Another idea? We could stop trying to build superintelligent AI. That would probably be the safest course of action if we really, truly thought the machines were going to try and wipe us out.

One of my all-time favorite John McCain rants against congressional pork was, paraphrase: “Lockheed Martin won’t rest until there is a C-130 in every schoolyard in America.”

The U.S. Air Force’s plan to pare down its drone fleet was fantastically unrealistic—and the branch’s leadership seems to be finally realizing this.

Burning Jawas and moisture farmers light the way.

+1 to the dedicated power block. I’ve modified three bikes via the splice-and-Posi-Tap method, and in hindsight I’ve learned my lesson to never be that sloppy again.

I’m the world’s worst electrician— but 90% of basic bike electrical mods are so easy, cavemen outsource it to dumber, less evolved cavemen.

No thank you. It’s frankly indispensable in city riding. First mod to every bike I’ve ever owned.

Came here for this... leaving happy.

To preempt the inevitable Osprey-centric comments: Helicopters crash. Often.

You love Darth Vader, right? Well, he’s in only a handful of scenes in Star Wars. But in The Empire Strikes Back, he’s all over it. He’s killing Imperial Officers left and right. He gets down and dirty both on Hoth and Cloud City. He even gets his own musical theme courtesy of John Williams, The Imperial March.

“Aggressively defensive” is my euphemism of choice. Always put yourself in a safe place, don’t trust others to do that for you.

Ball on the peg. Taught in every course for a reason: you have the most control over your bike and your body position that way (plus, as noted, it’s safer).

Points for using “dumped.”

No story I have tops this one:

Okay, thanks.

Soooooo jealous. God, oh how I hate thee...

Target fixation is never good.

1. You can’t afford to ride if you can’t afford to crash.

Actually, you don’t even need to counterlean at slow speeds— you can stay ramrod straight and shift the bike beneath you.

Advanced corrolary: when cornering, learn to look *further* than where you want to go. It’s always easier to straighten up a turn than it is to tighten it, so there’s little risk at looking as deep into the turn as possible (on sharp rights, I even like to look to the right of the street, i.e. I’ll let my eyes fixate…