I think I heard that the showrunners were upset that he left them so suddenly, so they wrote him off in the most ignominious way possible.

Maybe it’s unusual for any sort of authorities to advance a digital investigation to such a point where the would be able to definitively identify an IP address and a VPN provider.

I would say that Kumail Nanjiani might also be well-known these days for being the guy who had a role in the Marvel flop “Eternals,” and a subsequently hilarious press junket and social media tour.

And Kal Penn was also Dr. Kutner in “House MD,” which was mostly notable because his character was suddenly and unceremoniously killed off so that Penn could go work for Obama.

Actual meaning? Being “awakened” to the incompleteness of civil rights, aware of the long and difficult social justice work that needs to happen to make oppressed peoples equal, and willing to learn and act in response to that knowledge; particularly as it pertains to the position of Black people in the United States, but generalized more broadly to oppressed peoples outside that group.

But today? It’s been co-opted by the Worst People You Know to mean “anything not regressively conservative,” and synonymous with “socialist” (the actual definition of which they also don’t care about). It is often a red flag that the person you’re talking to holds an extremely propagandized view of modern life; and at best thinks that civil rights is done, and at worst thinks that people of color are subhuman.

Nor the clouds!

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How do you quantify that word, personally? For me it’d be anything over 0, though I suppose medical death isn’t that unusual…

I also have no idea if it’s accurate, I was just granting that premise. As the other person noted, with the definition of percentage being what it is, it necessarily has to be a different number of beers for people with different volumes of blood.

Sort of, but I believe someone found that the actual risk isn’t so much in the low reaction time or impulse control, it’s in the change between the inebriated person’s usual faculties and what they’re experiencing under the influence of alcohol. Drivers who are used to having a 1-second reaction time are likely to continue driving as if they have a 1-second reaction time even if their actual speed is more like 1.75-second due to alcohol.

You’re not going to get any argument from me that it’s insane we allow anyone to pilot a four-thousand-pound vehicle after only a single one-hour test, and retain that permission indefinitely, though.

I assume so. Remarkable coincidence otherwise.

When I was a kid it was 0.10%. And I think it was pretty well attested by a lot of different studies that that was too high, so MADD succeeded in lobbying to get it dropped lower.

And you think 4 beers is “small” for the purposes of driving? I know some people have pretty strong tolerances, but there are definitely people I know who shouldn’t be driving after two. Maybe even one. Remember, you don’t have to be completely sloshed to be a danger to others. You just have to be a little bit slower, a little bit less observant, a little bit less in control of your muscles, a little bit more inclined to take unnecessary risks. Your body just has to respond a little bit differently than you’re used to. You just need to be a little bit more likely to nod off.

So basically the real life plot of Crazy Rich Asians.

Totally. The more I hear Hank talk about his philosophy and thought process, the more I realize that even when I don’t agree with his decisions I really respect how he got there (and often I end up coming around to agreeing with them, too). By all accounts they’re both entirely who they seem to be, which is kind, decent, and effective people. Sometimes I wish they were a little bit less pragmatic, but even within that I can’t knock them too much because it’s so hard to argue with results.

No, they’re probably doing it too. They definitely did it in mobile phones, suing Apple for having phone call ringer silencing tech in their phones for instance; I would be surprised if they aren’t doing it in gaming too.

Honestly, if Hank Green turned out to be awful, I would be thrown for a total loop. There are some people whose heel turn didn’t faze me at all, but I’ve followed the Green Brothers for my entire adult life, and if it all turned out to be a long con, I’d be flabbergasted.

I would rather do almost anything than talk to a device, except in very specific circumstances.

I set timers and play music on a smart speaker somewhat often.

Occasionally, when I am alone, know exactly what I want to say, and my hands are full, I might dictate a text message.

But other than that, I will not be talking to my device, thanks. The human voice is primarily for talking to other humans, with all the imprecision and uncertainty and emotional resonance that entails. Keyboards are great tools designed for precise computer input, and I would like to continue to use them.

I’m not saying you’re wrong, I’m not even saying I disagree, but I don’t think those move the needle on public sentiment like the Sony and Microsoft stuff. “Well, I don’t pirate Switch games, so my console won’t get bricked.” vs “Hey! But I buy physical copies of games!” and “Hey! They’re laying off a bunch of people, and I can imagine how that would feel.”

Honestly, what Sony is doing to capture platform lock-in isn’t substantially different from what Nintendo did. They were just quieter about it, or maybe they phrased the announcement better, or maybe they just get away with it because it’s not as visceral.

I don’t know how big a hit they actually took from that. If you ask the average gamer, I don’t know if they even are aware that it happened. I think the Sony physical media thing and the Microsoft layoffs have broken containment much more than the Palworld thing, though I don’t have any evidence of that.

I mean…on one hand, it’s pretty easy for Steam Valve to be doing well. They’re the only major platform that’s released a new console this year (except for Nintendo), they’re the hardware manufacturer with the biggest recent success (except for Nintendo) in the Steam Deck, and they’re the only major platform without any well-publicized egg on their face (except for Nintendo). It also helps that they basically own the entire PC space outright, where the other platforms are fighting amongst themselves (except for Nintendo).

But that brings up the Italian-plumber-with-a-powerup-that-turns-him-into-an-elephant in the room. Nintendo has been doing really well, too; and while, since the Wii, they’ve largely abandoned the power gamer space to the three players mentioned in this headline, the Switch 2 was a crazy release.

Obviously, Steam has made a lot of great bets that have paid off, they’ve managed to keep up customer goodwill by limiting anti-competitive behavior and focusing on good product and service over vendor lock-in, and they’re clearly the least anti-consumer player in the space right now. But Nintendo’s strategy of “make the games so compelling and polished that people won’t care about the lock-in” is basically the polar opposite, and it’s working too; so I don’t know how well we can draw conclusions about the industry from this.

In metric countries, it tends to be in multiples of ten (180, 190, 200, etc). In imperial, it tends to be in multiples of 25 (350, 375, 400, etc) rather than strictly 5. And that’s largely because, as you’ve noted, that’s the smallest meaningful resolution; the difference between 210 and 212 in either system is essentially random noise. Even a very good oven is going to fluctuate in temperature more than that.

Want to know something crazier, though? Before cheap and accurate thermometers, bakers obviously couldn’t use degrees in recipes. Instead they used “slow oven,” "moderate oven, and “fast oven” or “cool oven,” “medium oven,” and “hot oven”–clarified with “very” intensifiers as needed–to describe cooking temps for food.

Ooh, active hostility toward people who might consider switching. Another bold strategy.