YAY! BECKY THREAD!
This is a great question for Cato.
But the answer is no.

>>27606
We lost this round, but we'll get 'em next time!

Honestly I just hope Cato didn't die.
Typing posts on the Internet that aren't shitposts cannot be good for your headache.

Cato is going to argue himself to death one of these days.

BTW eating helps with headaches too, I forgot. xD

Also spicy cucumber things and Japanese puddin

On the surface of a space rock
Excavating for a mine
Dwellt a tiny robominer
And it worked around the clock

Oh my darling
Oh my darling
Oh my darling MB-3
Even though you're
Very tiny
I would love to mine with thee!

xD

(author's note: MB-3 stands for Mining Bot Modification Three, a fictional abbreviation of a fictional bot)

Don't rate this, this is giga silly and I butchered original rhymes. ><

>>27615
>giga silly
it's spreading.

Never heard of asteroid mining but I assume it's worthy in the future I guess?

>>27617
?

>>27618
Your guess is as good as mine.
We need to make an actual evaluation for the risks but there is too many hidden variables in the thing, like how to pick worthwhile asteroids, or how long some projects are going to take.
It's a heavy investment high risk endeavour which isn't entirely clear if even worth it in the long run because of possible operational costs and whatnot. I guess one thing that could happen is space rockets stop being so shit but that's sci-fi territory.

I may sound excited or knowledgeable about the thing, but I am in fact neither.

Waiting for Cato to respond to my previous post (in the previous thread) btw

>>27595
>asteroids are very far away
They really aren't. The main belt, even though it is between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, is actually relatively easy to get to, and once orbital trains are set up will require an extremely small amount of fuel to access regularly. That is even considering that we want to go with the main belt and not one of the numerous near-earth asteroids

>If we learn to recycle
If we learn perfect recycling that will help, but we are constantly building taller and making more "stuff" so just recycling isn't going to be enough to satisfy those needs

>if we don't have enough
I mean, we really don't have enough. Rare earth elements are called rare earth elements for a reason. You also have to consider what kind of advances we could make if some of these materials became easily accessible. How accessible would electronics be if gold was the price of iron?

>all the moneybags
Investment in space science and the potential for space infrastructure has been increasing significantly over the past decade. Just look at companies like SpaceX

>add a decde to any project
Well yeah, I said that

>You can't even rotate people from mars
Why not?

>>27619
the use of the word "giga"

>>27620
>They really aren't
They are. It would take several months at least to get to them. Those are some really nasty supply chains.
>That is even considering that we want to go with the main belt and not one of the numerous near-earth asteroids
Yea, I didn't consider that. The idea seems much less reliable than just getting to the main mass of them.
I suppose those would be first targets for the mining but even then people are sceptical.
>If we learn perfect recycling that will help, but we are constantly building taller and making more "stuff" so just recycling isn't going to be enough to satisfy those needs
I guess I am an ascetic type but I really, really don't think endless scaling up and relying on it is going to work in the long run. First, the side effects such as environmental damage would be immense (in proportion to scaling up). Second, there is no such thing as endless scaling. I don't want to be the cancer to ruin myself lol, but you are free to disagree.
>I mean, we really don't have enough.
As far as I am aware, there is a huge amount of Earth crust not explored yet. Seabed is poorly explored as well. Maybe something really expensive like sifting through gorillion tons of ocean water for minerals is cheaper still lol. Do we really not have enough?
>You also have to consider what kind of advances we could make if some of these materials became easily accessible. How accessible would electronics be if gold was the price of iron?
Also such huge changes in economy would cause great social shifts lol. Doesn't matter for good or bad, it still could have massive negative consequences.
And I think humanity is more energy capped than anything. With lots of energy we could run even more expensive projects for recycling and mining. Probably even space travelling (transporting) would benefit from this because we could make hydrogen fuel basically forever.
>Investment in space science and the potential for space infrastructure has been increasing significantly over the past decade. Just look at companies like SpaceX
I dunno what exactly you mean but doing stuff like launching communication satellites at least pays off, and it pays off relatively quickly. I am not entirely sure economy is in such a good shape it could make some heavy investments without any return for decades (or never if we fail). Call me a coward but I don't think it's really me being a coward here. After all, I don't own huge industries or monies, it's all those people who matter who are not going to do this.
>Why not?
I am pretty sure the several months they would spend going back and forth are about safe threshold for human body being in space if not above it. And those people need to actually do meaningful stuff on Mars or whenever. I feel like first people going there would really be some one-way trips with highly possible deaths while trying to set up.

