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Thread: Radical markets
Post: RE: Radical markets
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p.l Valença Wrote: (08-22-2023, 07:43 AM)
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an idea that I am vehemently opposed to, but which would be interesting to explore within OA, the harberger tax (or c.o.s.t). the tax regime in which the ... |
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Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles
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08-23-2023, 08:19 PM |
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Thread: Updating the Negentropy Alliance
Post: RE: Updating the Negentropy Alliance
| I got the impression that the Negetropy Alliance's theme was more along the lines of "not being wastrels." Some sephriotics and transapients seem to burn through their resources and energy supplies in... |
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General Setting Discussion
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08-15-2023, 09:25 PM |
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Thread: EG - Aerophants
Post: RE: EG - Aerophants
| Heh, "vacyderms."
I like the article. Some thoughts:
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The legs have been moved forward and converted to four powerful tentacles spaced equidistantly around the body and are able to g... |
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Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles
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06-01-2023, 05:29 AM |
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Thread: The Scutum-Crux MUUH1 signal
Post: RE: The Scutum-Crux MUUH1 signal
| Little nitpick:
Third paragraph, second sentence: "scutum-crux signals" needs to be capitalized as "Scutum-Crux".
Fun article, I like it. |
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06-01-2023, 05:21 AM |
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Thread: Paralyzed Man Walks Naturally After Implants
Post: RE: Paralyzed Man Walks Naturally After Implants
| Progress. This was sci-fi in the 1980s. I wonder when it'll become mainstream? 50 years? 20 years? |
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Real Life But OA Relevant
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05-25-2023, 10:18 PM |
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Thread: New Images for the Lunar Warrens?
Post: RE: New Images for the Lunar Warrens?
| Nice work, and very speedy turnaround. Thank you. |
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Art and Visual Media
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05-07-2023, 04:35 AM |
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Thread: New Images for the Lunar Warrens?
Post: New Images for the Lunar Warrens?
| The current Lunar Warrens article even has some notional outlines that I sketched on a post-it note, but I just stumbled over this better pic:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Xi-J5sp-62k/TclY__wsYmI/AAAA... |
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Art and Visual Media
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05-05-2023, 05:58 AM |
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Thread: Fusion reactors
Post: RE: Fusion reactors
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Tom Mazanec Wrote: (04-11-2023, 04:00 PM)
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Can these be powered by just protium, or are we still stuck using deuterium, tritium, tralphium and boron?
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Tralphium: I learned a new word today.
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General Setting Discussion
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04-11-2023, 11:07 PM |
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Thread: Big Ben's World
Post: RE: Big Ben's World
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stevebowers Wrote: (04-11-2023, 02:28 AM)
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So I propose we leave the planet largely as it is, but add a worldroof to retain the atmosphere against the stellar wind (I did consider a Lagrange sunshi... |
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General Setting Discussion
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04-11-2023, 11:00 PM |
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Thread: Big Ben's World
Post: RE: Big Ben's World
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ProxCenBound Wrote: (04-03-2023, 10:57 PM)
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Thanks for pointing this out.
Might it be simpler to instead adjust the biosphere to be one without atmospheric oxygen while keeping its other exotic ... |
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General Setting Discussion
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04-04-2023, 02:32 AM |
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Thread: Big Ben's World
Post: Big Ben's World
| Big Ben's world seems to have a scientific error:
https://www.orionsarm.com/eg-article/57b4613e13a25
O-class stars do generate lots of UV light. The article takes this assumption and runs with it,... |
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General Setting Discussion
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04-03-2023, 10:40 PM |
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Thread: Wup rewrite
Post: RE: Wup rewrite
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Worldtree Wrote: (03-29-2023, 12:06 PM)
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also- minor wording
Autowupodologists often illustrate their arguments by spurting covering and staining their habitat walls..
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I liked "spurting." It ... |
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03-29-2023, 09:50 PM |
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Thread: Usefulness of classical novae
Post: RE: Usefulness of classical novae
| Classical novae seem to be the result of accretion disks between close orbiting stars, like a white dwarf and red giant. Two OA-type applications:
1. The accretion disk represents free star lifting... |
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General Setting Discussion
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03-27-2023, 04:41 AM |
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Thread: Isaac Arthur - Space Habitats
Post: RE: Isaac Arthur - Space Habitats
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Worldbuilders Resources
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03-08-2023, 06:21 AM |
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Thread: Cockroach News
Post: RE: Cockroach News
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Drashner1 Wrote: (02-27-2023, 01:02 PM)
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The suggestion really bugged em, I guess?
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Heh, no. :D
Also, Shadowrun's magic story aspects has included the dread threat of bug spirits:
https://... |
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02-28-2023, 04:38 AM |
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Thread: Cockroach News
Post: RE: Cockroach News
| I heard about this cockroach milk a few years ago. I suggested as a staple to go with soy products in the Shadowrun setting but it didn't go over well with the gaming community. |
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02-27-2023, 04:11 AM |
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Thread: Macrystis Biology
Post: RE: Macrystis Biology
| This is a fantastic xenobiology effort. It's very interesting. |
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General Setting Discussion
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02-22-2023, 09:29 PM |
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Thread: Discord Idea - Reducing Pre-First Federation Colonies
Post: RE: Discord Idea - Reducing Pre-First Federation C...
| Taking a step back, there's this effort to reduce the number of pre-Technocalypse interstellar colonies. However, it feels like we're addressing an era covering centuries (Interplanetary Age: 130 to 4... |
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General Setting Discussion
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02-20-2023, 10:30 AM |
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Thread: Foundation of the Keter Dominion
Post: RE: Foundation of the Keter Dominion
| Regarding replacing S3 wormholes with S4 wormholes - could the wormholes be converted/upgraded instead? |
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02-15-2023, 09:37 PM |
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Thread: Lower Energy Terrestrial Ecosystems
Post: Lower Energy Terrestrial Ecosystems
| High amounts of greenhouse gases can allow terraforming of planets quite distant from their star compared to Earth, even beyond the nominal Goldilocks Zone of the system.
For planets without orbita... |
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General Setting Discussion
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