where did you acquire this picture of my current Satisfactory save

good news on that front is we seem to be on the cusp of viable large-capacity sodium batteries

It juggles so many different balls at once - the plot, the character arcs, the world building, the philosophy - and each one feels fresh in a different way, and each one is individually dazzling, but then they also effortlessly come together into a coherent whole? Amazing!

Repurposed? Or… recycled?

PAZ I READ SLOW GODS AND IT WAS BLOODY GREAT

thank you so much for this recommendation, I loved this book

I just looked up the areas of the solar panels and radiators on, erm, Wikipedia I think. Ignoring the biological activity of the crew, any satellite is more or less a closed thermodynamic system, so I’m reasoning that the 3:1 ratio of solar panel to radiator area on ISS is approx applicable

A friend turned his carpentry hobby into a career change; mostly building bespoke fitted furniture. There’s a lot of appeal in that. Loads of cool nerdy tools with niche cases, a bottomless rathole of power tool research, and constant puzzles to solve when the house isn’t square but your cabinet is.

+1, and also, that strongly attracted the kind of players who wanted that experience, and made do with Vampire because none of us knew any better back then.

I worked this out a few weeks ago and it’s a bit less than I assumed. Using the ISS as an example, for every m^2 of solar panel taking energy in, it needs about 1/3rd m^2 of radiator to put it back out.

🎶 I get up when I want except on Wednesdays when I get rudely awakened by the neighbours being incinerated by a coronal mass ejection (xenolife!) 🎶

Pretty sure finishing my PhD has left scars that will never heal. In the end, I was driven by pure spite - a senior figure in my team told me I couldn't do it. (Later he pretended this was to motivate me.) I still don't know how I ever managed it. The last year is a total blur.

well this hit me like a ton of bricks

but don't worry, i'm sure this won't have any downsides