>>27619
What the heck, my picture disappeared/didn't appear in the thread. I guess the page generator for this place really cannot handle the load.

>>27621
I would say I started it but even then I would be lying. Giga/mega and others have forever been really popular in such context, I think.

It drove iron to the spaceship
Every morning just at nine
Without lagging, without failure
Its designer was divine!

Oh my darling
Oh my darling
Oh my darling MB-3
Even though you're
Very tiny
I would love to mine with thee!

>>27624
I've just been hearing it an awful lot lately, after I started using it.

So the spaceship drifting through the
Endless void of outer space
To deliver ores and good luck
From MBs to human race!

Oh my darling
Oh my darling
Oh my darling MB-3
Even though you're
Very tiny
I would love to mine with thee!

When the time is to expire
For my darling MB-3
I will send there his clone brother
And forget he ever lived!

Oh my darling
Oh my darling
Oh my darling MB-3
Even though you're
Very tiny
I would love to mine with thee!

(it's about as sad as original Clementine song, I know)

You may say I have boomer taste in music but I in fact have beyond boomer taste because there is no way any boomer lives several centuries.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=l1NgHonWNE0 [Embed]

>>27623
damn

>>27633
I thought that tweet was literally you.

I fell asleep

>>27635
Go back to sleep.

>>27636
I dont wanna

>>27637
well shit.

>>27638
I dont know what I wanna do, though

>>27639
Options?
I'm watchin' stuff.

>>27640
I have no idea.

I don't really have anything to watch, either

>>27641
rip you

>>27642
That would be nice, yes

>>27643
Yeah.

>>27644
Buh!

>>27645
?

>>27646
I dont even know what games to play to help me relax

>>27630
>>27155
mostly just done for anime/otaku media where its aimed at a younger
books and movies are rarely if ever shortened
do you know 童？ that explains the difference between 目 and 瞳

>>27647
Try something new.

>>27649
That's what I am trying to figure out. What new thing to try

>>27650
Just spin the wheel or something.

Just got caught up on houseki

Cute.
Not that it matters too much. Both boards are close to dead

Not if we revive it.

Hard to achieve

>>27657
It only takes 2.

>>27658
I'll take you

>>27659
Where?
I hope it's somewhere fun.

>>27660
A lifetime experience

once in a lifetime, I suppose is how it goes

>>27661
that's a what, not a where.

>>27663
anywhere

>>27664
That doesn't sound too fun

>>27665
Don't blame you. I wouldn't enjoy myself either

>>27666
not what I meant, there..

>>27667
Right, totally wasn't

>>27668
Hu's about to take me into the woods and shoot me.

>>27669
Doesn't that sound like fun?

>>27670
Woods maybe, I'll pass on the other part though.

>>27671
Woods are interesting.
That's fine, no shooting then

>>27672
Let's go hiking!

>>27673
and sleep beneath the stars

>>27674
Haven't done that in ages, sounds fun.

>>27675
Never done it, but would like to

>>27676
wtf
Gotta live a little hu

>>27677
maybe so, but no point in doing it alone

>>27678
It's pretty comfy either way.
But yeah, we'll have to take ya

>>27679
yay :3

>>27680
Gotta experience it at least once!

>>27681
Such a day may come

Did everyone die?

@Cato: do you want to continue our space talk?

>>27648
Thanks.

>do you know 童？ that explains the difference between 目 and 瞳
E7%AB%A5">https://www.nihongomaster.com/dictionary/kanji/2092E7%AB%A5
<Definition of 童
<juvenile
<child
童 seems to be a part of 瞳 but I don't know how kanji combining works at all. Does pupil being a part of an eye i.e. a "child" of an eye seem like a plausible explanation? Honestly, I doubt it so please confirm or deny this.
Thanks for providing insight into this.

Also what do you think about that mining bot Clementine poem?

I liked it (parts of it at least) that's why I published it.

>>27684
Hello I am not kill.

>>27686
Awesome.

>>27688
Good pic.

>a girl in a formal school swimsuit
Sometimes I wonder how much of it is actually otaku's nostalgia about their school days with schoolgirls in such swimsuits and not just a tribute to the media where you have to draw "otaku stuff" just because.
Because, well, this swimsuit doesn't look good on the girl. Or maybe on any girl. Fight me. xD

>>27689
Well, in the case of Marine its because she's officially 17, but she's very clearly much older, so there's a lot of art of her in clothes for really young kids to play on the "old woman trying to play a younger girl" thing.

