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Question How useful would a hydroelectric power plant be in the post-apocalypse world?
The details don't matter, just that a large fraction of people have died (let's say 90%) and society has completely collapsed. It's only a year or two later, and people have started to gather together again and attempt to build communities. The leader of a large-ish (200) band of people has a plan ...
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over 4 years ago
Question Externally monitoring CPU/SSD activity without software access
A secret government organization created the largest and most advanced computer cluster ever. Ridiculous amounts of money went into it, and it is decades ahead of the competition. The goal of this project was research/simulations for all things related to foreign espionage and cyber warfare. It tu...
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almost 5 years ago
Question Is it possible to remotely hack the GPS system and disable GPS service worldwide?
The title pretty much says it all. I'm wondering if it is possible through "digital" means only (aka any physical disruption of satellites is not allowed) to disable the US GPS satellite constellation. Here are some additional details to help with answering: This would require that the GPS satell...
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almost 5 years ago
Question Appropriate liquid/solvent for life in my underground environment on Venus
Partly inspired by this question My Venusians are happy in their cloud top city when a small group somehow (with lots of handwaving) crashes to the surface, falls underground, and ends up in a hidden cavern. Our Venusians are in some sort of vehicle that can survive the local conditions, and like c...
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almost 5 years ago
Question Will food logistics limit the population of a civilization of obligate carnivores with modern technology?
I'm imagining a world populated with a species of intelligent, social, and "modern" (in terms of technology) humanoids. For the purposes of this question, they and their world can be near identical to us, except they are obligate carnivores. I think this may be a mildly controversial point, but it ...
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about 5 years ago