That’s not necessarily true. Right now we’re in the middle of an ongoing political disaster, and I see no problem with other countries making fun of the US over it, even though the half of the country that voted against the disaster tends to get lumped into the mockery.

Are you saying that 147 people who weren't murdered should result in a bigger outrage than 3000 who were?

I come from an era when the typical Castlevania game would not have qualified as a Metroidvania. To me, treating Metroid-style exploration as a signature feature of Castlevania is like saying that the side-scrolling platforming and melee combat of early Castlevania games is a signature feature of Zelda. It’s just…

You definitely speak the truth about the oppressiveness of government buildings, but for me the highlight of the article was the use of “Metroid-Like” in the title, instead of that other term.

Of course the irony is that executing 100 innocent people probably means that 100 guilty people are spared. That’s the thing that gets me about these flawed convictions. Once they’ve done it, they’re not looking for the actual perpetrator anymore, and in the case of the death penalty, there’s almost no chance of…

To add to that a bit, subscription networks also need diverse shows, because once they’ve hooked one viewer, having additional shows they like only helps with subscriber retention. Creating a variety of different shows to appeal to different tastes helps draw in subscribers who might not have been interested in The…

Unlikely in this particular case. Holley carbs tend to have very prominent fuel bowls, and the fuel line is running to a location that’s typical for Edelbrock carbs, but not for Holley carbs. Everything visible on that carb seems to match up to an Edelbrock Performer series carb with manual choke, but I can’t find…

On the other hand, I’m pretty sure they didn’t originally come with what appears to be an Edelbrock carburetor and air cleaner.

An exclusive economic zone is different than territorial waters. Territorial waters essentially extend a nation’s borders 12 miles into the ocean. An exclusive economic zone just grants certain economic rights to the nation in question. For instance, Russia could legally park a warship 13 nautical miles off the coast…

I was thinking the exact same thing.

Actually, car makers have been doing that for decades.

I’m pretty sure the twelve miles is picked because that’s where territorial waters begin. It’s easier to start with regulations that fall within the necessary jurisdiction, then try to get more ambitious later.

Bumper plastic is a lot more resilient than the brittle plastic of a taillight lens. The car connected well enough to pull pieces of the bumper off, as well as the recessed piece below the headlight. It’s going to take more than some fragmented lens plastic to pull those parts off the Land Rover. Given that the damage…

A broken taillight by itself isn’t going to cause the level of damage seen on the Land Rover. Chances are it’s going to take more than a new taillight assembly to hide all the damage. Sure, the hit-and-run driver could get the car fixed, but it’s not going to be a trivial repair, especially if the rear quarter panel…

Because in some cases, people already bought a game on Steam, either in the form of a pre-order, or as the promise of a Steam key in the case of Kickstarter backers. Then, when the game is on the verge of release, they’re told that they’ll have to wait an extra year post-release for their game, or go through…

Agreed.

That’s just because we’re all trying to support your point by demonstrating how much easier it is to reply to a post with four years of reaction time than it is to reply to it one-fifth of a second after it’s posted.

As long as a blade is kept sharp it’s trivially easy to cut through a water bottle. I did it by accident once.

It really depends on where you live. In places with consistently heavy traffic, a car with poor acceleration may have to wait a long time for a suitable opening in traffic, especially when left turns are involved.

Ugh, I had that happen to me just the other day. I was stuck behind a late-model Mustang that decided to merge onto the freeway at a leisurely 50mph. Even the base model Mustang should get up to speed far faster than my Honda with its tired transmission, yet there I was, stuck waiting for an opening so I could whip…