This golden glow
Is not happiness
It's the dust that you kicked in my face
Before saying goodbye

Oh memory
Won't you speak to me?
Can you show me the boat of my soul
That can sail me back home?

Let me go~
Let me go~
Let me go

>>27690
Does she have Inoue Kikuko as a seiyuu too?

>>27692
No she's a vtuber.

>>27694
>people not only watch vtubers but also draw tons of art with them
>all that while various annie may titles are clearly underloved
The world clearly has taken a turn for the worse in the last decade.
*sips herbal tea*

>>27695
Better than them drawing nothing but gacha characters. Which is still a lot of what they draw.

>>27696
>gacha
Do adult people actually pay money for this?
inb4 of course they do, look at the amount of pachinko players or something

>>27697
You answered that one yourself, my friend.

Hello

>>27698
They could by Fuchikos on the Cup instead! xD

https://youtube.com/watch?v=m6yjSsByYNg [Embed]

(All that time I was looking for some specific videos on jewtube but it looks like they are long gone, so have this instead)

>>27699
Dubs = checked.

>>27700
You know a person lived in space for a year, right?

>nier mobile game has yorha units and the automata main cast in it
I FUCKING sleep

>>27701
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/04/what-happens-human-body-space/586966/

OK, I thought the consequences are more severe TBH. It still looks really bad. Radiation aside, zero-gravity atrophy is more about doing doing business rather than caring about health.
Also apparently low orbit craft doesn't receive all possible sources of radiation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_threat_from_cosmic_rays#The_deep-space_radiation_environment

Anyway I raised much more points than this.

Sadly Sewerslvt made this private.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=G_2Fao9UA80 [Embed]

Why can't every day be Wednesday?

>>27704
You can mitigate a significant amount of the radiation by storing your water as a lining around the spacecraft. It only takes a foot or two to significantly decrease radiation.

>>27684
there are 6 types of kanji
指事 which is a kanji which is made up of the images/visual of it not the pronouncation of the kanji
象形 which are when the kanji is a direct image of what its meant to be, hard to spot in modern chinese/japanese but it relates to the old writing styles 人 is an example
會意 is what 瞳 is, a combining of the meaning of two kanji to make a new one like 森, made up of ３木

pupil was considered a smaller part belonging to the eye, hence the kanji, i dont see how its strange, isnt it similar with english pupil which also means student/child?

>>27622
>There is a huge amount of the Earth that isn't explored yet, including the seafloor
That.. isn't how things work. The seafloor is mostly comprised of relatively young MORB basalt that really doesn't vary that much in composition. The reason why ore bodies exist is through the process of plate tectonics that created the continental plates, inherent heterogeneity created relatively small areas that concentrated certain materials. Doesn't really happen much with MORB basalts.

>it could have massive negative consequences.
The consequences could also be incredibly good. The global market is not based on the gold standard anymore and fluctuating commodity prices is the nature of the markets. Especially if we know it is going to happen, there is plenty of time for the rich investors to deal with their money

>Heavy investments without returns for decades.
You should look up the starship.
https://www.spacex.com/vehicles/starship/
They are already spending millions in development and just had a static fire test of one of the prototypes.

There, I replied to a few more

Cato how do I get my remains launched into space

>>27711
Stuff a whole bag of mentos up your ass and add copious amounts of diet coke.

>>27709
I see, thanks.
>i dont see how its strange
It's not that strange but I wouldn't be surprised if the explanation was different.
Also I am not an etymology pro, but apparently pupil as in a supervised student and as in a hole in the eye both come from Latin and the pupil there is not a part of an eye but rather a reflection in the eye. Pupus. Pupa. Pupilla. The reflection is the doll, pupilla.
Well, at least that's what my dictionary says.

>>27713
i dont see any other explanation for it

>>27715
>>27716
Spec died.
R.I.P. in piss.

>>27717
It was bound to happen with the level of alcoholism he took on.

>>27718
We simply became alcoholics. He was born in it, molded by alcohol in the womb.

>>27719
That's some next level shit I'm not ready to think about.
I should sleep on that note.

>>27708
It's not like it is a bad idea but adding some tons of shielding might be too much for the rockets.
Also ideally you don't want to rotate people at all, obviously, because that's not cheap.

