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kittenintheden · 3 months

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This isn’t a story request, just wanted to get a different person’s opinion on this brainworm—what would happen if Tav was abducted from Earth? I mean the Nautiloid was teleporting everywhere when fleeing from the dragons, so Tav could be unlucky enough to be the only modern Earthling they abduct.

Tav would have no magical powers. Maybe they can play an instrument and pretend to be a bard, retelling the Lord of the Rings as a true story to fool people? Maybe they harness the power of science like a mad scientist? How the heck would Astarion react to her ways of thinking?

Oh friend! Do I have a neat one for you to check out! I have a friend who's currently working on something along these same line with a slightly different premise. It also takes place post-game events. Shoutout to Bella!!

So, she's coming at it from the perspective of an "our world" person who knows BG3 exists and has played it and then gets transported into the world. Anyway! Your question.

This type of thing is so fun. This is why I love fic writing. Any weird little idea in your brain? MAKE IT A FIC. I love it.

You're suggesting something like while planejumping, the Nautilus grabbed someone from our universe. Which, in the multiverse theory of D&D, could theoretically happen! It's a fish-out-of-water plot with fun possibilities.

I suppose the first question to ask is how you're characterizing this new OC. What are their existing skills and interests? Even without magic, they could be a martial fighter, a bard, even a wizard. Artificer if they're good at tinkering. Maybe being shunted into a magical universe awakens magic within them and they're a surprise sorcerer and then you can play with person who's never had magic suddenly having magic and being WTF about it.

That's ultimately what's going to decide the story -- how the fish-out-of-water reacts. Everyone else is FROM this world, they get it, and it'd be very easy to be like "well that person has clearly had a mental break, on we go." Do they all speak the same language? I assume the Earthling will understand Common.

Lots of potential for headbutting. What is the Earthling offering in order to tag along? What turns of phrase are different? Do they have a functional electronic device on them?

How would YOU react if you were dropped into the world? What conflicts would come up for YOU?

As for how Astarion would respond, well, he's a chaos gremlin looking for any means of protective power he can find, at least in early game. He's already freaked out, so what's one more thing? Does this character offer some kind of protection or tactical alliance? He's probably on board. Are they weird and unusual [in context]? He's probably like lol nice.

"You're a bit of an... odd one, aren't you? I can work with that."

#ask box #kitten rambles #fic ideas

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materialsscienceandengineering · 6 months

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High-capacity and reliable rechargeable batteries are a critical component of many devices and even modes of transport. They play a key role in the shift to a greener world. A wide variety of elements are used in their production, including cobalt, the production of which contributes to some environmental, economic, and social issues. For the first time, a team including researchers from the University of Tokyo presents a viable alternative to cobalt which in some ways can outperform state-of-the-art battery chemistry. It also survives a large number of recharge cycles, and the underlying theory can be applied to other problems. The chances are, you are reading this article on a laptop or smartphone, and if not, you probably own at least one of those. Inside either device, and many others, you will find a lithium-ion battery (LIB). For decades now, LIBs have been the standard way of powering portable or mobile electronic devices and machines. As the world transitions from fossil fuels, they are seen as an important step for use in electric cars and home batteries for those with solar panels. But just as batteries have a positive end and a negative end, LIBs have negative points set against their positive ones.

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fenmere · 3 months

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We're writing science fiction stories about plurality, set mostly in an alien generational starship. And that starship has a long, long history that isn't exactly stellar (haha).

Some people are going to want to compare what's happened on that starship to Earth history, and derive useful messages from that, or to play gotcha with us, and try to discern our outworld politics. That's just going to happen.

But, what we have to talk about is managing a super huge plural system like ours.

Here is a non-very-spoilery pivotal philosophical excerpt from the current book we're writing that kind of spells out the metaphor that our entire series is using (and we think it's good so we're sharing it). We think this is a useful thing for almost any system to think about, even if you don't read our books. Even if you haven't done such terrible things to each other, there are other systems out there reeling from their own histories of conflict. It's good to know what they face.

The narrator is a therian member of a system who was born on Earth, who has used alien technology to transport themself to the Sunspot (`etekeyerrinwuf):

I tried to tell myself that these people were aliens. Their history was not the same as Earth’s. Their psychology wasn’t the same as humanity’s. Their sociology wasn’t the same. And on this ship, their circumstances really definitely weren’t the same. According to them, no one on `etekeyerrinwuf could die without their express consent and intent, or without the nanites themselves being destroyed, such as in a nuclear blast, and killing everyone. And if that was indeed the case, if you were an iconoclastic cadre of transgender revolutionaries who’d created this new world for generations to come to benefit from your lessons, but then discovered that you’d made mistakes and set yourselves up as technocratic dictators for eternity, would you cling to that power? Would you graciously step aside? And if you stepped aside, would you all commit suicide and otherwise not face the consequences of your crimes? Or attempt to atone and hope to see the benefits of letting your children have their freedom? Would you, as an individual, choose to stick around just to make sure your peers weren’t going back on their commitment to let things be? Or what? And if you decided to stick around, what would everyone else be able to do about it? That’s a dilemma that Earth has not seen, and hopefully never will. There was one concrete parallel I could compare all of this to, though. A system. There’s a theory that some people accept that system members never really die, and can’t be killed. Not while the body is living. They just go dormant for a long time, maybe the rest of the vessel’s life. But also maybe not. And what had happened on `etekeyerrinwuf was very, very similar to a lot of stories I’d read from other systems over the internet. However, this was in the outworld. This was the history of a living people. People made of atoms. Atoms made of gluons, and muons, and quarks, and electrons. Or, at least, some of them were. And here I was, trying to make the best of having permanently moved to this world. Much like how I’d had to make the best of being born on Earth, which also sucked. A lot.

