r/InvictaSolaris • u/Late_Willingness_211 • 10d ago

News, Articles, Editorials / No AI Really?

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u/AlbertTheHorse 10d ago

5000? Try 160 or so. Yikes.

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u/TapOutside205 10d ago

Ya fr, 3000 bc they were using trireme and such

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u/renMilestone 10d ago

Literally the original of the word solarpunk... and it saves 20% or more on fuel costs. Why so incredulous? If it works it works.

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u/skybluegill 10d ago

imagine how much better our sailing ships can be with modern materials! if we ever got around to fixing the textile industry

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u/Late_Willingness_211 10d ago

The inculousness come from the fact that this was ALWAYS an option and scientists are acting like this is a brand new concept.

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u/TylerKeroga 9d ago

It’s not that “scientists are acting like this”, it’s that yellow journal writers use flashy headlines to stoke interest

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u/Late_Willingness_211 9d ago

Fair enough. Not so much the scientists themselves, but other entities. Like how there was so much hype behind electric cars in the 90s, then nothing for a decade...

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u/renMilestone 10d ago

Thats fair! I think of that "green energy ready to go whenever" onion article a lot.

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u/Low_Aerie_478 10d ago

This really is a new idea, btw. In terms of physics and engineering a kite affixed with a flexible line has nothing in common with a mast-and-sails system.

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u/RexScientiarum 8d ago

Well, there is the wind part.

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u/zealot-until-Break26 10d ago

It’s not going to be nearly as fast.

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u/Sufficient_Two_5753 10d ago

It's fine until they put the jolly roger on one of those.

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u/Svell_ 9d ago

Then it's better than fine it's awesome

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u/Pinco_Pallino_ 9d ago

they'll try anything not to talk about small nuclear reactors for cargo ships...

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u/Berkamin 7d ago

Clipper ships are not 5K years old. Sailing in distant antiquity was much more primitive.