/sci/ - Science & Math

>make a ringworld
>need impossibly strong material to hold it together
>need impossibly big jets to keep the orbit stable
kilometer sized tubes are better

What luxuries would you ban to try and save the environment?
>no more sugar candy or drink
>cigarettes of all kinds
>combustion engines banned from public roads from 2025
>riding solo in a combustion engine car in general
>only two plane trips per person per year, out and back again
>cruise ships must go

Fund fusion and moon base.
Bribe the right people in the UN to make background checks mandatory for couples who want to have children.

What is with the exclamation mark?

Read that the critical mass of uranium is 58 kg.
Does that mean if I could conjure a 60 kg sphere it would detonate immediately?

>27 year old perma virgin
>energy technologist with comfy job in public sector
>got an idea that our civilization is on its way to collapse
>not really trying to do anything about it or preparing for it

>>10696588
I could take it or leave it honestly. At this point I have fucked so goddamn many 6-7/10 130-ish IQ math bitches at conferences etc that it's mostly lost its appeal? Maybe I will lock one down just for breeding smart kids when I hit 35 or 40 but for now I'm trading up a bit looks-wise with bio and med grd studentd and postdocs and busting abMUCH better nut.

>>10640607
Not OP, but this is how I envision the explanation going:
>the fourier series breaks the function into sine waves
OK!
>the fourier transform breaks it into sine waves, but does it continuously instead of as a discrete series
OK!
>the laplace transform breaks the function into _______
I also don't know the answer by the way

>>10604870
You're talking about genetic differences but you use the word 'culture' like you think in the face of all evidence that these things are purely nurture-ish and contingent

Should I apply sunfilm on the inside or outside of my windows?
Inside will make it last longer by being protected from weather, but not sure if it will insulate as well from the sun's heat as if it was on the outside.

>auntie have had problems with stomach pain for a few years
>goes on a trip to africa with lol no milk
>stomach pain stops
>returns home and starts drinking milk again
>dude stomach pain again lmao
She has stopped now and is fine, body must have started to reject it in her 50s.

Should I put sunscreen film on my windows when light and heat is only a problem 2-3 months of the year?
Living in scandinavia where everything is fine and dandy, but when summer finally comes around the sun goes fucking nova, making my apartment a goddamn oven.