leftzero

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leftzero , to Star Trek in This creature might try to drink my bones, but I will always cherish them.

I will always cherish my bones, too. They give me support.

leftzero , to Ask Science in Is there a temperature so hot that relativistic effects are noticeable?

Kugelblitzes might (theoretically) be a thing...

To wit, a sufficiently dense concentration of heat, light, or radiation could produce an event horizon similar to that of a black hole, which definitely would count as a noticeable relativistic effect.

leftzero , to xkcd in xkcd #2929: Good and Bad Ideas

Not as much as necrotic tissue still attached to the patient, I suppose.
(The idea is that these maggots are extremely good at debridement, that is, at eating only the dead tissue and leaving the still healthy ones alone; other methods, like scalpels, can't be so discriminating, and force the doctors to remove healthy tissue to make sure there's no necrosis left).

leftzero , to xkcd in xkcd #2929: Good and Bad Ideas

Those aren't good types of bread, though.

leftzero , to Ask Science in Is there any scientific study about where should the bed be facing?

I don’t know about scientific studies, but in my experience I sleep best when the mattress side of the bed is positioned towards the ceiling. Also, putting the bed in front of the door can be somewhat inconvenient, specially if the door opens inward. Other than that, everything else seems to mostly be fair game.

leftzero , (edited ) to Literature in Your Sci-Fi suggestions

Iain M Banks’s Culture series; Consider Phlebas, for instance, or The Player of Games, seem to be pretty much what you’re asking for.

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