People don’t seem to realize how expensive space hardware actual is. The average cost for an orbital payload can be on the order of $5000-10,000 per kilogram, and it’s still by far the cheapest part of the whole operation. Even something like a weather satellite - one of the more straightforward space platforms - is…

I mean, they’re called “Tool”. So of course they’re tools.

I guess more importantly, you’re not the minority that threatens to kill people over their opinions.

They’re not, though. You have to take your boards/bar exam to be professionally certified as a doctor or lawyer. With a PhD you’re generally expected to do 1-3 years postdoctoral research before being eligible for a tenure-track position.

No, nononononono. You don’t get to let them off that easily. Just because they’re not members of the NRA doesn’t mean they don’t support the organization by attending events or paying for trainings and so forth. But, even if we assume that all these people are still a slim minority, the fact remains that many gun…

They’re betting big on driverless cars. Ride sharing is just a way of keeping their name in the game until they can make fully automated rides possible, because (according to experts) that may end up being a winner-take-all market. There are dozens of reasons why it might not be, but that’s their semi-official end…

What? You can totally use Gmail on an iPhone, either with the Gmail app or configured as an account in Mail.

Cryptocurrencies are absolutely worthless as currencies because they are designed to be deflationary, which disincentivizes spending because it will always be more scarce relative to demand in the future (unless demand collapses) - so the only time you get rid of your Bitcoin is when you need liquidity now or you…

Adopting loanwords from Chinese is racist now? I guess that means “attorney general” is racist against French people because it mocks the way they put adjectives after nouns, right?

Man, I always say, get while the getting’s good.

Nah, crazy Bats wouldn’t work in comics in the long run.

It’s a bad take on Batman, but a good take on a guy who watches his parents get murdered and then spends his fortune to dress up as a bat and fight crime.

Rob Manfred announces Evan Turner and Draymond Green are banned from baseball for life.

Yeah, I feel like this is basically claiming he came up with the idea for half of Pulp Fiction. Filming people having a conversation on the way to somewhere is is a cinematic technique with a long history.

I assume, if the technology ever becomes manageable, they’re mostly going to be automated/fly by wire type things, with specific, virtual “lanes” for traveling between points A and B. In cities, you can detect when an intersection is coming up and slow down, check radar for oncoming traffic, then proceed. In the…

Problem is, the politicians on the right are doing bad things and the good people on the right keep voting for them. So, what does that tell you?

Why do most people become doctors? To help others and/or to make money. The ones who care about helping others stay doctors, and the ones who only want money eventually figure there has to be a better grift they can get on.

Living in Switzerland, mostly.

7. No one, because purebred dog shows are disgusting.

This may be my favorite Deadspin post of all time.