I would love to see a faithful Starship Troopers major film, but I don’t see that happening given the state of Hollywood right now. One of the main concepts in the book was the process of turning a person into a hardened soldier. The book itself was dedicated to sergeants who turn boys into men. To this day it is…

He needs to brush up a bit on Star Wars, but it’s a little late for that. My understanding is that Rogue one is not “before anything you’ve seen before.” It is between Episodes III and IV

Thats not capitalism. That’s fraud. Not the same thing at all. That said: yes, what Chavez and others did was not necessarily socialism in theory . But it is a predictable result of socialism. It puts the economy in the hands of a certain class of individuals, who decide what should be distributed according to social…

Pretty incredible. I think the video also illustrates one of the benefits of unmanned vehicles, including full-size. Their capabilities are not constrained by the limits of human bodies.

Over the last few years, Venezuelans have suffered from the devastating impacts of a crumbling socialist economy

it appears some idiot sent 0.0001 BTC with a 291.241 BTC miner fee instead of the other way around

The oil industry helped build the city. The fact that people don’t even realize it’s there is a good thing; a testament to the advanced technologies they use, the modernization of the industry as a whole, and a lot of hard work and resources used to make sure it is not an eyesore (as the video at Vice shows, the…

I couldn't help but imagine an alien surfing on methane waves

Thanks for doing that bit of leg-work (although it would be nice if you didn’t have to)

It has nothing to do with being “more important” as a person. It has to do with the nature of the job. It is a critical one, and requires near-constant legitimate travel within the city. The mayor must be able to get anywhere at any time. Further, he has a major security detail. There are, unfortunately, people out…

I want my Mayor (not de Blasio, thank god), to focus on getting things done. Not idiotic stunts like this. If using a car is the way he can manage that day the best, then he should use it. Spending an extra hour of the day stuck in a subway glad handing people is not the advice I would give to the Mayor of one of the…

I want to see some Stark get to him, but I actually want a Stark we haven’t seen for a long time now. She is, I hope, going to show the wrath of a mother of a murdered son, in a big way.

I agree. I think the forest is similar, the trees that make up the forest are unique

Ah. The evil Monsanto. Here we go again...

What particular risks are you worried about? Fear-mongering about a “loop-hole” in regulating something where no risks have been identified is absurd. Regulating, especially in areas like this, is not free. It takes time, people, and money. All three can be used for more important things that actually effect people.…

Because of the way the delegates will be apportioned, it is not likely to be a “knock-out” for either candidate. It would be a huge perceptual victory, especially for Sanders, which will in turn impact super delegates, but not a knock out.

The best is when they imply Gizmodo got blacklisted for daring to “dig” for information about Apple. They got blacklisted for buying a prototype from someone who found it at a bar, not for some journalistic ideal like not turning over sources.

It is a constitutional right in the US to broadcast one’s views. The problem here is that some of these companies have the ability to insert those views deeply into people’s lives without them realizing it. And it’s not just ‘vote for x’ or ‘here is some info on issue y.’ It is looking at users viewpoints and using…

I don’t like Donald Trump at all (I felt like I had to get that out of the way).

I agree that it must be concise and information dense. It can be done in plain language, but the current format itself forces that on the writer to an extent. Forecast discussions typically are more plain language, but even then are very direct and to the point. I hope the NWS forecasts don’t drift towards the local…