<![CDATA[Solar panels are some ridiculous fantasy technology.]]>Solar panels are some ridiculous fantasy technology. You're using crystals to summon energy from space? Sure buddy, let's put that on an album cover.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/5e0667d9-ac34-44bc-91cf-cb7fdf48167f/solar-panels-are-some-ridiculous-fantasy-technology.RSS for NodeSun, 05 Jul 2026 07:25:13 GMTTue, 16 Jun 2026 17:00:00 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Solar panels are some ridiculous fantasy technology. on Tue, 16 Jun 2026 21:40:16 GMT]]>@geekysteven

Makin' hay while the sun shines.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/LovingFalloutLondon1954/statuses/116761953341614927https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/LovingFalloutLondon1954/statuses/116761953341614927Tue, 16 Jun 2026 21:40:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Solar panels are some ridiculous fantasy technology. on Tue, 16 Jun 2026 21:36:55 GMT]]>@geekysteven clawing MINERALS from the EARTH to harvest POWER from the ANCIENT ATOMIC FIREBALL IN THE SKY - how that's not widely understood as absolutely frikkin' METAL is beyond me

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/lmorchard/statuses/116761940177367843https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/lmorchard/statuses/116761940177367843Tue, 16 Jun 2026 21:36:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Solar panels are some ridiculous fantasy technology. on Tue, 16 Jun 2026 21:31:35 GMT]]>@geekysteven If you graph belief in the magical powers of crystals vs physics knowledge, it actually follows a J-shaped curve. (The minimum is right before you learn what a phonon is)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Newpa_Hasai/statuses/116761919201813834https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Newpa_Hasai/statuses/116761919201813834Tue, 16 Jun 2026 21:31:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Solar panels are some ridiculous fantasy technology. on Tue, 16 Jun 2026 21:25:27 GMT]]>@xerge @geekysteven Oh, that will be crystal clear as soon as we've sorted out the concept of time.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/_thegeoff/statuses/116761895081741054https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/_thegeoff/statuses/116761895081741054Tue, 16 Jun 2026 21:25:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Solar panels are some ridiculous fantasy technology. on Tue, 16 Jun 2026 21:24:51 GMT]]>@geekysteven And basically the exact same kind of crystal that we use to steal energy from outer space, we can also use to shoot out beams of light, or do math.

And by "math," I mean if you etch small enough patterns in the crystals, and feed it the right arcane set of instructions in a strange language, you can make it do so much math that it's a game that shows you an imaginary world.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/wrosecrans/statuses/116761892701866017https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/wrosecrans/statuses/116761892701866017Tue, 16 Jun 2026 21:24:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Solar panels are some ridiculous fantasy technology. on Tue, 16 Jun 2026 21:21:55 GMT]]>@xerge @geekysteven ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ˜‚

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/_thegeoff/statuses/116761881183526435https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/_thegeoff/statuses/116761881183526435Tue, 16 Jun 2026 21:21:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Solar panels are some ridiculous fantasy technology. on Tue, 16 Jun 2026 21:19:22 GMT]]>@_thegeoff @geekysteven Everything will become crystal clear as soon as we figure out what gravity actually is.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.nl/users/xerge/statuses/116761871159236672https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.nl/users/xerge/statuses/116761871159236672Tue, 16 Jun 2026 21:19:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Solar panels are some ridiculous fantasy technology. on Tue, 16 Jun 2026 21:16:52 GMT]]>@xerge @geekysteven Next you'll tell me it's all just driven by gravity.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/_thegeoff/statuses/116761861296727090https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/_thegeoff/statuses/116761861296727090Tue, 16 Jun 2026 21:16:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Solar panels are some ridiculous fantasy technology. on Tue, 16 Jun 2026 21:15:36 GMT]]>@_thegeoff @geekysteven yup. Some people seem to think some kind of invisible wizard must be involved. Canโ€™t really blame them when reality turns out to be this insane.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.nl/users/xerge/statuses/116761856371822393https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.nl/users/xerge/statuses/116761856371822393Tue, 16 Jun 2026 21:15:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Solar panels are some ridiculous fantasy technology. on Tue, 16 Jun 2026 21:15:04 GMT]]>@jmax @geekysteven we paid ยฃ25 each for our 4 panels of space crystals, and they provided half of our household electricity today. ๐Ÿคฏ

