Is it wrong to fear an authoritarian nation-state with the largest population, economy and army in the world? Especially one whose embrace of surveillance technology tends to the Orwellian? Or whose approach to things like intellectual property is basically piratical? How about a regime that considers some of its…

Find an actual platform to post on. The silly video clip app is for just that, silly video clips. If you have to use code words to talk about serious things go to a serious place where you can speak frankly. This is ridiculous. Jesus on Twitter any rando can mock your traumatic experiences but at least they’re not…

Ok, thanks. That makes sense. How did that Viper make it on there? I can’t imagine they’re light and flickable with a huge V10 up front.

This isn't for Trump fans. It's for oligarchs, politicians, arms dealers, cartel leaders, other criminals and their families. People more like Trump than his supporters.

Yeah it's amazing what our brains can make us feel and believe with just some chemicals and a bit of electricity.

Anyone think the rumoured 1000hp hybrid Corvette could make it on the list? 

It’s only relevant if human miles are miles where Autopilot could be used. If the self driving system can only be used in optimal situations but the human driver is confronted with more challenging conditions then it’s not a direct comparison. Just highway driving would be a better way to see which is safer under…

Caesium 137 produces beta radiation while decaying into an isotope of barium with a very short half-life which then emits gamma radiation as it decays. So you’re being exposed to both gamma and highly energetic electrons/positrons.

Without her last name she’d be just another over-privileged suburban wine mom and I think she knows that as well as we do.

I’ve always found the idea that “back in the old days” people were always stronger, tougher and more virtuous to be hilarious. If you follow that logic then cavemen wouldn’t have needed stone tools, a blow from their rock-like paws being enough to fell a tree or a mammoth.

But where does it end? Our economy (and everyone else’s) is based on continuous growth. Not entirely population growth but mostly. Eventually we’ll run up against the carrying capacity of the planet no matter what way of life is common. A less energy intensive lifestyle just delays the point of no return. It seems…

Ah, thanks. I think I knew that at one point but there’s a limit to word meanings I can remember so the game where you go under a stick that gets lowered and the video game where you run from a spider silhouette must have been more important to me.

fake hypersexualized straight off the cover of Playboy version of her

I’ve never read or watched anything Potter related so please correct me if I’m wrong but it seems like using some magic is so bad that the gameplay equivalent would be all the NPCs becoming hostile and never going back or not without a complicated redemption mechanic. 

Purgatory has fires? Isn't that where unbaptized babies go? Pretty damn harsh if you ask me. I always thought of it as unending gray, like being inside an infinite storm cloud. Probably it's own form of torture, eventually, but at least it's subtle.

No idea about the other stuff but part of their job is to delineate the safety zone with cones. Since it's impractical to have permanent markings for turbine danger zones for the many different kinds of aircraft it has to be done manually.

Not yet but I bet ratings go down year over year while returns diminish. Roiland being a criminal just accelerates things. I was talking primarily about the quality of the content they produce but I believe that will be reflected in the financial returns but that there will be lag. We'll see I suppose. Just offering…

What I've heard about the Hadrian situation is that he was a bit too touchy-feely with young Antinous and that the boy's fatal fall into the Nile may have been due to a lover's quarrel with the Emperor, thus his extravagant grief and all the statues of the deceased.

Yeah I really thought Hinson was making some seriously inadvisable jokes in character as Early Cuyler. Fully expected an apology and explanation. But no. The motherfucker plays music as a redneck vampire so he's got to understand a stage persona. I haven't heard of him trying to drink people's blood so you'd think…

Those people working there will find other jobs. No one gets a lifetime job at the factory anymore and it’s never been a thing in the entertainment industry. They’ll be fine. Personally I think pointing to the possible job loss is the worst reason to defend keeping a show running. It’s an admission that the best…