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- getmp3In Ideas & Contribution·31 août 2022Recomendar un sitio que esté conectado a YouTube, algo para describir en el proyecto026
- Hello, is it difficult to fix the cracks in the foundation yourself?In Foundation Discussions·19 octobre 2022To be frank, I don’t think at all that this is a task that a person should cope with on his own. After all, there are special services that can give or otherwise prove themselves in resolving this issue. Look here https://www.pomwaterproofing.ca/interior-waterproofing-mississauga/foundation-repair/ - now you can profitably order basement foundation repairs and feel the difference between how you yourself try to solve the problem and how experts solve it .027
- EssayIn Medias Sharing·22 septembre 2022Hi there! Can you suggest a website to buy inexpensive essays!0215
- Why is the Emperor so put out by Hari?In Foundation Discussions·20 octobre 2021Okay, I know this is Asimov's premise for the whole thing, and I have no problem with that--I mean, it was short story in a 10cent magazine back in the 1940's. But in a million dollar series that is going to be several episodes (not a short story in a pulp mag), at a time when we have some amazing scifi television series (like The Expanse) that try hard to be logical and consistent....shouldn't the writer of this series have given more thought as to WHY the Emperor almost executes Hari for this? The nominal excuse we're given in the first episode is that Hari has influence and is going to shake up the Empire with his predictions. But... (1) There's trillions of people on Trantor and trillions more in the galaxy at large. How much of an influencer is Hari that he'd worry the Emperor? Hari seems to be a reclusive mathematician who is famous only among other mathematicians. (How many followers does he have?) He's not a Pope or popular world leader or famous or super charismatic or anything...so, why execution/exile? (2) Hari's only proof that his predictions are true is math so obscure and difficult that only a rare genius who solves a problem that's never yet been solved can attest that it's true...If climate change scientists, who have a ton of data that can be understood by laymen have a tough time convincing people, think how hard a time Hari would have...so why worry about him convincing a lot of people? (3) And in answer to that question: yes, there's a long history of people predicting the end of the world, no proof needed. And a long history of people believing those predictions. losing their minds and doing weird stuff. But how much of this is getting out to the public at large? Is Hari making galaxy-wide speeches about this? Did he put out a best selling book/documentary that was beamed into everyone's home on every planet? Which brings me to the real question here...if there is ANY explanation as to why the Emperor is seriously worried about the influence of Hari's predictions to undermine the Empire...why hasn't the show presented that explanation?0249
- EssayIn Ideas & Contribution·19 septembre 2022Friends, I need your help! Assigned homework to write an essay, and it's not my hobby at all! Perhaps someone knows where to buy an essay?0213
- Won’t Say I’m Disappointed…In Foundation Discussions1 octobre 2021I forget. What did Seldon do to slow the decline?02
- LinkedInIn Isaac Asimov's Discussions·27 septembre 2022I know for sure there are people here who specialize in marketing with LinkedIn, can you share some smart tips for finding new clients faster?027
- why is there a space elevatorIn Foundation Discussions2 novembre 2021It was a project to commemorate the Legacy of the original Emperor Cleon. On a world as overcrowded as Trantor, they need orbiting platforms and connected places like the space elevator. It will happen here too if we don’t destroy ourselves or are not destroyed. Think of the fuel saved by launching directly from space instead of a rocket? It will be done by the clone hybrid of Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Steve Jobs. It will be called the JOBSGEM. The first one will be created in South Africa, then China, Australia, E.U., but based in Russia, Brazil and Nevada. The U.N. Will unofficially run it, but it will strictly be the tool of Copirateocracies bordering on Religious Fundamentalism as even science will have it’s name changed and breakaway society forms following values exposed by Ayrn Rand and Aldous Huxley.02
- Space Laundry!In Foundation Discussions17 octobre 2021I get that there is a tradition of showing that nice leaders are nice even to the cleaners, but yeah, I agree it's a clumsy scene. Especially if you have ever talked with any cleaner. Once a cleaner told me that they had started doing performance reviews at her place of work and they asked her silly questions like "Where do you see yourself in five years time?" She was rolling her eyes. Ink stains I find a little more reasonable. Clearly in the Galaxy they're still using pens to write important maths on paper, look at all the paperwork in the library. Maybe it's a cultural tradition to have a hard copy of those things, and Hari Seldon was actually jotting his equations on paper. And also, it makes sense for the Foundation to have such backups, in case that at some point they are no longer able to manufacture computers.02
- why is there a space elevatorIn Foundation Discussions27 octobre 2021None of you have proposed an alternative idea to antimatter to explain what the bombs could be. If you have one, just say it. As I said before, "nano-explosives" is a name, not an explanation. And as Thorn said before, nukes wouldn't be small enough. I don't have any strong notions about how good the security of the space elevator was. Clearly, not perfect, since it was brought down. I only argued that it was probably less-than-perfect because the Empire is falling. Since Trantor had enough space traffic to justify a space elevator, then space travel must be cheap enough. Gaal doesn't look like she has a lot of money. People using the space elevator instead of a shuttle after an interstellar trip are no different from people catching long bus ride, instead of a taxi, after getting a plane. If you think that if TSMC's main factory was bombed, chips would simply rise in price, you are in for a serious surprise if that ever happens. Many of the chips made there are simply not made elsewhere. It's generally assumed that the factory could be brought back to operations in a reasonable time, but I don't know if there have been any contingency plans made, or how good any contingency plans are. I'm not aware of how big was the chunk of Trantor's interstellar commerce that was brought down with the space elevator. If you have any insider fan info, just say it.02
- artistic license or artistic slaughter ?In Foundation Discussions2 septembre 2022Hi! thanks for reading my story. Definitely all of your questions/thoughts are good ones, but the whole Foundation series (and most SF in general) is a simplified pocket version of complex reality. Plus I didn't have room to overthink the concept too much. I was more inspired by recent US history, where a certain party based most of its platform on hating the Other Guys. Also there was a guy in 1939 who used the same gambit, making everyone hate the "other guys".0
- why is there a space elevatorIn Foundation Discussions25 octobre 2021If the space elevator has low maintenance costs (and I see no reason why they would be high), then it should be cheaper to get the space elevator than a shuttle, and people would catch it for the same reason they catch a long bus ride instead of a plane. On the question of antimatter bombs, as far as I know, there are no noticeable sources of concentrated antimatter in the galaxy, so collecting antimatter from somewhere isn't practicable. The other option would be making antimatter, but the amount of energy used to make it would be greater than the amount of energy that you could generate from it. The antimatter could be used for bombs but not as an energy source. Calling something "nano-explosives" only gives it a name, it doesn't say where the energy for the explosion comes from. The space elevator is a single point of failure, but then, people have been known to build planet-wide single points of failure, such as the main factory of TSMC in Taiwan that produces a significant amount chips in the low nanometer range, or some of the facilities around the Ghawar oil field in Saudi Arabia. The question on the cracks on the Empire is an entirely new one that deserves its own thread, so I'll open it.02
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