Citation please for the name change you refer to.

Yes, that’s an excellent point.

I had to show permission from my wife to get my vasectomy (remnants of Puritan Massachusetts, I guess).

But it only topples for (or on) a certain segment of the population. See: late 18th century France. Of course we know what happened next.

Sorry, I wasn’t being clear. My point is that raising children is expensive, especially when factoring in things like college tuition. Therefore it’s quite possible (in fact, almost certain) that someone who raised children will, ceteris paribus, in the end have less wealth, as measured by their bank balance, then…

And what about “wealth” that doesn’t show up in your bank account, such as college-educated productive members of society which you have raised?

How is this any faster than just doing long hand multiplication?

Fixed your headline for you.

“....floppy disks are mostly relegated to maintaining commercial and industrial legacy systems—things that were built to last but ... aren’t easily replaced.”

No thanks.  I’ll stick to safe wiring in my house and avoid these hacks.

And (as in buying a car) don’t focus solely on the monthly payment. If you refinance to the same term loan, you “reset” the amortization schedule so even if your payment is lower, you might not be really saving any money in interest (which is what you should be focusing on).

“...an RAF fighter pilot, an intelligence officer, the screenwriter of two Ian Fleming adaptations (You Only Live Twice and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) and, oh yes, the beloved author of several fantastical tales for children”

I consider “[living] in...constant fear that my life’s going to fall apart and I’m going to have to weather a long siege until things improve” to be a personal virtue regardless of one’s particular financial situation.

There used to be this (now somewhat dated) web site which allowed you to track Bill Gates’ current wealth in various units, like dollars, yen, euros, or Space Shuttles (around 7 at the time I tried it).

Why are only “Pennsylvania” onions safe? If the grocery store specifically said they are from Idaho or Oregon, they’re not safe?

Another advantage I’ve found is that you can talk/mutter to yourself under your breath whilst out and about and nobody notices.

Those guys definitely had balls.

I would assume the missing sixth site is the Temple Mount?

Either that or they’re giant hogweed seeds and this is somebody’s poor idea of a practical joke.

The only sentence in this whole story that anybody should pay any attention to is the last one.