Moving passenger traffic to the air is a clearly terrible idea, but that’s OK! Thrun is a researcher and should be pitching ideas that are beyond common sense thinking. If he can knock down the obvious objections, then others can try to implement them.

+1. We should recognize how lucky we are to be here and spend our time trying to comprehend the beauty *and* make sure we survive.

I’ve never been much of a fan of full-size Lego builds, as they aren’t really showing any technical skill. It’s more of a paint-by-numbers.

Cuttlefish and asparagus or vanilla paste?

Not an email thing, but when a vendor sends me a text with an emoticon in it, I no longer think they are serious. I had one send me a message along the lines of “we are in the lobby :), see you soon” Just nope.

Leaving your device connected to the internet with the default/factory admin password is begging for trouble. It’s the same as leaving your car keys in the ignition with the windows down in a rough neighborhood.

What about that thing where you shit yourself a little but it doesn’t get on your underwear so you can go in the bathroom at work and clean it up with paper towels and then hide the paper towels at the bottom of the trash can because the plumbing is too old to flush them and then you hope no one finds the paper towels…

Please do NOT give us Young Morpheus

Shut up gerk.

I am a former chicken dresser. As a young girl, living on a farm we didn’t have a lot of dolls so I dressed up the chickens. We weren’t supposed to bring them in the house but I did, almost got caught, and in a spark of “brilliance” decided to hide it in the toilet and close the lid. My Aunt talks about coming in the…

Later, at the Eagles practice facility: "I will apologize to every nigger here."