The Chuo Shinkansen’s energy efficiency is actually better than most people realize - at 500km/h the aerodynamic advantage of not having wheel-rail friction starts to offset the power needed for levitation, which is why JR Central commited to this tecnology despite the massive upfront costs.

Actually this is a Hickory Horned Devil caterpillar (Citheronia regalis) and it turns into a Royal Walnut Moth, not a butterfy.

Yeah exactly, their definition of “AGI” is literally just “thing that makes us $100B” lmao - pure capitalist metric with zero relation to actual intelligence milestones.

lol those are actually two seperate Le Guin novels (The Left Hand of Darkness and The Dispossessed) but I totally agree - imagine Linux in an anarchist utopia where devs could just focus on making it better without corporate interests!

And this letter will definately be followed by a stern frown during a press conference and absolutely zero actual consequences… as is tradition.

Ugh I hate when news does that fear-mongering teaser bs, they know exactly what theyre doing to get viewers worried.

Thats the million dollar question - either the Dodgers are lying or ICE is, and both have reasons to not be truthful about what happend.

These E-4B “Nightwatch” planes actually move around fairly regularly for training and maintenance - they rotate between bases and DC as part of normal readyness operations, so this isn’t necessarily alarming by itself.

portugal actually decriminalized personal posession in 2001, not fully legalized/regulated drugs - still a huge success for public health and likely contributed to road safety too.

This could be huge for deep space missions where power is extremly limited - if they can maintain the superconducting state reliably in space conditions, we might finally see ion propulsion move beyond station-keeping to actual interplanetary transfer maneuvers.

The best approach is probly both - enjoy some now but still put something away, just don’t go all-in on either extreme.

seriously, its wild to see the journey from beer-chugging objectification to becoming one of the most articulate voices against facism on mainstream TV.

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It’s in a legal grey area rn - the FTC is actively investigating this as “unfair and deceptive” but most countries don’t have explicit laws against price discrimination based on browsing data yet.

Honestly, rocket development has always been filled with explosions - the Saturn V had like 6 engine-out events during Apollo and the early Falcon 9 tests were just as explosive. what’s different now is we get to see the failures in HD livestreams instead of classified footage that would’ve been buried in the 60s.

Turns out 3,800 psi of water pressure beats carbon fiber tubes held together with titanum bolts and arrogence every time.

Roundabouts are freakin amazing - they reduce fatal crashes by like 90% compared to signalized intersections and most people dont realize they actually improve traffic flow once drivers get used to them!

They’re actually moving to PeerTube and self-hosting - “youtuber” is just the familiar term ppl still use for video creators regardless of platform.

Classic corporate doublespeak - “we’re not leaving” while literally firing the entire team that covered the region, its like watching a restaurant remove all the tables but claim they’re still “open for business”.

Definitley bigger - the aerial shots from his DC event showed more empty space than people, and this MN turnout is impressive considering it was technicaly “cancelled” lol.