Ah, I had 59 in mind, specifically from downtown to 610. Definitely use that trick as well 

It’s funny that you mention that, because it seems, in Houston at least, that the right lanes go faster in bumper to bumper conditions, because everyone and their mom has to be in the fast 

it’s not the speed that kills you, it’s the sudden stop

I got a wii the year it came out which was actually very fantastic.

Anyone else thinking Firefly?

I love this.

Having grown up in the former Salem Village (now Danvers), I’ve long been fascinated by how complex the Trials actually were. Mass media depictions like to focus on the religious hysteria angle, and that was definitely part of it, but there were so many more layers all going on at once. There was the conflict between…

Much like Superman: The Movie, the Salem Witch Trials boil down to a real estate scam. Sure, it started with a bunch of girls who stumbled upon a way to have some agency in an oppressive society, but that just provided an opportunity for a wealthy landowner and his judge brother to force people off their land and…

Ergot, which is similar too LSD but not exactly LSD.

I have worked for several major consumer product companies including Johnson & Johnson and SCJohnson.

Unrelated fun aside: this weekend I heard a podcast mini-episode comparing the Talmud to a “medieval Reddit.”

We buy new towels on Black Friday. Best pricing of the year and no competition.

We buy new towels on Black Friday. Best pricing of the year and no competition.

When will developers realize that games which start slow need an option that lets you skip past all the slow start on subsequent playthroughs?

“We should let players launch nukes!”

Maybe this makes me a bad person, but at this point I’m just following Fallout 76 news for the entertainment value.

Fong expected more regulation as video games continues to grow in status, but it was important for developers to work with government along the way. 

So long as you are purchasing a house you can afford (not barely afford, not ‘stretch the budget and we can’ afford) AND you are going to live in it for 10+ years, there’s almost no bad time to buy a house.  Even if there is a big slump in those 10 years, you’ll at least get your money back out of the house and in the…

Not only had the contract been deleted—it also had never been signed by the client at all.

Probably because you haven’t bothered to look. Taxi drivers in (most, all?) cities go through background checks, are required to apply and pay for a licence (which come with a variety of skills/requirements to fufill), there are numerous local laws (attempting) to reduce racial and other discrimination, in my city all…

I’m like “if your car has ~400k miles and you’re telling me you haven’t turned wrenches on it, you’re full of shit.”