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[–] Kyoyeou@slrpnk.net 14 points 3 weeks ago

But what about if we did the same aournd the moon! It would work at night too!

[–] Kyoyeou@slrpnk.net 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Wiki def Dyson Sphere:

A Dyson sphere is a hypothetical megastructure that encompasses a star and captures a large percentage of its power output. The concept is a thought experiment that attempts to imagine how a spacefaring civilization would meet its energy requirements once those requirements exceed what can be generated from the home planet's resources alone. Because only a tiny fraction of a star's energy emissions reaches the surface of any orbiting planet, building structures encircling a star would enable a civilization to harvest far more energy. Beautiful link omg

[–] TokenEffort@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Thanks because I legitimately thought it was one of those fancy vacuums or fans.

[–] wheeldawg@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago

Kids these days not watching enough Star Trek.

[–] Kyoyeou@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, it didn't make sense in my head, felt like I was also missing something so I went and learned about it

[–] Guayaba@fedia.io 8 points 3 weeks ago

The benefit of it working only in the daytime means you can build it at night though

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago

I saw that comment on a link here to the wiki page for Dyson spheres. Wonder who copied whom.