Why not both?

I know the movies retconned this badly, but measuring the “speed” of a hyperspace capable ship with distance makes a lot of sense…

At the direct “normal” space distances these ships travel, on conventional drives, going from one galaxy to the next would take more than a human lifetime. The maximum velocity of the ship makes a, well let’s not say negligible, but rather immaterial, difference in the time it takes for the ship to arrive. A hyperspace drive effectively brings two points in space closer together. The “faster” the drive is, the closer it brings those two points, and thus the MF’s impressive run is a measure of distance instead of speed.

Even their hate is manufactured.

Yeah. EV’s need to tap into “tuner” culture. We need a small, nimble, and simple EV with moderate range and the ability for the layman to replace and upgrade components.

Manufacturers are making 2025 EV F150s, and what the market really wants is 1990 EV Civics.

Cool idea, but probably not going to happen. The outer surface of the car is too important for efficiency and safety to let a product like this exist.

Shoot, my electric is like $.0625/KWH

But there is also another 75-100 bucks tacked on as fees. Tempting to go solar and disconnect from the grid. Even without selling energy back to the grid, I would break even. (Savings over 20 years ~200 bucks)

AI is going to damage their perception of reality. I got snagged by some AI bait about great white sharks (I’m a bit of a shark nerd). The article had AI generated images of great white sharks, captioned as *great white sharks in blank scenario". None of the sharks were actually Great Whites, they were tiger and bull sharks stretched and stitched together to make what ChatGPT thinks a great white looks like. The sharks were all in situations that were either physically impossible, or behaviorally wrong for great white sharks. Articles like that are dangerous, and they are going to warp perception about what a shark looks like, and what a shark does. If you think it’s harmless, imagine a similar article about venomous snakes, or edible mushrooms, where all the identification images are AI generated.

My panties are soaked! I’m also a pudgy middle-age dude.

Metro 2033 and Last Light.

But those are the only games I have with nazis in them.

Well… There is that one nazi in Killing Floor 2…

H1B visa.

Looks like someone got their face eaten by a leopard.

Not gonna fly if you say “I adjust” and then pick up a piece, move it to a new spot, then bring it back down and set it in the original spot.

Also ffs, don’t adjust pieces unless it’s your turn.

That’s a grackle.

I would buy that. No Arch Vile though, fuck those guys.

Don’t worry, it’s fake. That’s not a real anime girl in the goon glass.

That great. All we need is a ton of removable bollards installed in and around every location where people will congregate on foot. Easy, that’s just every mall, convention hall, farmers market, community festival, school, workplace, sports venue, religious institution, government office, hospital…

Driving trucks through crowds is the new 9/11. That’s what they’re saying.

Hijacking an airplane is a lot harder now, but any jackass with a credit card can rent a yank-tank and drive it into a pedestrian rich environment. That’s a much larger attack surface, and we can’t reasonably defend from it without oppressive surveillance and other personal freedom restrictions.

When smartphones first appeared, batteries were always removable.

Glances at Gen 1 iPhone

The shame cuts deep. I hope you don’t need stitches.

“Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.”

“I got tired of marginally increasing the status quo, so I let orange Hitler take power”

Also, just fuck off outta here.