@taiwan_girl said in Brit Mysteries: @George-K said in Brit Mysteries: If I want to get depressed, I'll watch it again. Very true. It was tough to watch from that point of view. I watched it with no expectations. Yeah. Good but...geez....

@kluurs I think that the Chinese government has the "ultimate" control over Tik Tok, so while they may not publicly have 50%+ of the shares, I think that they do function as the owner and have the power to make "big picture" decisions for the company.

@taiwan_girl flares. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flare_(countermeasure) A flare or decoy flare is an aerial infrared countermeasure used by an aircraft to counter an infrared homing ("heat-seeking") surface-to-air missile or air-to-air missile. Flares are commonly composed of a pyrotechnic composition based on magnesium or another hot-burning metal, with burning temperature equal to or hotter than engine exhaust. The aim is to make the infrared-guided missile seek out the heat signature from the flare rather than the aircraft's engines. Link to video Link to video

@Rich said in Google: "Oopsie!: Well, we at least know one who wasn't. Now to weed out the other 349,999,999 Cheap(ish) Scotch...all over the keyboard.

@Mik said in Misogyny: Who's Brandon Sanderson? He's the guy who finished off The Wheel of Time series after Robert Jordan kicked the bucket, amongst other things.

You just made his day.

@Horace said in LEAN into it?: @Aqua-Letifer Thanks for expanding on your point. I didn't mean to imply that personal resonances in the reader should not exist. I take your point that Tolkien wanted to impress on everybody that he had no specific allegory in mind, but that he embraces the fact that readers will take their own abstract messages. Beyond the detesting allegory thing, I was referring to this, from that same prologue: The prime motive was the desire of a tale teller to try his hand at a long story, that would hold the attention of readers, amuse them, delight them, and at times maybe excite them or deeply move them. Yeah, that makes sense and in my mind is not contradictory. Whether you're John Creasey, crankin' out another paperback over the weekend or Tolkien, developing a deep story with massive cultural resonances, your book is going to suck if it's not engrossing. But that's not all that it was to him. He admits it here: It was not what I set out to write, but it is what it has become.

If pardons didn't exist, it would be unthinkable to add them to the constitution. Weakening them is probably well and good.

Foggy Bottom. So aptly named.

@George-K said in Meanwhile, in the garage...: Where would one get the lumber to mill? When I was building, I'd buy S2S and have the store edge-joint one side. They charged $1 a board for that service. Stuff that small? People would give it to you.

@Jolly Interesting. I know that in Taiwan, you can be recalled also, but then all guys are required to serve in the military.

@89th said in New Job Title!: The Director (Dettelbach) is also gone. Gun rights groups rejoice! Yep, an absolute ass.

Growing up, the most popular toothpaste in Taiwan was called "Darkie". I think in the mid 1990's they changed the name. But you have to understand, it was not meant to be racist. Most people in Taiwan had never see a black person before. [image: DarkieToothpaste_new.jpg]

(Now, do a appendix like that USSR doctor!)

Interesting and not sure I understood all of it. LOL What is the benefit - just getting a higher gear ratio in a more "compact" gear? As the guy said, a lot of stress on the whole system

@Mik said in Triggered: Great to hear! +1

Would be interesting to see how they came up with the #'s No explatnation, just a $ amount.