#Sunspot Chronicles #plurality #plural gang #science fiction

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shytastemakerthing · 5 months

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Hi, hello! I saw you have your matchups open so if it's okay I would like to request a romantic matchup with Twisted Wonderland <3 You are so sweet and amazing for doing these!

I am a cute, poetic, caring, and sweet person who knows how to listen actively and hold a one-on-one conversation, often getting people to open up more than they expected, otherwise I'm pretty reserved. If I was transported to a magical school, I would do my best to learn the theory and practicalities of magic, even if I couldn't actually cast spells, and try to excel in other scientific fields (and Mozus Trein would definitely be my favourite professor). I have a great interest in the occult (my library is something I'm very proud of) and psychology, but I'm truly interested in all types of knowledge and books. When I go to the used book stores, I can spend hours there, as I go through war, occult, philosophy, science, comics, fantasy, poetry, and all other categories of books, except sports and cooking. I also love music: opera, metal, neofolk, electronic, and all of them together.

I love crafting and learning new things, but I'm most interested in historical and folk crafts, like nålbinding, embroidery, weaving in many forms, making jewelry from bones and other things found in nature, and more! I love making stuff and seeing that I have finished something, that I've made something.

I have a rough history with mental illness and trauma, making me prone to getting overwhelmed easily, and I have to calm and ground myself. I often feel out of touch with my body, like my spirit is a feet out of me. One thing that works is a tight hug and closeness. I'm also very submissive by nature and other ways, so I really need someone who is sure of themselves and also accepting. I don't need pity, I need a helping hand and someone I can rely on.

Other small things: I can play erhu, dance butoh, bellydance, and few different folk dances, I've practiced tai chi with fan, my newest obsession is fountain pens (there's TWST pens by Sailor, but they're so expensive!), I can't eat meat or onions, I always wear a red bow on my head, mostly because it keeps my curly hair out of my face but also because it's just part of me now just like my red lipstick, I only wear dresses (comfy, cute, always fits any occasion), I have blue eyes, and my favourite animal is fox.

Hope this is not too much, and take your time, I'll be here waiting and reading what else you come up with :3

Hello and thank you so much for your kind words! Now that things are finally slowing down between work and college work, I can finally get to all of these! I am so sorry that you had to wait for so long for your match up but I do hope that you like it!

Tw: None

I match you with.........

Jamil Viper

Right off the bat, it was hard to actually get into a relationship with him to begin with. With all of his duties that he has to Kalim, his duties as a vice housewarden, his school and club activities. Plus the belief that he doesn't deserve the happiness that would come from having a relationship, not wanting to burden his partner with the burden that he shares as serving the Al-Asim family (please, this boy needs so much love, it's not even funny)

Then you come along and pretty much destroy all of that. It really threw him in for a loop.

Honestly, just the feeling of someone caring for him after such a long day of making sure that the rich idiot doesn't die or make any stupid decisions, just makes him melt. Having your arms around him after such a long day as he is able to just unload everything from the day, knowing that you are listening with full attention brings more comfort than you may ever know.

He keeps a few red bows lined in his pockets and in his room just in case there was a very rare event that you had forgotten to put it on that day. It had grown on him, and it was a part of you, much like the small beads in his hair were a part of him.

Speaking of hair, he honestly loves to be able to do yours. it is so different from his own. Jamil is a very fast learner. By the end of the day, he knows more about curly hairstyles and how to work with them and he has a wonderful woman to be able to try said styles on.

There was a time where he took you on a small trip to the Scalding Sands, and seeing you dressed in the traditional clothing from his home country had this man feeling all sorts of things as he couldn't help how his cheeks warmed upon seeing you.... yes, Najma teased him relentlessly for it. And yes.... he bought you several of those dresses to take back to campus with you.

Jamil is 100% someone you can rely on (and there is no hidden meaning to what he is doing, not with you). When things are far too overwhelming for you, he is there to simply hold onto you, giving you the reassurance that you need. He will help you and guide you through what it is that is troubling you in no time. This man has plenty of experience.

Overall, you brought a light and happiness into his life that he did not know that he needed. Now that he has it, he doesn't want to let go, he grows a bit greedy for your affection. After all, it is something that is just for him and he finally doesn't have to share. He thanks you everyday for coming into his life and just putting up with him.

#twisted wonderland #twisted wonderland x reader #twst x reader #twst #matchups #twst imagines #disney twisted wonderland #romantic #twst jamil #jamil viper x reader #twisted wonderland jamil #jamil x reader #jamil viper #shy answers #shy writes

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willofwinnie · 6 months

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Science Zena!

When I heard of the Quantum Zeno Effect, I immediately thought of Zena only because the name was similar.

The Quantum Zeno effect, from my understanding, is essentially "freezing" an object, usually electrons, by measuring its location. This theory basically is if you continuously measure/watch something it won't change location. Think of it as playing a video but every time you look at it it stops at a frame (the instance being observed/measured). And this theory is pretty much pausing and unpausing the video (measuring the electron location) so rapidly the frame (location) doesn't change.

Then there's also Zeno's arrow which from what I can understand is that an object moves by being stationary but being transported instantaneously from one spot to the other very similar to the movement of a frame by frame video. There's no smooth transition of the object, just transports from one spot to the other.

