The Arctic trip was almost certainly a callout to the original Mary Shelley story: the Monster went to the Arctic, pursued by the Doctor; both were found by a North Pole expedition.

Remember that movie “The Town”? To paraphrase Affleck: I need you to see this movie with me. You can’t ask who’s in it, you can’t ask what it’s about. And we have to go tonight.

That’s why people binge; instead of fooling around a piece at a time for months just watch it all in one weekend.

I really needed to see this article today!

You’re good; affect is the verb you’re looking for.

“.. is somehow liable...”

It’s mid-engined, so you’re safe there.

I travel for business. Most business travelers who go carry-on:

I would love the line option. People aren’t mobbing the entryway because of lack of seats, they mob the entryway so they can get on first. Having a Southwest-style lineup would stop all of that. Just 2 lines say, zone 1 and 2. Then when zone 1 boards, zone 3 can start lining up there while zone 2 boards etc. (Replace…

I saw that image at the very top and was immediately “that’s the Hyperion from the XCom: Terror From the Deep intro movie”.

Maybe the article got edited after your comment but this was near the top:

Same here. I have a set on the desk right now. Very comfortable, lots of sound isolation (if it’s not in the headphones I can’t hear it), and I like the stowaway mic (flexible to position wherever and can push into headphone if not needed).

Same here. I have a set on the desk right now. Very comfortable, lots of sound isolation (if it’s not in the…

Yes. When I was a youngster in NYC you could go to the DMV and get a non-driver ID, looks like a driver’s license for ID and drinking purposes but had a different color bar at the top (orange vs green I think?) and a large “NON-DRIVER” printed on it.

Clicked video to hear Mozgov say “Mozgov ride bear”.

I’m living the rollout nightmare too (different city though): the process is not transparent at all and I have no idea where they are in the process. The only info you get from them is “sign up for email notifications and we’ll be talking soon!”

Sid Meier talked about that one in an interview; he felt that having so many things to do reduced the tight plot focus he wanted on the game.