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Really liked the ending, but I was kind of hoping that he'd look at the latest batch that Jesse cooked and see that the purity was 99.2%. Could've given Walt a slight bit of satisfaction right before he died that he not only taught Jesse chemistry, but that Jesse had passed him.

What do you mean exactly? Where do the low thrust pulses rate in terms of efficiency? I'm not certain, I would think that each individual pulse would be just as efficient as its equivalent setting for constant thrust, just that it doesn't last as long. So whether it's set on low, medium, high...

It was a crude analogy, but the principle is the same. That's essentially how it was explained to me. I clerk for the attorney who patented the VASIMR for the Ad Astra company, so I've been enjoying my exposure to these topics. My technical understanding is very basic, but I believe that my...

Ideally, you run an Ion engine constantly at the "optimal" output. Think about it like driving on the highway at 55 (or whatever the most fuel efficient speed is these days). You can gun your accelerator and maybe get there faster, but you'll burn more fuel. We slam the gas pedal in our cars...

I'm here. Your guy is currently my Nag / Vox alt. Elethia and I VP keyed him and picked up several drops and have stacked him out pretty well. He's currently carrying a full set of MR and FR/CR gear with a Ragebringer + Razor Fang of Xygoz. If you're interested in coming back to play serious or...

This is one of the big fears nations have, and the resource extractors have two main solutions. The first is to break things up and drop down whiffle balls of ore the size of a VW bug so the damage will be limited. The second is to send the ore back all at once in the shape of an airfoil that...

It's certainly possible in theory to do something like this over time, but I think it's not a huge concern. Consider that only necessary material will normally be brought back. Resources are currently extremely scarce in space, and everything will get used. It's not like the asteroids would be...

Anything large enough to mess with the Earth's orbit is way out our current league, and all current mining schemes will instead focus on much smaller objects. For example, NASA's JPL study proposes to capture, at most, 2,193.24 tons of material for study which will be left in orbit. The...

At least their armor works, so it can't be that bad!

Private industry is actually a lot further than most of the public is aware when we're talking about asteroid mining. The biggest problem right now is the funding. There are three main mining companies that are each trying different approaches in monetizing the asteroids. The biggest problem...

Most companies currently plan on mining near earth asteroids in place and only want to transport the extracted materials. Deep Space Industries, for example, wants to use drones and drilling rigs coupled with on-site processing. Others like Planetary Resources and Excalibur Explorations are...

This would not appreciably affect the water level in any conceivable way. XKCD actually did it's "What If?" on a similar topic this week.http://what-if.xkcd.com/We have a shitload of water. The matter is not consumed when it is burned for fuel. The energy from "burning" hydrogen or oxygen...

We need Belwas shitting on the hero of Mereen. It's just not the same without it. Maybe they could have Barristan do it.

^ I had a lot of your symptoms, especially the sleeping issues, but my fasting glucose was normal, but I was developing type 1. As soon as I started dosing insulin, my life changed. Also, have you had a sleep study? Apnea and acid reflux can cause major disruptions despite you looking like...

Same. My cat categorically refuses to use her water dish. She'll just harass you until you turn on the faucet, and she'll drink a ton of water. Now we just fill up the bathroom sink once or twice a day, and she's happy.

I really enjoyed it, and I think that, overall, the movie was a fairly positive addition to the Marvel portfolio. There were a number things I'd like to see done differently, but most of the movie was very well done.

Tiger Force was the shit.

I know that feel bro. Got my type 1 diagnosis in February this year. Only two months in, and this damn thread is making me wanna /wrists. Oblig pic: I loved these things. Shame they stopped making it.

Ate 4 bags of the marshmallows in one sitting when I finally found them for sale.

I can see a Jimmy Kimmel or Jay Leno bit on this. "Excuse me, sir? What is your opinion on Queen Daenerys' recent support of the Mereenese slave trade, and do you think this will hurt her currently favorable polls in Astapor?" "Uh, I uh, you know I always supported her slave stuff, cause...

