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   Tristan Nitot✓ (nitot@framapiaf.org)'s status on Sunday, 21-Sep-2025 01:52:35 JST Tristan Nitot✓

   • Thomas 🔭🕹️

   @thomasfuchs believe it or not, I was interviewed on national French radio about Sam Altman and what he said about Dyson spheres. my reaction starts with a long laugh then I say "c'est n'importe quoi" / "It's bullshit!"

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     Nick Silkey 🪓🪵 🪣💧 (nicksilkey@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 21-Sep-2025 02:02:17 JST Nick Silkey 🪓🪵 🪣💧

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs a mosquito net for redirecting natural light energy? For the citizens alone? And no single anything else in the universe? 👀

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     You S Blues (patmikemid@sfba.social)'s status on Sunday, 21-Sep-2025 04:12:10 JST You S Blues

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs I take some comfort in that I thought this was about vacuum cleaners. 🤷

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     Axel Gutmann (virbonus@sueden.social)'s status on Sunday, 21-Sep-2025 05:10:46 JST Axel Gutmann

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     • RootWyrm 🇺🇦:progress:

     @rootwyrm @thomasfuchs Exactly the people making decisions. So the sphere would definitely be built.

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     RootWyrm 🇺🇦:progress: (rootwyrm@weird.autos)'s status on Sunday, 21-Sep-2025 05:10:48 JST RootWyrm 🇺🇦:progress:

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs I did the math, and stupid doesn't begin to cover them.
     And boy howdy. Freeman Dyson didn't even remotely go far enough and Kardashev was smoking crack.

     Any society which could even *begin* to construct such a sphere, would NECESSARILY already have power generation technology vastly exceeding the potential gain. It would be a net loss! The only people who would continue to propose such absolute idiocy would be - you guessed it - idiot grifters and politicians!

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     Mike Bowler (mike_bowler@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 21-Sep-2025 22:03:16 JST Mike Bowler

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs I always thought Dyson spheres were just a sci-fi trope. I didn't even know there was a paper.