I'll just leave this here:
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Mind the Troll.
It's not that the color-detecting cells are being overloaded, it's actually quite the opposite. The cells in our eyes send impulses to the brain when they detect a change in the intensity of the light they absorb. If you stare at anything that isn't changing and manage to hold your eyes still long enough, your vision…
I tried twice to read past it, but all I'm getting from this story is that "Treehouse Design Specialist" seems to be an actual career. Why did I get stuck with such a shitty Guidance Counsellor in Highschool?
Agree! Everyone should read A Nice Morning Drive. It's a great little story and I really like how the song pays tribute. It seems ever so timely with all the discussions of driverless vehicles...
My apologies, some context for the above link:
Move along.
What are those stripes!? Is this Captain Planet's Aventador?
mmm... That countach...
Punch it, Chewy!
My first thought too. A guy I know has a Pantera and getting into something that low is hard enough without having to worry about changing the power mirrors with your left ass every time you get in.
Ditto.
I read it to be an attempt at designing a house that was visually non-invasive to the landscape, not a house that maintained its occupants' privacy.
Yeah, we had a hand recognition punch-clock at the hardware store I worked at 10 years ago. Same idea.
Dare.
Just... gonna leave this... right... here:
Hahahahah, UHF. What a crock.
"I'm an engineer" - can you qualify that? I'm assuming you're not an axe handle engineer, as that would be an entirely self deprecating remark, so you must be a shovel handle engineer. Who else would stand to gain from such willful disdain for the axe handle industry??
No need to go sticking your hands into wood chippers, folks. Just clamp this around your fingers!