kerbiloid Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 (edited) When a dragon feels like a troll, he steals a princess. *** A new chess piece: Troll. Initially is placed at any empty square. Can't take opponent pieces (too cautious), but has a special attack: "flame". It makes the opponent to move the strongest piece despite of his wish. Say, to destroy the opponent's castle or to lure a queen from behind. Can be beaten taken, so can move to avoid beating taking. Has a special save move: "hide IP". Like the king's castling but in any direction. Can be used once per game. Edited July 5, 2020 by kerbiloid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selective Genius Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 Does it hurt the male porcupine when he mates with the female porcupine?? I mean, he has a soft underbelly, she has sharp spikes on the back..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotel26 Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 (edited) "How much dV is required to boost straight up from the Kerbin launch-pad, fly to an overhead, geosynchronous space station and then rendez-vous?" A 16-pax shuttle... SSTGSO. Hmm... Edited July 17, 2020 by Hotel26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnemoe Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 On 7/8/2020 at 4:55 PM, StrandedonEarth said: No, its just moved to the location where it will raise the next morning. Trucks are faster and more reliable than scarab beetles who can get burns moving it. Also found that the ancient Egyptians had an god with an scarab as as face https://topbest.ph/blogs/ancient-egyptians-scarab-beetles/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GearsNSuch Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 On 7/8/2020 at 10:55 AM, StrandedonEarth said: Imagine a modern rendition of those ancient myths where Ra or Apollo or whoever just used a pickup truck instead of a chariot... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 The (un)official NHL team of the Kerbal Space Program (2)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 Just re-watched the clip from the Princess Bride with the poison duel. 1. After the duel both protagonists quickly escape, leaving the poisoned chalices (and the bottle, but I'm not sure if it's poisoned, too). Somebody innocent will find and drink. 2. The antagonist should just give any chalice to the princess and look if the hero tries to snatch it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 Last night I did my final night with Comet Neowise and I thought a little bit about comets and where they truly come from... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 (edited) Do you want to feel being Voyager on its way to stars right now? Just look here. Spoiler . Spoiler A pale blue dot... (If you can't see it, just select all and give another look.) Edited July 27, 2020 by kerbiloid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 WonderWoman + shield = Spoiler One person's Orion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 (edited) ...have we run Doom on RNA yet? Or at least Snake? Imagine Dwarf Fortress but instead of ascii characters it's just different proteins laid out on a grid. Edited August 14, 2020 by cubinator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 48 minutes ago, cubinator said: ...have we run Doom on RNA yet? Or at least Snake? Imagine Dwarf Fortress but instead of ascii characters it's just different proteins laid out on a grid. The sequencer. Spoiler .Sherman/KA-5003 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 http://ssww.mars.gov/ This link is from the future, you can't click it yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 1 hour ago, cubinator said: http://ssww.mars.gov/ This link is from the future, you can't click it yet You're a gawd of cybersquatting... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 The former moon of Saturn which constitutes the majority of its ring system is flat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestAir Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 The first biologically immortal human will not be able to relate to the rest of us at all; He or she will be making plans for how to watch the Ocean's boil, or starting research on how to survive the decay of his or her protons. Money, politics, even simple things like birthdays would be an absolutely ridiculous concern. This person could spend 200 years watching glass droop like a fluid, just because. What's really interesting is what happens when a decent portion of society becomes biologically immortal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Phil Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 43 minutes ago, WestAir said: The first biologically immortal human will not be able to relate to the rest of us at all; He or she will be making plans for how to watch the Ocean's boil, or starting research on how to survive the decay of his or her protons. Money, politics, even simple things like birthdays would be an absolutely ridiculous concern. This person could spend 200 years watching glass droop like a fluid, just because. What's really interesting is what happens when a decent portion of society becomes biologically immortal. Biological immortality doesn’t mean they won’t die. Death by non-biological (and even some biological) means is still very possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestAir Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 (edited) 14 hours ago, Bill Phil said: Biological immortality doesn’t mean they won’t die. Death by non-biological (and even some biological) means is still very possible. You're right, but I never said anything to the contrary... Edited August 18, 2020 by WestAir Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Phil Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 1 hour ago, WestAir said: You're right, but I never said anything to the contrary... Well they’ll still be able to relate to us. Likely won’t expect to see the oceans boil either, and almost definitely won’t live long enough to really care about proton decay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestAir Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 8 minutes ago, Bill Phil said: Well they’ll still be able to relate to us. Likely won’t expect to see the oceans boil either, and almost definitely won’t live long enough to really care about proton decay. I disagree for one reason: They'll live long enough to see technology advance their livespan further. . Liver goes bad? 3d print a new one. Brain decays? Smart-cells repair all that rusting. Of course they'll live long enough to where their lifespan is a question mark. There's no reason to believe any part of us is not replaceable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Phil Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 2 hours ago, WestAir said: I disagree for one reason: They'll live long enough to see technology advance their livespan further. . Liver goes bad? 3d print a new one. Brain decays? Smart-cells repair all that rusting. Of course they'll live long enough to where their lifespan is a question mark. There's no reason to believe any part of us is not replaceable. But what can you do if you die in a car accident? Or anything else? Risk of death will still exist. The life expectancy may rise to thousands of years, but that's a blink of an eye compared to the half life of proton decay. Sure, there may be a way to save someone, but there's a new debate about whether or not that's even the same person. Biological immortality isn't the total elimination of death. Just a large reduction in the risk. But that risk still exists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestAir Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 8 minutes ago, Bill Phil said: But what can you do if you die in a car accident? Or anything else? Risk of death will still exist. The life expectancy may rise to thousands of years, but that's a blink of an eye compared to the half life of proton decay. Sure, there may be a way to save someone, but there's a new debate about whether or not that's even the same person. Biological immortality isn't the total elimination of death. Just a large reduction in the risk. But that risk still exists. I can't refute your points because everything you said was spot on! I mean, sure, if billions of people get the "immortality" surgery and we somehow survive to see post-scarcity, one or two of those billions and billions of people might avoid being run over by a self driving car or disease or murder - at least long enough to see if the Earth really sinks into the Sun or not. Surviving the several googol years until protons decay is far fetched, I concede. Death by boredom has no cure I bet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnemoe Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 13 hours ago, WestAir said: I can't refute your points because everything you said was spot on! I mean, sure, if billions of people get the "immortality" surgery and we somehow survive to see post-scarcity, one or two of those billions and billions of people might avoid being run over by a self driving car or disease or murder - at least long enough to see if the Earth really sinks into the Sun or not. Surviving the several googol years until protons decay is far fetched, I concede. Death by boredom has no cure I bet. Now if you used mind uploading or backup you could theoretically live forever. Just not aging and not getting sick and you could still get killed. Now if you was restored from an backup would it be you or an clone? that is another question Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestAir Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 2 hours ago, magnemoe said: Now if you used mind uploading or backup you could theoretically live forever. Just not aging and not getting sick and you could still get killed. Now if you was restored from an backup would it be you or an clone? that is another question Clone. But what if whenever you died they used your physical remains to rebuild you? Used your brain as the material to rebuild it with the same roadmap, etc... Would THAT person be you, or a clone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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