Yeah it started redirecting my replies to anything other than top-level comments into brand-new top-level comments this morning. Whoever is tinkering behind the scenes on Kinja needs to check their work.

Did you see their letter to the NHTSA? They are definitely going full-steam-ahead on self-driving cars, and that includes designing them from the ground up. Software companies do not care what side of the car the steering wheel is on; manufacturers do.

until long after we can fill the skies with F-35's

We are not a net exporter of oil. We are net exporter of energy, mainly in the form of coal and refined petroleum products.

*Wahhabi

According to exit polls, NH GOP voters were more concerned about terrorism than the economy, by a 2:1 margin. I just don’t understand what people are doing with their lives that they legitimately think they are more likely to be killed by a terrorist than lose their job, miss a mortgage payment, or have to retire when…

Comma is used instead of decimal in many countries. It’s 3.4 m long.

*his

If you don’t pay the extra $20 for uninsured motorist coverage, you deserve to pay full price for repairs when some jackass like this hits you.

I can assure you it is very, very possible. You have to be both flexible and well-endowed.

I love making that face when people accidentally touch me!

Meh. Check out the John C. Stennis:

you can put a satellite in stationary orbit over area 51. (I’m sure Russia and China already do.)

Sometimes I get led here from gizmodo, then I see a comment about digital tire gauges and realize I’m on Jalopnik.

I can’t see a reason for a gun to be drawn

Fuck that. The restaurant should say “no” if they don’t want my business, or if the driver doesn’t want any money that night.

so please don’t act like I think all men are evil

I’m sorry that happened to you. It’s scary, and dating someone never should be. But “dating men”? Really? Obviously it is far more common for men to be abusive/retributive, but it’s not like there haven’t ever been any Jodi Ariases in the world.

If you’re going to be that insistent on the use of preferred terms, you might want to look up the difference between “navel” and “naval.”

We film Russian flybys all the time. We would film a capture like this if only to prove we did it by the book.