<Mat2ch>
But usually deorbit into the pacific where nobody is
<Mat2ch>
the RTG should be restistant enough to not break up in the atmosphere
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<SporkWitch>
water is also an extremely effective insulator against radiation. Why we use it in reactors (not just for cooling), as well as Robinson's idea of circling one of the hab modules with the water tanks, as a "storm shelter" in case of a solar flare on the way to Mars.
<darsie>
green radiation passes fairly well through water.
<darsie>
;)
<SporkWitch>
yes, well, we're not really worried about non-ionizing radiation, are we? :P
* darsie
eyes his green laser ...
<darsie>
Actually, I shone a 100 mW green laser beam into my eye many times.
<darsie>
... while it was reflected around with a rotating mirror.
<SporkWitch>
you didn't need your eyesight when you get older, anyway, heh
<Mat2ch>
safety third.
<darsie>
I did a thought experiment first.
<darsie>
If my eye covers 1/100 of the circle with a radius of darsie-mirror, then on average I'd absorb only 1/100 the power - 1 mW, which should be safe. So I had to test it.
<darsie>
Also shining a fs pulse of a MW laser should be safe (I havent mathed this, yet.).
<SporkWitch>
ablation is actually the lore reason in BattleTech for the invention of pulse lasers. Where a traditional laser fires a continuous beam until the capaciter is drained, the vaporised material acts to block some of that incoming beam, reducing its overall effectiveness. Enter pulse lasers: rather than a continuous stream, it pulses rapidly, to allow some of the vaporised material to disperse,
<SporkWitch>
allowing more of the weapon's energy to impact the target directly
<SporkWitch>
(incredible amount of detail and lore in BattleTech, that most people don't notice, though that's probably due in large part to how long Microsoft had the rights to it and butchered it, like they do everything they touch)
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<packbart>
https://turmbau.uni-mundsburg.de/ for tidal force enthusiasts ;) (the final camera setup probably won't show much of the river to capture the 250m tall tower being built near my office)
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<sandbox>
Scott Manley "I remember Napster..... I worked there."
<Kalpa>
Interesting, why are people remembering Napster
<Kalpa>
Yes, I watched Tom Scott's newest as well.
<Kalpa>
Oh, Manley has used the YT comments section, I see.
<Mat2ch>
Tom... I wanted to watch a short video. Not 15 minutes! (I will do later ;)
<Kalpa>
So, do you people remember how only a decade ago people still used IRC?
<Althego>
hehe
<Mat2ch>
IRC will be only then really dead when the last bridge gets switched off. ;)
<raptop>
We aren't people?
<SporkWitch>
you're a raptop
<Kalpa>
I remember I once was pals with raptop over on G+
<Kalpa>
I'm still unsure how that came to be.
<raptop>
hmm
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<Althego>
hehe
<FLHerne>
Kalpa: remember when only now people still use IRC?
<Kalpa>
The slow death of IRC.
<SporkWitch>
that's more due to mismanagement by the server admins and major channel mods, than a lack of people. Look at what happened to freenode. It wasn't for lack of people using it, it was the terrible changes in management style.
<sandbox>
F
<Kalpa>
Freenode was the last huzzah of IRC really
<Kalpa>
The masses moved to alternative platforms increasingly since late '00s (once arguably better, more modern solutions became available)
<SporkWitch>
i was on there for decades, Eternal September was bad, but the last 10 years or so were REALLY bad, as they caved to the cancer, and even started encouraging people with google questions to NOT try to help themselves or contribute anything to the process
<Kalpa>
Discord has wholly taken over the role what quakenet had back in say mid-'00s
<SporkWitch>
unfortunately; discord's terrible, too. it's not even a good voice chat solution, but it's completely replaced the superior mumble, and even teamspeak is still better
<Kalpa>
A friend used to run a dedicated ventrilo server
<Kalpa>
He eventually shut it down and we kinda migrated to a discord of our own
<SporkWitch>
it's basically forced at this point. The convenience of making an account one time and not needing to make new ones to join other servers is very hard to surmount. You need interoperable systems like XMPP to come close, and those are harder than a centralized platform
<FLHerne>
People have been doom-mongering about the death of IRC for the entire time I've used it
<FLHerne>
probably before that
<SporkWitch>
oh i don't see it going anywhere, just that it'll be the hardcore like us that really hate the new stuff lol
<packbart>
non-binary Usenet is still alive with one or two handful of users worldwide ;)
<packbart>
anyone need a peer?
<SporkWitch>
never got into usenet myself. I have run XMPP servers before. Back when I was really active in EVE Online and running a 700 member alliance, I combined SimpleMachines forums, the EVE API, Mumble, and XMPP, to all use the account created on the forums, and use the API to automate granting and rescinding roles and access based on your roles in-game in the organisation
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<packbart>
I wouldn't recommend getting into it nowadays, anyway. There's only weirdos and spam left ;)
<packbart>
I got into BBS networks and Usenet before I had a "live" internet connection and it fell off pretty fast afterwards
<packbart>
I used to get my news by bike, riding to my sysop to swap disks
<packbart>
(ah, bikes! luxury! we didn't 'ave bikes, no siree!)
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