Just the kind of place you might expect an interstellar civilization to develop first.
UnifiedQuantumField t1_j4uggtx wrote
Reply to comment by ForgiLaGeord in Researchers create an optical tractor beam that pulls macroscopic objects by Semifreak
> Impulse is effectively a fusion drive
There are some people working on what's called a Mach Effect drive. That would really be an impulse drive.
There's another idea that involves oscillating muons, or something like that.
UnifiedQuantumField t1_j4q1wba wrote
>When objects made from the graphene-SiO2 composite structure are irradiated by a laser beam, gas molecules on their back side receive more energy and push the object toward the light source. Combining this with the low air pressure of a rarified gas environment allowed the researchers to obtain a laser pulling force strong enough to move macroscopic objects.
tldr; Sounds like this doesn't work in a vacuum. So no Star Trek type tractor beams (or impulse drives) yet.
UnifiedQuantumField t1_j2f4e6h wrote
Reply to comment by creative_user_name69 in 21 varieties of potatoes for sale at the farmers market by TuxedoFloorca
In some countries, they use/eat bananas the same way we eat potatoes. Sometimes it's plantains, but sometimes it's just a green starchy banana.
I still like potatoes though.
UnifiedQuantumField t1_j1zdj6z wrote
Reply to My hair had 15 split ends by DjohariDjohariah
>split ends
I don't know why sometimes I get frightened
UnifiedQuantumField t1_j1r8rdf wrote
UnifiedQuantumField t1_j1qpbau wrote
Sleep finds a way.
UnifiedQuantumField t1_j1jekya wrote
Reply to comment by Brassballin in a baby-faced Leonardo DiCaprio (23 years old), at the Titanic premiere in 1997 by Pfeffer_Prinz
> like he did Rose Dewitt
Hoping her middle name is Let's?
UnifiedQuantumField t1_iy0dy1l wrote
Reply to Bodybuilder Relna Brewer showing her strength by ripping a phone book apart (1938) by electricmastro
Game of Phones
UnifiedQuantumField t1_ixzpwj6 wrote
Reply to comment by PathRepresentative77 in Thu Cuban refugee boat in Hollywood Beach, Florida by aric17
They might be confused to end up on a beach called Hollywood.
UnifiedQuantumField t1_ixurbs8 wrote
Reply to comment by Fun_Salamander8520 in “Sometimes nothin’ can be a real cool hand.” Paul Newman 1967 by soconae
And Jennifer Love Hewitt's mom on the right?
UnifiedQuantumField t1_ixuqvm7 wrote
60's Paris c'est la meilleur Paris
UnifiedQuantumField t1_ixpxzvm wrote
Not catching it is 100% effective.
And it's apparently pretty easy to not catch it.
Sorry if this makes some people feel bad. But it's still true. And I'm not gonna pull the truth down because downvotes.
UnifiedQuantumField t1_iwhm1d7 wrote
Reply to comment by CornflakeofDoom in Manitoba Canada 1970s by Passaro
I bet the dog was baked too.
UnifiedQuantumField t1_iuqvqtb wrote
Reply to comment by taz-nz in Drilling 12 Miles Down to Tap Geothermal Energy by tonymmorley
> the core is 4000-6000 Deg C
This might be a bit of a side track but here goes anyways...
The currently accepted explanation for this temperature is "decay of radioactive elements within the mantle".
But I suspect that something else is going on. How so?
>The Earth's core radiates somewhere around 47TW into space
Is there really that much radioactive decay going on? Has anyone ever done any calculations to see how much decay of whatever elements would be needed to produce that much energy? Can the process of radioactive decay produce that high a temperature (roughly equal to the surface temp of the Sun)?
UnifiedQuantumField t1_je0u6yc wrote
Reply to Nichelle Nichols in Star Trek, 1960s. by Paul-Belgium
Timeless beauty.