It’s this generations version of bragging to your friends, or at a bar. The difference being, that before it was just insecure idiots who did it... now everyone is conditioned to share EVERYTHING with EVERYONE, so it’s much more wide spread. It’s the death of the brain-mouth filter, may it rest in peace lol.

You might be able to see a few more stars than we see in images of Saturn (camera’s don’t quite mimic the dynamic range of our eyes after all), but nothing significant. Your irises would contract to properly “expose” the planet, only letting in enough light for you to see Saturn and it’s rings properly. The background…

While they do donate money to politicians on par with many corporations, they aren’t themselves corporations. They literally aren’t incorporated. Essentially, they are very large private clubs who’s money come from membership dues. It’s no different than something like the Kiwanis or the NRA. They are clubs who donate…

Social media has trained a lot of people to ignore that filter between thoughts and speech (or type, as it were). When you get used to sharing your most intimate thoughts and moments as they happen with the entire world, it suddenly seems ok to share stupid shit like this even in the current climate. Sure, maybe he…

“So if tomorrow a coup happened in America, how would it serve the people of America?”

Or just have them kept at a state equipment facility, and the only way to sign them out is with a valid warrant. Then require a review of the information gathered by the device upon it’s return to verify that it was used as the warrant dictated, and not for some other case, nor to spy on individuals not related to the…

Yep. It’s worth another look. Basically what everyone else has said is true. I will say that if you aren’t into MMOs, it can be played basically like a single player RPG if you like. There is a single player storyline you can play out, and if you don’t want, you never have to interact with the other players... but it…

To be fair, the Next Gen movies would fit your description of Faux as well. About the only thing they had in common with TV Trek was the character names (and names alone, as most of their character traits were turned upside down). They’ve been trying to turn Star Trek into action movies since Generations. The 2009…

No kinda about it. Luna is it’s official name. It’s just easier to call it “The Moon”, because it’s the only one this planet has (and the only one visible to the naked eye), and everyone immediately knows what you are talking about. Similar to how we call our star “The Sun” instead of it’s actual name: Sol.

How about we just give autonomous systems 2 settings. The first is fully self driving, so you can kick back and watch your Harry Potter if you want. The second is a sentinel setting. It allows you to drive yourself, but keeps you from doing anything stupid and protects you (and others) from accidents. Similar to…

The $5 trillion and 10 years of the world’s total aluminum production refer to something the size of Elysium, which is 60km in diameter. Something much smaller would obviously be more feasible. Especially if you didn’t build a continuous ring, but instead tethered 2 curved platforms (maybe, 200 meters long) a…

And the dad from 7th Heaven will have space sex with it... Which is the least disturbing sex he’s linked to.

Of course building furniture out of heavier materials would reduce the risk of tipping. However, building with those materials is more expensive, and not everyone can, or wants to afford that. So if you buy cheap or relatively cheap furniture, it’s likely to be made mostly of lightweight particle board. The downside…

They all come with wall anchors. Any piece of furniture built with sufficiently lightweight material will easily tip over if not secured to a wall. That goes for most of the stuff you can buy at walmart or any big box retailer. That’s why anchoring the unit to the wall is literally part of the instructions when you…

They tried that. Too many people ignored them, sadly.

It’s a weight issue. Ikea’s furniture tends to be made from light weight particle board and laminate. So chances are good that what is in the drawers is going to be heavy enough to shift the center of gravity of the unit significantly. Add the weight of a child trying to climb it, and they can tip over pretty easily…

Drill anyway. When it comes time to leave, grab some drywall mud, a putty knife, some sand paper (or better yet, a drywall sponge), and some matching paint. It’s super easy to patch drywall or even plaster walls, and costs very little. Most landlords or property companies don’t give 2 craps as long as the place looks…

They could just bar people from re-buying a refunded game for a certain period of time (48 hours maybe? Even a week or two would be acceptable). Alternatively, they could implement a separate price guarantee tool that would refund the difference into their Steam Wallet to avoid credit card fees and whatnot. Basically…

“Just chiming in to let you know that Americans don’t care much about facts, they mostly only absorb and parrot propaganda.”

At the risk of piling on, I want to reinforce what others have said on a couple points here. First is WW2. As others have pointed out, the Allies weren’t on their way to victory prior to the US entering the war. America entered the war in 1941 (a full 3 1/2 years before VE Day).