Dodging a blue shell in MK8/D isn’t all that hard, once you figure the timing out it’s pretty easy to consistently pull it off. What is hard, at least in a normal race, is getting a mushroom while you’re in first place since the game prefers to give you banana peels, coins, etc.

I feel like it’s a relative thing - like, drinking from a bottle of water or soda or whatever else is pretty safe, right? Cars have cupholders built-in, so it follows that car manufacturers agree that there is some amount of consumption that is safe to do while driving. So we have to look at other things and determine…

I don’t doubt that that’s part of it, but I know Eckstein loved how much she was able to put into the character of Ahsoka and how much fans took to her.

To me it doesn’t sound as much like “if you don’t remember all the characters and events from every episode of Clone Wars and Rebels, you’ll be lost”, but rather “this is a character that was established before Rosario Dawson took over, she has characteristics and motivations that might not make as much sense to…

I love that the whole cereal thing is based on an actual event that happened to Glenn Howerton

There’s a difference between “combatting overheating” and, like, just feeling a little cooler. If you have medical-grade heat problems, you should probably just stick to water. But you cannot tell me that the feel of eating a popsicle or an ice cream cone in the heat isn’t making me feel cooler (or that that feeling…

Ice cream in a cup? No way, anything that needs two hands to eat (one to hold the cup, one to hold the spoon) is a no-go while driving unless your car steers itself (mine does not). If you’re in stop-and-go traffic or have a lot of stoplights, I guess it might be feasible, but 99% of the time I’m trying to eat while…

Certainly possible

Are there any stipulations about availability or standards of the replaceable batteries? Just because you’ll be able to change your iPhone/Apple Watch/Switch battery by yourself with basic tools doesn’t mean that they’ll have to price the batteries conveniently or sell them to end-users at all.

I’m pretty sure controllers are already covered under this since they are also portable rechargeable devices. Looks like it’s pretty much anything with a battery smaller than a car.

That’s what they do now except you also have to replace your device when you do.

Yeah, cats may be relatively harmless to humans but ask the local bird and rodent populations how they feel about it.

Haha sure, I work in IT too so I get it, but I feel like something like that would be common sense for a 28-year-old, especially those trying to commit crimes that would require them to not allow a person to be tracked down. Maybe not though.

If this kidnapper had half a brain he’d know that anything with an internet connection can be traced, having it mentioned on Kotaku isn’t going to teach anyone down the line how to be a better criminal.

Been doing this Lifehacker-of-2020 tip for a while now to keep sponges clean, which is just to keep one in the dishwasher and swap it out with the “active” one whenever you empty the dishwasher, so one sponge is getting washed every time you run a load. A lot less effort than this and doesn’t take any extra supplies.…

ChatGPT is neat to mess around with if I want it to generate a script for a Seinfeld/Frasier crossover or some other stupid stuff like that, but it’s also incredibly easy to use. No amount of money is worth it for instruction on Autocomplete 2.0, it poorly does whatever you ask it to do or else tells you it can’t do…

Y’all I’m still busy playing Zelda, forgive me if I haven’t had time to catch up with Geralt and the Gang.

I bought some bottles of the ready-to-drink Huel a year or so ago and literally couldn’t drink it. No matter what I did to it, no matter which flavor I tried, it made me gag. Ended up throwing away a good amount of them after they expired. I assume that if you’re used to protien shakes or other similar weight…

One of the many ways in which separate bedrooms can help (if you’ve got the space).

AFAIK most authors aren’t getting pissy about you buying their books used, they’d rather you buy and read their books used than not at all, if that’s the choice you’re making. You’re right that the author doesn’t get any money from the sale, but they might be getting a fan who will be willing to buy a new book down…