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[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

What's the most effective way to build all parts of a nuclear fusion power plant? Please, be specific.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Did the year of the Linux desktop finally happen?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Yes, just last year!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Is Calculon actually a good actor?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Not quite as good as Acting Unit 0.8

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

What is the formula for immortality?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

How did you all kill the san-ti 600 years ago?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Oh that's easy:We didn't.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

What is the best recipe for nachos in the future you guys have got to have figured this out by now

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

How make proper fire with stone?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Oh sure. Here is an early video of the primitive technology guy. This was way way before he reached immortality through genetic engineering in episode 1456.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 7 months ago

Is 3024 the year of Linux on desktop?

[–] [email protected] 27 points 7 months ago (1 children)

What would you tell a direct ancestor of yourself, living in the year 2024?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago

This is it. You don't always know what you need to to know.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Is science able to describe reality completely?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

I hope "not yet" is a satisfying answer....

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (2 children)

What are the best means of energy collection, storage, and transmission?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

The Dyson sphere is pretty effective.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Even if the person I asked had knowledge enough in the field to answer this, I'm not sure I could understand it enough to retain any of it. I don't even understand todays batteries.

Imagine if someone from the 1920s asked you such a question. What would you explain? What frame of reference could they have to understand the answer?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

I could certainly explain enough for them to invest in the right stocks.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

Are women treated as true equals to men yet?

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