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    Thread: Technosome, Nanosome, Nanochondrion, Cytobot
Post: RE: Technosome, Nanosome, Nanochondrion, Cytobot

Yep, looks solid to me.
Cray Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 27 357 10-03-2026, 06:23 AM
    Thread: Toposophic scales topic revision
Post: RE: Toposophic scales topic revision

Looks like a nice cleanup and clarification.
Cray Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 64 1,143 09-28-2026, 07:41 PM
    Thread: Middle Tech Astronomy
Post: Middle Tech Astronomy

High Tech astronomy like the Eyes of Neptune and the more advanced Argus Array have established capabilities in OA. But what about their predecessors? What could a reflecting telescope with a "mode...
Cray General Setting Discussion 5 71 02-28-2026, 11:41 AM
    Thread: Δv: Rings of Saturn
Post: RE: Δv: Rings of Saturn

Thanks for the heads up.
Cray Books, Games, Movies, and TV 5 3,307 01-19-2026, 10:11 PM
    Thread: Carbon-Helium Whirly-Gig Pulsar World
Post: RE: Carbon-Helium Whirly-Gig Pulsar World

stevebowers Wrote: (12-20-2025, 07:29 PM) -- Here's a free article about this planet https://science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/nasas-webb-observes-exoplanet-whose-composition-defies-explanation/ -- D...
Cray Real Life But OA Relevant 7 4,034 12-21-2025, 08:53 AM
    Thread: Carbon-Helium Whirly-Gig Pulsar World
Post: Carbon-Helium Whirly-Gig Pulsar World

PSR J2322-2650b is a Jupiter-sized gas giant orbiting a pulsar at a distance of only 1 million miles in 8 hours. "The planet's equatorial diameter is about 38% greater than its polar diameter. ... ...
Cray Real Life But OA Relevant 7 4,034 12-20-2025, 10:23 AM
    Thread: Beamrider Network Timeline Changes
Post: RE: Beamrider Network Timeline Changes

Looks good, sir.
Cray Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 155 2,317 12-17-2025, 04:48 AM
    Thread: The First Vacuum Garden
Post: The First Vacuum Garden

Sorta kinda. Spores left on the hull of the ISS for 283 returned to Earth largely viable - 80% were in good shape. https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/24/moss_iss/
Cray Real Life But OA Relevant 0 1,456 12-01-2025, 08:59 PM
    Thread: What are you guys reading?
Post: RE: What are you guys reading?

A confluence of recommendations from Amazon and a coworker who sits near me got me to start reading and listening to the Dungeon Crawler Carl series. I'm almost done with book 4. For the cruise I'm...
Cray General Off-topic Discussion 9 17,219 11-21-2025, 11:13 PM
    Thread: SAVAGES
Post: RE: SAVAGES

Excellent series. It'd be nice if there was more material, though.
Cray Books, Games, Movies, and TV 8 5,532 11-21-2025, 11:02 PM
    Thread: Godwin's Law in 10601 AT
Post: RE: Godwin's Law in 10601 AT

Vitto Wrote: (10-24-2025, 11:56 PM) -- GAIA could fit that role, at least at the beginning of the setting. -- There are still anthropoist groups that would view GAIA as a borderline blight, so I li...
Cray General Setting Discussion 5 97 10-27-2025, 08:41 PM
    Thread: Misc. Proposed Images Dump Season 2: Structures
Post: RE: Misc. Proposed Images Dump Season 2: Structure...

tasp Wrote: (03-06-2025, 06:44 AM) -- Hawking's Not Here: (https://www.orionsarm.com/eg-article/52faf68bdaa6d) https://i.imgur.com/pJeJOkN.png -- Belatedly: I love that night side view of Hawkin...
Cray Art and Visual Media 18 369 09-06-2025, 10:18 AM
    Thread: Vacuum Balloons
Post: RE: Vacuum Balloons

A couple of points: 1. Vacuum doesn't offer much extra lift compared to hydrogen, or hot hydrogen. Meanwhile, a compression-resistant shell tends to be heavy compared to tensile gas bags. 2. Whe...
Cray Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 27 384 09-06-2025, 10:16 AM
    Thread: Muon catalysed fusion
Post: RE: Muon catalysed fusion

Drashner1 Wrote: (09-03-2025, 10:27 PM) -- I've actually removed the pion catalyzed fusion mention from the EG and I don't think we see muon catalyzed fusion as a likely or practical technology. -- ...
Cray Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 6 135 09-05-2025, 09:38 AM
    Thread: Rethinking Propulsion
Post: RE: Rethinking Propulsion

I like the reorganization idea, even if it just forms a "master article" that links to all the scattered propulsion sub-articles.
Cray General Setting Discussion 11 304 07-30-2025, 11:01 PM
    Thread: Pantheon
Post: Pantheon

This Netflix series spends seasons 1 and 2 mostly looking at the revolution of uploads on a near-future world. But that last episode of season 2 hits serious transapient territory.
Cray Real Life But OA Relevant 0 2,585 05-23-2025, 08:55 AM
    Thread: Pantheon
Post: Pantheon

Pantheon seasons 1 and 2 largely look at the revolution of the first uploads on a near-future world. But, wow, the last episode of season 2 hits fast forward. Matrioshka brain? Nice.
Cray Books, Games, Movies, and TV 0 2,428 05-23-2025, 08:53 AM
    Thread: Removal: Baseline Hyperdependency Syndrome
Post: RE: Removal: Baseline Hyperdependency Syndrome

Transapients aren't truly everywhere, but they multi-task and delegate extremely well. S2 GAIA outmaneuvered tens of billions of modosophonts and dozens of S1 hyperturings. An S4 running a star sys...
Cray Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 21 295 04-01-2025, 02:54 AM
    Thread: Body Transformation Protocols
Post: RE: Body Transformation Protocols

Looks good, Steve.
Cray Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 18 275 03-31-2025, 08:28 PM
    Thread: Removal: Baseline Hyperdependency Syndrome
Post: RE: Removal: Baseline Hyperdependency Syndrome

Drashner1 Wrote: (03-22-2025, 10:07 PM) -- We have enough of a slow rolling challenge with people thinking that S1 and above are all pervasive, that modos can't do anything (or anything 'important') ...
Cray Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 21 295 03-31-2025, 08:27 PM