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Secret

00:44

@Bellerophon Unfortunately, the second law explicitly forbid any heat to be converted to any kind of work with 100% efficiency

having said that... I might check with the physics guys on this...

in The h Bar, 6 mins ago, by Secret

Does there exists a form of visible light that is not work?

Shalvenay

01:19

hey again @Green

Green

@Shalvenay hah ha! We meet again!

Shalvenay

Green

The bread turned out well.

Shalvenay

good

Green

Still not as good as I'd like but getting there.

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Shalvenay

02:31

hey there @Gryphon

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Future Historian

11:44

Hmmmm.

Secret

12:01

> George Lucas, on the other hand, considers the two aspects of the Force separately, treating the midi-chlorians as the practical, biological side, distinct from the spiritual and metaphysical side of the Force.[12]

Misconception clarified. Revising diagram in progress

Future Historian

Gentlemen?

Question: how easily can OPEC strangle the West, if it wanted to?

Secret

12:39

And old minecraft ship I built in the past, specs were shown:

Lol, looks like I do have anti RKV technology after all

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Future Historian

13:58

@Shalvenay? Is anyone alive?

Because I am not sure how War of the Worlds may be a useful influence for the Visitor series.

Future Historian

14:12

@Shalvenay? One more thing. Anything in materials that could be useful in sustaining thermal shocks?

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Shalvenay

15:34

hey there @Green

hey as well @Gryphon

Gryphon

15:54

@Shalvenay Hello

Shalvenay

how're things going?

Gryphon

Not bad. Holidays are almost over :(

Shalvenay

16:10

alright here, it's kinda nice getting back to normal after the mess that is the holiday season

Green

It's approaching zero degrees F where I am. Very glad my apartment is warm (and I don't pay for heat).

Future Historian

16:39

@Shalvenay? Question: any decent materials that could resist thermal shock?

And projectile velocities going at 5 km/s?

Because I am thinking.........reinforced carbon-carbon.

sighs

Why do I get the feeling that I am just talking to myself?

Shalvenay

@FutureHistorian thermal shock probably wouldn't be an issue for RCC too much (it tends to be mostly a problem in brittle materials)

problem is, RCC lacks impact resistance

it can be damaged by chunks of foam

Bellerophon

16:56

Foam is a deadly weapon in the hands of a master.

Future Historian

@Shalvenay? So, any better materials that can withstand thermal shock AND projectile rounds?

@Bellerophon? Any material suggestions for both resisting thermal shock and resisting projectile rounds from coilguns?

Bellerophon

17:14

Not my area if expertise.

Shalvenay

@FutureHistorian I'd be looking at refractory metal-matrix materials as the outer layers in a composite system. perhaps something from the Inconel family?

Future Historian

18:00

That makes sense.

Specifically, what?

@Shalvenay.

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Shalvenay

23:21

hey there @Mithrandir24601

Mithrandir24601

@Shalvenay Rytsas! Just arrived back in Bristol and have made some (what I believe is) silver needle tea :) How're things?

Shalvenay

@Mithrandir24601 alright here :)

got a potential wb.se question to workshop actually

"what would the the most difficult things for an Age of Sail sailor (lets use Christopher Columbus as an example) to adapt to if he was resurrected in our age and hired on the crew of a modern merchant vessel (say a containership or a bulker -- nothing RoRo/RoCon or tanker-y, and no pax)?"

Mithrandir24601

@Shalvenay the only issue I can see (with my extremely limited knowledge here) is what exactly you mean by "most difficult things"

Shalvenay

@Mithrandir24601 hrm...trying to figure out where the major challenges would be -- most difficult to grasp things, if you will

or do I need to go a level deeper?

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