So Zena is a timeline traveler that hops from world to world near instantaneously (moves like the arrow) and can't move to the in-game world when the Other is observing (like the Quantum Zeno Effect).

Are any of these connections true? Most likely not. Plus, I'm very unfamiliar with these theories, so I may be wrong in my thinking about them, but science things are cool. I'm CompSci, not any other Sci haha. But it's fun to start to learn about other science things! I do know there was a space enthusiast in Dragalia based on the "???" Cube fights. There's a reddit thread detailing how it is connected, but it's pretty cool!

But anyway, enjoy the art of Science Zena based on a farfetched connection!

#dragalia lost #dragalia fanart #my art #zena #dragalia zena

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edgeanescence · 2 years

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cyrus has a strange implication of being with rotom.

at first it was more vague, the old notebook found in charons lab could be from any old kid, even if the wording feels oddly familiar. but then the pokemon company furthered this idea.

cyrus wants to look at your rotom dex in usum, and finds it fascinating despite the pokedex containing literal spirit. in masters, cyrus is attracted to rotom yet again, staring at it when interacting with sophocles.

additionally, cyrus only wakes up from his darkrai dream after hearing its cry. he was given a heat rotom in the double battle with mars during the battle tower in bdsp. even during the pokemon center take over event, the in character cosplayer seems to react to the animation regarding the rotom boy with interest.

even if you completely dismiss the rotom boy theory due to the official animation displaying a Much different child then cyrus, you cannot deny he has had some relationship with rotom in the past given how cyrus acts towards it.

rotoms dppt dex entries talk about how its mischievous and often possesses electronics to wreak havoc. the old notebook notes that it can turn invisible and that the electricity constantly spilling out of it makes it virtually untouchable. it also mentions that rotom mysteriously levitates and its name was based off motor but backwards. charons notebook notes that it can stay inside motors indefinitely.

given the heavy focus on machinery rotom has, down to its name, its easy to see why cyrus is interested in it. he enjoys machinery and technology, as stated by a couple npcs who knew him when he was younger and even himself in masters. team galactic sometimes wears a facade of being an energy company, so its electricity only makes it more alluring.

additionally, rotom can be flying type in fan form, lining up with one of cyrus’ eventual type preferences. even outside of it though, it floats due to levitate, making it ungrounded. ghost types arent exactly dark types, but their mannerisms can sometimes coincide with dark types. in rotoms case, its mischievous nature lines up with them.

from this point on, the application of rotoms background splits depending on what background you believe to be true.

if you believe the rotom boy theory debunked, then his relationship could be a bit more surface level. perhaps he interacted with it because of charon keeping it in a galactic building and how he needed to transport it to conduct tests. he could also have just about any other positive backgrounds here that are harder to apply specific elements to or really deduce at all.

if you still go with the rotom boy theory, then you could say that rotom was one of cyrus’ only friends. he is said to be rather asocial growing up, and the old notebook talks about a best friend type relationship with the pokemon. rotoms mischievous nature inspired cyrus to try to prank it back, which ended up in the pokemon shocking him and seemingly running away in shame. mischief feels like something a young child might gravitate towards, even if they were trying to be more uptight because of their parents, kids like to have fun after all.

perhaps he too felt invisible like rotom because of his anti social nature, or how his parents may have treated him. yet, he also felt seen, because this little pokemon shared a genuine interest in machines with him, going as far to possess a toy robot he owned.

as cyrus got older, he got more... prickly. more bitter about life and everything in it. he deemed emotions as a flaw, and decided to do his best to get rid of them. he wanted to fly high, to reach godhood, to become physically untouchable just like how his old friend was, in order to save the world of his own perceived injustice. he still utilizes technology, just for nefarious purposes instead of anything once innocent.

cyrus grew up from a ghost of a child into a corrupt leader with a dark world view. his spark of hope for the future that rotom gave him morphed into desperate flight towards an insane dream.

#pkmn #pokemon #pokemon cyrus #galactic leader cyrus #team galactic cyrus #cyrus akagi #cyrus pokemon #team galactic #dppt #bdsp

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itsgerges · 1 year

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The Solar System Origin Theory (Basic Ideas)

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Abstract

Paper hypothesis

The sun is created after all planets creation and motion – because – the sun is a phenomenon created by the planets motions – means – the sun is not doing nuclear fusion to create its rays, instead, the sun rays be created by the planets motions energies total – also - the sun is a phenomenon, its life and death depends on a cycle – means – after this current sun be dead another sun will be created for the solar system

The Solar System Origin Theory Useful Result

The Solar System Origin Theory causes to change basic concepts in the physic book – for example –

(1)

The Theory Proves Planet Data Depends On Exact Equations – the plane industry helps the discussion– the manufacturer of a plane or rocket needs exact equations to define this plane length, width, weight and all other data otherwise the plane can't fly safely- similar to that – planet diameter, mass, orbital distance, period, velocity, inclination, rotation period, axial tilt and all data be defined based on exact equations – my five equations conclude the planets data theoretically and proves this fact- as a result (Planet data is NOT created by any random process, initial condition nor historical unknown factors)

(2)

The Solar System Origin Theory Also Proves The Space Has Mechanical Features – means – the space be similar to the sea of water typically- and the planet motion creates a wave in the space similar to the wave of water be produced by a boat sailing over the sea- and by that the space can transport the motion energy and data among the planets and through the space – this feature is proved by powerful proves in the theory.

