Something tells me it’s a bot that reposts popular Reddit memes.

Either enjoy with three friends or use it solo and go four times as long between cleanings.

Hey now, if you can tell me how light travels between two points without being facilitated by an entirely undetectable medium, I’m ALL ears.

JFC, how many times do I need to explain the workings of luminiferous aether?

/s

Serious time: we actually did briefly learn about all types of debunked theories in university, but as a component of the historical progression of contemporary theories.

It’s “full self driving (supervised)” last I checked.

Single cab trucks prioritize cargo space over seating space, generally having only a single bench seat that fits 2 adults and a child, or three often uncomfortable adults. This truck prioritizes cargo space to a much greater degree, having only a single seat, so it’s aggressively “single cab”.

Haha, 100%. I’m a scientist, I haven’t believed in phlogiston in years!

I haven’t had a single quest. What if we’re just his NPCs?

Those are stir bars.

That they’re magnetic is propaganda to push magnetic field bunk to sell more so-called “magnets”. Stir bars are moved by phlogiston, which is why the liquid medium is often heated in tandem.

Keep in mind though that this research is often government subsidized, and sometimes by multiple countries.

The price of biologics kills me. I know it costs about $20 dollars for a month of GLP-1 agonists, because I’ve made similar peptides myself in grad school. Something like a Solid Phase Peptide Synthesizer runs $10-250K, but the cost to synthesize a 40 amino acid linear peptide at industrial scale is like…$0.30 USD per milligram. Shorter chain peptides are even cheaper. A 15AA linear peptide can be as low as $0.01/mg.

There are of course other expenses, especially labor, facilities, certification, and waste disposal, but these companies are still easily making 40-50% profit margins on biologics. Compare this to non-biologics pharmaceutical profit margins around 15-25%, or for other industry comparisons, grocery stores around 1-3%, restaurants 3-10%, and software at 15-20%.

One of ours does this. I object, so I just breeze past the security guard without listening or making eye contact.

I still remember the rage I felt when I first realized that the United States justice system is fundamentally adversarial. Prosecuting attorneys don’t want to find the truth of the matter. The build the strongest case possible and it’s on the defendant to prove they’re wrong. Attorneys are supposed to take into account all available evidence, but have no obligation to seek additional information that could exonerate the defendant, even if it’s clear such information exists.

It’s absolutely fucked.

It’s a CT (computerized tomography) scan. It still uses X-rays but the results are in 3D so one can view “slices” of the image from different perspectives.

The sternum is in the the same plane as the spine from this angle, so that’s why there’s only the slightest hint of a ribcage and only the sternum - this slice is well past rib bones.

Similarly the shoulder is much closer to the viewer’s perspective in the 3d model, so it’s not shown at all.

Edit: misinterpreted CT slice location.

Great explanation, well done!

Doing this in the theater was awesome, but it was difficult getting a responsible sober person to shepherd a group of people tripping balls safely there and back. That’s a much harder job than many people realize.

I struggled with this but eventually figured how to communicate shared experience to show true understanding without hijacking the conversation.

I used to tell my similar story in detail, so we were basically story swapping. This is fine if you’re just chatting, but not if the other person wants support or validation. There the key is letting them steer the conversation where they need it to go.

Instead of a story dump, I’ll use a brief response, two sentences at most. For example, if someone is anxious because their dog ran away, it’s as simple as “I once had a pet go missing and I remember how hard that was for me. I’m so sorry.” Then I let them respond and will only expand on what they ask about.

I’ve been gambling before and it was fun when I won money. The thing is I know how, with few exceptions with games like poker and blackjack (and only then if you’re skilled), you will ALWAYS lose more money than you win over long enough of a time period.

I’m a big, walking math machine, though, so I’ve been the person getting a little too tipsy at the roulette table and telling everyone exactly how probability works and that numbers are never “hot”. The roulette dealer was surprisingly amused.

OMG this is great. Thanks for the recommendation!

I completely agree. I live in a major metropolitan area but most of my family lives in a shit hole, rural, regressive state with awful infrastructure in general, and even then they’re out in the sticks for a rural state. I’ve driven our electric car to and from there, a 10-11 hour drive, over ten times in the last few years without a single issue. This last trip I stayed in an even more remote area with access only to a 15A 120V outlet. No problems and I paid 1/4 the cost of driving our ICE secondary vehicle.

I’ve taken several other trips all throughout the Midwestern United States without problems. Only once did I have a somewhat tense drive on a trip from the sweltering armpit of the United States, rural Arizona, up to Vancouver BC, and only because I chose a more direct route that my trip planner warned would stretch the capabilities of my battery. I kept it at 60 mph, coasted down hills instead of regenerating, and arrived at the next charger with 20% charge, 10% higher than estimated and enough to make it to the NEXT charger without charging.

Sure it’s anecdotal, but I’ve literally saved thousands of dollars versus an ICE vehicle. I don’t mind spending a little time planning for long distance trips.