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I've only finished the first book in the Wayfarer series by Becky Chambers so no spoilers for future books pls. The main characters of the book work on a wormhole-drilling rig that drills wormholes through subspace to facilitate interstellar travel. In the book, the character describes the difference between a "blind punch" and an "anchored punch." In a blind punch, the drill sets up a "cage" around one planned terminus of the wormhole. The cage keeps the wormhole open and stable. They drill through subspace and erect a cage when they pop out the other side. They use blind punches to establish a wormhole tunnels to worlds that have no wormhole links. When they want to make a direct connection between two planets that are already linked by successive jumps, they use an "anchored punch." For an anchored punch, they erect a cage at one planned terminus, then fly the long way through the successive jumps to the other side, erect a cage there, then drill from one to the other. Okay, so here's my question: why don't they erect the cage on their end, have a third party set up the other cage at the target site, then drill directly from one to the other???
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Dec 1, 2021 22:03
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Good question op, counter question: wtf
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Dec 1, 2021 22:06
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it's a jobs program
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Dec 1, 2021 22:08
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i call my anus a wormhole.
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Dec 1, 2021 22:09
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My answer is : I just ate my own poo poo
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Dec 1, 2021 22:10
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why did they not simply have Gandalf call the eagles to drop the cage directly on the other end of the wormhole
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Dec 1, 2021 22:12
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the holy poopacy posted:why did they not simply have Gandalf call the eagles to drop the cage directly on the other end of the wormhole The eagles are homophobes and want to touch males as little as possible.
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Dec 1, 2021 22:14
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the holy poopacy posted:why did they not simply have Gandalf call the eagles to drop the cage directly on the other end of the wormhole People asking this about LotR always baffled me. You've already seen that there are flying monsters in Mordor. Gee, ya think maybe it's that the eagles can't or won't go flapping around in a monster-filled nightmare realm under the watch of a giant flaming eye?
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Dec 1, 2021 22:16
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If you can take down a Star Destroyer by light speeding through it then why don't they just make a bunch of torpedoes with light speed drives? They can't be that expensive seeing as how all the X wings and Tie Fighters have them
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Dec 1, 2021 22:20
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they coulda dropped them off like a mile from the moutain
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Dec 1, 2021 22:20
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Devils Affricate posted:If you can take down a Star Destroyer by light speeding through it then why don't they just make a bunch of torpedoes with light speed drives? They can't be that expensive seeing as how all the X wings and Tie Fighters have them Because the writing is bad.
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Dec 1, 2021 22:23
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Robo Reagan posted:they coulda dropped them off like a mile from the moutain The mountain smells like poo poo
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Dec 1, 2021 22:29
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for quantum entanglement reasons, op this is also the reason that there is basically no conflict whatsoever in this book, and the clerk character gets to gently caress the lizard to her heart's content
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Dec 1, 2021 23:28
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Tell us more about the lizard
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Dec 1, 2021 23:36
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Colonel Cancer posted:Tell us more about the lizard Inquiring minds want to know.
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Dec 1, 2021 23:40
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Because of the unions, OP. They won't allow it.
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Dec 2, 2021 00:00
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The lizard in question is a feathered lesbian lizard and tbh the book rules because everyone’s loving aliens left and right
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Dec 2, 2021 00:02
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do your own homework op
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Dec 2, 2021 00:13
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Bad Purchase posted:it's a jobs program I've read the book and this is probably the best answer. A civilization with that kind of technology wouldn't need fleshy beasts to fly around in spaceships doing stuff like this. It's just too keep them busy and make them feel like they have a purpose. Then they can ride all around having sitcomy dramas, exploring their feelings and having interspecies sex while simultaneously feeling like they are important contributors to society
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Dec 2, 2021 01:01
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Is this series good? Kindle keeps advertising it to me.
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Dec 2, 2021 01:02
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it's pretty gentle and fluffy. it was a nice read but, like, don't go in expecting anything more challenging than "someone has temporarily hurt feelings". i enjoyed it but it's a matter of being in the right mood.
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Dec 2, 2021 01:06
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Sci fi is dumb, where are the dragons and Wizards?
