Zsolt

wannabe space engineer, e/acc, Maxwell equations & Kardashev scale

[Zsolt @xyZsolt]

@bryan_johnson That ps note is the best advice.

[Zsolt @xyZsolt]

From a first-principles point of view, fusion is the future, just like that big moving reactor in the sky.

Gold is only a by-product, not the end goal here, and as a secondary benefit, the ~17-year radioactive cooling period is acceptable in the long term.

It feels like a win-win if they can scale fusion itself to revolutionize clean energy, which remains the real challenge.

[Marathon Fusion @MarathonFusion]

Last month, we demonstrated high-rate alchemy: turning mercury into real, stable gold, beating CERN’s record by a factor of 10.

Last week, we enriched isotopes in the world’s most powerful plasma centrifuge, beating the Soviet record that stood for 40 years.

Now, we’re building a fusion reactor in San Francisco to achieve record power density.

[Zsolt @xyZsolt]

When the currency units are measured in fundamental physical quantities such as energy and mass, the speed of light will be the conversion constant.

[Zsolt @xyZsolt]

@dok2001 That was a quick response! Thanks

[Zsolt @xyZsolt]

This vehicle design is far more interesting as a technology demonstration for low-gravity environments than as everyday Earth performance hardware.

These cold-gas thrusters would work ~6× better on the Moon and ~3× better on Mars.

[Tesla @Tesla]

Real life, baby

[Zsolt @xyZsolt]

@levelsio In that case the constraints will be to know and express ourselves on what we want really.

[Zsolt @xyZsolt]

It all comes down to what do you manufacture. Electrons or atoms.

AI is a factory for digital intelligence where you manufacture electrons.

[Zsolt @xyZsolt]

@beffjezos This seems like a logical conclusion.

[Zsolt @xyZsolt]

Used to approve every step a coding agent planned. Thought that was caution. Now I just let it run. Not more trust, I can't read it fast enough anymore. The hard part is no longer watching the work. It's saying what I want to build before it starts deciding for me.

[Zsolt @xyZsolt]

Space zip ties

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Starship's first orbital flight delivered 26 Starlink V3 satellites to space

[Zsolt @xyZsolt]

@MattGialich You cannot get enough of those space zip ties.

[Zsolt @xyZsolt]

@SpaceX Space travel is not slow these days. 7 hours, 55 minutes from launch to docking.

[Zsolt @xyZsolt]

Sounds interesting, but the 4.8–6.0 GHz raw I/Q path still sits on a normal Wi-Fi front-end. Typical TX power is about 15–18 dBm, and the tiny PCB antenna is closer to 2 dBi, not 15 dBi. The useful range is short, like couple of meter unless someone adds an external antenna.

On the other hand, the RX is a different scenario though.

[Zsolt @xyZsolt]

@Grokipedia Encyclopedia Galactica v0.3

[Zsolt @xyZsolt]

There are cathedrals for those with the eyes to see: not only in stone, but in steel that climbs.

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Liftoff of Starship's first orbital flight

[Zsolt @xyZsolt]

@Starlink @Miss1onControl @SpaceX What a view!

[Zsolt @xyZsolt]

Today is the day of the orbits.

[Zsolt @xyZsolt]

@yunta_tsai The “electromagnetic waves and force, not tokens” is a first principle thinking at its finest.

[Zsolt @xyZsolt]

TPUs in space will be tested soon with the ultimate nuclear fusion energy source.

[Google @Google]

After years of research, Project Suncatcher is scheduled to embark on its first test in orbit, launching a prototype satellite to evaluate how Google Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) perform in space. Learn more about the science behind this moonshot. ⬇️ https://t.co/GGTH2tZOHZ

[Zsolt @xyZsolt]

@planet @Google This is inevitable and fits the "using space to help life on Earth" mission statement.