I liked this one - “"You're a pest, Dennis. A menace. A selfish, spoiled little boy and I've no use for you.” He always came around at the end, though.

@xenon said in Late Mid-Life Crisis Car shopping…: Huge fan of the BMW. I have an X7. The B58 engine (their inline 6) is bulletproof. Very reliable. That doesn't mean their electronics are reliable or that the maintenance is cheap - but that particular drivetrain is very proven (don't get a BMW V8). Personally, I like small sports cars (think Miata, GR86, low-end porche, etc.) with small engines and manuals. I'm not going to the track and these whizbang Mercedes and BMWs, and if you gave them full throttle, their 400HP engines would mean you're breaking the law by the time you shift from 2nd gear.. With the small cars you can actually push the gas down a bit and row through the gears on normal streets. While I do enjoy driving a stick, it would be cumbersome as a daily driver in this area. And sooner or later I would get lazy and wind up burning some clutches. The Paddle shifters aren’t as engaging, but can be a somewhat reasonable facsimile when the mood hits.

I think loved ones can contact FB to get a page "memorialized".

Indian accent too fake. But it's a promising concept. Just need better execution.

So much for read along with Tom Sawyer.

I like Vance OK, but he's vulnerable. His association with Trump was the fast track to a potential WH bid, but it comes with a whole lot of baggage. The GOP also has a far deeper bench of attractive candidates.

AI is a supersonic tsunami, as Elon says.

Claire Lehman for the win. https://x.com/clairlemon/status/1990187910893801563?s=46

@89th said in A good day for Mason Rudolph: Rudolph reminds me of Trent Green or, more recently, Kirk Cousins. A talented backup that never much of a chance earlier in their career but seems to have the arm to lead a team if he's given enough of a real chance (i.e., a multiple games). He was given an opportunity in Tennessee last year, but it was a real cluster **** of a situation.

Exact thing happened to a doctor driving on 680 while I drove that same road commuting to and from work. It is a chilling anecdote. I think I posted about it at the time. https://www.ktvu.com/news/internist-at-john-muir-hospital-dies-after-tree-falls-on-i-680-in-danville

Don’t know what the time limit is for each chess move. If there is a lot of time allowed per move, the best boxer can win just be going really slow during a chess round (doing just enough to avoid a checkmate), then go for a quick knockout in the subsequent boxing round.

Could be Monopoly money that can be used to help when you land on Boardwalks with a hotel. You just need to broaden your thinking.

Worth the time. (Which is admittedly not much). The crispy prosciutto really makes it. https://www.today.com/recipes/pumpkin-rigatoni-t300659

@89th said in Very Substantially: Of all of the people I trust to solve a debt problem, it’s not gonna be the guy who has bankrupted most of his companies due to debt. Actually that’s how you solve a debt problem in extremis.

Sure, changes the meaning of when I do “the robot” on the dance floor.

Yeah … when people complain why their smartphones don’t come with more powerful batteries, sometimes I ask them how big an explosive they feel comfortable carrying around in their pockets.

‘Only’? November 30th is two weeks away. https://x.com/sentdefender/status/1989887616142250332?s=46

Here’s the 2nd part of that first video. The launch pad. It is really mind blowing, the size and scale. Even the propellant tubes that are along the midsection, have to be able to be flexible based on the pressure… imagine telling an engineer that they need to design proponent tubes for 300 feet, but also maybe 320 feet. Just insane. All of it! Link to video

@89th said in Birthrates by age: Saw this on reddit. Some notes/comments seen: access to contraceptives for kids 12+ much easier under ACA starting in 2012 Since 2010 an increasing number of kids were being chemically castrated, too. That might have had an effect…