pbkoden

joined 1 year ago
[–] pbkoden@midwest.social 17 points 1 year ago

I'm an engineer that makes those drawings and I can't dispute this at all.

[–] pbkoden@midwest.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We would probably only ever get a real image like this if humanity becomes a multi-galactic race. And I agree, the odds of that are close to zero and sad.

[–] pbkoden@midwest.social 19 points 1 year ago

This shows how effective nuclear weapons are as a deterrent. The threat of them is the only thing keeping the war going this long.

[–] pbkoden@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago

Same reason you see chevrons on the back of some modern turbofan engines

[–] pbkoden@midwest.social 15 points 1 year ago

Sounds like these workers are extremely important and the company is dead in the water without them. The company should be well motivated to provide them a great deal they are happy with right? /s

[–] pbkoden@midwest.social 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

What about tipping points? I hear about ice cover, ocean currents, and other systems where once we get past a tipping point, additional warming is self sustaining. At that point it doesn't matter if we have our brakes on, we've gone over the cliff right?

[–] pbkoden@midwest.social 1 points 1 year ago

I've found Nebula to be great for a few creators I follow, but the amount of content isn't high enough to wean me off of YouTube completely.