(3)

Let's refer to the most brilliant result of my theory in following…

The Solar System Origin Theory solves the mystery of light velocity (300000 km/s)

The light velocity 300000 km/s be a real mystery before my theory because

- Light Velocity Is 300000 km/s

- This velocity defines each mass energy by Einstein equation (E=mc2)

- By this velocity Lorentz transformations be used

- The observer effect on the observation results may also be related to this velocity

- The sun rays be visible for the creatures eyes to see the light – means- if the sun rays be in Gamma rays (for example) the creature will see nothing – that tells some connection must be found between the light velocity and the creature eyes.

- From Gamma rays electron and positron can be created – and the creation system (male and female) tells that a similar source of energy be used- means- the matter creation mystery is related to this velocity also

The Solar System Origin Theory solved this mystery – to do that - the theory asked the question (Can A Light Beam Be Produced By A Relative Motion?)

The question supposes – if 2 particles move relative to one another with a different velocity =light velocity 300000 km/s – this relative motion can produce a light beam!

Can that be possible?

I provide the following hypothesis tells

(The Creature Brain Uses A Velocity 300000 Km/S In The Thinking Process)

Means– the creature brain uses light velocity (300000 km/s) in realization process -

Based on that–

When this creature looks at (A Light Beam)– This creature will see this light beam as (A Particle) - the reason is The Velocities Difference

Shortly

One light beam looks at another light beam –and No difference in velocities because both light beams travel by equal velocity (300000 km/s)- each one will see the other as a particle – that answers – How Can Matter Be Created Of Light Beam Energy?-

This feature is result by the creature brain effect on the universe creation – it's similar to a person puts a black eyeglasses and sees everything dark and in black color

This idea explains the concept behind Einstein equation simply (E=mc2)

Also

Lorentz transformations can be understood - because the particle own length be realized by us based on light velocity – and when this particle moves by high velocity (light velocity) this particle own length be contracted because it's defined originally based on light velocity.

Also

This idea explains the observer effect on the observation results – where– the matter be created by this observer vision and isn't created before his vision.

Now the paper hypothesis can be explained –

The hypothesis tells (the sun rays be created by the planets motions) – let's explain that n following..

The solar system is one light beam moves by a velocity (300000 km/s) – means-

The solar planets and their distances be carried on one light beam travels with the velocity (300000 km/s)

Means – we all in one ship and this ship moves by a velocity 300000 km/s

By that no different velocity be found – and NO LIGHT Be Seen-

How can we create the sun rays? we need a stationary point – for that-

The planets motions create a stationary point (the sun)

Let's suppose all planets move by the velocity (300000 km/s) and we see these planets as matters because (our brains use the velocity 300000 km/s in thinking) – the planets motions create a stationary point – means – the sun point velocity is (Zero) and it has (no motion) relative to the planets motions – by that the different velocity between the planets motions (and our brains) on one side and the sun point on the other side be equal light velocity (300000 km/s)

The sun is a point carried on the same light beam with us but it has no motion!

How can that be possible?

The planets revolve around a point in space (x)

The revolution around the point (x) causes to create 2 velocities on both sides of the point (x) – where – the 2 velocities are equal and opposite in direction – by that – the total be Zero – means – the revolution motion causes the central point to be stationary and has no motion relative to the revolution velocity

As a result – the revolution motion velocity be (300000 km/s) and the point (x) velocity be (Zero) – by that the different velocity be (= light velocity 300000 km/s)

Our vision depends on the different velocity

Our velocity equal the planets velocities for that we see them matters –

and

Between our velocity and the sun point velocity a different (300000 km/s) for that we see the sun as a light beam

That answers (Can A Light Beam Be Produced By A Relative Motion?)

Indeed it's possible to create a light beam by a relative motion.

Objection

Earth velocity is 29.8 km/s and Not 300000 km/s – how can we accept this idea?

All planets move by one velocity 300000 km/s – and

All planets measured velocities are geometrical tools to create the sun stationary point because the planets motions define 2 points one with velocity 300000 km/s to and one with velocity (Zero)- this process require all planets velocities and motions to share geometrically in it – the paper proves this fact strongly.

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The theory basic ideas be summarized in the paper introduction in details

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Hypnovember Day 5 - Sci Fi / Machines

Sorry for the further delay, things came up yesterday. Promise I’ll get back in gear soon, because I genuinely do intend for this not to extend outside of November.

The idea for this actually comes from another story I want to write about these sorts of gigafat sizes, so hopefully soon you’ll see some more about it. For now, please enjoy this!

Not many people thought much about the Dyson sphere beaming power down to Earth for them. As visible as Venus in the right conditions, it was easy to overlook, especially as it had never deviated or failed in its purpose since first coming on line. People couldn’t be faulted for savouring the consistency.

And from such a distance, it was hard to see what went on there, anyway. One would need a telescope to see the faintest flecks of red across the structure’s surface, an electronic magnifier to discern them as an intentional pattern of trailing lines along the largest of the support struts.

And one would have to be within transmission distance to see the sphere’s true purpose.

Larger than the moon but not quite as big as the Earth itself, the sphere was a true megastructure. It was a latticework of metal struts, some as thin as a finger, some wide enough to fit whole towns on their surface. Support structures perched on the struts, communication arrays and power extractors and drone bays, all in service of the mass the sphere had been built around.

The person, in fact.

On first look, the only human feature of the shape within the sphere was its colour - a pale flesh-tone disrupted by heavy dimpling and piling of the slowly-rotating shape. It seemed so round, so devoid of anatomy, that it was difficult to perceive of it being a person at all. But a creative mind could put the pieces together slowly - the large crater on its lopsided surface could, in theory, be a deep navel, and the four domed protrusions could be the ends of once-mobile limbs, the small crevasse ending each one containing the buried appendage ending it.