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Dec 2, 2021 01:12
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Bags Fly at Noon posted:Is this series good? Kindle keeps advertising it to me. Cozy sci-fi about a queer found family with alien and robot sex, p good imo
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Dec 2, 2021 01:14
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Imagine if firefly wasn’t libertarian as gently caress and was written by a woman instead of a woman abuser
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Dec 2, 2021 01:15
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Inexplicable Humblebrag posted:it's pretty gentle and fluffy. it was a nice read but, like, don't go in expecting anything more challenging than "someone has temporarily hurt feelings". i enjoyed it but it's a matter of being in the right mood. I’ve been reading a lot of heavy stuff lately, a lighter read sounds perfect.
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Dec 2, 2021 01:17
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Hedrigall posted:The lizard in question is a feathered lesbian lizard and tbh the book rules because everyone’s loving aliens left and right 
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Dec 2, 2021 01:18
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They probably do that all the time and classify it as a kind of anchored punch. Then when they don't do it it's called a blind punch and they didn't think you'd worry about which company built the cage.
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Dec 2, 2021 01:35
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The deep secret the us government has been hiding is that NASA stands for: Nonstop Alien Suck And gently caress fest
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Dec 2, 2021 01:37
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Been a while since I read it but aren't there a lot of opportunities for the various factions to backstab each other, such that they wouldn't trust a third party setup?
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Dec 2, 2021 01:40
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A wizard did it.
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Dec 2, 2021 01:42
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Blue Footed Booby posted:People asking this about LotR always baffled me. You've already seen that there are flying monsters in Mordor. Gee, ya think maybe it's that the eagles can't or won't go flapping around in a monster-filled nightmare realm under the watch of a giant flaming eye? There's, like, two wyverns vs a dozen or more giant eagles. Seems pretty easy to me.
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Dec 2, 2021 01:46
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Devils Affricate posted:If you can take down a Star Destroyer by light speeding through it then why don't they just make a bunch of torpedoes with light speed drives? They can't be that expensive seeing as how all the X wings and Tie Fighters have them Tie Fighters do not have hyperdrives. You fool. You absolute buffoon.
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Dec 2, 2021 01:48
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Devils Affricate posted:If you can take down a Star Destroyer by light speeding through it then why don't they just make a bunch of torpedoes with light speed drives? They can't be that expensive seeing as how all the X wings and Tie Fighters have them explicitly in the movie the hyperspeed ramming wasn't an actually very effective attack. It cost an entire giant flag ship and did so little damage that every single main character on the ship survived and walked around in the ship for like 20 minutes.
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Dec 2, 2021 01:54
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The star wars defender is here Also, op, the gently caress are you talking about?
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Dec 2, 2021 05:00
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a kind soul bought me a three-volume set of The Expanse but i dunno, these books are loving gigantic and look like a several months' reading. so, an investment. worth delving into or should i move on to greener fields? (ps, i have no clue how much potential alien sexual encounters there may be)
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Dec 2, 2021 05:06
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Poohs Packin posted:The star wars defender is here I will defend the last jedi just you watch me
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Dec 2, 2021 05:40
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The Last Jedi is a terrible movie unless you buy the theory that Rian Johnson intentionally "spiked the ball" so to speak. The idea being that he purposely obliterated every plot thread the began in Ep 7 in a deliberate attempt to force the trilogy to do something loving new with Star Wars, because the only way for Ep 9 to continue as planned after that would be as a completely tortured mess. If that is true then it's probably one of the best films ever made.
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Meme Poker Party posted:The Last Jedi is a terrible movie unless you buy the theory that Rian Johnson intentionally "spiked the ball" so to speak. The idea being that he purposely obliterated every plot thread the began in Ep 7 in a deliberate attempt to force the trilogy to do something loving new with Star Wars, because the only way for Ep 9 to continue as planned after that would be as a completely tortured mess. If that is true then it's probably one of the best films ever made. Disagree It was good because it purposely obliterated every plot thread from TFA to force the series to do something new with Star Wars but it turns out that the fans didn't want anything new they just wanted the same crap served up over and over again, and because JJ Abrams has no spine at all he tried to please everyone with TROS and failed miserably. Bargearse fucked around with this message at 06:09 on Dec 2, 2021 |
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Dec 2, 2021 06:04
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Freedom Trails posted:a kind soul bought me a three-volume set of The Expanse but i dunno, these books are loving gigantic and look like a several months' reading. so, an investment. worth delving into or should i move on to greener fields? (ps, i have no clue how much potential alien sexual encounters there may be) I regret to inform you but nobody fucks or sucks an alien in the expanse series, I found this out the hard way, what a loving waste of 9 books
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Bargearse posted:Disagree This is the same poo poo as what I just said! So why "disagree"????
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