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What is a realistic time needed to get a properly trained army?

military education

asked Sep 10, 2019 at 14:05

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3 answers

3k views

How to design tentacle massage machine?

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22 votes

23 answers

5k views

Is there a practical way of making democratic-like system skewed towards competence?

politics intelligence

asked Oct 3, 2019 at 8:24

15 votes

14 answers

3k views

How to punish elected politicians in a more effective way?

government law

asked Dec 16, 2016 at 15:40

15 votes

4 answers

816 views

What would be a reasonable caliber for an assault rifle and sniper rifle for a planet with pressure of 3 atm?

weapons earth-like atmosphere

asked Mar 23, 2017 at 17:02

14 votes

5 answers

837 views

How to design a realistically looking technocracy?

society politics government

asked Aug 28, 2016 at 17:43

11 votes

4 answers

2k views

What should a container ship look like, that easily cruises through hurricane?

reality-check earth-like near-future weather ships

asked Oct 28, 2016 at 19:55

11 votes

5 answers

3k views

What would be a realistic militarization level for forsaken space colony?

society government military

asked Apr 23, 2017 at 21:09

10 votes

2 answers

816 views

Air routes around a “hurricane eye” on a tidally locked planet

earth-like weather modern-age aircraft

asked May 11, 2017 at 11:00

10 votes

6 answers

848 views

How to govern marriage and family law for system recognizng polyamory or short term relationships?

society post-apocalypse law sex

asked Oct 1, 2016 at 7:05

9 votes

3 answers

320 views

How closely should be placed industrial centre / NIMBY from urban centre?

science-based cities near-future transportation

asked Dec 9, 2016 at 21:55

9 votes

2 answers

161 views

How to design an electrical grid for a flare star planet?

science-based earth-like electricity infrastructure flare-stars

asked Feb 12, 2019 at 20:17

9 votes

4 answers

1k views

What's the crew composition of any modern small attack submarine sub?

warfare military modern-age ships

asked Jun 1, 2019 at 6:04

9 votes

2 answers

239 views

Designing rugged bush plane to work on a planet with 3 atmosphere pressure

reality-check atmosphere aircraft

asked Jul 13, 2019 at 16:26

8 votes

2 answers

398 views

How short can be time between subsequent generations in a human selective breeding program?

evolution humans medicine reproduction

asked Dec 26, 2016 at 22:24

8 votes

6 answers

558 views

How to explain lack of fosil fuels on an Earth-like exoplanet?

science-based environment geology energy fuels

asked Sep 9, 2016 at 20:35

7 votes

2 answers

176 views

Which voltage and frequency would be selected if there were no legacy issues?

post-apocalypse electricity modern-age engineering

asked Sep 20, 2016 at 20:22

7 votes

6 answers

1k views

How to cut corners while rebuilding after apocalypse?

technology technological-development post-apocalypse modern-age

asked Sep 1, 2016 at 20:28

7 votes

3 answers

770 views

Consequences of Earth-like planet with denser atmosphere

science-based earth-like atmosphere airships vehicles

asked Sep 6, 2016 at 21:13

7 votes

5 answers

300 views

Sacrifing a province to let frustrated/utopian/uniformed citizens to test their brilliant ideas

reality-check politics government law

asked Dec 12, 2016 at 22:07

7 votes

2 answers

150 views

Are there any rules of thumb to predict which waters should have frequent storms on a fantasy map?

earth-like climate water

asked May 29, 2021 at 12:27

7 votes

5 answers

192 views

How should a ship call for help on a sparsely populated planet orbiting a flare star?

earth-like ships radio flare-stars

asked Mar 6, 2019 at 9:59

7 votes

2 answers

274 views

How to calculate maximum altitude difference between metro stations?

science-based earth-like cities modern-age infrastructure

asked Jul 20, 2017 at 9:01

7 votes

6 answers

2k views

Mobile phone with tower independent long distance communication features

science-based reality-check earth-like communication

asked May 30, 2017 at 13:31

6 votes

2 answers

158 views

Maximum realistic salinity level with thriving aquatic environment?

science-based planets fauna flora water

asked Jan 13, 2019 at 13:46

6 votes

3 answers

199 views

How to redesign modern weapons in order to make their indefinite storage easy?

weapons preservation

asked Mar 9, 2019 at 10:34

6 votes

2 answers

169 views

How to roughly extrapolate artillery range for planets with different atmospheric pressure?

science-based weapons atmosphere

asked Jul 28, 2019 at 8:50

6 votes

9 answers

3k views

Is an assault rifle that can in emergency also use pistol ammo realistic?

reality-check weapons modern-age

asked Apr 8, 2017 at 15:39

6 votes

6 answers

428 views

Transporting cargo within a city using tiny rail cars, or conveyor belts, or pneumatic post

cities near-future construction transportation

asked Sep 17, 2016 at 20:34

5 votes

5 answers

571 views

Could self-driving light rail/subway/tram trains be much shorter (fewer cars) than systems where trains need drivers?

science-based reality-check cities modern-age transportation

asked Mar 5, 2017 at 20:47

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What is a realistic time needed to get a properly trained army?

How to design tentacle massage machine?

Is there a practical way of making democratic-like system skewed towards competence?

How to punish elected politicians in a more effective way?

What would be a reasonable caliber for an assault rifle and sniper rifle for a planet with pressure of 3 atm?

How to design a realistically looking technocracy?

What should a container ship look like, that easily cruises through hurricane?

What would be a realistic militarization level for forsaken space colony?

Air routes around a “hurricane eye” on a tidally locked planet

How to govern marriage and family law for system recognizng polyamory or short term relationships?

How closely should be placed industrial centre / NIMBY from urban centre?

How to design an electrical grid for a flare star planet?

What's the crew composition of any modern small attack submarine sub?

Designing rugged bush plane to work on a planet with 3 atmosphere pressure

How short can be time between subsequent generations in a human selective breeding program?

How to explain lack of fosil fuels on an Earth-like exoplanet?

Which voltage and frequency would be selected if there were no legacy issues?

How to cut corners while rebuilding after apocalypse?

Consequences of Earth-like planet with denser atmosphere

Sacrifing a province to let frustrated/utopian/uniformed citizens to test their brilliant ideas

Are there any rules of thumb to predict which waters should have frequent storms on a fantasy map?

How should a ship call for help on a sparsely populated planet orbiting a flare star?

How to calculate maximum altitude difference between metro stations?

Mobile phone with tower independent long distance communication features

Maximum realistic salinity level with thriving aquatic environment?

How to redesign modern weapons in order to make their indefinite storage easy?

How to roughly extrapolate artillery range for planets with different atmospheric pressure?

Is an assault rifle that can in emergency also use pistol ammo realistic?

Transporting cargo within a city using tiny rail cars, or conveyor belts, or pneumatic post

Could self-driving light rail/subway/tram trains be much shorter (fewer cars) than systems where trains need drivers?