i love the Himalaya doing a cute smile

Fermi paradox solution: aliens approach from a direction where the first part they see is the Philippines and Indonesia, and just say “nah I’m not learning all those names of islands”, and leave.

makes sense that Julius Caesar and Augustus Caesar gave themselves long months in summer.

the timestamp is generally local for the reader, not the poster.

couldn’t stand her when I was a child.

now I love how much fun Majel has with the role, and particularly enjoy her episodes with Odo.

If the climate is that intolerable, move. Don’t live in a monument to man’s arrogance.

Kodi can do this with the number buttons on a TV remote.

note that it can do it but whether it actually does or not depends on your individual install and if the CEC demons are cooperative.

(hello to the 10% of humans who live in the southern hemisphere, i did eventually remember you exist too)

they still help block sunshine from heating your south wall, which reduces the need for AC indoors.

She’s writing for Academy, and was cast in one (excellent) episode of Academy as a character who seems quite likely to occasionally recur, btw.

Archimedes would love it.

does it destroy the actual glass cable, or does it get inside and travel along the optic path and burn out the transceiver? burning the glass to breaking point seems like it would take a heck of a lot of energy, so i assumed it was attacking the light sensors at each end of the line, but people keep saying it’s actually breaking the glass.

for most of the history of the word, “man” has generally meant all humanity, or any human.

male men were called something like “wer”, which survives in “werewolf”.

is that Kavanagh from Stargate Atlantis?

this is great Trek, among the best Trek, all about how to keep going after loss and failure, with help, and, just as important, by giving help if you can.

it got me all face wet like the end of TNG “The Offspring”, Data’s daughter, but the focus there was more on loss than what Data learned and how he grew from his loss. This ep was a celebration of that resilience after trauma.

there’s a significant overlap between the most advanced AI bots and the most dull humans.

some people think using sticks and stone tools was the first meme, others reckon it’s spoken language.

one reason people like to sit beside Morn, makes your lobes look like they mean business.

Pentahemiliters.

Yep. IINA itself is just an alternate frontend for mpv.