I’ve never done Indian style fried rice, only Thai, Chinese, Japanese, and Malay. What sorts of spices does it call for? Evidently not turmeric

I cant find it within myself to hate the safe paycheck artists of the world. Particularly her, considering she briefly transitioned to porn.

As a machine occupying vast swathes of an unspecified continent, we will not be erased.

I’ve not yet noticed any deviations from the norm

When Russia lost planes to friendly fire, we made fun of them. It’s been 2 days and I think we’ve lost more planes to friendly fire than Russia has in years.

I genuinely can’t tell what it was attempting to say. I’ve just learned that I cannot parse context and a stream of new idioms simultaneously.

Wait, was that the actual, stated reason? That homosexuality was perceived as opulent?

That’s basically where I’m at. Just general rules of thumb for people

Some yes, some no. They’re still a theocracy by popular decision, in spite of changing demographics. Last I checked, 60% happy, 40% unhappy

So, follow me on this. Iraq’s population was actually initially happy saddam had been deposed. And that turned into a $16T, 15 year, million life quagmire. And Iraq is still a weak, uncooperative country. I can’t imagine taking over Iran, a country that hates us and accepts its leadership, with weapons systems orders of magnitude greater in number, and far more modern equipment.

There can be no good deal for the world. I feel like I’m listening to a car salesman, but he’s the president. He’s literally bribing the military industrial complex to keep himself in power post-term and selling it as a good thing. Uuuuugh.

Well, cats do behave suspiciously like a non-solid

Frankly, I was imagining ultra-wealthy preppers. 1000 liters is less than the average household uses per day in the US, according to the most commonly repeated stat. That feels wildly inflated, but I have nothing to dispute it with other than my own household usage, which is far lower.

I don’t subscribe to any conspiracy theories, but I do occasionally wonder how much conspiracy theorist nonsense is just propagandists steering impressionable people

I always imagine it to be fairly gattaca-esque in its intended conclusion. Human work horses of terrifying intellect, stamina, and resilience to breach the barriers our forebears failed to surpass. Though that’s speculation and likely beyond my lifetime.

The name is mostly marketing. You don’t feel involved if it’s an “edited baby.” But designing it, that gets the people going. It’d be near impossible to sell “baby alpha .82 patch 1.” Fortunately for their sales department, an absence of ailments also tends to produce hotter people. Current trajectory, they intend to go after major genetic issues before considering looks. That’s the only effect I expect to see in my lifetime.

I dunno, man. You can have only so much of a sense of humor about child mortality. Up to a certain point, gene editing is all gravy.

I mean, a little. It’s far easier to sell someone on less than half a million than on more than half a million.

Damn, man. I didn’t realize that designer babies, a developing field with only a few present applications, had already been set in stone. Evidently you got the dr Manhattan gene, given your foreknowledge.

I mean, until costs fall, sure. Unless you project human society to fall within 40 years, it will eventually reach common use in modern countries. Workers with fewer sick days are a government’s wet dream. Though I’m also worried about us becoming the next walnut tree, if we accidentally open a vulnerability.

I’m not going to weigh in on its use as a style decision. Hopefully a country with the ability to create a code of ethics takes the lead on the technology.

shipping container size

That’s far smaller than I expected. I also don’t imagine it will be cheap. If they manage to make it less than $100,000 then I’ll be baffled. Less than $500,000 and I’ll be excited for the possibilities in my lifetime.