There are turtles that you’ll help cross traffic...and then there are turtles you’ll ‘help’ *INTO* traffic...in particular, that one from Kentucky.

The government is the community, the public. And if a government is doing something, it’s ‘communism.’ That’s what it is, stripped of all nuance. Which is kind of the point — when you strip out any and all nuance, all these economic and political systems are virtually indistinguishable, because they all rely many…

I mean, if you remove any and all nuance to the term, on a technicality that’s not entirely untrue. But, you know, nuance is a thing, and it’s real. Republican politicians and voters don’t understand any of it, but that hasn’t stopped them from shooting themselves in the foot at every turn because of it.

This isn’t an aberration. She isn’t an aberration. She is the intentional product of Republican dogma — ignorant, manipulable, gullible, stupid ‘politicians’ and voters fully willing to do the bidding of their wealthy overlords.

The ‘free hand of the market’ only applies when the businesses succeeding are owned, supported, or have vested interests of Republicans. And if those same businesses aren’t succeeding, then clearly it’s a problem with ‘burdensome regulations’ or they’re ‘too big to fail’ or whatever other half-assed excuse they can…

Normally, I’d say the issue is range and targeting, but if the intention is not to kill but to incapacitate or otherwise disable, then range and targeting don’t much matter. Just intensity and duration. But you could use ULF soundwaves to similar results. Long-term exposure to them also causes mild or moderate…

The thermal tiles used to protect the space shuttle could absorb the extreme heat of reentry while still being safe to touch without protective gear. At least, that’s what I recall about them.

Let’s be clear: Florida is not the armpit or the asshole of America — both of those actually perform important functions for the body. No, Florida is the steaming turd getting squeezed out of America’s Republican ass. Just look at a US map. You’ll see I’m right.

I think you missed the part about the operating temperature. That’s kind of problematic being so close to living people.

“Okay. You can have it back just as soon as I see a signed and notarized warrant permitting surveillance of my person, so I know who to sue for harassment.” -- the only reasonable response.

Paper is...not any better for the environment. Lumber is a dirty industry.

And you don’t have to look hard for countless examples of where this path leads, either.

You cannot reward bad behavior without actively encouraging more of it. That’s basic psychology, the kind of thing even children can understand. So why is it that society continues to structure itself in a way that rewards its worst behaviors? The greater the power entrusted to you by the public, the greater the…

Okay, so...smart, funny, and creative, too. And life tried to take her from us before the world got to know her awesomeness? Okay, Life, seriously WTF?!

He’s getting $179m not just for quitting. He’s getting $179m despite running the company he was responsible for straight into the ground. And, oh, by the way, he’ll move right on to another high-paid executive job where he will proceed to run that company straight into the ground.

That whooshing sound was the point going over your head.

Apple sold ~200m iphones just in 2020. Nintendo sold a TOTAL of 78m Switches. Orders of magnitude.

Nintendo licenses operate in a similar fashion, fyi. Or do you think you can just publish a game on Nintendo’s platform without paying Nintendo royalties?

That’s the ‘if the wanted to’ bit. Apple *COULD* put together stellar first-party titles IF THEY WANTED TO. But it would cost a lot of money and time to get it done. They could leverage their market scope with those first-party titles IF THEY WANTED TO. But it would cost a lot of money and time to get it done.

Apple has an install base large enough to easily dwarf Nintendo (by an order of magnitude at least). But you *ARE* right that it doesn’t have anywhere near the first-party name recognition for gaming titles. One without the other is kind of meaningless.