“I’m not mad” they said, mouth covered in a thin veneer of froth, a la Elvis Costello’s “I’m not Angry.”

Cool. You really showed me.

If they’re twiddling their thumbs, there’s a problem.

FWIW, I’ve been hating on this testing methodology for a very, very long time. And Musk’s total disregard for safety culture and even reasonable accommodations of the needs of others, which bleeds into the companies.

Amazon was selling DRM-free mp3s before Apple, back when Amazon seemed like a much smaller company in regards to digital distribution.  They got a lot of press for it at the time, and this partially forced Apple’s hand in updating how their store operated, just how Tidal’s HD streaming forced others to offer…

I used to describe Working Girl as a guilty pleasure to watch but I don’t say that any more because I’m not in the least bit guilty about enjoying such a great film.

There are certainly components of SLS which are proven tech, but a LOT of it is also very new (especially if you include the never-implemented parts it inherited from the Atlas program).  Yes, the engines are the same, but so much of what the rocket is and how it works is totally new or radically redesigned.

“I’m shocked!”

“I made a promise that there will never be a reason for us to get a divorce,” she said. “We will work through whatever. And I just haven’t been able to break that promise.”

This is a terrible idea if fully-implemented. For the tech-savvy crowd, this may not seem like a big deal. However, I work with people in poverty, and the only thing that are lost/forgotten more than passwords are old phone numbers. The frequency with which my clients change numbers, have a phone lost/stolen, get…

So, obviously you’re entitled to your opinion, but I think you’re selling both Nolan and Tarantino short.

The whole point is to make it worse as a sign of protest, not to claim that the cones are the reason it cannot/will never work. It’s sending a message. Whether or not you agree with that message is a different conversation. Certainly, there should be more work on some of the things you mentioned, which I believe is…

This has been a rumored set for more than a year now, and the price just seems to be too much. Like, I understand the appeal, and I also understand WHY it is priced that much. This has a lot of specialized parts, too, and larger, more complex ones, too. Making structural girders that meet Lego’s standards is a lot…

For so long, the series had lacked, in my view, any recognizable shred of real exploration...

This bothered me, too.  It’s a minor issue, but still.

Below is a generic airliner. I can’t tell if it is an Airbus or a Boeing

It’s unpopular and also missing important context about the pricing and context. Remember that Reddit only had value because these mods do millions of hours of work for absolutely no pay whatsoever. Reddit only has value because of their input. Also, Reddit isn’t merely charging enough to cover their costs, they’re…

Except you’re missing the larger, more important issue:

You’re right as long as you’re careful in who you hire, which should be obvious but isn’t always. Lots of industry vets who were good at one job and terrible at another (see former scandals at HP, Yahoo, etc.).

So, you can label me as negative all you want, but what I care about is development of a rocket that can safely carry humans into space, to the moon, and beyond. If you want to label being concerned with safety as a priority as being negative, then that’s fine. It just...it seems kind of beside the point. Anyway...