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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

Glad to see a leap forward ín this field. I had a failed strabismus surgery as a kid and lemme tell you, being 8 is difficult enough without that. Even if surgery ends up being necessary, this sounds like a relatively low cost treatment in the run up to making that decision. Or the VR training might improve surgical outcomes. Someone do a study on that. I look forward to hearing about developments.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Ooh dang, AKA Callery Pears, AKA invasive pest. Our state forestry/wildlife department did a limited time buyback of those, dead or alive. Once.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Build the hypothetical ship in space and you never have to deal with it except as ice, which is easier to move around and shape into what you need. The ISS has a lot of liquids on board in all sorts of forms, from chicken soup, to ink pens, to the urine inside astronaut bladders. I don't understand what you're trying to say.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

I mean, they put nuclear waste at the bottom of miles deep water wells, because it absorbs alpha, gamma and beta particles and it's cheap.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They used the ice for everything, including cooling and heating the ship as needed. They got the bad effects from the cosmic radiation pinging in from all other directions, not from using the water. The volume of ice was larger than that of the ship, I think it also absorbed physical damage from micrometeorites. Let's hope someone in the Big Green Machine reads the novel.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

They did that in the novel "Seveneves", used a massive chunk of ice as the bow of their ship on a one-way, twenty year plus trip. It didn't stop all the radiation, though. Just enough to keep a minimum number of crew alive to complete their mission. They all developed different types of cancers, anyways,but the kinds that could be treated along the way and extend their chances.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

I dunno, does the scanner grope you and steal stuff from your baggage?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I intended to use the English plural of the Anglicized word for potato dumplings. The potato dumplings I mentioned are a metaphor for testicles.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

The radio station manager seems solely responsible, he needs Jesus Christ in his life. Perhaps a kick in the piroshkis.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Briefly acquainted with Sirius a ways back, the talk radio was the best part. I liked the one hosted by Nancy Sinatra, her insights into her own life and her dad's legacy were fascinating. There would be a decent block of his music, then a bit of commentary. Her voice is actually soothing, but not so much that you get sleepy at all. Craig Ferguson did a show on Sirius a while back, high quality rambling and light on the interview topics.

[–] [email protected] 56 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

Yeah, so have a dead lady talk to no one, without asking her relatives if they mind hearing Great-Auntie promoting Instagram, while they're doing the school drop off. They will not mind, they love OFF. Real estate agents are contacting this family like mad, as they are about to acquire a chain of radio stations.

 

How much is 25 lbs. of fuel savings worth to you? How much is it worth to Boeing?

 

In Robert Heinlein's novel "Farnham's Freehold", the protagonists accidentally end up in a very technologically advanced feudal society that depends on a drug called "Happiness" to control things and keep social classes rigidly separated. The hypothesis of this question: the drug is a pleasant tasting drink you take daily. It has no known negative side effects. It rapidly induces a feeling of deep contentment, peace, clarity of mind and general satisfaction with your life. You will not become physically dependent on it. You don't have to pay anything to get it. A small, unchanging dose must be taken every day to maintain this effect, but you don't control its distribution. It is distributed by the ruling class of your society, but no one is coerced to take it, as they are psychologically dependent on it. After many centuries of Happiness distribution, no one has shown desensitization or needed a higher dose. The protagonists in the book rejected their doses, escaped briefly and were recaptured. Would you take Happiness? Why or why not?

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