Yeah, my mind went there too. Ugh.

That’s your problem, you had too many kids. Give one to a neighbor or something and you’ll be all set.

an underground Chernobyl waiting to happen

God, he looks a mess. They should have let him pull something over his face. Like a sheet or something. Cut out two eyehole so he can see. Its only decent.

Agreed! That is some arcane shit trying to maneuver through those flaps when you need to take a leak. Such a waste of time compared to hooking a thumb over the waistband and pulling down.

Agreed! That is some arcane shit trying to maneuver through those flaps when you need to take a leak. Such a waste…

I’m totally befuddled. There are similar situations happening all over the world, and we are not even apprised of them. Compared to all of the human rights abuses happening in myriad countries, we certainly do know and care about the Nigerian schoolgirls. Who hasn’t heard of Boko Haram?

Caucasians (and Desi, for that matter) are foreigners in Nigeria. Boko Haram is interested in increasing its numbers and force, vastly. This is a Nigerian issue: I find it slightly odd to even mention Caucasians in regard to this? With all due respect, not everything is about “the West” (though in the case of…

Visa is becoming so difficult; clearly Mastercard is more accepting.

As a very frequent flyer and one who hates the airlines, I don’t think I can take the side of the family here. Once then 18 year old got on that other flight his seat was forfeited.

Sadly, yes, this is correct. 18 year doesn’t show up, that seat goes to someone else.

One, the rules are primarily in place to prevent terrorists from using assumed identities. Two, since his 18-year-old son did not check-in, he was a “no-show” and essentially relinquished his “paid-for” seat. Three, this was apparently a sold-out flight, and some adult had paid for and expecting to use that seat. …

screw people who double-park, don’t feed the meter or speed in the city. no sympathy for scofflaws.

Anyone else think he’s rushing the Model 3 into production? Because I think he’s rushing the Model 3 into production.

“We continue to be surprised by how sort of frankly naïve a lot of people are about production and supply chain,”

Tesla has a lot of learning to do. There’s a big reason why major automakers are no longer vertically integrated monsters that make every single component of their vehicles in house. There’s a reason why they don’t have 40 different platforms for each vehicle. It just isn’t sustainable.

Turns out they’re all in the framework!

I’m suing my local Renaissance Festival in Texas, the time period represented was clearly medieval and/or Dark Ages.

at some point IO9 went from a site for nerds to nerd out over stuff to a site where hipster elitests hate on everything.