Thank you for the EN/Launchy batch script! Works flawlessly.

@Bad-Mojo I'll be damned, my apologies, I did find a reference to Cato coming into contact with Greek literature at the ripe old age of 80 after a life of despising the Greeks. Well whaddayaknow! Tip o' the hat to you sir or lady!

There are two major statesmen called Cato, the first being Cato the Elder, who lived during the Punic Wars against Carthage (you might know him cause he was the one who kept repeating "Destroy Carthage!" after every speech, no matter what the speech was about); and Cato the Younger, the former's grandson. Now, Cato…

My family has always used induction, they're very geeky (just a shiny surface with a couple of touch-sensitive areas) and work very well. Perfect if you build a house in a remote area without gas piping, I'd say. A decent German brand doesn't make any sound whatsoever.

All matter will cease to exist as it evaporates, it's a most depressing thought.

No humanoids. Life all over the universe, yes.

"They're that way because they have to be. Because we want them to be. Because it's the only way that makes sense." Goodbye product development? I don't want something that doesn't give me a reason to get rid of my old phone. I'd rather just buy a new battery instead.

Imo the last stand that had (and still has) me awed is the one from Coltaine and the Chain of Dogs in the Malazan Book of the Fallen. From the Malazan wiki: "He was only forty when he was crucified and killed outside the city of Aren when High Fist Pormqual refused to authorize a sortie to aid the Wickan Fist. In…