Yes this tech would skewer your retirement plan. You’d have to approach your career more like this. Work 20 years, take 5 years off, maybe try another career. Repeat.

Oh God be merciful, don’t roll out that creationist nonsense. It does nothing but hurt Christians and the faithful. You realize that the Catholic church (who actually have an independent science department) debunked that stuff centuries ago. That site is a haven for people who want to look for answers in one 4.13 Mb…

Ok before the comment threads break down into the usual deathist fascination with overpopulation, godhood, and rich envy, please examine your assumptions. Here are the usual counters

Yes, I too remember the mass market electric cars that existed before the Model S, and their world-wide dedicated charging infrastructure. Though I cannot recall the name of the company that built them, surely you can help me?

Elon Musk is actually my favorite billionaire- the projects and industries he is in are very forward thinking- he wants to get us off fossil fuels, he seeks to push space exploration.... He could’ve retired and just become an angel investor after PayPal, but he decided to throw all of his fortune into trying to…

I like the believe Musk sabotaged the rocket in an attempt to save humanity for Facebook’s world domination plan.

This wasn’t a ‘this is a new engine we need to fire it up a few times to make sure it works’ test. It was an ‘ok the thing is all loaded up and fueled, we need to make sure all the little lights and indicators and connections we think are working work’ test.

You can’t haul it out to the pad, hook it up, fuel it, test…

You can insure anything, it’s just a question of premiums. That’s where my question lies. If Lloyd’s want $80 mil to insure it, you wouldn’t bother. At $10 mil you may have some thinking to do.

On the other hand massive mono culture farming is detrimental to the environment. It is also limiting to the quality of people’s diets. Not to mention that most of the produce from such operations get exported while the good stuff are usually consumed locally.

I can’t think of an insurance company that would risk underwriting something that involves putting a payload on top of a giant bomb and hoping the explosion only goes away from it.

God damn it, Thor. Stop fucking around with Mjolnir. You don’t want to go to war with Santa. It’s a war with no winners.

At least if youre in some parts of the US venison could be dirt cheap. Like the cost of bullets cheap. (plus rifle, time to hunt, and actually dressing it :P )

Well I found the fennec fox as well

Environmental advocates have never pinpointed one exact year as “the good ol’ days” just for the fun of it. It’s much more. It’s a survival strategy. Reducing our carbon footprint is a necessity. Check in with some Marshallese and Mauritians if you’re still confused.

The sun will also naturally expire, does it matter if we speed it up?

A couple of weeks ago on one of the Gawker sites, there was somebody who just didn’t understand why studying climate change is important. “The climate always gets hotter then cools, big deal” Well, this is why climate change is a big deal. This is the stuff we now get to deal with.

You’ve died of dysentery on the way back to the wagon.

Why does it feel like this movie comes out every other year with a different name and lead actress?