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| Comment | Post #279877 |
Good point. But I don't know that we can reverse engineer the device: for now, most computing gains still come from cheap transistors getting smaller and smaller, so we could see "wow those are some really tiny transistors" but that gives no clue how to make machines that create the tiny transistors.... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Edit | Post #279958 | Initial revision | — | over 3 years ago |
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A: Can pion production effectively shorten the lifetime of neutrons? Yeah sure photoproduction can dominate, no problem. A neutron's proper lifetime is a fixed property of the particle, but the mean free path length that a neutron can travel without interacting with a photon depends on the medium. If your medium is jam-packed with six zillion photons per cubic femt... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Edit | Post #279888 | Initial revision | — | over 3 years ago |
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A: How do I manage memetic infection while time traveling? Stay safe the same way you've been doing it for the past 9 months: Stay home and only jump through time when you really need to. When you do time travel, try to keep your distance from other people. If you cannot keep your distance, adjust your normal behavior and wear protective gear that... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277252 |
I started to read this list and think "eh so there are a few transitions before the iron comes out so what" but by the times I get to 10kT unwinds his DNA I'm like "oh my gosh this is so much more horrifying than I had imagined." (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Edit | Post #279877 | Initial revision | — | over 3 years ago |
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A: Why buy tech from the future? No way would I buy that thing. ...ok so the details really do depend on exactly what it does. 1% of my revenue for 10 gizmos? And I'm the CEO of Intel? Intel made between 10 and 100 billion dollars in 2019, so that's like 300 million for 10 gizmos or 30 million per gizmo. If "the device is capable... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277234 |
If a stem cell goes cancerous it doesn't seem crazy that the host might grow lots of arms or ears. I'm not sure how to manage the transmission of *only* the stem cell, and not daughters. And, in this scenario, there is no real distributed cooperation among the cancer cells... most instructions still ... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |