That honestly seems pretty low for friend.com

Although the fact they’re developing hardware on less than a million dollar budget is bananas, let alone the other whack ideas

On the other hand, those coalition talks can take months or longer with the old government continuing to run things for sometimes over a year after the elections. Looking at you, Belgium

Yeah, in fact I think that’s a majority of those cases. Vocal minority of reactionaries and/or fans disappointed that their expectations weren’t met despite the product on its own being good

Oh, that’s not even showing as a missing character, to me it just looks like 0.9

At least we agree 0.99… = 1

0.9 is most definitely not equal to 1

2,5 tons seems extremely doable for even pretty simple ships.

And DNS issues

I mean, he had been abusive for years, it was sadly not a unique nor surprising case, except for his fame, but fame doesn’t make you a good person.

They work on light scratches, but anything too deep will damage the data layer. However, you can do a lot with cloth and toothpaste

Those were legit, though, you can resurface optical media to allow it to be read again

Well, we have 6 governments, does that count?

It refers to the annexes you see growing out of the back of the house. People used to (and sometimes still do) start with a modest house, and then as time went on and money came in, build out into the yard, adding a new kitchen, toilet, shed, veranda, etc.

It has since also come to refer to things that get extended and patched up over time without a lot of coherence or forethought, like our tax codes (they just add rules, bonuses, penalties, etc. on top of the baseline instead of doing a thorough tax reform)

This is Belgium, it’s a great example of what we call “koterijen”

Disneyland is a good comparison for some Americans: imagine having to drive to each ride and restaurant

I remember seeing a hypothesis that ADHD would have been beneficial in Hunter-gathering, as you would more quickly move from plant to plant rather than fully depleting a resource. It was just one study where they had a sort of game/simulation to test it though, so very early days on that theory.

A nuclear power plant doesn’t pollute either of those more than any other large building, and sure uranium mining is still mining, but renewables and battery storage also depend on raw mined materials.

As long as they don’t start building tunnels under their house because they’re an ‘engineer’…

Peer-reviewed NYT op-Eds (/s)

It’s a fake ad created as a joke in Top Gear by Jeremy Clarkson

This is like the r/edc guys whipping out their knives at every opportunity or r/guns hoping some day they can justify shooting someone