Nerva_Xe
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I have only played Routine for 3 minutes and this is already one my favourite Devices in all of videogames
December 4, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I have only played Routine for 3 minutes and this is already one my favourite Devices in all of videogames
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The early (circa 2000) solar-electric drive designs for these Mars mission profiles were also cute, very charmingly unconventional - almost evocative of Age of Sail schooners with their great triangular solar wings.
December 3, 2025 at 3:24 AM
The early (circa 2000) solar-electric drive designs for these Mars mission profiles were also cute, very charmingly unconventional - almost evocative of Age of Sail schooners with their great triangular solar wings.
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Very good read - but also good lord, kind of exceptionally spooky. The last days of the Linear Pottery Culture sound like they must have been pretty apocalyptically unpleasant to be around for.
This is an extremely interesting article about the collapse of early farming societies across Europe around ~5000 BC.
We like to think of prehistoric times as being largely peaceful, but it seems early civilisations weren't immune to ritualistic violence & cultural collapse.
We like to think of prehistoric times as being largely peaceful, but it seems early civilisations weren't immune to ritualistic violence & cultural collapse.
Headless bodies hint at why Europe’s first farmers vanished
Wave of mass brutality accompanied the collapse of the first pan-European culture
www.science.org
November 28, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Very good read - but also good lord, kind of exceptionally spooky. The last days of the Linear Pottery Culture sound like they must have been pretty apocalyptically unpleasant to be around for.
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To the people that think space exploration and monitoring is a waste of money: understanding things happening in space is critical to the safety of our modern world.
A big day for space weather, with the BBC reporting that a Mexico-to-USA flight in October experienced a 'sudden drop in altitude', likely caused by *solar energetic particles* from the Sun. Here is an explanation and some thoughts as a solar astrophysicist (a thread): 1/8
November 28, 2025 at 10:05 PM
To the people that think space exploration and monitoring is a waste of money: understanding things happening in space is critical to the safety of our modern world.
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I do think the idea of putting what is effectively the laser driver system of a fusion pulse rocket at the top of a borehole and using it as the powerhouse for god's own drilling rig kind of goes hard, is the thing.
November 30, 2025 at 2:08 AM
I do think the idea of putting what is effectively the laser driver system of a fusion pulse rocket at the top of a borehole and using it as the powerhouse for god's own drilling rig kind of goes hard, is the thing.
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fantastic cold open here
November 29, 2025 at 12:56 PM
fantastic cold open here
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one final little promo for the CITIZEN ONE pdf - tumult comes to a utopian communist planet...
November 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM
one final little promo for the CITIZEN ONE pdf - tumult comes to a utopian communist planet...
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SPACE/FULLMOON.GIF
November 30, 2025 at 9:20 AM
SPACE/FULLMOON.GIF
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The Dig opening scene was fantastic.
I remember being glued to my screen. 👌 Peak LucasArts.
I remember being glued to my screen. 👌 Peak LucasArts.
November 30, 2025 at 11:52 AM
The Dig opening scene was fantastic.
I remember being glued to my screen. 👌 Peak LucasArts.
I remember being glued to my screen. 👌 Peak LucasArts.
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The morning image from the satellites is all blue and green
November 29, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The morning image from the satellites is all blue and green
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calmly explaining why we shouldn't bomb random venezuelan boats to people who argued we should torture random iraqis and then won an election by saying they were against a war they advocated for
November 29, 2025 at 4:35 AM
calmly explaining why we shouldn't bomb random venezuelan boats to people who argued we should torture random iraqis and then won an election by saying they were against a war they advocated for
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I finished Ambrosia Sky: Act One by @softrains.bsky.social , and I can confirm that I had a great time. 🖖
The lore is interesting, the story is moving, the gameplay is very fun (halfway between a narrative and meditative game, a washing game, and System Shock 😁), and the art direction is fresh.
The lore is interesting, the story is moving, the gameplay is very fun (halfway between a narrative and meditative game, a washing game, and System Shock 😁), and the art direction is fresh.
