The main reason games are so big now is textures being GPU decodable but terribly compressed on disk, there are things out there which can do both really really well but they're not supported by directX which infuriates me.

If I understand your question, the reason that scripts have a tendency to be longer in the direction they're written is because it's easier to stretch characters in the direction you're writing than any other direction. It's normal to make things longer because one direction is easier than another. If I had to reccomened any material on this it'd be the Mongolic script and stroke order of logographic writing like mandarin (which has a bias of left to right top to bottom).

Missiles don't have that amount of kickback unlike guns since their propulsion comes gradually and from themselves.

Maybe people didn't live long enough for skin cancer to make a difference?

Doesn't work for people with connected muscles for pinkies😔

I'm not sure how fantastical your world is but maybe nightglasses rather than sunglasses. simulates natural night vision, could have some interesting side effects if used a lot.

Nah you got it perfect! (Also holy shit I didn't expect to find a volapük learner on Lemmy)

Film theory did an interesting video where they concluded it'd be okay since he'd only be intaking a little over time. (Not saying that's true)

Yeah they reference this in the book, it's always from him when he uses the bacteria (meaning in theory it's only his own pathogens or bacteria). He uses his crews shit that's been dried and left in Martian temperatures so it's sterilised.

Progressive taxes are a way to make up for the imbalance of poorer people spending a higher proportion of their income on essentials, it's a fundamental of economics. Although I have heard that the tax brackets in Russia are completely flat (not that that makes it any better).