I know a guy who lost two fingers to a planer that was functioning properly, just because he stopped paying attention momentarily. They are sharp, fast, and powerful.

It’s that whole right-wingnut conspiracy theory about liberals controlling the weather

I haven’t seen any price increases at Costco

Even aside from academic writing standards, I would’ve failed this on the basis of grammatical mistakes. This is not even to the level of some high school papers I’ve seen. I can’t imagine how this person wrote a convincing enough essay to win admission to a university.

All it takes is the right attitude to also add “arbitrary and capricious” to the list

You don’t have to go far in London for that to fall off. Most of my friends there live in Zone 2, and if you’re at a station that’s only served by a branch of the Northern line, it’s going to be 20 minute headways

That seems to hinge on the nature of the processes by which choices are made. If choices are made by something resembling algorithmic processing, then the outcome is predetermined. If the same person can choose differently when presented with the same stimuli multiple times, maybe free will exists.

Ok, but the eastern span of the Bay Bridge that’s used as the photo for this article, doesn’t have anything to do with this concept. It has the same number of lanes as the original eastern span that was built in the 1930s. Despite that, it’s the 2nd most heavily-trafficked bridge in the country.

I don’t have a lawn, or an irrigation system. But I have been thinking about getting something automated, because I have potted plants on the back patio that get all wilted if I don’t water them for a couple of days. I don’t want them to die when I go traveling.

It's not just a shortage. They're completely sold-out through at least 2030. Aside from that, their prices have doubled in the last 2 years.

It’s certainly racking up the accomplishments

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That’s not how percentages work. Opening 114.60 and closing at 106.58 would be down 7%. You’re talking about a drop of less than 1%

SFO Terminal 3 had rubber moving walkways that looked just like that one. They were originally installed in the 1970s, and made some news last year when they were removed for a remodel. Everybody loved walking on them, but apparently they were a huge maintenance headache

Behold: the cantab on a can of Tab

Thank goodness California banned pretextual stops

Looking at the proposed updates to the CA maps, if those pass, I think it would be looking at CA-34 (DTLA, bordering on East LA), and maybe CA-8 because ~1/4 of the district by population is Richmond, which currently has a DSA mayor, and previously had a Green mayor