Oh, I just read a book called 1632 that touched on this. If I recall the term for them was Sephardic Jews, and due to prejudice large portions of them moved around until settling in England because the monarchy at the time promised protection. They still weren’t allowed real positions of power, but did fill many roles as financial advisers.
Of course the book was published 25 years ago, so some of that information may be outdated.
I’m a big fan of contronyms, words with two opposite meanings. I first learned looking for a word to describe the change in “literally” from meaning, well, the literal meaning of something to also the figurative meaning.
Another good one is dust. You can dust your house to remove dust, but you can also dust a cake with powdered sugar.
I interpreted “old reddit vibes” to be more about there being an actual discourse on posts more than being about the subject matter of the posts. If you look at the comments on reddit, they all just agree with each other because they’re the most popular opinions so they get the most upvotes. The thing I like about here is that I can still read that popular comment, but there are few enough total comments that scrolling down a bit leads to discussions that would have been buried in downvotes there. But since they didn’t define “old reddit vibes” I could be misinterpreting as easily as you!
If you haven’t read it, this blog post greatly increased my appreciation for mechanical watches: https://ciechanow.ski/mechanical-watch/
Sure you can define a small enough unit, call it dt or “change in time.” That’s the basis for calculus anyway.
I think what you’re referring to is that our perception lags behind reality, and so by the “time” we point at a moment and call it present, that moment no longer is the present. I certainly think that’s true, although I don’t see how that indicates that there is no present?
This begs the question “why did enough people start accepting that it was valuable?”
Yes, biolabs have a higher base speed and I think an extra module slot, making them better than regular assembling machines. The real bonus is the 50% productivity, which is absurdly high. That alone makes them worth it. The tough part is feeding them nutrients. I had to use a lot of circuits.
I know you're not looking for a lot of guidance, but there is one thing that makes a factory on Gleba possible that may not be initially obvious. You need to process fruits in biolabs. One seed turns into 50 fruit, each with a 2% chance of giving a seed. This means your seed numbers will average out to stay level. The biolab's 50% productivity makes this ratio positive. Get that going, and the rest you can figure out on your own without having to go on regular treks to get more seeds!
Even if Google stopped paying Mozilla, the organization has enough in savings to operate for several years. That’s plenty of time to cut back on spending and find other revenue sources. My only concern would be that they cut back on Firefox development rather than what I would consider a side project.
Pretty interesting review for anyone interested. There are spoilers about 2/3 through: https://youtu.be/HMUugZ3DxH8?feature=shared
I listened to the soundtrack for about 4 years before getting around to watching the movie. Very fun. For how slow the build-up is, Playtime is Over is one of my favorite workout songs, always gets the endorphins running.
Eric Flint wrote it. I don’t think I made it clear, but know that it’s a piece of fiction where a coal mining town from Virginia gets sent back in time to 1632 German Thuringia and brings American values to the Thirty Years War. It was written by a historian though, so the setting around the story is as accurate as it could be. A lot of the book has aged not so great in terms of what was progressive for the 90’s when it was written, but the premise is out there enough to make up for it, and I really enjoyed how the history is portrayed.