“Only we are Earthseed. And the destiny of Earthseed is to take root among the stars.” —Octavia Butler (tweets don't reflect employer policy)
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Maybe space resources can help Earth survive. But, like the Polynesians who settled the Pacific, that's really not the primary reason humanity wishes to explore & settle this new ocean, the depths of space. (Quote below is from Christina Thompson's excellent book Sea People.)
"...Occasionally, there is famine or some other type of trouble, but usually it is a matter of chiefly ambition or pride." (Important. I've often been told the reason Polynesians explored & settled the Pacific is a desperate need for resources. Polynesians' own stories disagree.)
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Robotbeat🗽 ➐ retweeted
👀Two #FreeCAD users have qualified for @TooTallToby's #Speedmodeling #CAD championship! 🤯
1st competition is Sept 29 featuring B. Perry (US).
2nd competition is Oct 9 featuring Hassan (Indonesia). (We've featured Hassan's work recently)
Tune in Friday: piped.video/watch?v=Y0aXsko_…
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Why should tips be taxed less? If a waiter and construction worker make the same, why should the waiter be taxed less?
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This is so weird.
白宫晚宴上的这一幕，《悲惨世界》经典旋律。不能不联想到背后有安排曲目的意味深长……
《Do You Hear the People Sing?》中文常译“你听见人民在歌唱”或港版填词“问谁未发声”，在2014雨伞运动和2019反修例示威中被大量传唱，大陆主流流媒体一度下架英文原曲。
香港教育部门后来禁止学校演唱带政治信息的歌曲，更著名的《愿荣光归香港》后来被法院禁制。
所以这首曲在中方官员耳朵里，应该比普通百老汇名曲更刺耳。这次现场主唱的是同一部剧里的《One Day More》，只是掺进了前一首的旋律和歌词碎片，没有把整首“人民在歌唱”完整唱出来。
这首歌在剧情中的位置，恰恰是学生革命者准备起义前夕。
没文化很可怕，也许，在礼炮与红毯之下，也深埋着嘲讽与暗喻……
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Robotbeat🗽 ➐ retweeted
Say whatever you want but having the military sing Do You Hear the People Sing to a trapped Xi is a truly power baller move
白宫晚宴上的这一幕，《悲惨世界》经典旋律。不能不联想到背后有安排曲目的意味深长……
《Do You Hear the People Sing?》中文常译“你听见人民在歌唱”或港版填词“问谁未发声”，在2014雨伞运动和2019反修例示威中被大量传唱，大陆主流流媒体一度下架英文原曲。
香港教育部门后来禁止学校演唱带政治信息的歌曲，更著名的《愿荣光归香港》后来被法院禁制。
所以这首曲在中方官员耳朵里，应该比普通百老汇名曲更刺耳。这次现场主唱的是同一部剧里的《One Day More》，只是掺进了前一首的旋律和歌词碎片，没有把整首“人民在歌唱”完整唱出来。
这首歌在剧情中的位置，恰恰是学生革命者准备起义前夕。
没文化很可怕，也许，在礼炮与红毯之下，也深埋着嘲讽与暗喻……
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(explaining Choosin Texas to a leftist) okay so you need to understand that American Country music has a Sunni/Shia split between Nashville and Austin.
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Two thousand years ago, someone carried a sheet of Appalachian mica more than 400 miles into Ohio, cut it into a human hand nearly a foot tall, then buried it inside a mound.
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I've watched 2 of these, I think. Battlestar Galactica and Planet Earth. I feel like there's WAYYY too much TV. Don't waste your life. (Then again, I'm on the wasting-my-life app.)
The New York Times’ final list of the 100 Best TV Shows of the 21st Century is now complete.
What do you make of the final ranking? Which placements surprised you the most?
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There's kind of an insane amount of leverage you get with solar power in space.
I DO think we need to get to around Kardashev 0.8-1.1 to terraform it, though. However, there's a surprising amount of leverage you can get with just solar mirrors. 10 Petawatt of mirrors (brings us to K1) is only like 100 million tons. SpaceX may launch that much from Louisiana.
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Are there anymore scientists that actually put their well-being on the line for the sake of science? I'm thinking of Madam Curie, Marshall who gave himself ulcers, Forssmann, Carrión, Haldane, and Stapp.
In the climate change world, most scientists are happy hiding behind a screen, masterbating with their models, and dreaming of way on how to implement some version of communism.
What are we doing here?
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"very low chance"? Like 10%?? I disagree. This is the third V3 flight, and the previous 2 all had controlled reentries (even in spite of problems for the first one). They've characterized in-flight performance and boiloff for nearly a dozen missions so far. Good chances.
I love starship but gonna be honest
I think there’s a very low chance flight 14 completes the full 10 hour mission
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makerworld.com/en/models/237…
Just make sure to scale it down to 90.9% in your slicer if you want 1:110.
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I'm always trying to find simplified but overall-accurate (fairly up to date) 3D printable models of Starship, HLS, Blue Moon, etc. I don't want all the tiny little (impossible to print) details. I don't want to do multi-color. I ideally don't even want supports.
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