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/theolodian/statuses/116761854238986556https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/theolodian/statuses/116761854238986556Tue, 16 Jun 2026 21:15:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Solar panels are some ridiculous fantasy technology. on Tue, 16 Jun 2026 21:12:15 GMT]]>@geekysteven Combustion engines on the other hand seem to be an idea straight from hell:

Put dead animal bodies under very high pressure so they explode and move even more dead (and live) animal bodies as a result.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://norden.social/users/benedikt_lauenburg/statuses/116761843181884757https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://norden.social/users/benedikt_lauenburg/statuses/116761843181884757Tue, 16 Jun 2026 21:12:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Solar panels are some ridiculous fantasy technology. on Tue, 16 Jun 2026 21:12:14 GMT]]>@xerge @geekysteven Yeah, right, so rabbits just feed on some kind of "captured sunlight" and hop around making more rabbits on that basis?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/_thegeoff/statuses/116761843100419622https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/_thegeoff/statuses/116761843100419622Tue, 16 Jun 2026 21:12:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Solar panels are some ridiculous fantasy technology. on Tue, 16 Jun 2026 21:11:16 GMT]]>@geekysteven Well, it only works if you use the correct spells to arrange the crystals. The material components are also quite expensive.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jmax/statuses/116761839335816731https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jmax/statuses/116761839335816731Tue, 16 Jun 2026 21:11:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Solar panels are some ridiculous fantasy technology. on Tue, 16 Jun 2026 21:04:56 GMT]]>@geekysteven @_thegeoff stuff they feed to rabbits can do it too. Itโ€™s crazy efficient as well and weโ€™re still not 100% sure how exactly it does what it does.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.nl/users/xerge/statuses/116761814425581627https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.nl/users/xerge/statuses/116761814425581627Tue, 16 Jun 2026 21:04:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Solar panels are some ridiculous fantasy technology. on Tue, 16 Jun 2026 21:02:12 GMT]]>@geekysteven@beige.party but the rich necromancers, who profit from stealing the leftover energy from the corpses of dead trees, don't like the space crystals!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fire.asta.lgbt/notes/ankoznlwv2vy00wbhttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fire.asta.lgbt/notes/ankoznlwv2vy00wbTue, 16 Jun 2026 21:02:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Solar panels are some ridiculous fantasy technology. on Tue, 16 Jun 2026 20:17:10 GMT]]>@geekysteven I love my energy crystals.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/barubary/statuses/116761626556795864https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/barubary/statuses/116761626556795864Tue, 16 Jun 2026 20:17:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Solar panels are some ridiculous fantasy technology. on Tue, 16 Jun 2026 19:51:27 GMT]]>@geekysteven Heat pumps are such magic to me.

"Yeah instead of just using electricity for heating, we devised a complicated system of a compressor, liquids that are sometimes gases, and a whole lot of piping. It gives us 5 times the heat energy."

The simple solution should be the efficient one!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.ahlcode.fi/users/nicd/statuses/116761525423713188https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.ahlcode.fi/users/nicd/statuses/116761525423713188Tue, 16 Jun 2026 19:51:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Solar panels are some ridiculous fantasy technology. on Tue, 16 Jun 2026 19:43:03 GMT]]>@geekysteven I had a colleague who works on astronomical x-ray scintillation detectors describe it as "building crystals that glow with ancient invisible cosmic energy".

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.linux.pizza/users/simonbp/statuses/116761492400426150https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.linux.pizza/users/simonbp/statuses/116761492400426150Tue, 16 Jun 2026 19:43:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Solar panels are some ridiculous fantasy technology. on Tue, 16 Jun 2026 17:14:50 GMT]]>@geekysteven Sure, yeah, and then you tell me you can summon energy from space even without crystals, and use it to change your body's color?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/mrrmot/statuses/116760909590633441https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/mrrmot/statuses/116760909590633441Tue, 16 Jun 2026 17:14:50 GMT