By this logic, one could correctly assume the final protrusion, surrounded by tubes and wires and blocky machines, to be the head of the thing. And this was where the Dyson sphere’s supervisor spent the most time.

Dirk’s head - for that was who had been pushed into the role - was larger than some city blocks, and rose almost as high. His mouth was held open by the weight of his huge cheeks, drool puddling in the crevasses of his chins and necks. His face was smeared with messily-fed food, various sauces and mixtures daubed at the corners of his mouth in multiple layers.

His vision out of the cavern of his face was heavily restricted, first by his own fat and then by the numerous machines swarming around him. Some drones towed the nozzles of thick tubes to vary his feeding, while others transported large mouthfuls of sweet and greasy food in turn to be weakly chewed and desperately swallowed.

The largest part of the swarm by far, though, were the drones with screens. Hundreds of them moving in impossible-to-track formations, forming a blurring wall of colour that blocked out all but the most fleeting glimpses of space. They made Dirk’s eyes water, made him moan and whimper as they blotted out all thought, but there was no escape. Even letting his eyes fall closed only caused more drones to swarm in, controlling his blinking so he lost even the illusion of choice in the matter.

The screens bored into his brain, driving out all thought, until all he could focus on was his own sheer size and the amount of food needed to maintain it. Eat, they seemed to implore, eat and drink and never stop and maybe you’ll get even bigger, and for all that he knew that shouldn’t be desirable, it just seemed so straightforward in those moments.

So he ate, and drank, and did indeed get bigger. A planetoid in his own right, his immense bulk leading to even more immense quantities of god-tier energy to be siphoned off and converted to generic power, to be used by people with no true knowledge of its source.

None knew he was there at all save for the drones, swarming and surrounding him in strange, triangular patterns of red and black.

#really gross stuff #hypnovember2022 #dirk strider #weight gain #fatstuck #gigafat #hypnosis

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finnal · 2 years

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Space Elevator – a romantic concept from the 19th century

KC space station in DSoD

这篇最初发表在中国同人网站lofter上然而被屏蔽不可发出，因此决定翻译后发表在tumblr上（字数较多，多用机翻）

This article was originally published on the Chinese fan website lofter, but it was blocked and could not be sent, so I decided to translate and publish it on tumblr (Due to the large amount of words, most text is machine-turned)

Out of interest, I searched for information about space elevators and the following main reference sources:

(In fact, it is a pity here that I wanted to go to the official website of Obayashi Group Co., Ltd. to find information originally, but I can't understand Japanese, and the machine translation is not correct enough)

First explain the title: The space elevator was first proposed by Tsiolkovsky (the one who proposed the theory of multi-stage rockets) in 1895. Personally collected about the space elevator theory is mainly the following three (actually two) types, here is the most similar design to DSoD:

LiftPort's space elevator – the laser-powered system

A new space transport system being developed could make travel to static earth orbit (GEO) more sparse and ordinary and could transform the global economy.

The counterweight is attached to the carbon nanotube composite cable to keep the cable in a tight state, and the automatic lift moves up and down the cable belt.

As for why I think the design of LiftPort is the closest to the design of KC space elevators, there are two main points:

1)Ground base station

The starting point of the space elevator will be set on a mobile platform in the equatorial Pacific Ocean, which will hold the cable straps to Earth

2) Laser power system

The lifting chamber will be powered by a free electronic laser system located at or near a ground base station. According to the Institute of Scientific Research, the laser will emit 2.4 megawatts of energy to a photovoltaic cell made of gallium arsenide on the lifting chamber, and then the photovoltaic cell will convert the energy into electrical energy for use by conventional niobium magnetic DC motors.

The "power-on" effect that appears at the moment of launch in the lifting chamber

The core component of LiftPort's design is carbon nanotube composite cable belt, taking into account the hardness and quality required for space elevator cable belts. All other components of the space elevator can be built using existing technology, including automatic lifting chambers, ground base stations, and laser-powered systems. If a long carbon nanotube cable strip can be made, it will be rolled into a spool and sent into orbit. (This is consistent with the design of the Obayashi Group)

When the spacecraft carrying the spool reaches a certain altitude, such as low Earth orbit, it will begin to untie the spool and lower one end of the cable back to Earth. At the same time, the spool will continue to move to higher heights. When the cable tape descends into the Earth's atmosphere, it is captured and then landed and anchored on a moving platform in the ocean. In the DSoD clip, Seto Kaiba is in a passage similar to the structure of the elevator shaft when ascending in the lift cabin. This is different from all three designs collected, and may be animated.

BTW: Search for the word "space elevator" to find a similar concept map of unknown image source (below)

Earth Port, Obayashi Group Co., Ltd

Earth Port is designed on the same principle as LiftPort, using counterweights and carbon nanotube cables

Offshore Base Stations & Cables & Lifts

The difference is that the Earth Port project of the Obayashi Group is powered by solar energy. This is different from the KC space station (mainly because the structure of solar panels is not seen)

Elevators carry solar power systems, so that the electricity generated not only supports the elevator itself, but also powers the earth.

Not only that, but the design purpose is also different. (But this is not important)

The space elevator cable designed by Japan's Obayashi is about a quarter of the distance from the Earth to the moon, which is equivalent to 96,000 kilometers, and the elevator can take 30 tourists to the satellite space station at the same time, giving them the opportunity to "stand" in space and enjoy the beauty of the universe.

