• Sundray@lemmus.org
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    2 days ago

    Replicate yourself a bunch of ice, a cooler, and a fresh stew, and…

    The answer to replicator problems is always MORE REPLICATION!

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      2 days ago

      I always knew it could make hot food, but can a replicator create ice?

      It’s easy to put energy into a system, but removing it usually takes time.

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        Why would it remove energy? It doesn’t create liquid water and then freezes it. It creates matter with a certain energy level. Creating ice would probably just cost a minuscule bit less energy than the same amount of liquid water

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          For some reason I always assume the matter is created at ambient temperatures, but then it could just use the outside space for freezing ambient temps.

    • ianhclark510@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      I guess post scarcity go BRRR, but if I was Chief Engineer and caught some flunky using my precious reactor output to replicate ice there’d be a pointed discussion on thermodynamics