November 27, 2025 at 12:40 PM
I finished Ambrosia Sky: Act One by @softrains.bsky.social , and I can confirm that I had a great time. 🖖
The lore is interesting, the story is moving, the gameplay is very fun (halfway between a narrative and meditative game, a washing game, and System Shock 😁), and the art direction is fresh.
The lore is interesting, the story is moving, the gameplay is very fun (halfway between a narrative and meditative game, a washing game, and System Shock 😁), and the art direction is fresh.
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This man is a stain upon our country we're going to be spending the next century trying to make up for.
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 5:58 AM
This man is a stain upon our country we're going to be spending the next century trying to make up for.
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Transport ship! The drums rotate to provide access to specific containers. Also the big green tubes in the middle are power couplers that provide direct fusion drive power to both the front and back of the ship, allowing for thrusters fore and aft.
November 27, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Transport ship! The drums rotate to provide access to specific containers. Also the big green tubes in the middle are power couplers that provide direct fusion drive power to both the front and back of the ship, allowing for thrusters fore and aft.
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fun pet project idea: getting the fortran program code in the appendix of this 1990 paper on modular superconducting mass drivers for lunar spacelift to run on modern hardware ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19...
A superconducting quenchgun for delivering lunar derived oxygen to lunar orbit - NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)
The development of a parametric model for a superconducting quenchgun for launching lunar derived liquid oxygen to lunar orbit is detailed. An overview is presented of the quenchgun geometry and opera...
ntrs.nasa.gov
November 27, 2025 at 7:37 AM
fun pet project idea: getting the fortran program code in the appendix of this 1990 paper on modular superconducting mass drivers for lunar spacelift to run on modern hardware ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19...
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Because they'll just move goal posts and "what about..." everything. Which is why if you stick to the subject of their internet addiction, and how they can't grow up and live and let live, and keep it on your message. It'll go better for you and everyone there.
November 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Because they'll just move goal posts and "what about..." everything. Which is why if you stick to the subject of their internet addiction, and how they can't grow up and live and let live, and keep it on your message. It'll go better for you and everyone there.
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No offense, but most leftists and all libs don't know how to deal with them. They don't actually believe in the things they say they do. It's mostly just to signal that they're in their stupid club. Which is why if you stick to my two phrases or some variation of them, you'll be a Thanksgiving Hero.
November 26, 2025 at 4:28 PM
No offense, but most leftists and all libs don't know how to deal with them. They don't actually believe in the things they say they do. It's mostly just to signal that they're in their stupid club. Which is why if you stick to my two phrases or some variation of them, you'll be a Thanksgiving Hero.
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If you have to deal with conservative family this Thanksgiving, the only two things you should be saying to them is. "You have internet addiction, that's internet addiction garbage." and "Be a fucking man/adult and live and let live." That's it, nothing more. They'll leave humiliated.
November 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
If you have to deal with conservative family this Thanksgiving, the only two things you should be saying to them is. "You have internet addiction, that's internet addiction garbage." and "Be a fucking man/adult and live and let live." That's it, nothing more. They'll leave humiliated.
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Animation teaser go!
November 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Animation teaser go!
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GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a heteromultivalent nanogel capable of killing some of the most dangerous bacteria known to medicine- with over 99.9% effectiveness against P. aeruginosa. It also showed strong antibacterial effects against other major threats, including E. coli and MRSA.
November 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a heteromultivalent nanogel capable of killing some of the most dangerous bacteria known to medicine- with over 99.9% effectiveness against P. aeruginosa. It also showed strong antibacterial effects against other major threats, including E. coli and MRSA.
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:DDDDD \\ Mudfish II Twin Beam Battlecruiser | Relies on allied ships for long range tracks since it's meant to fight up close (hence the absurdly large drive area.) Firepower is omnidirectional and superb, but packing the huge twin lances required removing all missile magazines.
November 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
:DDDDD \\ Mudfish II Twin Beam Battlecruiser | Relies on allied ships for long range tracks since it's meant to fight up close (hence the absurdly large drive area.) Firepower is omnidirectional and superb, but packing the huge twin lances required removing all missile magazines.
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Space: Above and Beyond (1995): Chig armor suit
November 26, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Space: Above and Beyond (1995): Chig armor suit