Rhaedas

It helps reduce the problems mentioned if you lessen the target goal. We don’t need 1 G of force just like we don’t need a full 1 atm or pressure or 80% of nitrogen mix in the air to breathe. Less gravity force, less RPMs for the same diameter.

But scale is still the better option, making something a few kilometers wide and with only 0.7 G means less stress, less effects from the rotation, etc. That’s still in the category of megastructures though, so while not impossible to build, not going to happen at our current level.

To be fair, US gas prices normally have been artificially lower than they should be from just supply and demand forces. Taking inflation into account, current average high prices still aren’t anywhere near the all time peak of 2008.

So yes, higher gas in a society that requires its use but doesn’t keep wages matched with inflation sucks. But it could be worse? We need a bit of pressure to reduce usage anyway, and while I still see people idling away in situations where they didn’t need to, we aren’t hurting that bad.

One way to look at it is that you’re known and predictable, and sometimes comfort and security win. If you can’t be the wild and eclectic person she wants, maybe it’s not the best match?

We had space travel. Well, sort of. Kinda.

What about strictly TTS models, which would probably be lumped under ANI (artificial narrow intelligence), which has been around a long time? There’s cloud based ones, but also some good local ones. Throwing out the content just because of how the voice is made is one level from doing that because a person sounds funny, ot looks a certain way. Which is fitting, since that’s probably why some of them use TTS, to avoid comments that attack them personally.

They’re coarse, they’re irritating, and they’re everywhere.

That and put his name on something. He’d call them “best friends” then.

What, the right turn around and blame the current left administration for something that the right had caused before? Why, that never happ… okay, that’s what always happens.

Side note: What a wonderful natural yard. They obviously love it that way. Also, never thought of that color as cameo, but it works.

*Don’t Look Up

This should now replace Idiocracy or Wag the Dog. It’s so on the nose in so many ways, that’s why so many people didn’t like it. And there’s no positive really, like “well, they had a President who cared and recognized the smart people’s opinion” or “well, at least the war didn’t really happen”.

He might… and give me a bit of latitude here, but… he might be an idiot. Just a hunch.

Take the bait? Look, playing chess with a pigeon is difficult. Given the terms listed out, someone took bait, but I don’t think it was Iran.

The alternate ending is the real ending.

Every one of those is ambiguous by design, so they can be utilized against the enemies of the State. Very Orwellian.

You know what can technically get classified under “support for the overthrow of the U.S. Government”? The four-year peaceful transition we’ve always participated in, even during wartime. So I guess if you support fair and public election of your officials, you’re a criminal now.

I wish I still had my Okidata printer I used with my C-64. Yes, it’s dot matrix and slow, but it knew its job and did it well. Same with our later HP 5P. Solid. What the hell happened, HP?

Never underestimate incompetence. It will always beat you.

You’ve never had managers who can’t spell or form a simple email? This gives a bit of authenticity to it.

Update: RIP Adam

Almost half, meaning less than half. Which could be low twenty percent. Not a great track record for something you can’t respawn.