It’s only March. We’ve had 49 school days this year at the school I work at.

I’ve been on track (cars) under white flag (slow moving vehicle on track) when a wrecker was sent out, but they always followed the track direction (and even that seemed pretty sketchy with how high the speed differential and closing speeds were). A waving yellow would indicate you might have to make a maneuver…

Yes, but you’d have to shoot it and you’d only get off without any trouble if it’s a male, you’re white, and the father is black.

The deadspin update clarified the whole deal, to paraphrase:

The Moon has no atmosphere, so even dust size impactors (micrometeorites) make it to the surface while traveling at thousands of miles per hour. The odds of getting hit depend on the surface area and exposure time. The boxes are small but they plan on leaving them on the Moon for as long as possible.

25 weeks is the estimate from fetal remains, which isn’t a great way to set a definitive date. Add to that “weeks pregnant” start from the last period, so the first signs of pregnancy could be at 12-15 weeks. Add in a couple of weeks to a month to figure out what can be done and how to do it and you end up with an…

So, there’s a right against self-incrimination and doctor/patient communications are private; how is it possible to get charged for seeking medical attention? I’d argue that this is an example of an unreasonable search, since the police would have no grounds to test a patient for medications based on the person going…

Well, shit.

Fungi are more closely related to people than they are to plants.

Texas is also removing books from schools.

There are multiple redundant safety systems to prevent that. The real danger with elevators is falling into an open shaft. The majority of elevator related deaths is from walking into the open elevator shafts.

The destroyed the Unions first a couple of decades ago (in the Red States).

^This. These shows are for an audience. If your audience is going to watch the show on a TV, it should look good on a TV. GoT was going to have to go through compression even if you watched the initial release. The later releases were adjusted, so some of the commenters may have only seen the improved version.

The second edition of Pathfinder expunged all the material that fell under the OGL (that’s one of the big reasons for the new edition); they saw the writing on the wall or at least the potential for a future debilitating conflict. The new ORC license is a way to try to ensure that no one, not even Paizo themselves,…

I heard that D&D One was going to introduce critical fails, but I didn’t think they’d implement it with their business model.

That’s exactly what they’re doing here in Texas. The school district my BIL works at is allowing ‘select’ teachers to be armed. Once the six year old pulled out the gun he became an “active shooter”, so his armed teacher would be obligated to shoot to kill. I didn’t hear anything about quickdraw training at my BIL’s…

It’s ironic  sad that it will be easier to take away the lady’s child than her gun.

Bud, that’s what “to the 4th power means”. Turns out this is from a bit of a simplification from a 1950's study and the actual ratio has an exponent that varies from the 3rd to 6th power depending on a number of factors (original was based on weight per axel, but gross weight has a bigger effect on bridges and with…

Road wear is proportional to weight raised to the fourth power! Doubling the weight of a vehicle results in a 16x increase in road wear.

I replaced my 2010 WRX with a 2014 BRZ that I replaced with a 2022 BRZ. The BRZ isn’t good for taking people to the airport but that’s about it.