surfrock66
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- Comment on Please advise on this conversation we had over on c/Piracy. Transporters and replicators, basic operating principles? 4 weeks ago:
So first, it’s assumed that the transition between matter and energy has evolved to be essentially lossless in the trek canon, and you just have to assume that’s true. This is handled with the “Matter-energy conversion matrix” which is a hand-wavey sci-fi invention like a “Heisenberg Compensator.” See …fandom.com/…/Matter-energy_conversion_matrix
Additionally, this process is bidirectional; waste on a starship is converted into energy and stored. This is done with the “bio-matter resequencer” and is referenced a few times, see:
- Comment on Gastronomical Masterpiece 1 year ago:
Copying my reply to someone else, the sad story is he was diagnosed with Celiac at 3, and as such has grown up with a lot of food issues. It’s developed into like a fear of new foods, and his crutch is ketchup, which is the lesser of evils at this point. We think it’s crossed into ARFID, and he’s in OT.
- Comment on Gastronomical Masterpiece 1 year ago:
The sad story is he was diagnosed with Celiac at 3, and as such has grown up with a lot of food issues. It’s developed into like a fear of new foods, and his crutch is ketchup, which is the lesser of evils at this point. We think it’s crossed into ARFID, and he’s in OT.
- Comment on Gastronomical Masterpiece 1 year ago:
My 9 year old literally eats steamed rice with ketchup and if given this choice he would just it to die.