Earth-Moon Ladder (also proposed by LiftPort)

This design paves the way for LiftPort's space elevator.

In the lunar version, a base component–a space capsule, basically–would be attached to a rocket and sent toward the Moon.When it got close enough, a cable would eject from the capsule and attach to the surface of the moon, allowing for transport between the surface and the capsule. Since a full connection between the Earth and the Moon is still decades away, it would work as a checkpoint: A rocket could be sent to the orbiting station and people or objects could be lowered to the Moon, similar to how the robot in the test project would travel.

Briefly, LiftPort uses a space capsule hanging cable to connect to the moon for object/human transport. However, the delivery must be delivered to the space station by rocket first. The principle is still similar to that of the space elevator. (However, I didn't find the relevant track requirements)

Last but not least,thanks to the DSoD production team for creating such an excellent work.

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Vega-C set for inaugural launch ESA's new medium-lift Vega-C rocket is nearly ready for its inaugural flight, with its four fully-stacked stages now ready for payload integration, final checks and launch from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. Flight VV21 will lift off as soon as 7 July, pending suitable conditions for launch. Vega-C represents a dramatic capability boost compared to its predecessor, Vega, which has flown since 2012. With new first and second stages and an uprated fourth stage, Vega-C increases performance from Vega's 1.5 t to about 2.2 t in a reference 700 km polar orbit. Vega-C features a new, more powerful first stage, P120C, based on Vega's P80. Atop that is a new second stage, Zefiro-40, and then the same Zefiro-9 third stage as used on Vega. The re-ignitable upper stage is also improved. AVUM+ has increased liquid propellant capacity, to deliver payloads to multiple orbits depending on mission requirements and to allow for longer operational time in space, to enable extended missions. The P120C motor will do double service, with either two or four units acting as strap-on boosters for Ariane 6. Sharing this component streamlines industrial efficiency and improves cost-effectiveness of both launchers. With its larger main stages and bigger fairing - which doubles the payload volume compared to Vega - Vega-C measures 34.8 m high, nearly 5 m taller than Vega. The new launcher configuration delivers a significant improvement in launch system flexibility. Vega-C can orbit larger satellites, two main payloads or can accommodate various arrangements for rideshare missions. ESA's upcoming Space Rider return-to-Earth vehicle will be launched to orbit on Vega-C. Relativity Payload The main payload on this inaugural flight is LARES-2, a scientific mission of the Italian Space Agency (ASI). Once in orbit, LARES-2's precise path will be tracked by laser, from ground stations. The purpose of the mission is to measure the so-called frame-dragging effect, a distortion of space-time caused by the rotation of a massive body such as Earth as predicted by Einstein's General Theory of Relativity. Its predecessor, the similar LARES, was the main payload on the 2012 inaugural flight of Vega. Six CubeSats make a secondary payload package. AstroBio CubeSat (Italy) will test a solution for detecting biomolecules in space. Greencube (Italy) carries an experiment to grow plants in microgravity. ALPHA (Italy) aims to help understand?phenomena related to Earth's magnetosphere, such as?the Northern and?Southern Lights. Three other CubeSats - Trisat-R (Slovenia), MTCube-2 (France) and Celesta (France) will study the effects of a harsh radiation environment on electronic systems. Challenging Mission As with any inaugural launch, this is a challenging mission. "Vega-C features major enhancements from Vega, both in the rocket and its ground infrastructure," says Renato Lafranconi, Vega programmes manager. "We've developed a new configuration with significant changes to many features of a proven concept, but the goal is to deliver major improvements in performance and competitiveness." ESA's Director of Space Transportation, Daniel Neuenschwander stresses that Vega-C will work alongside the Ariane 6 heavy lifter to ensure Europe maintains flexible, competitive - and, critically, autonomous - launch capabilities: "With Vega-C and Ariane 6, Europe will have a flexible, independent solution for a fast-changing launch market. "And, these two systems are the foundation of a development plan that will serve European institutions and commercial partners, opening a new chapter of European services." ESA Member States participating in Vega-C are Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.

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🌟Introduction to Mineral Processing: A Vital Course for Resource Management🌟

In the era of sustainable development and increased demand for raw materials, the importance of efficient, environmentally responsible extraction and processing of minerals cannot be overstated. This is where a course in mineral processing becomes critical, providing essential knowledge and skills needed to transform raw minerals into usable forms while minimizing environmental impact. This article delves into what a mineral processing course involves, its significance, and the opportunities it creates for students and professionals in the field.

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Widely accepted Weyl semimetal shown to be a magnetic semiconductor

Weyl semimetals are highly sought after by material scientists. First predicted in the early 2010s, they belong to the class of topological materials that owe their unique transport, optical and thermoelectric behavior to distinct geometric and topological features, rather than to their chemical composition. What sets Weyl semimetals apart is that their electrons behave as if they are massless due to the presence of nodes in the electronic band structure, leading to unusual and interesting properties. Scientists have been looking for real-world examples of these materials for quite some time now. Among those is—or better, was—a compound of europium, cadmium and arsenic, EuCd2As2, that computational studies based on density functional theory (DFT) calculations as well as several experimental studies had described as a magnetic Weyl semimetal. "The reason for the excitement was that, according to the calculations, it should be possible to manipulate the topological properties of this material using a small magnetic field," says Ana Akrap, a member of the National Center for Competence in Research NCCR MARVEL and professor at the University of Fribourg.

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Astro's Magical Musical Adventures!!!

