While I agree that dehydration leading to renal failure is worse than giardia, that doesn’t mean giardia is any fun at all. I’ve had it and it’s really awful. So unless you are hiking in a truly idiot-proof area (like one where you can always hear traffic or see a gas station from the trail) always make sure to bring…

Awesome. I love that show so much, but I tried one or two of the new ones without Mary, Mel, or Sue and it just felt like a crappy bootleg version. I guess I’ll just have to go back to those seasons again (and audibly gasp at #bingate every. single. time... even though I know it’s coming).

Is it the “real” GBBO or is it the new one that let go of everyone of the presenters except for the least likable one (Mr. Hollywood)? If there’s no Mary Berry it’s not worth my time.

If you hit the lock key (the one opposite the volume keys) five times quickly, it will bring up a screen that has an “SOS” button, a power off slider, and a “cancel” button. No matter what anyone presses from here, fingerprint and Face ID systems will be locked out. You will only be able to unlock your phone with your…

I got all excited thinking that they were adding support for Bluetooth headphones because that is the biggest glaring sin in my book. The display is fine for the price. You can’t really compare the Switch to a loss-leader tablet like the Fire which is cheap so that you’ll get it and get locked in to buying content…

I have the 6S Plus and was really looking forward to this year’s iPhone, but I’m not sure I want to drop $1k+ for a new phone. I just don’t use my phone for “strenuous” enough tasks to care. This is especially true after getting the $30 battery replacement earlier this year fixed my main issue - watching the battery…

I agree with you to a point. The repeal of Depression-era regulations, especially dismantling the firewall between commercial & investment banks, certainly made the crisis worse. However, the widespread use of non-transparent bundled (& re-bundled) securities on non-liquid assets and the cross-dependent insurance…

It’s one of those low probability/ high consequence risks that people are so bad at anticipating and protecting against. See also: Black Swan Events, Financial Crisis of 2008, Outside Context Events, and the works of Nassim Taleb. 

As I said, I wasn’t involved in the investigation and only heard about it 2nd and 3rd hand, but what I understood was that the Management of Change system was inadequate or not applied correctly. The engineer did not consider the impact on systems upstream of “his” pipeline, such as the transfer station and our…

Yes, there should have. I have not been on the residential/distribution side of this before, but I did work at a refinery and there are multiple layers of protection to prevent stuff like this. However, sometimes people completely overwhelm those layers of protection by ignoring procedures or doing something so…

Well, it was burnt down before and rebuilt by the US, so there’s precedent for that at least.

I’ve done it for work. I got extra screening and a lot of extra questions, but sometimes you need to bring your respirator to a job site. I would hope that they’d catch someone with ill-intent, but I have not been impressed with TSA’s policies or their personnel.

Yes and no. Yes liquid explosives might be a concern, but the TSA didn’t show any concern about large lithium batteries until earlier this year and those could do as much or more damage than 3 liquid ounces of almost anything.

Preach it! They (used to, maybe still do?) make their employees sign non-compete clauses. WTF? If you make someone sign a non-compete clause, you should be paying them enough that they can take a good long time looking for a new gig, not minimum wage +$0-$5. Truly awful company.

If they did a find/replace on “kneeling” to change it to “unnecessary game stoppages,” then I’d be 100% on board.

You’re absolutely right about the striving, nouveau riche mentality of Trump. He’s like a hollowed-out Jay Gatsby. All of the hard work, romance, hopefulness, charm, and awareness of his moral compromises that Gatsby had at least made him somewhat interesting. Trump just has the gaudiness, insecurity, and vulgarity…

I currently live in Huntsville. If you ever have a reason to return, you might be surprised to see that there’s a good number of “Blue Dot in a Red State” stickers and other signs (sometimes literally yard signs) that people here are more and more resistant to one-party control. I think the number of highly skilled & e…

I live in Alabama, and you are probably correct, but remember that no state is a monolith - despite the Electoral College system making it seem that way since it’s winner-take-all.*

No way Donny Two-Scoops was indoctrinated; He definitely doesn’t have the hardware typically required for brainwashing.

I found this in Alabama, but it looks like it’s native to the Florida panhandle (so, basically still Alabama, but with prettier beaches). It’s good and not as salty as Tony C.’s (which should also definitely be on this list). Also, it always makes me laugh when I read “A Little Butt Rub Makes Everything Better” on the…