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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
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- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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On a related note, I want fake-time strategy games.
Technically, all strategy games already are. I want REAL TIME strategy games wherein a 80 years war actually tales 80 years!
Civ players:😰😰😰
Try XCOM Long War. It will take you 80 years, because you will rage quit a lot.
https://alchetron.com/Journey-to-Alpha-Centauri-%28In-Real-Time%29
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Of course he didn't factor in relativistic effects. A journey to Alpha Centauri would be instantaneous for anyone traveling at light speed.
I made a proof of concept to see how it would be if you could accelerate/decelerate at a leisurely 9.81 m/s². You would approach light speed in about a year. So if you also needed a year to slow down you could reach just about any destination in the available universe in about two years.
I think with a play time of 3,000 years they were assuming it'd not be possible to reach a decent fraction of the speed of light with a life sustaining vessel.
Interesting to know that that is possible, I thought inertia increases with speed so the closer you get to c the more energy input you'd need to sustain acceleration. Maybe that doesn't kick in until well over half c though.
What type of fuel and how much is required for say a apollo command module type passenger cabin?
"Possible" is relative. I did not factor in the energy and fuel requirements.