Star Trek-style matter replicator/recycler. Just imagine being able to empty a garbage dumpster into a bin, shut the lid, press a button, and an hour later you get stacks of industrially useful metals & materials, bolts of cloth, and sacks of fertilizer.
I’ve seen Idiocracy a couple times, but I never realized that there was a real cigarette brand with a highly similar name.
South Park - not much would change since it would be only a slight increase in the number of f bombs I use.
If you have a specific institution in mind you’d like to attend, you’ll need to talk with some combination of their admissions, advising, and testing center staff.
Will that fit an MRE spoon?
Like a lot of others I left when spez decided to fuck everyone using the API and kneecapped Apollo.
How important is heart rate zone for training? I’ve been told to stay in zone 2 for weight loss due to still having another 30 or so pounds to lose. I have a heart rate monitor which talks to the treadmills at my gym, which have the ability to vary my speed a bit based on whether I’m above or below the target heart rate (zone 2 midpoint is 116 for me).
For the last couple months I’ve been doing two cardio sessions per week of 45 minutes each. I don’t cover the exact same distance each time but it’s consistently in the 2.95 - 3.05 mile range. That works out to a brisk walking pace most of the time.
If I aim for zone 3 instead so that I’m actually trotting instead of brisk walking, does that mean I no longer get weight loss benefit? I’m reluctant to pay for a consult with the trainers at my gym as they all seem to focus only on strength training, so I’m hoping maybe someone in the hive mind has some insight.
Depending on the day, my favorite movie is either The Big Lebowski, Hot Fuzz, or Knives Out.
9 or 12 because TNG is the Star Trek series that I’ve seen the most of.
“You wouldn’t download a car, would you?”
“Nah, I’m too busy downloading cum.”
Right, the single item restriction. Then in that case I’m spending it on rainguards for my car, none of the groceries I buy cost $100 for a single item.
I used to rent dvds from them regularly. Then one day I rented a dvd, got home, and discovered that someone had photocopied the barcode, put it on a blanc disc, returned that, and kept the dvd for themselves. While redbox customer service was able to refund my money, I stopped renting through them before too much longer.
Hearing Nickelback makes me think of this comedian’s bit about Guy Fieri but with a shoutout to Nickelback.
https://youtu.be/JK6zuii2OLI?si=0hwqC_jRpkQlRgBH
The bit about Nickelback is just past the one minute mark, but the whole thing is worth a watch.
Nice. I also noticed Cranberry-Lemon U instead of the real-life Carnegie-Mellon U in the PGH.
Eh, it’s just inside the Denton County line so it fits the Census Bureau’s definition of DFW.
Reminds me of the pictures of the /baltimore meetup that did nothing to refute stereotypes of redditors
Let’s just hope Randy Marsh doesn’t go fuck a pangolin again
Sci fi set in contemporary times on Earth. A spaceship from another dimension accidentally enters a freak wormhole and gets dumped off in our universe. Only a single human survived on the ship, augmented by some super fancy AI (that actually works reliably unlike what we have access to nowadays). Captain isn’t able to maintain orbit but is able to land out in the middle of the south Pacific. Captain & AI have no way to return to their home universe or even send a message.
Ship contains a lot of advanced technology. Captain knows the theory of it all but doesn’t know the details. Ship’s AI has schematics for everything on board but not for everything in the civilization they left - only the most commonly used parts.
Ship contains a perfectly efficient recycler and replicator, but it’s limited by speed and by internal volume of the replicator.
Ship has a medbay capable of treating any known disease or injury, but there are only four pods (normal crew size only needs four), and treating something severe like a heart attack or cancer requires a full week non-stop.
Ship isn’t designed for combat or passenger service, but is instead a giant mining ship equipped with tractor beams to facilitate harvesting ore in space. It’s about the size of a giant ore carrier from Earth, and does have some rudimentary point defense weapons to defend against space pirates.
Ship has some problems that make it temporarily not-spaceworthy, and may or may not be able to find all the raw materials it needs to repair itself for more spaceflight. It is however perfectly capable of atmospheric flight operations.
How does the captain interact with us? Is the ship able to find enough stuff to repair itself? Does the captain decide to trade favors for supplies that can’t be synthesized? Or does the captain spiral into a pit of despair at being irrevocably separated from their home?
In case you’re wondering, yes I do as a matter of fact enjoy tech uplift stories.
In my defense, I’m half asleep, and due to lack of caffeine, didn’t notice the bit about “which could actually happen in the next 5 years.”
So with that in mind, I’ll say something about environmentally friendly raw materials for super efficient battery storage.