(Disclaimer: The core concept and thought experiment are my own, but I used an LLM to help structure and polish the phrasing for readability. After doing some searching, I've also realized there is quite a bit of sci-fi exploring similar themes, but I still wanted to share this specific framing.)

Whenever we talk about the Fermi Paradox ("where is everybody?"), we always assume that if advanced intelligence existed, the cosmos would be noisy. We expect Dyson swarms, stray radio signals, or probes buzzing our solar system. When we see nothing but dead silence for billions of light-years, the immediate conclusion is usually that we’re either completely alone, or life wipes itself out early.

(Disclaimer: The core concept and thought experiment are my own, but I used an LLM to help structure and polish the phrasing for readability. After doing some searching, I've also realized there is quite a bit of sci-fi exploring similar themes, but I still wanted to share this specific framing.)

Whenever we talk about the Fermi Paradox ("where is everybody?"), we always assume that if advanced intelligence existed, the cosmos would be noisy. We expect Dyson swarms, stray radio signals, or probes buzzing our solar system. When we see nothing but dead silence for billions of light-years, the immediate conclusion is usually that we’re either completely alone, or life wipes itself out early.

(Disclaimer: The core concept and thought experiment are my own, but I used an LLM to help structure and polish the phrasing for readability. After doing some searching, I've also realized there is quite a bit of sci-fi exploring similar themes, but I still wanted to share this specific framing.)

Whenever we talk about the Fermi Paradox ("where is everybody?"), we always assume that if advanced intelligence existed, the cosmos would be noisy. We expect Dyson swarms, stray radio signals, or probes buzzing our solar system. When we see nothing but dead silence for billions of light-years, the immediate conclusion is usually that we’re either completely alone, or life wipes itself out early.

A Terramechanical and Structural Feasibility Analysis of the Faridun Mobile Fortress ("The Dreadnought") in Shifting Desert Conditions

Abstract

This thesis evaluates the physical, mechanical, and structural parameters of the massive articulated land-caravan known as the Dreadnought (Act 2). Utilizing classical terramechanics models (Bekker-Wong framework), Coulomb's wedge theories, and Euler-Bernoulli beam equations, this paper investigates the feasibility of dragging an armored fortress of this scale across a loose silica sand substrate. The calculations demonstrate that the vehicle would suffer immediate catastrophic failure across three domains: terramechanical immobilization (groun

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During Expedition 1, I did the stages with some time to spare. After completing it, the 5 skill points I’d earned were taken away and locked behind additional requirements. I didn't have the time or desire to farm them, and as a result, I skipped Expedition 2 out of frustration.

With Expedition 3, the new content brought me back. I was happy with the catch-up mechanic and grinded out the 4.5M needed for the 5+5 skill points. When I finished, the goalposts moved again: they took away the 5 points and added a new requirement.

This is extremely toxic. The only reason I farmed

I enjoy the quests as potential reasons to go upside and the sense of progression they provide. I'm also happy to see 10 quests active at the same time. The problem this creates, though, is having all of them displayed once I'm inside a map. I'd prefer to only have the quests for that map displayed, or a display toggle setting.

You can right click the buff icon at the top left of your screen, to disable the shrine effect.

They should add a pop-up for things like that, perhaps when you first pick up a shrine buff.

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Hello, my friends. Do you use an app to track your usage? I'm hoping to find an application that would let me set my daily supplements, for it to log their usage automatically. So instead of having to put in everything I take manually every day, it's done automatically and I can pause it, if I'm taking a break for something.

My expectation is having a convenient log to see what I've been using and for how long. Additionally an app like this would be very useful for checking the effectiveness of certain supplements for specific purpose- taking something, then not taking it for months and looking for differences.

Anyone know of an app with features like these?

Hello my friends. I want to share my experience and ask a few questions for my next trip. To preface a bit, 3 weeks ago and also 2 weeks before that, I took 22g psylo galaxy truffles and in both cases I've had a pleasant, relatively intense experience, with strong visuals. The only downside was that in both cases I simply chewed and ate the stuff after a short fast on an empty stomach and it caused very strong nausea, physical exhaustion, a lot of yawning and tearing.

So this time I've tried lemon tek for the first time. This was a strong 30g dose of truffles that I haven't tried before, so there's no reference point to compare to, unfortunately. I ground the truffles, maybe not as fine as

There are many theories for why disclosure isn't happening and why people in appropriate positions would hold off on it.

Here's a wild idea I had, which in all fairness isn't mine- I've heard about self simulation hypothesis from someone else. There's no need to delve into the details of that hypothesis here, except for the part which suggest that as long as our planet supports life long enough, not only our species will evolve and speciate to the point of no longer being human in DNA, but the surviving animals of this planet can develop self awareness akin to what we have today.

Considering the timespans required for such changes, it's not much wilder to imagine that by that point, we und

There is no "all in one place" UI for trading, you have to walk to separate merchants for every item type in order to search for, or price check items.

You can't list items from stash, you first have to move them to your inventory.

May sound like small things, but these are qol features that you'd expect to have and it's gonna get very tedious dealing with these inconveniences very quickly.