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WHY DID I PICK THE SHORTEST MONTH OF THE YEAR TO PROCRASTINATEMan, I'm looking forward to the final update tomorrow
You see, I have a plan. I will rush you to the end game; the game will be done by the end of this month.
This is all sounding surprisingly practical. Thank you, this should make my scifi thing a little more interesting.Let's say the shooter can choose how long it remains open. What would the maximum it could be open before something awful like all the air being sucked out of the atmosphere happens?
Basically forever.
The first thing is figuring out where the portal would be. The Sun has no true "surface", but you can put it in the photosphere because that is the outermost layer. A google search tells me that the density there is roughly 10-9 kg/m3 compared with Earth's atmospheric density of 10-3 kg/m3, so the atmosphere would eventually get sucked out. However, the atmosphere is really big and it would take a long time for it to leave (someone else can find an exact number for this).
The radiation shouldn't be much of an issue either. The 1m portal will emit roughly 5 x 106 W (using a 1m diameter hole and a solar radiation at the Sun's surface of 6.29 x 107 W/m2). Compare this with an average car's 9 x 105 watts or the average wind turbine (2.5 x 107 watts) and you'll see that it really isn't much energy. Sure, enough to melt anyone within several meters, but not planet-ending.
The ionizing radiation shouldn't be an issue, either, since the the atmosphere is very very effective at absorbing that.
"What is that?"
"It's a wall of water rushing down the passage right for us!"
"So why is it, you know, just sitting there?"
"CPU must not be able to keep up the updates. You know, more threads that cores."
"Wonder what is hogging up all the resources."
"Probably our AI. So don't stop thinking."
"What is that?"And to the out-of-context thread she goes.
"It's a wall of water rushing down the passage right for us!"
"So why is it, you know, just sitting there?"
"CPU must not be able to keep up the updates. You know, more threads that cores."
"Wonder what is hogging up all the resources."
"Probably our AI. So don't stop thinking."
Something about Toady's avatar just gives me an impression of authority and slight disapproval. If I got a PM from that avatar saying that I was being a jerk, I would reconsider my life.I have avatars turned off
... Maybe people who get banned have avatars turned off?
I've fucked myself royally by not keeping professors in the loop about personal issues. Why am I so shitty about telling when I'm in trouble or need help?Don't worry, it's a common issue, especially if you're the kind of person who doesn't like making a fuss. I've neglected to mention what could have been serious issues (they weren't, thank God) to my family on occasion.
Hopefully if these ideas get implemented I'll know whether 'Alt+y' means 'attack unsuspecting enemy' or 'massacre innocent villagers'.If you have the right mindset, they're one and the same.
Hopefully if these ideas get implemented I'll know whether 'Alt+y' means 'attack unsuspecting enemy' or 'massacre innocent villagers'.