>>27710
>The reason why ore bodies exist is through the process of plate tectonics that created the continental plates
Tectonic processes happen underwater also but I am not really a geologist.
After all, that point might be invalid merely because it could be even more expensive than near Earth asteroid mining.
>Especially if we know it is going to happen, there is plenty of time for the rich investors to deal with their money
I am not sure if this is how it works at all. Say we know the prices for something drop. What happens next, huh? I don't think anybody can predict this. I mean, by introducing new possibilities we launch a cascade of chaotic events.
>You should look up the starship.
I don't think the mere possibility of launching an expedition to Mars means anything. The important part of this upstart is to build some infrastructure in space, which was not attempted before. I'm not saying it's impossible but the really impossible thing is to do it right on the first try, and how many attempts do we have before it turns into another massive financial black hole?
>They are already spending millions in development and just had a static fire test of one of the prototypes.
Whatever. I am not telling adult people how to spend their money lol. It would be cool if anything at all came out of this. They say it's the journey that's important, not the destination. xD
I do not think my destination lies in space. I mean, c'mon, without FTL travel the whole thing is just sad.

>There, I replied to a few more
Hmph!
If you don't want to talk about this, then don't, I got other stuff to do.
What we do here isn't productive but hopefully it's fun.
Also apparently endchan just died randomly when I was attempting to post, so RIP.

>>27729
Just get up?

>>27730
Nah, been up like 2 hours at this point.
Cute pic.

>>27731
Need aruruu in a tiger outfit like that.
Got up just a little while ago.

>>27732
That would be very cute.
Well, good morning then.
>>27733

>>27733

>>27734
Mornin'.
Got anything going on today?

>>27735
What do you think?

>>27734
>>27735
Hello.

>>27736
Guess not.

>>27737
G'day mate.
>>27738
Yessiree.

>>27737
'ello

>>27739
Particularly did nothing yesterday, so I wanna at least try to do something today. Too bad there's nothing to do.

>>27740
I don't remember the last time I did something.

>>27741
Probably at least a month, here.

>>27742
Yeah, nah, its been like since Corona started here. Unless you count going to the doctor twice and watching a movie with my grandma.

>>27743
I would count movie with grandma.
I at least had school until may, you're probably going nuts.

>>27744
I JUST WANT TO GO TO JAPAN
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

>>27745
At least you'll probably make it by spring

>>27746
I fucking hope so.

>>27747
I could see it going a bunch of different ways. Vaccines soon though, so that's good.
btw, have you ever used surface mail to ship stuff from JP -> US?

>>27748
No, because I'm an impatient little bitch.

>>27749
Hopefully I don't get fucked, then.
Is that girl from bombergirl, or something else? I see her in a bunch of stuff.

>>27750
She's originally from some other Konami arcade game called Quiz Magic Academy, I think. But I'm pretty sure she only got popular from being in Bombergirl.

>>27751
pc port when. Too good to be stuck in arcades.

>>27752
Seriously, whats the fucking hold up Konami?
They even announced another smug loli the other day, showing that they truly understand why this game is popular.

>>27753
Too busy making pachinko machines.
Post smug loli.

>>27754
I also wonder if it has something to do with them realizing that the pay model of an arcade game wouldn't work on PC.
This is the new one.

>>27755
Even her hairpin is smug.
Just sell cosmetics for the girls as microtransactions, on top of a like $15-$20 upfront price. ez money

>>27756
Overflowing smug.
I mean, they'd have my money at least.

>>27757
I'm convinced weebs will buy any junk on steam. I think it would do well.

>>27758
Fox does often send me links to some pretty shitty looking games that look like they're trying to cash grab on the weeb audience, so you're probably right.

>>27759
Yeah, fox is that audience.
Meanwhile they remove actual VNs from the platform for having girls in school uniforms.

>>27760
Yeah, its fucking bullshit. And I remember there was some outrage when they started removing them, but now it seems like everyone forgot about it despite Valve not actually stopping.

>>27761
I don't remember which game, but it happened again just a few days ago. Saw people talking about it on that shitty site.

>>27762
Yeah, I saw something about another one getting removed recently too, maybe the same one.

>>27763
People just need to realize that steam isn't the platform for VNs, I guess.

>>27764
Yeah, but on whatever platform are they going to get mainstream exposure? Although, I suppose on the other hand, mainstream exposure really isn't the best for them.

