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    Thread: Typos
Post: RE: Typos

Benedita Blue Sky  https://www.orionsarm.com/eg-article/499b7edb79934 When I copy-and-paste the title of the article, this appears:  Benedita Blue Sk It is very tiny print. Why is it copied so...
sandcastles Website and Content Issues 750 7,593 Yesterday, 03:01 AM
    Thread: Famous Quotes
Post: Famous Quotes

This may seem odd and out of place, but maybe April Fools' Day is a good time to post this...I know, not every country acknowledges April Fools'. This is a real quote. In an episode of the very sil...
sandcastles Books, Games, Movies, and TV 0 83 04-02-2026, 11:54 AM
    Thread: Speed of simulation in a virch
Post: RE: Speed of simulation in a virch

I hope you don't mind replies to very old threads, instead of making new threads. But I've had some questions about virches.  How do we calculate how much energy a virch is using?  What if the amount ...
sandcastles General Setting Discussion 17 179 03-26-2026, 12:49 PM
    Thread: Rogue planet life (?)
Post: RE: Rogue planet life (?)

https://www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/news-overview/news/exoplanets-conditions-suitable-for-life-on-distant-moons-80ef8f4e.html I found this recent article which might be of interest.
sandcastles General Setting Discussion 23 340 03-26-2026, 12:41 PM
    Thread: Far Future story idea
Post: Far Future story idea

Is this story idea a complete non-starter? I'm not so sure. Or, has somebody already written a story about this? From Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_formatting_and_storage_bugs...
sandcastles Creative Writing 1 31 03-26-2026, 12:19 PM
    Thread: Cloning news
Post: Cloning news

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00945-7 After 20 years, 58 generations and more than 30,000 cloning attempts, a team of researchers has hit the limit on the number of times a single mous...
sandcastles Real Life But OA Relevant 0 182 03-26-2026, 11:58 AM
    Thread: TOI-178
Post: TOI-178

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOI-178 TOI-178 is a planetary system (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetary_system) in the constellation (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constellation) Sculptor (htt...
sandcastles Real Life But OA Relevant 0 121 03-26-2026, 11:54 AM
    Thread: EG - Andromeda Galaxy (M31)
Post: RE: EG - Andromeda Galaxy (M31)

Should we worry about the tenses? A number of HEEC's have been detected, they *were* in existence 2+ million years ago. A civilization might consist of billions of Jupiter brains all within a s...
sandcastles Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 22 355 03-19-2026, 05:20 AM
    Thread: Exogamy Image
Post: RE: Exogamy Image

Which is supposed to be the slime mold? I prefer the first image. My theory is the longer being is a living musical instrument.
sandcastles Art and Visual Media 15 152 03-19-2026, 05:08 AM
    Thread: Proof-reading EG
Post: RE: Proof-reading EG

These two articles use the same image. Dividual https://www.orionsarm.com/eg-article/464ce804b9cb7 Scion https://www.orionsarm.com/eg-article/480fe08113f50
sandcastles Website and Content Issues 1,221 3,003,187 11-13-2025, 09:16 AM
    Thread: OA Worldbuilding Resource: Worlds/Systems by Etymology
Post: RE: OA Worldbuilding Resource: Worlds/Systems by E...

I wonder if you want to offer the option of all the names with a similar etymology/origin being listed together.
sandcastles General Setting Discussion 12 227 10-13-2025, 07:32 AM
    Thread: Images of Smart Spiders Hanging Out
Post: RE: Images of Smart Spiders Hanging Out

On the previous picture the two on the left are in too much shadow, it's too hard to see much detail.    I can see more detail on this latest one better.   I like it all, but for one nitpick.  Woul...
sandcastles Art and Visual Media 29 306 10-11-2025, 11:43 AM
    Thread: The Spindle: a Godtech Comm Buoy?
Post: RE: The Spindle: a Godtech Comm Buoy?

I put this in the proof-reading thread but ProxCenBound thought I should put this in the general setting forum but I found this thread instead. The Spindle https://www.orionsarm.com/eg-article/478...
sandcastles Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 5 136 09-26-2025, 11:25 AM
    Thread: Vacuum Balloons
Post: RE: Vacuum Balloons

How large can they be? Could they explore inside a red giant star?
sandcastles Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 27 383 09-26-2025, 11:18 AM
    Thread: Ok I’m late but what is the most disturbing OA page in existence?
Post: RE: Ok I’m late but what is the most disturbing OA...

DSPE Wrote: (09-26-2025, 10:45 AM) -- Also the Deoveryn. -- I searched the EG for that and didn't find it, and this thread is the only mention of it. I tried Deo and found Deorvyn. Yeah, it's sc...
sandcastles The Arrivals Lounge 11 4,617 09-26-2025, 11:08 AM
    Thread: Proof-reading EG
Post: RE: Proof-reading EG

https://www.orionsarm.com/eg-article/47896acb9f8c1 The Spindle I just read this. It is rotating along which axis?  Is it rotating along 1, 2, or 3 axes?  It cites the diameter of the thickest po...
sandcastles Website and Content Issues 1,221 3,003,187 09-26-2025, 04:47 AM
  Shocked Thread: Ok I’m late but what is the most disturbing OA page in existence?
Post: RE: Ok I’m late but what is the most disturbing OA...

The  Evangelist. Not just the unexplained genocide but what e calls emself.  An evangelist?  Seriously?
sandcastles The Arrivals Lounge 11 4,617 09-26-2025, 04:24 AM
    Thread: Exoplanet Discoveries and Updates
Post: RE: Exoplanet Discoveries and Updates

I mentioned this planet a few years ago and looked at Wikipedia, and it has updated information. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gliese_367 The star's mass is .454 solar mass and its age is about 7,...
sandcastles Real Life But OA Relevant 99 279,097 08-24-2025, 12:32 PM
    Thread: Lethe: draft
Post: RE: Lethe: draft

That website link doesn't work. "Looks like there's a problem with this site." Art suggestions: Lethe virch cities. http://www.industrialheating.com/ext/res...1389112066
sandcastles Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 14 287 08-24-2025, 11:19 AM
    Thread: EG: Hoygan Stallt and the Out-and-Back
Post: RE: EG: Hoygan Stallt and the Out-and-Back

I like it. What is MHBP? It did not become the viral sensation he hoped. But, within 20 years of the first revival millions of sophonts had come to touch it. I'm not sure what the first revi...
sandcastles Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 27 531 08-21-2025, 03:55 AM