Sentient Loom

Thanks for the thorough answer. I guess I’ll just scrap this orbital data centre I was building.

How do the fins help if there’s no hot material being jettisoned? Are we assuming there is some atmosphere that will absorb the heat through (I’m guessing) convection?

He may not believe in thermodynamics

How does thermodynamics make this a bad idea? Is it because the heat generated can’t escape?