>Gambling for cash is nominally illegal in Japan, but the widespread popularity of low-stakes pachinko gambling in Japanese society has enabled a specific legal loophole allowing it to exist. Under the law, pachinko balls won from games cannot be exchanged directly for money in the parlor, nor can they be removed from the premises or exchanged with other parlors; however, they can be legally traded to the parlor for so-called "special prize" tokens (特殊景品 tokushu keihin), which are then legally "sold" for cash to a separate vendor located off-premises. These vendors (ostensibly independent from—but often owned by—the parlor owner) then sell the tokens back to the parlor at the same price paid for them (plus a small commission), thus turning a cash profit without technically violating the law.
I love how you can pull this up directly from Wikipedia but apparently the gambler fighters do not do anything about it. Or do they? (wives beating up their husbands for losing all the paycheck in pachinko parlors don't count)
>By 1994, the pachinko market in Japan was valued at ¥30 trillion (nearly $300 billion).[2] In 1999, sales and revenue from pachinko parlors contributed 5.6% of Japan's ¥500 trillion GDP and over 330,000 people were employed by pachinko parlors, 0.52% of all those employed in Japan.[3] As of 2015, Japan's pachinko market generates more gambling revenue than that of Las Vegas, Macau and Singapore combined.[4] The grey market nature and tremendous profit involved in pachinko gambling historically resulted in considerable infiltration by Yakuza, who used it as a vehicle for money laundering and racketeering, but since the 1990s this has been less of an issue due to police crackdowns.[5]
Big in Japan lol.

>>27766
Was this meant to be a reply to someone?

>VNs
I legitimately can only read otome. And even then I am not a big reader.

>>27765
Look at what mainstream exposure did to fate, easily convinces me that it's bad.
Kind of sucks, since I still want them to make money.

>>27768
GAY

>>27767
Guess not.

>otome
I've only read hakuoki and the MC was such a useless bitch I actually got mad.
Are there actually any good ones?

>>27769
Yeah, thats the problem, you want them to do well, but then you look at things that did go mainstream and its like, well I don't want that either.

>>27770
Or a girl.
Not that interested in lewds.

>>27773
Even the utaware sequels relative success has nearly killed the series, at least for me.
not to mention more staff members dying

>>27772
I started reading Cinderella Phenomenon recently and it is interesting.
>what the heck is that indie free to play stuff
Yes.
As I said, I am not a big reader and not knowledgeable at all.

>>27776
I've been wanting to play something like that recently, I'll have to do some lookin'.

>>27774
If you're a girl, post tits.
>>27775
I will cry if Ryza's success ruins the series. My problems with that game I think mostly came more from budgetary reasons, so Ryza 2 will probably be pretty indicative of what to expect going forward.
I saw that one of the composers died a few days ago.

>>27777
Nice quads.
Take this random screenshot of Cinderella Phenomenon.

>>27778
I am a genderless robot and my name is Arale. xD

>>27778
I feel like atelier has a long enough track record that it'll probably be okay. I could see the added income helping it a lot, actually.
It's unfortunate. Shit's gonna be rough when Amaduyu eventually goes.

>>27779
looks like a standard affair, but still nice.

>>27781
True, from what we've seen of Ryza 2 the areas look a lot better at least. But trying to appeal to a wider audience rarely leads to good things, and I could see them trying to take that direction in order to retain their newfound audience.
Is he old?

>>27782
The game has a psychological message. The MC is a princess who has a ton of (mommy) issues on which you are supposed to work I guess.
I suppose it's not that deep but it's pretty enough for teens, i.e. it is pretty much NGE tier.

>>27783
I think I only saw Ryza's new design, and it was similar enough that I couldn't tell much difference from a glance.
His age isn't known, but I place him at like mid 40's or so.

>>27784
I don't expect much out of otome games, or any "dating" style thing in general.

>>27786
This game has an actual decent fantasy setting and a decent story though.
I dunno what you have in mind but I just found Cinderella Phenomenon interesting from a universal standpoint.

>>27787
Her thighs sure matured.
Not a fan of the single stocking thing, though.

>>27788
I've just been wanting a VN to play, didn't really have much in mind other than that.

>>27787
>changed more generic cloth to more serafuku cloth
>removed one stocking
>more mature
I am legitimately perplexed.

>>27789
>Her thighs sure matured.
I guess they know why the previous game made money.
>Not a fan of the single stocking thing, though.
Yeah, I'm not either. Overall I prefer her original design, but I think the new one works for what they're going for.
>>27790
Her clothes are entirely different besides her hat and pants. She also has a different hairstyle and earring now.

>>27791
It'll keep making them money too.
Her face is what makes her look more mature, if you ask me.

>>27792
I wonder how they'll handle it once they finish with Ryza. I guess also give the next main character some meaty thighs is their best bet.
Yeah, that too.

>>27768
Play Utawarerumono, nigger

>>27793
Have they had a loli protag yet?