By Rey Gwen

March 15th, 2024

When I was 13 years old, I thought Astro was (very simply put) cool as fuck. I’m 20 years old now, and I still think Astro is cool as fuck. Being in musical spaces alongside Astro has opened my eyes to the versatility of his work- not only does he know anything and everything about music theory, but he also works on conlangs (by definition: a language that has been artificially created; a constructed language) and assortments of other hobbies that make him all the more interesting and super fun to talk to.

The release of Mint Gum at the beginning of February marks the 13th album Astro has put on Spotify. My favorite track is “ok girl !”, an electronic journey that feels like being whisked away to the liveliness of a big city in the summertime. The next track “Era” (my second favorite track) provides the same sense of being transported into whimsical life which is a skillset that Astro has proven time and time again he has mastered.

Needless to say- I'm thrilled to be talking to one of the most talented people I know, and I'm honored to say that Astro is one of my best friends.

REY GWEN: How do you even begin making music?

ASTRO: If I were to give a total newbie steps to making music in the way I make music, I would suggest they first learn to play the piano. My childhood self would have hated this advice, but playing the piano is both an unbelievably useful tool for musical expression and a gateway to music theory. If you learn to play all your favorite songs on the piano, you will learn quickly enough about chord functions and scales.

Speaking of chord functions, learn about chord functions. You can call it functional harmony, or roman numeral analysis, or whatever, but naming your chords in relation to the key is, I think, the most eye-opening thing you can do when learning to analyze music. Patterns are so much easier to identify and understand in roman numeral analysis. When I was teaching myself tonal music theory by just making music, I gleaned some intuition about how chords function, although I had no clue how to communicate that intuition. The sooner you start naming your chords things like "IV" and "vi" and so on, the better.

Western pop music has the advantage of mostly consisting of the chords I, IV, V, and vi. I could write a million words about the Discourse this has caused, but I'll say here that it's useful for beginners because there's so much beautiful things to be said about and expressed through the relationships of those four chords. Learn I IV V vi, and learn them well.

While I'm cramming advice,

Save everything you create. Make archives. Export as .flac or .wav. I am so angry at myself for not saving full-quality exports of anything before 2019.

Don't be shy to make remixes, or covers, or to 'steal' ideas altogether. You'll learn so much. You're probably competent enough to recognize what it means to take and transform an idea. You're not intending to lie about the sources of your material, so don't even act like you would be taking credit for others' work (which is immoral). Copyright is bullshit anyways, and I mean this sincerely.

Know that your music will perpetually sound bad. You will never stop pointing out flaws in your own work. That just means you're getting better! Isn't that sweet?

In the same vein, be smart about receiving critiques. When people point out the ways in which your music sucks, you will feel horrible. But they will be right in some way. You should try your hardest to feel grateful that someone isn't willing to lie and placate you. Instead of lingering on your ill-advised choices, come out as a smarter person who will make even better art. (This is much easier said than done!)

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GWEN: Most of your songs provoke certain emotions, is this something you take into account before you start creating, or do the emotions unfold upon further work on the song?

ASTRO: I don't really consider anything before I start a song. Every song starts as some random synthesizer I wanted to hear, or a chord progression I wanted to play around with. I only think about the emotions I want to evoke as I'm developing a song, thinking about the album it will sit on, and reflecting on my evolving relationship with the song.

I've realized my perspective on a song's emotional presence totally depends on my experience with the song, which is radically different from my audience. Looking at your above description of my song "ok girl !", I've realized I have a totally different view of that song. To me, it feels intimidating, claustrophobic, obsessive, painful, and shameful. And I can't just listen to that song in a way that doesn't make me think about those feelings. By contrast, you saw it as brighter, like a bustling city in the summer. I find it incredible how (instrumental) (electronic) music invites such vivid yet disparate imaginations.

In general, I want to be more purposeful with my music's emotional aspects than before. I've been working on this song called "Obsession" where I'm again trying to tackle obsession, claustrophobia, and shame through the language of an energetic, electric sound. Honestly, I've been here before — this is the vague idea that drove my 2020 album 10k Degrees.

I doubt my real intent will come across in "Obsession" to my audience, and I'm okay with that. It's probably better to have my art inspire every person to inspect and extract their own emotions, rather than being so obvious as to cause the same emotions in everyone who experiences it. Isn't that why modern art is so interesting?

GWEN: How do you decide which songs go on albums? Do you have any songs sitting in a vault somewhere?

ASTRO: I made a promise to myself back in like 2019 that I would never again release a song if it weren't part of a bigger album. I don't feel like I can say a whole lot with one song alone. So, in short, every (non-remix) song will be released as part of an album, hopefully for the rest of my career. Except "ROSALIE", I guess.

I used to make albums sequentially, but lately I've been working on several simultaneously. This approach has been fun. It lets me think less of each album having to be better than the previous, which was an annoying, critical, unproductive feedback loop that binded me during 2022 and 2023. somewhere in the milky way was gonna be the blueprint for this new method of creation. I had another few album concepts in mind around that time (namely The Lakefront, Beloved, and Mint Gum) that didn't get past 2 or 3 songs, so I kinda just left them in their vaults. I was (and still am) adamant about not releasing them unless I had a whole album to put out. 2023 had me feeling stupid and unproductive because I had no full albums, only little collections of songs. 2023 also had me feeling stupid because I really wanted to make an album with vocals (more about that later), and felt guilty about the mere thought of releasing an instrumental album without finishing that vocal album first.

