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nyrath

@nyrath@spacey.space

Star map and Atomic Rocket geek. The hard-science SF writer's tech support. The website is at
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/

Refugee from the decline and fall of Google Plus.

In my long and misspent youth I did the artwork for various TTWG such as Ogre, WarpWar, GEV and such.

This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. Browse more on the original instance.

SaltiredPopcorn, to Blog
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http://foritismansnumber.blogspot.com/2024/06/furiosa-mad-max-saga-2024.html

Pleeeeeeease see this in cinemas if you can.

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@SaltiredPopcorn

I wish I could see it in the cinema. But nobody is masking, and I am immunocompromised

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@SaltiredPopcorn

Agreed. I have not seen a movie in a cinema in the last five years.

peterdrake, to random
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So it's Godzilla Minus One "enjoyable" good or is it "accurately portrays the depth of human depravity and suffering" good? Because after 3 Body Problem and Furiosa, we're looking for something less grim.

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@tsturm @peterdrake

Especially since some have opined that the devastation created by Godzilla is an allegory for the Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear bombing.

cstross, to random
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What I want to see from WWDC '24: Apple unveils a replacement for Stage Manager in iOS 18.

The new Strange Manager rotates your desktop through a non-euclidean space warped by blasphemous geometries; eldritch transition effects include Transform into Ravens and Fly Away, Eaten by Shoggoths, Tentacles, and The Horror, The Horror.

https://wandering.shop/@cstross/112558227088949951

nyrath,
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@angusm @cstross

EldritchMoji™, including the popular emoji "Langford basilisk". Just perfect for your troll-eradication needs.

https://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/spacegunexotic.php#medusa

nyrath, to random
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I am still loving Doctor Who.
Though the last couple of minutes of this episode was a punch in the gut. Great episode! And more relevant to current events than ever.

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https://www.polygon.com/24168156/doctor-who-dot-bubble-review-new-episode-6

klausman, to random
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@nyrath
Walking tour of the R/P FLIP. I always thought it was a nice illustration of what spaceships under thrust vs. coasting (or spinning rings when not under thrust) might look like on the inside. Given that the ship in the vid is now >60 years old, it's a bit grungier than stricly needed, but still fascinating.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shPATcV9Dzw

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@klausman

Cool stuff!

I did have a miserable couple of photos of the FLIP ship.

https://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/artificialgrav.php#flip

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@isaackuo @klausman

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@Sevoris @isaackuo @klausman

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@isaackuo @jovikowi @klausman

https://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/artificialgrav.php#id--Spin_Grav_Types--Independent_Centrifuge--Gimbaled_Centrifuge--Ezekiel&;s_Wheel

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@jovikowi @isaackuo @klausman

Yes, but that is just one webpage out of the 150-odd webpages in the entire site. That's the page about spacecraft artificial gravity

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@isaackuo @jovikowi @klausman

Yeah. I saw that video from the ISS. That'll shake the blasted ship apart.

nyrath, to random
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Cis-lunar space and the security dilemma

https://thebulletin.org/premium/2022-01/cis-lunar-space-and-the-security-dilemma/

lothcat, to linguistics
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After watching “Arrival” last night, I’m fixated on the idea of nonlinear memory. It must be disorienting, and incredibly strange to remember your entire life when you haven’t fully lived it yet.

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@lothcat

https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?44504

https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/time_out_of_sequence

androidarts, to random
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A (Sept.) 1985 Yamaha MSX presented with a mouse – a rare conjunction mayhaps. Giving me Amiga tank mouse vibes. The Amiga 1000 came out in July, and originally with only 256KB RAM iirc. Its sound and graphical chipset was more impressive than MSX2 I'd say.

Looks like around 200K¥ for the bundle below. Hard to guess what that is in modern money since something happened to the yen in 1985 (the Plaza Accord).

nyrath,
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@androidarts

That is soooo cassette-futurism

foone, to random
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The only cyborg I've seen get it right is Inspector Gadget.

Because I can probably name ten people right now who would go for the "motorized screwdriver in the finger" surgery, yet it so rarely shows up in fiction.

But that's the transhumanist future I'm waiting for

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@A_C_McGregor @foone

Dresden Codak is one freaky webcomic.

nyrath, to random
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NASA Lucy Images Reveal Asteroid Dinkinesh to be Surprisingly Complex

https://www.nasa.gov/solar-system/asteroids/nasa-lucy-images-reveal-asteroid-dinkinesh-to-be-surprisingly-complex/

cstross, (edited ) to random
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Random musing:

What is the werewolf gut microbiome like? And what happens to it when a were shifts form? (Do humans get copious diarrhoea/purge themselves right after shifting? And what happens to the gut contents if a werewolf gorges on meat right before shifting back to human?) What about parasites in raw meat, eg. trichinosis?

And are xanthine alkaloids (like theobromine, found in chocolate) as toxic to werewolves as they are to canids?

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@isaackuo @cstross @serendipityjones

Sorry. Went sailing over my head like a cirrus cloud

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@isaackuo

Apparently from a movie called "Top Secret", which I've never seen.

nyrath,
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@DenOfEarth

https://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Top_Secret!#M1928_Thompson

srtcd424, to random
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That was quick

nyrath,
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@srtcd424

I heard tell that the Wikipedia entry keeps flip-flopping, as dueling editors keep changing and unchanging it.

nyrath, to random
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Boeing Says Leak on Its Spacecraft Is Totally Fine, Will Launch Astronauts Without Fixing It

Okay then.

https://futurism.com/the-byte/boeing-will-launch-spacraft-with-leak

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@iamgerardthomas

Yeah. Just like aircraft hatches...

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Starlink’s disruption of the space industry

https://www.thespacereview.com/article/4801/1

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US Army Airland Battle 2000 (1982 Version with Functional Areas) pdf file

https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/citations/ADA127471

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