John Cody

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Every location on Mars that saw or will see a double transit of Phobos and Deimos between 1800 and 2200.

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@HoganCaptain @nonregemesse Might go back to Gene Wolfe using "Sieur" in TBOTNS.

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@pascalleetweets Cool! Even with the increased insulation required for a Titan spacesuit, it would still be far more mobile than standard suits as there wouldn't be a pressure differential.

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@VRubinObs Bring on the deluge of minor planets!

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@edwest Same. Surprised I'm not more doomer.

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@Rainmaker1973 Genotype her blood sample, and compare it with her closest living relatives. I want to see something.

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@tunguz The vulnerability of our silicon hardware preventing advancement to the point at which attacks on fleshware become feasible is perhaps no bad thing.

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@PeterDiamandis If there is a level of intelligence at which the average person, if so inclined, poses an existential risk to humanity, we should stop before we get there.

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@Mookafish Ignoring anthropic reasons for pessimism, if Earth's history is a meaningful guide, there should be many such worlds in the galaxy, and one within a hundred light years.

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@coreyspowell @ESA_Webb @NASAWebb If we had any meteorites from ISOs, would they be recognisable through their isotopic data? Might be worth checking in large numbers, although the cost would be significant.

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@RandomSprint The most fun is to be had where there is one central and exciting plot driving concept that sounds about right, but on close inspection doesn't hold up to scrutiny, and everything else is incredibly rigorous.

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@anderssandberg Beamed propulsion is all well and good, but how do you slow down when you approach your destination without antimatter?

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@boygrrI If I were going to write science fiction about these, I would cast them as advanced slime mold colonies. Sending out plasmodium bodies to sweep the landscape before returning with their energy haul to be reincorporated. Batten down the hatches & reemerge to forage after floods.

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@CJHandmer Beautiful.

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I can't imagine civilisation remaining at this approx. state, neither leaping forward nor collapsing, for another century. Provided nothing apocalyptic happens - no sure thing, granted - it will happen, and if something apocalyptic happens neither a hyperannuated Idle nor his descendants will be able to claim a win.

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@stupiddumps @is_OwenLewis Sure. It's just that right now we aren't rich enough to expend that much energy on anything. Once we can get the energy cost of sending a large ship to another star to <1% of what we use each year, it might happen. We need to grow the economy of the solar system by several OOM.

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@xwanyex I received your message on my interocitor.

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@tautologer The writing was on the wall. It was just a matter of time.

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@mattparlmer Asbestos has many potential uses in a fully automated factory, as do various currently underused fluorine compounds. We could also see increased use of beryllium and gallium.