>>27791
On the left pic we see an almost decent, well-rounded lady with a humble appeal.
The lady on the right pic however looks like she's ready to go twerking or something. Not that I mind it, but where's maturity?

>>27795
Totori(13) and Lydie & Suelle(14) are the closest. I guess Rorona also kinda counts, she was 14 in the Japanese version fucking NISA aged her up for the english release though but she doesn't really look like a loli at all. Although, she does turn herself into a loli in Meruru, but officially she's 20 something at that point.
>>27796
>looks like she's ready to go twerking
This seems like a hyperbole.

>>27797
Need a bona-fide loli protag. No teenager stuff.
>aged her up
of course they did.

>>27794
I have watched the anime forever ago (like the first anime adaptation) and it was cool but not that cool. I mean, literally the chosen one amnesiac daddy, c'mon. Ancient/Medieval king everyday life is the best about the show.
Also, wth
>Utawarerumono (Japanese: うたわれるもの) is a Japanese adult tactical role-playing visual novel
No need for eroge and I am not a big fan of tactics. I dunno, all such games require you tight control on the situation, and most of success comes from you to be able to successfully blow up the whole enemy party before they can do anything to you because this is a long, long endurance battle where you pay for your slips with cascading consequences. Well, unless that game has much more lenient balance in which case it's too simple.

Honestly I'm just near the end of my Darkest Dungeon run and some of the design decisions here I just don't like. Namely, the really nasty difficulty spike from veteran to champion dungeons. I lost parties to this.

>>27798
Yeah, but after Ryza I think the chances of that seem even lower. Although I'd be perfectly fine with a thick thighs loli protagonist.
They actually changed Totori to 14 too, but thats not as big of a difference. They also thought it would be oh so hilarious to change a character's name to Esty Dee. I'm glad the series is out of their hands, but their mark is forever left on it, especially when KT is too lazy to retranslate any of the games NISA did for future releases.

>>27797
14 is basically not a loli.
t. loli pro

>This seems like a hyperbole.
It is but the lady on the right looks a bit more airheaded. Maybe part of the maturity is not to be shy but the girl on the left doesn't look shy anyway.

>>27799
It's tactical, but not tactical in the sense that Civilization and Age of Empire are tactical. You just have units deployed and then it's up to you to utilize their abilities to win the battle.
Good story though~

Still worth checking out sometime you're bored though. Second and third installments are on Steam now, and they're significantly better than the anime

>>27800
An ara ara protag would be good too, if they haven't already.
What's the point of changing a character's age to 14?
Even though they did ok on the utaware remake translation I still don't trust NISA one bit.

>>27801
I agree, thats why I said "closest".
I think what you're seeing is that she's supposed to have a bit more of a "city girl" look in the right image. Because in the first game she lives in a small backwater island town, but in the second game she's moving to the big city.
>>27803
The closest to that is the protags in previous games returning in later games when they're older, like Ayesha in Shallie Plus or Rorona in Lulua. We might get cake Ryza in 3 though, which I'd be totally okay with.
Same reasoning as Nintendo changing a character from 13 to 15 in Xenoblade X, I assume.
I dunno, NISA might be getting better. I was very surprised when they redid Ys VIII's translation and released it as a free update. Although on the other hand, they had to fuck it up bad enough for it to need a retranslation in the first place. Either way, they're not my problem anymore at least.

>>27804
Country girls are legitimately more mature. Well, some of them, I guess. City life infantilizes people.

>>27805
Fair enough, but its still a logical evolution for her character in context.

>>27725
>too much for the rockets
That's why you manufacture them in space.

>tectonic processes happen underwater and I am not a geologist
I am a geologist, yes. There is an argument that people could make multi-kilometre deep mines in continental crust, but as you mentioned, that would be an even larger hurdle than space mining.

>I don't think anybody can predict
I mean, you can pretty well predict what material there is going to be an increase in supply of, as we know the general composition of asteroids
>the whole thing about starship
That was in response to you saying that nobody was investing significantly in anything other than platforms to launch satellites, which they actually are.
>without FTL
There's a whole solar system to deal with before we'd need FTL!

>if you don't want to talk about htis
My harumph was in jest, this is fun

>>27806
>logical evolution for her character
That I can agree with.

>>27808
Good, I see we've come to an understanding.

>>27804
I'm not invested in atelier at all but still wanna see cake ryza. with kids, maybe.

>>27810
I wanna see cake Ryza, but not that second thing.

>>27811
Maybe she isn't the sort.

