“I’m Bill Simmons and I have opinions! Watch my show!”

I an actually imagine now another Tesla feature people will love:

Dumb mistake filter. When you turn this feature on, the car will not crash into an object in front of it, no matter how hard you try. Instead you get a warning, and you can tap to override.

Possibly though this would open them up to liability, because if…

When you buy a Tesla you sign a form saying you agree that they can have this data.

I think you can opt out of this, though I can’t find any reports of someone doing this.


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I figured it was just because the badges were kind of ugly and unnecessary. Simplicity is best.

My little theory (which is likely not original):
There are no gods in ASOIAF, only magic.

There is literally no hint at all of any divine being. There are some (very few really) magical monsters, but no Gods.

Also I think the key to Martin’s style is this:
Reject trope.

At every turn when he could have had a princess saved…

Has football become absurd when there are 50 people needed for a team, even when half-never play?

Has it become absurd when a small school will have 5 sports coaches but only 2 math teachers?

I like sports, but I also think that making it into such a big deal actually makes it less fun, less accessible, and less…

As any kid who had a glow-in-the-dark toy knows, even after charging it to maximum in full sunlight, it will only glow for a few minutes in darkness, maybe an hour.

Is there any evidence that making a good movie from a video game is even possible?

So if he said “they don’t like her because she’s a women” you’d say “Ah ha! I knew it! Sexism explains why people don’t like Hillary!”

and if he doesn’t mention her womanhood you say “Ah ha! They refuse to acknowledge the truth!”

Would any argument convince you that some people actually don’t like her policies?

It’s a…

How about people don’t like her because her policy decisions have been bad?

It’s reasonable to ask what the benefit of greek orgs is to a university.

If you leave your campsite dirty you should be fined or banned the next time you want to stay at a park.

Man here:
I used to use Dial soap on my face (yellow bar) as it was very good at combating acne as a kid. It strips your skin but if you apply moisturizer after the fact it’s not so bad. What I would get though was an extreme over-production of oil by my face to the point where at the end of the day the oil would be…

I took a slight on Aeroflot (the Russian airline) in 2001. At the time smoking was banned on all flights everywhere except Russia. You could only smoke on the flight if both ends were in Russia though. There were several people enjoying a smoke on the flight, and I don’t remember the air being terrible really, though…

I can’t wait till we have a lot of self-driving cars on the road.

It will likely be a mixed-system for a while though, a long while, with autonomous and meat-driven cars sharing the road.

I’ve wondered though if those autonomous cars, being very deferential, will encourage people to just walk out into traffic, knowing…

Do we have the technology to shoot out those sticky GPS tracker things they always show on TV?

Seems like that should exist, even if generally impractical. You could prolly call another car up ahead to stake out and shoot the car with it as it passes.

Of course in the future I guess we’ll just have drones which follow…

Is it sad that I sort of expect any cop video to end with guns and tasers?

Anyone who spends more than $10k on a car is either an enthusiast or a fool. I bought a used 2010 Honda Fit a few years ago and everyone who’s driven or ridden in it has complimented it. It could do with an extra arm-rest or two, but other than that it’s likely all you need.

Also, you could fold down the back seats and…

When you’re gay and trying to hook up, dick pics are useful. The penises involved are highly relevant, as or more relevant that a face pic. You can never tell what someone’s dick is gonna look like, and no one wants to drive across town to hang out with an ugly dick.

I think it’s kind of an inside joke. Therefore you may not get it. I know it hurts.