I’ve always taken the presence or absence of a helmet as an indication of how much the person values their brain.

I always wonder what the attraction is myself. I mean, I know the helmet’s gonna be hot and stuffy, but BUGS!!!!!! I find them annoying enough on a bicycle, and that doesn’t go nearly as fast.

That’s actually a pretty good idea. Really drive home the consequences of not wearing a helmet by highlighting one of the classic sources of donor organs. After all, if the major organs are in such good condition after that crash, it probably would’ve been survivable if the brain hadn’t bought it.

Maybe this whole thing is just a bad idea in the first place.

Indeed you do not. ;-) Note: this in no way conflicts with my version of Pascal’s Wager. Nearly every belief system (theistic or otherwise, organized or not) contains some version of it, so it probably has a very high likelihood of being either true or, if not true in any universal sense, at least a pretty good idea.

I don’t remember who it was who said this, but I read a suggestion we should lay empty clothes and shoes on the ground outside and then hide after the eclipse, just to mess with the Rapture believers. :-D

Definitely “Nightfall”, but it also makes me think of Lord Byron’s poem “Darkness” (which may have inspired “Nightfall”):

Yeah, that’s where things go off the rails, because that’s when you lose the ability to tell right from wrong, fantasy from reality, truth from falsehood. Me, I have the firm conviction that all religions are wrong about something, and probably quite a lot of things, but are also right about a lot of things, and the…

“in aviation you also have multiple redundancies as well and can switch on the fly for inputs.”

Battery replacement is something that can be expected to eventually happen if the vehicle lasts long enough — and please DO note, you’re making this comment in response to a story involving a battery replacement, so clearly it’s not an unreasonable expectation. Making it more difficult to replace the battery means…

Uh, if you found any of these comments complimentary to Tesla, I’m not sure you’re reading them very closely.  :-)

You’re in a prime position of your career to build your resume for it, then!  They open up applications for new astronaut classes on a regular basis.  ;-)

....  The hell?

Wow.  I can see where that would speed up manufacturing, but it seems idiotic for maintainability.

I dunno, I’ve flown out of there and it’s fine. It’s an airport. *shrugs* It does have those crazy tall shuttle things, which are unique at least.  Otherwise it’s mostly just kind of airporty.  I dunno.  There are only so many ways to do an airport; they each try and do something distinctive, yet end up with a…

Ow!

Oh, I know, and I’m counting on that to make sure they pick something REALLY appropriate. :-D

They’re creative, though.  I’m sure they could find a way to express their sentiments about him in a particularly *fitting* way.  :-)  A bus terminal toilet stall, perhaps.

I absolutely adore the way Oliver leans into stuff like this.  :-)

Or New York, where he originated.  I’m sure they can come up with something very *special* to name in his dubious honor.