In which Doug and I have another fireside chat, this time about Echo Arena virtual weightless robot ultimate frisbee, multiplayer game coding, and some good and bad experiences with banking in Germany.
...Category: Technology
Messages from Mars
Following up on a mention of a scene from The Martian involving solar charging a vehicle for hours on end to drive it a few hours each day to get to his rescue point, Doug and I then launched into a chat about the interesting communications challenges that Mark Watney overcomes in the movie (and the book on which it is based).
...Chasing the Sun
Doug and I got to talking about solar power and automotive dependency on gasoline, and I brought up a ridiculous scene from a movie called Race the Sun.
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