Just stop.

I have seen far, far more Android users claiming that Apple users are going around calling this stuff new and revolutionary than I have seen actual Apple fans doing that. This is a talking point that gets repeated over and over again, but it honestly has very little basis in reality.

Yeah, that's the classic example. I have a few ideas for putting my own twists on it, but I'm sure it's been done several times. That's all the more reason to really take the time to get it right, I think. Foundation is a classic in part because of its extraordinary attention to detail.

I've seen Primer three times and seen multiple detailed explanations and illustrations of the plot. I still haven't got a fucking clue what's going on in that movie.

That sounds really interesting. There's lots of room for all sorts of interesting social commentary there. I've actually been thinking about someday writing the opposite: a universe where FTL was once common and widely adopted, but which has fallen into a state of disrepair where many worlds are no longer in contact…

"But I'll be damned if I'm not going to waste even more time complaining about it on the Internet!"

Yes, because there is only one oil refinery in the entire world. It supplies all the jet fuel for everyone everywhere.

I think even PB secretly has some feelings for him. She just knows she's like 900 years older than him and it's inappropriate. And she's also way too preoccupied with her kingdom and experiments to engage in any romantic trysts, as they explored in that episode with all the suitors.

She'a gotten over her anger at him. It's just that she's taken over the Flame Kingdom now, so she needs to focus on her subjects. They did a whole episode about it.

Many homeless people are mentally ill. The suffering they endure from conditions like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or severe PTSD often leads them to become addicted to drugs or alcohol. That's why they can't just "get a job". Even McDonalds doesn't want to hire people with mental illnesses.

A while back, I read an excellent article in Aeon Magazine called "Humainty's Deep Future" that went into depth on the issues surrounding existential threats to our species and the Fermi Paradox. One of the interesting insights in that piece was the idea of a cosmic "filter" that might keep the vast majority of life…

Well, now that you've turned half of that into bold text, I can't help but believe you.

The difference between science and religion is that virtually no scientists are claiming that they know the multiverse is real. It is simply one theory out of many that fits the available data. As more experiments are conducted and more models are built, we get more data—which allows us to rule out some of those…

I have a GV number, but I keep the call screening feature turned off because I found that lots of people I actually want to talk to just ignore it. I put it on my business cards and give it out to clients so I can block harassment or spam if that ever occurs. These people are usually not tech-savvy, though, and when…

I've lived in NM for two years, and I swear to God, that piece of I-25 near Bernallilo has been under construction for that entire period—and it hasn't changed a bit! It's like they just move the cones around every now and then to make it seem like they're doing something. My grandmother has been here since 2002, and…

Because this is Gizmodo, you're going to get flamed by a bunch of glibertarian assholes for this. But for the record, you're right.

I agree. Producing an image of a planet with the same detail as one of Earth taken from our moon will likely always be impossible. I referenced the wrong photograph—I really meant something along the lines of the Pale Blue Dot. That may be impossible, but if we can image a planet with even 1/10 of that resolution, we…

I didn't consent. This happened during my senior year in high school, and my medicine was in my locker inside a canister similar to the one pictured above. The school brought around drug dogs one day, and one of them had a hit in the general vicinity of my locker. They searched all the lockers in the area, and mine…

Word to the wise: in many areas, it's illegal to possess prescription medication outside of a dedicated medical container with your name on it. I learned this during a very unpleasant encounter with the police years ago, which involved me being handcuffed and detained in a squad car for thirty minutes while my father…

Well, the most obvious alternative solution is TeamViewer. But that would require a lot of install work, and as I understand it, they at least ask nicely that you pay them if you're using it in an enterprise environment. Is there an exception for nonprofits?