It’s explained in the old EU that the Empire was essentially racist to all non-human races. Thrawn was the lone exception, mainly because he was so brilliant.

No it’s not.

How is this surprising at all? Following an ecological collapse, one would reasonably expect a rapid period of evolution by organisms in order to fill voided niches. It’s not shocking in the least large organisms would evolve again within a few hundred thousand, nevermind million, years.

This is a known phenomena: The more people witness an event, the less likely anyone will get involved. Essentially, “someone else will take care of it, why should I get involved?”.

I was just thinking this EXACT point. It’s quite possible he overcompensates for non-existent lag.

Yeah, my opinion is electric cars aren’t going anywhere until somebody invests in a charging network. And to some extent, Tesla is doing that. That’s why I want this to work, because there’s no way Detroit is going to make that sort of investment.

As has been said, the bulk of the cost is getting the supply line back up and running again. Congress basically killed the entire F22 supply chain specifically so the F35 wouldn’t be threatened.

Replace “Hurricane” with “Strong Tropical Storm”. New York really can’t deal with Hurricanes, much less strong (> cat1) ones.

The primary problem here is the solution (shutting down several lines for an extended period of time in order to properly fix them) causes just as much problems.

It’s palpable to conservatives because it embraces “personal responsibility”. Essentially, after you get your check, you’re own your own. Nevermind the scaledown of the government you can accomplish by removing now unnecessary programs [case in point: This whole healthcare debate GOES AWAY under a UBI].

For the record: I’m far-left on Economics and fully support the (gradual) replacement of the Social Safety Net with direct cash payments. The only major thing to watch for is inflation [which is a major concern for any form of a UBI] offsetting the purpose.

Meh, several states are close to setting up single player, most notably Nevada (which passed on which was vetoed) and New York (one vote short). So you’ll probably see healthcare vary wildly by state, as Democrats are unlikely to get the house back prior to 2022 (and that’s assuming 2020 is a Democratic wave year at…

It’s not. Granted, I thought Ford would have gone for some other Central American country that’s covered by CAFTA (you know, the FTA that passed during the Bush years) instead of China.

The root problem here is trying to maintain 24/7 service and maximizing “on time” arrivals, at the expense of basic maintenance/upgrades. Painful as it is, some lines are going to have to be shut down for years to upgrade/fix the infrastructure.

Cuomo is effective at getting things through the NY Legislature (which is quite a feat in of itself), but I wouldn’t ever consider voting for him for the Democratic nomination. No charisma, and too much political baggage. Basically, think Clinton. He wouldn’t be a “bad” President, but he wouldn’t be a good one…

LG OLED55B6P here. Good enough to even use as my main pc monitor.

From a “brick and mortar” point of view, yes, this will lose Amazon money. But remember: They have a food shipping service, and I think this is really an attempt to get access to Whole Foods supply chain, more then keeping Whole Foods itself afloat. From that point of view, this makes long-term sense for Amzaon.

So basically: Earth Orbit Rendezvous. This was seriously considered for Apollo [it was Van Braun’s preferred method], but ultimately [and surprisingly at the time] rejected.

It’s simple: The company (and all companies) are valued based on EXPECTATIONS of future increases to it’s stock price. The investors are assuming Uber will be the dominant ride sharing platform, and a pioneer in self-driving cars. And since Uber doesn’t employee anyone, driving down costs, in theory profit should be…

So, remember when the PS4/XB1 first launched and I called them “cripples”? Too bad the original versions and the backward compatibility requirement are going to kill this generation. What we have now is what SHOULD have been launched from day 1.