If he wants to eliminate the vagaries of human input, he’s going to have to improve the hell out of his automated system. Right now, it’s not significantly better than human input, on average. Maybe one day we’ll have control systems in place that are infallible and we’ll all suck our gums around a digital hearth and…

In a nation that’s only about 250 years old, 200 years of the industrial policy of slavery isn’t a “deviation”, it’s a business model and a statement of principle. You are 100% correct.

Sherbert and sorbet are not the same things, although one word is a corruption of the other. Sorbet has no dairy, sherbert does.

Is it not Italian Ice, or a sorbet (not to be confused with sherbert)?

I’m just still pissed the Space Force is modelled on the Air Force rather than the Navy. Space vessels and habitats function more like ships and submarines than they do like airplanes.

Ah, well, you’ve cracked it then. Problem solved.

L. Ron Hubbard, who spent time in the US. Navy, borrowed the term from that experience, probably in complete ignorance it’s earlier origin in British Colonialism. In the U.S. Navy, a pollywog, or “wog”, is a sailor or civilian who has never sailed across the equator. For that one brief moment in time when a ship does…

We purchased a new Toyota in the middle of the pandemic, some five or six months ago, and ordered it. They didn’t have the model and color we wanted, so they shipped it in. There was no hassle, only a delay for shipping. I think back then they were just happy we were buying a new car, but I don’t have any more recent…

I am an unapologetic Costco cult executive member. My wife and I occasionally went to Costco when we were first married, but when we were expecting our son the indoctrination began in earnest. I will never stop recounting the story of how much money we saved by buying cases of diapers and wipes for the newborn, and…

Lots of love for the Project Farm channel, this guy does some great comparisons on tools and shop consumables. His videos have been key in some purchasing decisions and switching longtime brand loyalties. I haven’t regretted any decision I made based on his analyses yet.

This video was one long reminder for me of how I hate the SoCal suburbs I grew up in.

I think if you have never been attacked by woman its easier to say.

So I think what I’m trying to communicate is that I, personally, will always exhaust every other option on the table, expeditious retreat included, before striking a woman. I thought I made it clear in my initial post that I was only speaking for self and not demanding an absolute moral requirement for all of humanity.

That’s the only option in your scenario? To walk away as my family takes the crazy? No, brah, I physically place myself between hazards and my family as we all get out of dodge, that’s pretty much my whole purpose in life. I had the practice of a twenty-year career in the military placing myself between hazards and…

Bill’s reasoning is sound, and yet, personally, I would never hit a woman. Sure, I’m sexist. Sure, I’m a chauvinist dinosaur. But my Nana will rise up out of her grave and hand me my ass if I ever break that rule. It’s just easier to walk away.

Not sure how that’s a “Boomer” joke, as it’s been kicking around since WWII. More of a “Greatest Generation” casual racism joke.

OK mom, so I’m going to edit this to make us both sound very smart and cool, OK?

I’m not missing your point, I agree with your point. You confused understanding of what your point is with your wording. It sounded as if you disagreed with TM62's comment.

The negligence of a pilot in the performance of duty is a maritime tort within the jurisdiction of a court of the admiralty, which deals only with maritime actions.

No, it’s like saying it’s the porter’s fault that the porter crashed your car when they were driving. Or that it’s the valet’s fault that they crashed your car when you use valet parking.