To be fair, primordial black holes are a candidate for explaining what dark matter is.

…There is a range of masses, , usually described as the ‘asteroid mass window’, where PBHs can make up all of the DM…

source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0550321324000609

It looks like an interesting concept, but I wonder if a 2 stage system would be more efficient?

The rocket motor would provide more speed if it were not weighed down by the electric propulsion system. If it was built in two detachable parts, you could recover and reuse the launcher.

Went to school as an elvish impersonator.

Maybe the “Epstine didn’t kill himself” people will have something to say about that.

Changing USA’s constitution requires a 2/3’s vote in both House of Representatives and Senate, plus ratification by 3/4’s of the States (i.e. 38 States).

Right now, neither side has the numbers to pass a constitutional amendment.

Republicans control 28 states, Democrats have 18, and 4 are split.

At the Federal level, the House and Senate are both close to an even 50/50 split.

Moscow’s puppet president is starting to feel the noose tighten. When his term ends, so does his legal immunity and likely his freedom.

I wonder what the margins and volume are on console sales versus game sales? How many people actually buy a console for exclusive titles, and how many PC game sales would be needed to make the same profit?

It is rather curious.

Its disappointing, but not surprising. US battery tech and charging infrastructure isn’t advanced enough yet to support EV pickups or SUVs. Its just barely adequate for small, aerodynamic sedans that are not towing/hauling anything. An EV pickup needs a deeper battery and a charging station capable of refilling it on a timescale competitive with the ~5 minutes it takes to refill a tank of gas for several hundred miles range.

check the modlog to see if you’re banned from that community?

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This author claims the minimum safe distance from a supernova is about 160 light years.

WOH G64 is 160,000 light years away, so we’re probably fine.

There’s a probe in that box.

Iran had some good ideas in the 1950’s about how to deal with uncooperative oil companies.

Intrusive Thots would be an awesome band name.

USA not liking a Russian-aligned island neighbor is similar to China not liking a USA-aligned Taiwan providing a military launchpad on their maritime border.

It will be interesting to see which strategy turns out to be more effective: China’s carrot and stick approach to reclaiming Taiwan, or USA’s belligerent vendetta against Cuba.

the 3rd hit something spicy!

I don’t know if this is the full explanation, but the article does touch on how the LPM can be tweaked to match physical tests:

The trick is to incorporate experimental measurements to fine-tune the model. If a physics simulation doesn’t agree exactly with experimental data, it is often difficult to figure out why and tweak the model until they agree. With AI, incorporating a few experimental examples into the training process is a lot more straightforward, and it’s not necessary to understand where exactly the model went wrong.

Loading Screens: The Game
Loading Screens 2: Slideshow FPS

It was an interesting concept for a game, but poor execution and horrid performance have ruined it.