Now this is meat and potatoes nature blogging. Good stuff.

“Autopilot is intended for use only with a fully attentive driver,” a Tesla spokesperson said.

I hope they both lose.

People said the same thing about Amazon.

Flat earthers are a different breed than 9/11 truthers. A different psychology is at work.

Titan is of interest for more than just what it holds materially though. It’s an interesting world. What it can tell us about what other potential worlds in the universe are like is important and will be very useful in the future. We literally don’t know what we don’t know, and when we don’t even know that, it’s…

Let me clutch my pearls please.

Don’t kid a kidder. People who use it for homebrew reasons: 1%. People who use it for piracy: 99%.

The majority of people who seek homebrew access are looking for piracy. Let’s not kid ourselves.

(...and yet the block of resin is still more aerodynamic than the G-Wagen).

Exactly. He’s the guy who did the offensive Indian accent to Kelly Kapoor, outed Oscar to the office and forced an unwanted kiss on him, and routinely had to be told to not do any Chris Rock standup bits. He was always “wrong” and was indeed punished for many of his actions (so many speakers sent to run the office…

The work environment being toxic was an intended part of the show. It was never meant to make the audience feel comfortable.

I believe I was clear.

The thick cloud of smug that envelops many of them seems to hinder visibility quite a lot.  

Assange suggested that Obama only granted Manning clemency to make Assange look like a liar.

I’m going on my first Cruise in June. My wife is terrified, I’ll have to show her this because I want to mess with her a little.

It amazes you that people praised a good thing he did and now condemn a bad thing he’s done? That amazes you? Just because someone did something good doesn’t mean they can’t also do something bad.