Abortion is, for some voters, a major single issue that determines their vote. Most other people (notably, the 50% of voters that can’t be forced to carry a baby to term) tend to consider other issues first before even wondering if their candidate is going to do anything to protect reproductive rights. It’s pretty…

Disagree. The Taliban are less willing to abandon their beliefs when they are subjected to very mild legal consequences.

On the other hand, they seem to thrive off this hate. It’s like a drug. The more we feed them attention, good or bad, the more they are incentivized to delve into ever more insane (and difficult to ignore) stuff, like the vaccine hesitancy you mentioned. Since it’s not possible to convince them with logic and…

This is probably obvious already for most people here, but I was wondering why Google was suing when it was neither the police nor an elderly person without a basset hound.

Sounds like a different kind of speed force at work.

I realize reactions to abuse can take many forms, but Jada’s behavior doesn’t seem make it seem she’s at all concerned about being the target of physical violence from Will. Frankly, I feel like any anger Will has toward her will merely be redirected toward whatever convenient target is on hand (like nearby comedians,…

This is just so bizarre. Was Smith always like this?

New Zealand much smaller than china, has a tiny fraction of its population, is geographically isolated, sees little international travel (esp. compared to China!), has a remarkably low population density, is not the origin point of the original strain of the COVID-19 virus and hasn’t been recently hosting the winter…

Perhaps its an internal campaign within Squeenix to promote/legitimize the kinds of over-monetized games-as-a-service nonsense they’re champing at the bit to make more of (y’know, like that other Avengers game they launched). Basically, tell the shareholders: “See? Good games actually suck. We knew what we were doing…

I’d take that with a massive grain of salt. Wouldn’t be the first time “improvised explosives” were actually just fireworks. Moreover, there’s no shortage of videos on social media of russians messing around actual with small explosives, incendiaries and firearms. As far as I know, people don’t seem to be getting…

I was under the impression that the one and only reason right wing FB clones like this exist is so its users have a safe place where they can spread their racist nonsense without getting banned. I’m not sure what privacy has to do with this. It’s not like google or facebook is going to ban these people for being nazis…

Had to restrain myself from posting this... (I failed)

To add to what’s been said already, motion sickness from video games is something you can get used to. Eventually your brain is going to have a serious conversation with your eyes and inner ear and will stop trying to convince you you’re actually moving when you’re not. The exposure you need to hit that point does…

Again, which one specifically? There was this one 3d model but it looks conceptual as hell (pictured below) and seems to be something you build from the keel up, not something you can retrofit to an existing fleet so I dismissed it in my initial search.

Yes, but I’ve no way of knowing which specific ones you were referring to. A cursory google search did turn up a bunch of sails, but nothing being used on cargo ships (apart from the aforementioned kites). I did find some neat electric and solar concepts though.

Fair enough, though I imagine the problem is that not all “other factors” can be dismissed as merely idiot corporate decisions. Sometimes they’re (maybe idiotic?) political ones. For example there’s existing carbon taxation laws and the specter of more draconian legislation aimed at tackling climate change.

Ah, hang on. I re-read your comment. I get what you mean now, though it might help if you mention this other advanced sailing technology you think would be superior to kites.

... and you’re certainly entitled to think wind-power is a dead end, but what I was asking is what you meant by this:

Sorry, but what? Were you not just complaining that wind power should be used more?

That’s not really fair. A kite differs from a sail in that the latter comes with a mast. I realize this is something of a semantics issue but reasonable people can made a distinction between kites and sails without being stupid.