wraelk
14d ago
VNRs as popularly conceived might not be borderline magical nanotech, they might just be a few megatons of old-fashioned industry adapted for space that take a decade to duplicate.
I do think this has a few notable differences from the normal depiction of VNRs. The city-sized factory that takes a decade to duplicate itself seems like it's far more likely to have something go wrong, which is a big problem if you're only planning to launch one, and the longer it takes to work the more likely something breaks it before it finishes.
"A factory that works perfectly for 10 years without external human intervention" seems very far from our current technology, despite pretty good incentives to make one.
Though now I really want a Factorio mod that allows you to build space platforms from other space platforms.
wraelk
22d ago
Do women ask it of men?
N=1, but my female partner is generally appreciative of me keeping the area well-groomed and trimmed down (not waxing) for the sex-adjusted equivalent of the reasons TitaniumButterfly mentions.
I have no reason to believe she's attempting to make me look younger or more feminine as she's quite happy with hair in other places, but hair in the mouth is never pleasant, and trimming things down in that region often visually accentuates what's there quite well.
She appreciates my mustache being kept trimmed down for similar reasons.
Isn't Dase Russian? Here he refers to the Russians as "us" and the Americans as "you".
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