You didn’t think they actually spent ten thousand dollars for a hammer and thirty thousand for a toilet seat, did you?

Actually explains a lot of decisions by game publishers the last 5-10 years if their official position is that games are meant to collect dust on a shelf rather than being played.

Undocumented Immigrant Offending Rate Lower Than U.S.-Born Citizen Rate

This study offers one logical conclusion: if you want a safer country, deport native-born Texans.

I can still put together a plan for success.

Step 1, become a dark lord of chaos…

Corollary to 1), it’s not just an original recipe, it’s an approved recipe. With hundreds of people on board a starship, they’d each prefer that the dish were prepared in a slightly different way. Maybe a little more butter, or salt, or whatever that secret ingredient they tasted that one time on Risa.

Unless every person uploads a precise molecular composition of the end dish, it will not be quite to their taste. And if somebody wants a seriously unhealthy version of that dish, will it pass muster to be aboard the ship in the first place? Starfleet has standards, after all.

So it’s the average, least-offensive-to-the-most-people version, and it’s that same exact dish every single time.

Hanks larger point is that you can answer a lot of questions in life by being more curious than suspicious.

https://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2017/08/being-the-first-name-on-the-ballot-has-a-huge-effect/

https://www.khou.com/article/news/verify/do-candidates-who-appear-first-on-ballot-have-advantage/285-fd2626f2-633d-47a6-aef8-9ae45fa29ff4

https://www.npr.org/2016/07/27/487577930/why-the-first-name-on-the-ballot-often-wins

Add the Internet Archive to the list.

The beatings will continue until morale improves.

Jack left bsky a while ago.

Is my Dax machine broken? I know what you’re sending, but I keep getting

Strong enough to bend a bar of solid transparent aluminum?

Forget the rebels, why build the death star(s) in the first place?

It’s easier, faster, and waaaaay more effective to just send a few dozen small ships throughout the galaxy with an extra hyperdrive or two to be ready to blow up any planet with some space junk. Any time. Any place. No centralized base for the rebels to stop.

If this is US, find your state labor board here:

https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/state/contacts

It’s a very specific question, so probably won’t be spelled out exactly on any website, but you should be able to contact somebody with more knowledge of the laws in your area.

I appreciate the 30 second heads up of which exact previous scenes will be important in the upcoming episode.

Even if I’ve just binged a bunch, and don’t need a recap of the broader story arc, there may have been a name drop or specific reference that could have been missed.

They’re streaming in the 3d world detail, but the rendering engine is installed locally.

Playing on xCloud will just stream in the visuals that are rendered remotely, so a lot less bandwidth, but then you have the lag, and need a subscription.

SPF-1701

I know this isn’t what you’re asking, but there are two Mount Olympuses (?!) in the USA.

The one in Washington has a similar prominence to the Greek mountain (2,389 m to 2,353 m).

The one in Utah has a similar peak elevation (2,752 m vs 2,918 m).

The UFO could be issued a citation for taking an unauthorized vehicle on a public roadway, which would give you a very strong case to have them pay for any damages to your car in the event of a collision.

However, if you don’t have full coverage, or uninsured motorist coverage at least, you will be in for a battle with your insurance company when they can’t track down the other driver (pilot?).

As always, defensive driving is your best bet. Avoid the collision and none of the other details matter.

The math might change if it’s one of those anal probe aliens, though. No judgement if that’s your thing, but I also won’t blame anyone for avoiding that situation even if it costs them a few out of pocket repairs.

There’s also Ulysses S. Grant. The “S” was apparently just a mistake on his enrollment at West Point. His birth name was Hiram Ulysses Grant. He tried to switch his first and middle names, but ended up with the initials USG instead of UHG.

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ulysses-S-Grant