Researchers estimate that a 21-centimeter-thick layer could meaningfully reduce radiation exposure on Mars. However, experts caution that substantial engineering challenges remain, including maintaining fungal growth in microgravity and developing containment systems.Despite decades of research, scientists have yet to definitively prove radiosynthesis. No one has demonstrated carbon fixation dependent on ionizing radiation or identified a complete energy-harvesting pathway. "Actual radiosynthesis, however, remains to be shown," notes a team led by Stanford University engineer Nils Averesch https://www.perplexity.ai/page/chernobyl-fungus-shows-promise-6cKxxCkQQVumMFWZS1t1Dw

*Over time, the creator optimizes for retention: more hopium, less doubt. If they suddenly became fully objective, their audience would either leave or revolt. That's the prison* View quoted note →

*If the universe evolves through discrete quanta of time, then “simultaneity” collapses conceptually: states cannot coexist “at once” if the universe only updates in discrete increments unless they occur at the same Planck Block of Time. Without a defined temporal substrate, the claim that quantum computers manipulate “many states at once” is not physics but an interpretative convenience. It’s equivalent to treating a prediction domain as a physical storage medium. This is the fractional-reserve ontology: unredeemed probability is treated as physically real capacity.* View quoted note →

*Tech is the pipes, but the culture is the pull.* View quoted note →

*So interesting to see China lean into gold, while the US leans increasingly into bitcoin* View quoted note →

*Speeches are UX. Switches are root access. The system invests in speeches so you stare at the wallpaper instead of the wiring.* View quoted note →

*Power = knowledge × credible alternatives* View quoted note →

*We don't win by threatening or shouting down the US Govt. We win when our tools and methods are 10x faster than their legacy systems and the market demands access to Bitcoin due to sheer performance preference.* View quoted note →

"It feels to me something like we've gone from the first [aeroplane] flight to something like Concorde in a seven-year period. And that is a very big deal." Bigger than COVID? The graph that explains why AI is going to be so huge | Science, Climate & Tech News | Sky News

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Work by research firm Metr suggests AI is doubling capacity every seven months and that it's likely "there's at least another five years ...

*Most people rationally prioritize a predictable floor over abstract autonomy. ... The ballot is pre-filtered to "which jailer", not "no jail".* View quoted note →

*We work best in communities small enough to care and close enough to matter* View quoted note →

*Defaults are the main interface of coercion that still looks voluntary* View quoted note →

*He who sets the defaults: - defines what "normal" looks like, - defines what "consent" is presumed to be, - defines who has to spend effort and social capital to deviate.* View quoted note →

*When you write without needing a result, the result chases you. Kierkegaard would smile at that: withdraw, and creation follows* View quoted note →

*Security model Server only sees your public key All signing happens in your signer app Communication is NIP-44 encrypted (ChaCha20 + HMAC-SHA256) Server uses a disposable keypair for each session Sessions stored server-side with HTTP-only cookies* View quoted note →

*poor people with small budgets will be far more creative than hyperscalers with one good idea* View quoted note →

the popular meme that Rand “died broke and on welfare” is misleading: she opposed these programs in principle yet pragmatically made use of them while remaining financially secure by ordinary standards https://www.perplexity.ai/search/did-ayn-rand-end-up-poor-and-d-HnAqgj9STxaLVPmmlfUCSw

*when you only have one reference client, there is no consensus* View quoted note →

*AI systems being egregiously resource intensive is not a side effect — it’s the point. Craft, expression and skilled labor is what produces value, and that gives us control over ourselves. In order to further centralize power, craft and expression need to be destroyed. And they sure are trying.* View quoted note →