Mint Gum was a cute remedy of sorts to my conceptual slump. I took these little collections of 2-3 songs, which were made to fulfill some album concept that I gave up on, and just released them as one big album. Mint Gum is composed of a few vaults of mine. And it was so much fun! As I was releasing it, I was worried that I wouldn't develop an emotional connection to Mint Gum the same way I have with every other project, but I already have cherished memories and associations with the album.

I also have one very special vault from 2021 that I'm finally getting around to releasing very soon.

GWEN: Your remixes you put on Youtube are iconic, see: Katy Perry's Magical Musical Adventures!!! , how do you decide which songs get the Astro-treatment?

ASTRO: My remixes are really just an expression of the songs I love the most, the songs that I just can't get out of my head and want to hear through my own lens. In the past, I would sometimes go into a remix thinking "I want to make my own version that fits better with my taste". This is still pretty true — a lot of my remixes are non-EDM songs shoved into an EDM context because I just like the instrumentation of electronic music.

But lately I've been thinking of my remixes not as forward but as lateral. My remix of "Anti-Hero" by Taylor Swift isn't straight up 'how I would have produced Anti-Hero if tasked with it'. Because Taylor didn't ask me to do that. It's a reaction essay and a love poem. And I can expect the listeners to already be familiar with the elements of "Anti-Hero", so there's a musical lingo I can play with. I can be eccentric if you already know the original song. Sometimes this musical lingo even involves incorporating other songs, albeit I never know how well this lands. I don't know if sampling Yiruma's "River Flows in You" hits as hard for other people in my "Anti-Hero" remix, because I really can't be certain other people have the same history with that song as I do.

Most of the remixes I make honestly don't go anywhere. I feel like I'm starting a new remix every day or every other day, usually just some song I catch myself lip syncing to. It only works out if I'm feeling inspired to produce and compose too, the same way I would need to be for an original song. The pop acapella acts as scaffolding and an idea elicitor. I think pop vocals have so much harmonic richness to give, in a way that usually goes unappreciated in the original production.

GWEN: Who are your main musical inspirations? How did you start getting into making music?

ASTRO: I first got into making music when I was a wee lad forced to take piano lessons. I quit after three lessons and instead played video games about music, namely Wii Music.

As an aside, people HATE this game with all their hearts and I will not stand for it. It infamously has no score metric, so performing a song is actually reduced to self-expression. That is the best way for art to be, because this game isn't about being right, it's about making art. When I was a little boy I would queue these popular songs like "September" by Earth, Wind & Fire but refuse to play the 'right' notes, instead creating a new work all my own. When you play 'wrong' notes, the game fills it in with plausible pitches and chords. You can learn a lot about this algorithm and know precisely how to play the 'wrong' notes to create what you want. Wii Music is an incredible game and I credit it with my music career.

My parents were kinda disappointed in me for quitting piano lessons. They said my music would go nowhere if I couldn't play piano. They were pretty much right (the piano is an invaluable skill) but in rebellion, I took up drum lessons with the (very cool!) John Sparrow from the Milwaukee band Violent Femmes. I drummed along to Minecraft parodies with him like the very normal child I was.

I picked up piano later, had an incredible pitch recognition (I don't know if it was innate or if I acquired it from Wii Music), and wrote a ton of music for piano in notebooks. The irony is I can read and write sheet music when I concentrate, but I'm not fluent in it like a musician really should be.

I got free composition software on the family computer and started composing there. I don't know at what point I'd say I started producing (as opposed to just composing), probably somewhere in 2017. Learning to produce has actually been an arduous lifelong process. I spent so many years being mediocre, and at any given time, I only really like my last year or two of work. Everything old feels bad, which means I'm still getting better and more aware of my own process.

My biggest musical inspirations are:

Porter Robinson and Madeon. These come as a pair because they really defined my middle school taste for electronic music, which I still draw from today. I guess I'd call them pop, in contrast with the more experimental EDM I listen to. Their music has the polish you'd expect from a popular artist while still holding onto incredible character in every song.

Jane Remover. I've been a fan since Spaceage Radio (dear God that was so long ago) and it's insane how catchy everything she puts out is. No project of hers have any skips. I sincerely credit her remix of Teenage Dream for fueling my summer 2020 nightcore renaissance, an awakening which still influences my perspective on electronic music.

SOPHIE. Her songs are the pinnacle of pop earworms, which is especially mystifying considering how strange most of her music sounds. Her soundscapes are sparse with the most extraterrestrial instruments, but every element feels perfectly at home. I'm really jealous of how cleanly she can mix her strange sounds, because even mixing conventional sounds is difficult for me.

GWEN: I know you just released, but do you have any more projects planned?

ASTRO: I have so many projects planned. The next album is already done and coming absurdly soon, it's the very special vault I was talking about before.

I'm also actively working on two other albums. Album 15 is actually a sincere attempt at baking particular emotions into the fabric of my music. I'm trying to get the listener to feel the same madness/obsession I felt through my song "ok girl !". It probably won't come across to the audience because of how particular the experiences are to me, and it's still basically an instrumental album, but it's been a meaningful exercise to sonify these feelings.

Album 16 has been my precious project since 2022. Progress on it is so insanely slow, but that doesn't really matter, right? I really want to work with vocalists on this one because I have anthems that must be sung, God damn it! I've toyed with the idea of using UTAUloids to get the job done, and I definitely do want to make an UTAU album at some point, but Album 16 is not the place for that. Maybe when I do a Toki Pona album?

I also have a (comically large) remix collection in the works. Who knows when that will be done. It'll be waiting for you.

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