>>27812
I just doubt they'll do it, there's rarely much romance in the games aside from Escha & Logy, and Ryza doesn't really have a male love interest. I mean, I guess there's a few candidates but I'd rather not see Ryza with any of them.
Also even when Rorona got a kid they were just adopted despite the fact she's like the only protagonist besides Escha who regularly gets paired with one of the guys from her games.

>>27807
>That's why you manufacture them in space.
Except that we don't lol.
Though I suppose the infrastucture of separate rockets/spaceships going from the surface and to the other planets and moons would change things but hey, that is exactly what is expensive about this, the heavy investment.
BTW isn't lead shielding better? I mean, it's certainly heavier but if we deliver the lead and stuff from space, we would probably care less.
>That was in response to you saying that nobody was investing significantly in anything other than platforms to launch satellites, which they actually are.
Nah, people have been talking about expedition to Mars forever at this point and I am aware of recent vehicles that were launched and operated over there. We could actually even launch the expedition for, I dunno, people to dig into the surface of Mars and build a permanent bunker there lol. Then establish the research station and then who knows what else. Mars doesn't seem to be particularly needed.
The asteroid mining thing is entirely different.
>There's a whole solar system to deal with before we'd need FTL!
BRB I forgot my handkerchief @ Triton station.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triton_(moon)
See you in a couple decades.

>>27813
Adoption is a perfectly acceptable route.

>>27815
In that case, I'd be fine with it. I like girls to stay pure, so I'd rather they stay away from canonically saying they've had sex, unless its like an eroge.

>>27816
I typically don't mind, but it depends on the work.

>>27814
>But we don't
We could also manufacture on the moon and that would solve many of the problems. Asteroid mining is not something that happens alone.
>Is lead shielding better
Water is a lot easier to get and is something you will always have anyway.
>mars doesn't seem to be particularly needed
Well yeah. Gotta be a Lunatic before you can be a Martian

We space dandy now?

>>27817
>depends on the work
Thats true. It definitely would feel out of place in Atelier, in my opinion.

>>27819
Imagine the butthurt if they married off one of the idolmaster girls.

>>27820
I don't want to because I'd be one of the people butthurt.

>>27821
Exactly, it just goes against the whole point of the idol thing.

>>27822
Not to mention its also basically a dating sim. It'd be the equivalent of if part way through one of the girls' routes in Amagami they said they were dumping the MC, getting together with some other guy, and that was just how their story ended.

>>27823
Finally, a route for cucks.

>>27824
Cucks deserve nothing. NOTHING.

Brownsville is super weird

>>27818
>We could also manufacture on the moon
We don't do that either lol.
>Water is a lot easier to get and is something you will always have anyway.
Not in space?
>We space dandy now?
Never seen that show.

Posting cool pic.

>>27825
But that's exactly what they want.

>>27826
That a town or somethin?

>>27828
I mean nothing as in they deserve no media catering to their depraved fetish.

>>27829
Big Agree.

>>27828
It is a deepwater port in Texas that is 17 miles inland

>>27831
That's actually pretty nifty.

>>27830
So... you figure out something to do today?

>>27832
Kinda, but still weird

>>27833
Think I'll try to find something to play. What that'll be, who knows.

>>27834
I guess? You know what goes through there?

>>27835
Oh well, tell me if you do.

>>27835
It looks like a lot of oil infrastructure.

It is mostly weird because they just dug a big long channel https://www.google.com/maps/@26.0032044,-97.340603,24965m

There are a couple places where deep water ports are pretty far inland on rivers, but nope, they dug a trench

Well I guess our talk is suddenly over.

See ya.

>>27836
Will do. I'll probably just end up looking at the shelf of games and not doing anything.

>>27837
Oil aint too surprising for TX.
How else would you do it, than digging a channel if there aren't any rivers around?

>>27839
I know that feeling all too well.

>>27827
>>27838
Sorry, I missed your post

>>27827
>We don't either
We're talking about why we should
>Not in space?
Water is actually pretty easy to get, especially compared to lead. even most rocky asteroids are 10% or more water by mass

Cool pic is cool

>>27842
We also talking about why we likely won't.
>Water is actually pretty easy to get, especially compared to lead.
Is water good enough though? I mean we are talking about years of exposure here potentially.
Though I have read about active shielding, as in using artifical magnetospheres to deal with this. Maybe that's better.

Nvm apparently active shielding doesn't really work atm.

>>27845
Please be patient. I have autism and PTSD.

