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Endy0816

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  1. They kinda look like the ice spikes that sometimes form here on Earth.
  2. I often think would be more secure with only a decent shackle secured by an unusual bolt.
  3. NiteHawkInLight released a great video on this recently, including his work and process to make a home kitchen version. Interesting stuff.
  4. Do think needs to be a discussion on the subject, though unsure if actors and writers aren't already too late. You can digitally generate entirely artificial individuals.
  5. For food and drugs, like for the fluoride in toothpaste, can also be required by regulations.
  6. Yes, would normally trim or balance out everything so nose is slightly upward. Gives some small leeway in an emergency, such as flooding or a loss of propulsion. The presure is rather disturbing to contemplate when you start hearing the boat groaning or see doors swinging freely in their frames after having been compressed. Considering the number of accidents of even military submarines over the years, the CEO was insanely reckless in regards to safety.
  7. It is a version of Pepper's Ghost: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepper's_ghost Probably you're more familiar with the 2d variety. For 3D, you use multiple images to achieve the effect. Any image can be made to work though.
  8. Only overlap to a degree. We have past light/information reaching us, but the distance has continued to grow. If the Universe is also infinite? ..and no I don't know the truth of the matter is either. My gut tells me it isn't possible, but that's hardly scientific.
  9. Nowhere really. Light is just unable to reach us. Imagine Universe as a jar filled with marbles, with each marble representing some observer's observable universe. Depending on the size of the jar and number of possible marbles, one might reasonably expect to find two perfectly identical marbles.
  10. It would change likewise. Be a case of a low probability event becoming a certainty with enough attempts. There could well be a physical law that prevents this from occuring too.
  11. Could be philosophical implications if there's repeating volumes of the observable universe or lack thereof. Would definitely have to work back to the start and then forward again though.
  12. Can also count to 60 easily using just two hands. https://ktwop.com/2017/08/19/counting-on-fingers-leads-naturally-also-to-base-60/ 5(4×3) Interesting to think that if we ever encounter an alien species we'd likely find a similar pattern.
  13. Obama, yes. Trump, who knows? Generally past Presidents don't interfere with the current one. You get 8 years and you're done. Trump is bit of an outlier as he only served one term of his two and is eligible for reelection.
  14. Pseudorandom values and past communication for that session are being used in the background.
  15. Reactor is probably closest. In more typical settings, you'll want to exhaust waste heat containing fluids for improved efficiency and lowered cost.
  16. The jobs surrounding formulaic productions are what I think will be most impacted. Actors, writers, crew, staff, any strictly report writing positions, some artists. Granted can generate more novel results too if you change major elements or give it more material and a unique prompt to start with.
  17. Probably any job that involves content production. Big thing is that you can chain them together. For example, a language model feeding inputs to AI's that can provide images and/or video from that text. With some prompts it could produce an entire movie, ad campaign, tv series, etc. May not be the next great masterwork, but the cost will be next to nothing. Will probably still need human editors/producers, but they could do the work of a small army. It's like we all suddenly have Asimov's book writing robot.
  18. It'd largely still be a Colonial economy, likely developing without the same access to oil and gold. British were on good terms with the Hawaiian Monarchy too. Hawaii and thus Pearl Harbor attack could easily have never happened. Troops might go, but would lack the same motivation and an economic powerhouse backing them. At one point in our own history, we also appealed to a Prussian Prince to take over as monarch instead. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prussian_scheme That could have really sent the later wars in another direction.
  19. Just to put things in perspective, this is roughly what US's expansion consisted of.
  20. I always took the release happening only because Britain finally saw the writing on the wall. Either had to reform or they knew now from experience that they would face costly rebellion(whether successful or not). Majority of our growth also involved extensive land purchases from France, Spain, Russia and Mexico. Would have been a very different history if we couldn't expand westward freely or were constantly dragging Britain into further conflicts here. I figure worked out well enough. Had the rebellion happened later, slightly differently or even not at all could have meant no effective help against Germany down the line.
  21. There wasn't any initial push or movement for independence. That didn't happen until later. Took a ton to make anyone want to leave with brutal tribal warfare going on and hostile European powers around.
  22. That's not the whole story. The British wanted to better control Colonial governors and so required higher taxes for paying them(previously paid directly by the Colonists), in addition to the cost of the war. The East India Company was granted a rebate from the Tea Tax, effectively giving them a tea monopoly. The unhappy Colonists found out about it, resulting in their tea being dumped. The following Intolerable Acts, Boston Massacre and lack of any representation in Parliament led to the war. They attempted to contact the King but this led nowhere. Indentured Servitude used to be big early on. As contracts expired this resulted in landless individuals who obviously had much to gain from westward expansion. The French contributions, Lafayette's at least, are fairly well known. At several points there were wealthy or connected individuals involved. Ultimately poor governance and sheer distances led to most of the issues though.
  23. May be how the problem is being stated or just need to wait until the Wolfram Alpha plug-in comes out. Can you please provide the answer here(for testing purposes)?
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