Just a reminder that I've switched my main Mastodon account to @isaackuo
Isaac Ji Kuo
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I'm not on Twitter/X.
I don't know how it is there, but Mastodon's straw-like view just isn't suitable for people seeing posts.
I like Diaspora more, but it has fewer active users, so building up a following is more hit and miss.
I think your best shot at building a following is YouTube, but competition is STIFF. Big possible payoff but ... very very tough odds and work, as well as a high chance of just disappearing from The Algorithm at some point.
I am moving my account over to @isaackuo
As a reminder, my art blog is still at @[email protected] and my main social media account is still over on diaspora: @[email protected]
I am moving my account over to @isaackuo
As a reminder, my art blog is still at @[email protected] and my main social media account is still over on diaspora: @[email protected]
Isaac Ji KuoPostcards from Cutty ramblings 002
I think maybe the most interesting part of PFC isn't Cutty or the human technology, but rather the aliens - who I call the "Algeans".
Cutty never encounters any of this extinct species, only their robots which have spread across the galaxy.
The Algeans evolved on a Europa-like moon, living in upside-down kelp forests.
more here: https://diaspora.glasswings.com/posts/1b1dab50e0af013cc120448a5b29e257
Postcards from Cutty ramblings 002
Postcards from Cutty ramblings 002 I think maybe the most interesting part of PFC isn't Cutty or the human technology, but rather the aliens - who I call the "Algeans". Cutty never encounters any of this extinct species, only their robots which have spread across the galaxy. The Algeans evolved on a Europa-like moon, living in upside-down kelp forests. Their ancestors used borrowed shells like hermit crabs, but they switched to artificial armor/clothes as they got bigger. Their bodies are cephalapod-like, with five elephant trunks. Their eyes have fixed lenses like big spider eyes. Their home world's biosphere was clustered around ocean floor vulcanism, and the underside of the ice crust fed by nutrient gases and liquids. Photoreceptors actually evolved in the lower zone, so creatures could seek/avoid volcanic activity. But their usefulness would spread to the upper zone, thanks to bioluminescence. The Algeans thus lived in an environment not unlike our deep sea oceans, but flipped ...
However, the number of radiator fins does seem excessive, and they do have a lot of mutual irradiation near the center. A smaller number of fins with larger area would be more optimal...
...well, you'd have to study it in more detail to figure out what's ideal. Hard to just guesstimate.
Well ... this depends. I think the original design is okay.
See, it is labelled an "interstellar" ship, which implies cruise duration on the order of decades. As such, long term GCR shielding is a must, and this requires MUCH thicker shielding than the wimpy neutrons from a mere fission reactor (or even the fast neutrons of a fusion reaction).
The original design appears to have propellant tanks surrounding a central core (which may include the crew compartment?).
Truth Or Consequences ✅ 🇺🇦Studies have shown that a magnesium-based energy storage device could be safer and more powerful than its metal competitors.
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/paper-magnesium-battery-power
It's not so much training as evolved instinct. The extent to which "training" is involved is simply a lack of training to combat this instinct.
Our ancestors had a survival benefit to treating their own bodies as distinct from the rest of the universe. Prioritizing damage avoidance for parts of one's own body over the rest of the universe was a strategy that improved individual survival chances.
Our instinctive perceptions were shaped by survival benefit, not quintessential truth.
Gregaro McKoolIf you’re looking for something to read check out my surrealist interpretation of the classic naked dream. Fifteen impossibly beautiful women go on a darkly comic quest across realities in search of homes that may never have existed in the first place. All because an educated white dude decided to write some socially-conscious erotic fiction.
More Here: https://countyfencemagazine.com/that-naked-dream-or-men-writing-women/
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That Naked Dream -or- Men Writing Women - County Fence Bi-Annual
Read the First Chapter Here! Available Here on Amazon & Kindle Unlimited There’s been a lot going on here at County Fence and one of those things is my new book: That Naked Dream —or— Men Writing Women. Not only is publishing a book a big deal for me but it signals a new era...