Activity for Cort Ammon - Reinstate Monica
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A: What to do with all the heat in a Dyson Sphere? I think the best solution would be a Matrioshka Brain. This is effectively a layered set of Dyson spheres. Once it reaches equilibrium, each shell has a particular temperature differential across it, which can be used to generate work. These shells feed eachother, so the total temperature drop acr... (more) |
— | almost 8 years ago |
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A: How expressive is a color-based language? We actually use images to capture our speech for analysis To make a spectrogram like one of these, we split out the higher frequencies from the lower frequencies. With this, we can see the way our vocal tract changes the sounds. On these images, it is clear how the different formats (peaks) shif... (more) |
— | almost 8 years ago |
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The Matrix: How to drag it out for as long as possible In an unfortunate miscommunication between a director and the special-effects company, a request for a prop version of The Matrix got mistaken for a request for the real thing. The director's going to freak when he sees the final bill, but we'll deal with that later. The real issues is that the dir... (more) |
— | over 8 years ago |
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A: What if the Planck constant was exactly zero? This question really has no answer because it is phrased in a way which doesn't actually have much meaning. As phrased, it appears as though the universe is governed by these constants, which can be dialed this way or that by some supreme force. In this universe, we'll set Planck's constant to $6... (more) |
— | about 9 years ago |
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A: How do you find a mate when everyone looks amazing? I don't think things would change as much as you think they might. Looks would still play a part. Just because someone has great genes doesn't mean they take the time to maintain their body - selection would still occur based on metrics such as this. However, ask couples what attracted them to the... (more) |
— | over 9 years ago |
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How would organic EM transmitters/recievers be different than our mechanical ones Modern mechanical EM transmitters, like radio towers and radar guns, rely on finely tuned mechanical structures. If these structures do not have the right shapes, the device fails to function. Organic growth focuses on balances and on-the-fly tuning. It has to grow from infant to adult sizes. Org... (more) |
— | about 10 years ago |
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A: In space, do "shipping lanes" make sense? Whether shipping lanes will appear depends almost 100% on whether it is profitable to shipping companies to use shipping lanes. Shipping companies, due to their slim margins, are very dependent on profitability of their practice. If the technology has limited topology (such as gate networks), ship... (more) |
— | about 10 years ago |