Hi, I'm a human! I decided to build my entire modern civilization on top of a type of machine that stops working completely if it comes into contact with water— the substance that covers two-thirds of the earth! Don't worry, I live on the other one-third, where there's no water at all

I used to think computers would fricking love operating in outer space because they can just continuously run cold to the point of hovering near absolute zero, but then I found out vacuum is an extremely good insulator

@mcc Also wow if radiation doesn't fuck with electronics. Turns out the atmosphere is remarkably good at filtering most cosmic rays out!

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@xgranade @mcc the Earth's magnetic field is doing large party of the job

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