You seem to be suggesting that the government, and only the government, should be in the business of running an enterprise such as asteroid mining. That's a clearly a form of monopoly. You also seem to have missed the question so I'll ask it again: Is this so inherently dangerous that it...

It is true that you can exercise your vote, hence control, more directly over the government than you might be able to a private company. My only question would be why? Why would government control of the mining of asteroids be safer than private industry? I suspect you will submit that it is...

It depends on the delivery method, as I mentioned, some projections seek to retrieve ~100,000 tons per landing which can do a lot more damage to something more than a house. However, such mass retrievals will be landed in the desert, and they won't crash into the earth so much as they will...

Risk is an inherent part of any venture, and yes, it's perfectly logical to have a concern. There will be serious oversight and regulation of any operation that retrieves material. The FAA, for example, has very strict launch rules wherein the risk to any individual member of the public must not...

It would be more costly to retrieve an asteroid of sufficient mass and hold the ground hostage, than it would be to mine the resourcesin situ(in position), which is what the current mining start ups aim to do. Sure it's possible, but it flies completely in the face of all economic logic. Ransom...

Great episode, but I'm not sure if it was the right play to have Dany just be all "lol I sell u drogon." I seem to recall that in the book the slaver asked her for the dragon and that she really struggled with with the decision before realizing she could just kill it with fire. In the book, I...

I tore the meniscus in my left knee two years ago and had the surgery three weeks ago finally. When I initially injured it, it was hard to put weight on it and I had a bit of swelling. If you've got a tear, it's not going to get better with time. The MRI's and stuff will get expensive, but I'm...

It's going to happen no matter what. Most of the patents currently pending are methods for landing the material on earth. For example, Deep Space Industries plans to send "whiffle balls" of metal down to earth that should impact the ground at <500 mph. Some estimates put the whiffles at landing...

All the major commercial asteroid start ups (Planetary Resources, Deep Space Industries, Etc.) are really excited about the prospect, but they're really wary about the how NASA is going to go about it. There's currently a good bit of political push to keep all the development in house, which...

I wanted to love Rebellion. I wanted to love it so badly, but it just had too many problems. I never heard about it until after it released, the online play was poorly thought out, the AI was shitty, and the combat system was just a fighter zerg. It was, without a doubt, the buggiest thing I...

It's not that out of the ordinary as it's already been said. Pre-nups are contracts, and while States may have some additional rules for them (state interest in marriage etc.), at the end of the day it's still an agreement. In any form of contractual litigation fraud is THE universal solvent...

I've been worried that Jon will end up being portrayed as whiny and immature, but I think HBO can do him justice. While he's off gallivanting around with the wildlings, he's going to see a lot and Qhorin's death should be a really good opportunity for HBO to show him growing up. I think they'll...

I loved mine, but I've gone through two and both died suddenly after about a year each. Didn't abuse them or anything, just sat on the counter top charging between uses.

Many fields of research will only pay off after a long time. When this time horizon exceeds a certain time, say 30 or more years, the private market begins to experience distortions because investors don't want to put money into a project that will only pay off after they are dead. A huge return...

That's one of the bigger issues companies and governments are trying to deal with right now. The general work arounds are that you process the asteroid by crashing it onto the moon or you harvest it at a Lagrange point and only the more valuable raw materials (gold, platinum, etc) are actually...

There is some effort to simply crash the asteroids into the Saudi-Arabian desert or into the Australian outback. Companies like Excalibur-Almaz and representatives from the Isle of Man (which is where many of the newer for-profit space corporations are registered) are currently negotiating with...

Never snuck into a movie or even gotten a ticket for something else and moved to whatever was originally sold out, but I smuggle in candy all the time. My old boss had cancer back in the 80's and he had this giant duffel bag full of meds and assorted junk that he'd use to smuggle in KFC and...

Just as an aside, you mentioned she has difficulty getting up in the morning. Have you considered that she might have developed a sleeping disorder? In my early twenties it became progressively harder for me to get up in the morning despite 8, 10, or even 14 hours of sleep. I had a full sleep...