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The Arkangel - "Beyond the Aquila rift" in Love, Death and Robots, based on a short story by Alastair Reynolds, DOFRESH .
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The Arkangel - "Beyond the Aquila rift" in Love, Death and Robots, based on a short story by Alastair Reynolds, DOFRESH .

u/MiamisLastCapitalist — 7 hours ago
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Astronomers share more details about the sharpest image of the Sun

Link to the science release

This week, scientists using the U.S. National Science Foundation Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope have made a major breakthrough in solar physics, discovering Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability on the surface of the Sun — a finding that could help explain explosive solar activity and other solar phenomena.

Credit: NSF/NSO/AURA/MPS

u/Busy_Yesterday9455 — 13 days ago
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Wait... Does that mean the Model 75 is nanotech? 🧐 (Queen In Black #1)

This might very well just be an artistic error, but considering some of the other things we've seen it do in the Williamson main series I'm starting to suspect the Model 75 might just be a hybrid suit. It's in pieces and probably has a solid "skeleton" of sorts but with enough nanotech "skin" and "muscle" to make it malleable. Or, in other words, it's got a little of that Model Prime energy going on.

u/MiamisLastCapitalist — 15 days ago
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1st or 3rd person narratives and why?

Hey look, something simple!

I typically write in the 3rd person "privileged observer over the shoulder" sort of view. Where the narrative is colored by a specific person's point of view but not explicitly that person's point of view. I think it's a habit I picked up from James S.A. Corey, who was a big inspiration to me and probably to a lot of us.

But recently I've been binging on Dennis E Taylor's Bobiverse and I gotta say there's something to be said for the 1st person perspective. Not so much for revealing a character but for revealing the world; the things about that world a particular person would notice. ie, the engineer character notices all the cool tech, while the politician notices all the cynical things, etc.

I'm preparing to work on a big project and I'm unsure which style I want to do.

Which style did you pick and why? Do you think one or the other lends itself to certain styles of sci-fi more?

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u/MiamisLastCapitalist — 16 days ago
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A spaceship of the Ix using a Borehole Drive that excavates a transient tunnel through the quantum fabric of spacetime, by Mæster Gekko

u/MiamisLastCapitalist — 16 days ago
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Designing better neural ports

So with the announcement of a Neuromancer adaptation on AppleTV, and seeing its promotional material, I wanted to bring up a long-standing pet peeve of mine in cyberpunk sci-fi.

Those plug-in ports for cyborgs suck.

I get and agree with having a physical connection vs all wireless, but those designs look very uncomfortable, unhygienic, and inefficient given even today's phone plug standards. (And yes I get that that's the point, it's supposed to be grotesque.) Ghost in the Shell and sometimes Cyberpunk 2077 do a slightly better job but still have the same problems. Don't forget this is basically a perpetually open wound and the body does not respond well to that.

So what would a properly designed connection port look like?

I propose it might look a lot like the original Nerualink N1 concept art (included), which is basically just a wireless NFC/charging system. Place the fab or cord magnetically against the right spot on your skin to connect. (EDIT 1: Yes this is how Apple Magsafe works, plus an NFC antenna. Same idea.) (EDIT 2: "Wireless" as in NFC or inductive charging, not as in long-distance wifi.)

u/MiamisLastCapitalist — 22 days ago