>>27846
It's alright. Think I've been a dumbass and done it too. Even if sage doesn't bump threads here, it's not like it does anything at all on this board.
First thread can't be bumped after all

>>27847
Sageing is stealthposting. It's not dumb. It's subtle.

>>27848
>stealthposting
lol wat?

>>27843
You really only need 84cm of water to reach a safe level of radiation and ~3m to reach what we get at Earth sea level
https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/1336/what-thickness-depth-of-water-would-be-required-to-provide-radiation-shielding-i

I mean, using water for shielding is an old concept now. Even the vast majority of hard scifi set in the near-future uses the water storage areas as places to shelter in the event of a burst of radiation.

See: Red Mars, written in the 90s

>>27849
So your posts don't get noticed. Like Cato didn't notice my post.

>>27850
3 meters is a lot.
>safe
Yeah, right, baldie. xD
>Even the vast majority of hard scifi set in the near-future uses the water storage areas as places to shelter in the event of a burst of radiation.
On an unrelated note, does it save from gamma radiation too?

>>27852
your namefield was suddenly a different colour. Actually it was even more noticable than usual~

>>27853
Well, I suppose you can't get rid of stalkers that way.

>>27852
The figures in the link I sent are for ionizing radiation. Gamma is one of the kinds of ionizing radiation.

I also said 3m was sea level for a reason. Even living a mile up, like much of NM and Colorado, increases the amount of radiation you get by an order of magnitude.

>>27854
I'll keep stalking you forever and ever~

>>27855
Thanks.

>>27856
This is exactly why I am not telling my country of origin lol.
I mean, because some people are in fact not joking when saying stuff like that.

>>27858
Awww :<

>>27859
I dunno what else to say honestly.

>>27861
Yeah, same

>>27862
Thunderstorm approaches.

>>27863
It is monsoon season, yes

>>27866
Is this somebody getting their hand bit off by a mountain lion?

>>27867
No, it's a kitty which is having a good time

So, to sum it up, asteroid mining might be worth it in the decades-long run but one thing in particular that I kinda mentioned but didn't put forward is this:

Humanity doesn't really plan decades ahead. It's difficult, the world is chaotic, just like the weather. Of course, some events in the world may be the incentives, not the hindrances on the way to this but as it stands right now, humanity doesn't need that strictly. Although it might be interesting for spacefaring nations without much in the way of mineral resources, because that would reduce their dependence on importing the stuff but my analysis stops there I guess. xD
TBH I think various "shoot down the threatening asteroid" programs exist mostly for the reason to incentivize the development of high-precision high-speed high-everything anti-ICBM systems, because a nation with both such a system and nuclear ICBMs can bully everybody without fearing for themselves. After all, big asteroids don't fall too often. Don't rate my levels of paranoia.

>>27868
Those things are eeeevil

>>27869
That is kind-of a silly argument, though. All the things that happen in the decade or two that leads to asteroid mining are not done specifically to mine asteroids, but a series of advancements that would happen anyway.
You should read the book Delta-V. Or listen to the audiobook. The audiobook is good

>>27870
>All the things that happen in the decade or two that leads to asteroid mining are not done specifically to mine asteroids, but a series of advancements that would happen anyway.
Didn't you tell that essentially nothing leads to it though?
I mean, c'mon, a fatter rocket won't bring you any closer to it. Lunar base will, but is there any other reason to do it other than orbital manufacturing, which isn't really that interesting unless we deliver stuff from space rocks because that's much easier than from Earth?
There should be done some immense work specifically for this, not for anything else, and people expecting returns on their investment i.e not business angels will look forward to that. Well, those are my thoughts anyway.
>You should read the book Delta-V
Why?

>>27872
>micro-gravity manufacturing isn't really that interesting
If that's what you think after all I've said, I don't think I can convince you otherwise.

Delta-V is one of the better books about asteroid mining.

Artemis by Andy Weir and Red Moon by Kim Stanley Robinson are also good

>>27873
My good sir, I am planning here. Or more correctly, trying to "come up with" a business plan which can actually compete with the developed Earth-surface industries lol.
If we need to deliver tons and tons of cargo from Earth to Moon just for all of it to work, it clearly can work only for small scale niche things.
If we can deliver stuff from asteroids to fuel our off-world economy, that's a different story. But you say "advances will just happen", like what? Mining facilities, a network of spaceships, maintenance network and all other stuff won't appear by themselves.
Basically, there is a "bootstrapping cost", and it seems to be rather high.

Tranquility, silence and endless void.

(That's basically everything there is in space xD)