also who would stay more than 6 months in space? a journey to mars takes about 6 months on the most fuel-efficient trajectory.

due to how weird orbital mechanics are, there’s one (and only this one) most fuel-efficient trajectory between earth and mars and it’s the so-called Hohmann Transfer Orbit ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hohmann_transfer_orbit ). It takes 6 months.

you could set the spaceship in rotating motion, sothat the centripetal forces push you outwards and create the impression of artificial gravity for you.

besides, why does no spaceship seem to be doing this today, like, at all?

i think it’s about getting used to it.

A common misconception of metal straws is that they are dangerous and can pierce through the mouth into the brain.

I mean it depends on the diameter of the straw. If the straw is thin as a needle, i imagine it sure can. I mean it’s only about the pressure, not the total amount of force. And pressure is force per area, so if the cross-section area of the straw is small, it will generate enormous pressure and that can surely pierce your skull.

Can you swallow things when you’re laying flat? I imagine swallowing food in space would be no more difficult.

I’m gonna write an article about it as soon as i have the energy to do that; it’s a tedious topic.

I would expect anti-renewable propaganda, such as we have in fact been seeing in the US for the last 20 years.

that reminds me of this:

Saying that “people need to get paid higher wages to be able to afford having children” is obviously propaganda in an attempt to motivate rich people to pay poor people more money. I’m not saying that they shouldn’t do that; in fact they should; but the fertility rate has nothing to do with it.

There are worldwide studies that families with less money typically have more children, but it’s very important to note that this is only correlation, not causation. In other words, giving people more money does probably not (i believe) cause them to have fewer children. Rather, i think it’s the other way around: Having more children leads to poverty as children are really expensive.

Also i want to point out that the story is really really more complicated than that. I.e. you see a lot of people wanting to have children, but not doing it because they’re afraid that the cost of living will be significantly more expensive in the future. Yes, you read this correctly. It’s not about the cost of living today, it’s about the cost of living in the future. Consider this: Children (if treated properly) live around 80 years, and during that whole time they should be fed and housed. That costs money. If housing becomes significantly more expensive in 20 years, it will be very difficult to house them. You should think about this today, not in 20 years. The fear of future rising cost of living is a reason why lots of people are deciding against having children today.

Also there are many more things that i want to say about this, such as that there is a very directed campaign on social media today to disincentivise leftist people from flirting with other people today, which effectively leads leftist people to be less in romantic relationships, more lonely, less connected, less organized, also less pregnant. This obviously hinders them from organizing properly, which is a top-down attempt to smash rebellions before they happen. This is a scheme that is highly effective of corrupting society, especially leftist people as conservatives typically don’t listen to social media and its messaging, especially when it comes to not flirting with other people (sexual harassment) and such.

Incredibly confusingly written article. The article really tries not to get the point across clearly. Instead of including like a single diagram that actually shows numbers and a curve, they choose to beat around the bush by using words like “less”, “fewer”, etc. which is really hard to estimate the effect size. There was no serious attempt to represent data proportionally and to actually inform the reader. It feels like an emotionally manipulative hit piece to reach out to all the people who might be affected by this.

This reminds me of that meme where a dad says “our cat just got eaten by a coyote so i’m gonna get a new cat from the animal shelter” and the friend says “well it just sounds like you’re feeding stray cats to coyotes” and then the daughter started crying …

they’re not using raw sodium but obviously mixing it with other chemicals. so it’s not relevant.

wouldn’t the increased weight due the battery be partially compensated by a more lightweight motor? electric motors are significantly simpler and less heavy than ICE motors.

the chinese invented gunpowder centuries ago

You know what recently came to my mind…

Israel is basically a military outpost for the US in the middle east. it’s one large military base that is supposed to pressure arab countries into giving their oil to the US. It’s “either you sell your oil in US dollar (which we can conveniently print at will) or … you know, Israel is your neighbor, and they have a ton of arms”. It’s an extortion scheme.

This is why Israel is threatened by renewable energy. Because if the world is not dependent on oil, then Israel has no reason to exist, as the US won’t give them a lot of weapons anymore to conduct their extortion scheme. And then Israel would collapse.

Ehm IIRC it’s 3000 km (2000 miles) from California to Boston. Assuming she stays horny for 30 minutes, that makes a calculated speed of 6000 km/h (4000 mph), or about mach 5.

but what if you’re actually a slave? forced to work each day anew, with no memory of the previous day. i wouldn’t call that “your infinite new realities” because those realities aren’t really yours, as they don’t provide you a place for you at all.

You know what recently came to my mind…

Israel is basically a military outpost for the US in the middle east. it’s one large military base that is supposed to pressure arab countries into giving their oil to the US. It’s “either you sell your oil in US dollar (which we can conveniently print at will) or … you know, Israel is your neighbor, and they have a ton of arms”. It’s an extortion scheme.

This is why Israel is threatened by renewable energy. Because if the world is not dependent on oil, then Israel has no reason to exist, as the US won’t give them a lot of weapons anymore to conduct their extortion scheme. And then Israel would collapse.

one of my favorite comics of all time. i’m still puzzling about it.