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Not sure if this is a spoiler, it’s been a while since I read those books, but if memory serves the only reason Zaphod survived the TPV was because he was temporarily the inhabitan…

Fugazi enjoyers should also know about their own very extensive archive of live shows https://dischord.com/fugazi_live_series

Besides the many other factors mentioned by commenters here, I'll add one other: drivers in the US rarely face consequences for killing pedestrians or, for that matter, other drive…

This is how I feel about my Honda, and to some extent, Kubernetes. In the former case I kept a 2006 model in good order for so long I skipped at least two (automobile) generation's…

A number of articles and at least one well-known study have been published highlighting the fact that the ranks of the wealthiest landowning families in Britain are nearly unchange…

back up for me (in the US) now https://status.1password.com/incidents/sfrpk9dskthr

One term that's specific to this concept of wielding a real but unused military capability is "fleet in being" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleet_in_being

Many years ago when advance-fee email scams [0] became common I was likewise amazed that anyone would fall for them. Then it was pointed out that the seemingly obvious warning sign…

I agree the Ukrainian defense industrial base is working miracles given the situation, but my comment was specifically about major assets that not only they but the EU as a whole a…

I like the sentiment, and I believe that the Ukrainians will fight on regardless, but I am extremely pessimistic about their prospects past the end of this year. US support has bee…

“The time has come for you to seek the Path. Your soul has set you face to face before the clear light ... and now you are about to experience it in its Reality, wherein all things…

the ‘sound of surprise’

> I believe someone has coined the term "techno feudalism" Bruce Schneier, for one, not sure if anyone else had applied the feudal analogy before him. His remarks stand up quite we…

Sorry, I follow cycling casually but I'm racking my brain trying to think of who 'EDB' refers to.

I watched this again recently and was struck by how the last few lines of narration land very differently now.

> She argues that in the majority of unearthed royal palaces, the kitchens were very small This doesn’t seem to allow for the possibility that they would have brought in caterers w…

"Starve before doing business with the damned Navy. They don't know what the hell they want and will drive you up a wall before they break either your heart or a more exposed part …

Thanks to everyone who replied.