It’s confusing, but there are two different units: “oz” (ounces) and “fl oz” (fluid ounces). Ounces are a unit of weight and fluid ounces are a unit of volume. But it’s not always written explicitly as “fl oz”, sometimes it’s shortened to just “oz” and you get from context they mean the fluid ones.

So 16 oz in that context means 16 fl oz, which is about 473 ml.

Vasectomies without Borders

Why is Hitler in the background?

I’ve never thought of them as crime novels, except Caves of Steel (which was explicitly written to prove that sci-fi is not a genre), but I’ve already read half of the top 10. Guess I’ll add the other half to my to read list.

almost any editor in the world would have it changed to a scene where the snitch is suddenly blinged the fuck out.

Because it would make for a more interesting story, even though that’s now how it works (fortunately).

Snitching on your neighbor because he kinda looks like the guy should not be rewarded. Unless he’s convicted, he’s innocent. Only if proven guilty you can say the snitch helped and give them their reward. If the person is innocent then the snitch did nothing more than just waste everyone’s time.

as a joining condition is forced to adopt the Euro

That doesn’t happen. The treaties can force a country to join the eurozone once they meet the convergence criteria. But the convergence criteria include being part of ERM II for at least 2 years. Participating in ERM II is not mandatory, so countries can simply choose not to, and thus never meet the criteria for adopting the Euro.

For example, out of the six EU countries currently not in the eurozone, only one is participating in ERM II (Bulgaria).

Edit: and there are always opt-outs too. Denmark for example opted out of the Eurozone.

I bet he knows the hacker 4chan too

No, someone took an existing painting and modified it with copy/paste to show two middle fingers. Which is also ironic, given the message they’re trying to send.

It’s nice to say no, but across history there have been so so many societies that have allowed exactly that at similar scales.

With 3 million in an account you’re already making over 100k/year out of interest. With 100 million you never have to care about money even if you live in lavish luxury. 1bil is absolutely ridiculous.

I do agree with separating the artist from the art, but I also understand choosing to not support people whose values you disagree with. Because your money will end up being used to support those values.

So yes, I won’t say that I don’t like certain songs/books/paintings/etc. because of the artist, but I can refuse to pay for them or other related merchandise.

Not that impressive on carpet

Looks like any of hundreds of movies from that time. It’s been literal decades since I saw it, I was probably the same age my daughter is now. Once I read the reference I realized that I do recognize T1000, but I definitely don’t remember that kid.

Ultimate power move: be both.

If your phone is connected to the cell network, then you can be tracked.

https://youtu.be/wVyu7NB7W6Y

It’s a reference

My cars are not modern enough for that, but I always carry a surveillance device in my pocket to make up for it.

My most secure password is a full phrase of over 40 characters, plus punctuation.

Speedrunning is not just about beating the world record. A lot of people speedrun games for their own enjoyment and only competing against their own PBs. I’ve spent time getting sub 10m in Getting Over It and never considered going for the WR. And there’s a whole community doing the same, setting their own goals.

TAS runs are an academic exercise. A person doing pixel perfect moves in fractions of a second several times in a row is peak gaming.