Thanks for spelling that out, but maybe I need to be more specific about the assignment. In your example the elephants still consist of elephant matter. I wanna know what happens, if we’re allowed to change that on a nuclear level, so shift some protons, neutrons (and whatever other particles, that I know nothing about) around. How many Dr. Pepper cans is the currently known limit of physics here?
That’s fine and dandy, but what I really wanna know now is, to the size of how many Dr. Pepper cans can I compress 3 baby elephants and have that hold together?
To be fair, that’s the level of education, that mainstream media outlets expect of the general population elsewhere, as well.
Here in Germany, they reference things in bathtubs, football fields (read: soccer), and Saarlands.
You mean, like the Irish?
I’m thinking about reasoning myself into a poutine diet, right now.
I’d hate that, too. But I fears it’s pretty inevitable by the logic of the world we live in. The Ukraine war has shown the military importance of such a system and Musk has made clear that having control of it is a strategic matter. So prepare for every block of power in the world to want their own constellation…
I hate how our future is turning into the shittiest Sci-Fi I can think of.
Nah. This is a reference to a piece of pretty embarassing IT security news this week. https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/10/the-internet-goes-on-high-alert-after-discovery-of-8-compromised-tls-certs/
94 is marginally better than 4 (I’m actively avoiding to say ‘a bit better’ here). But you still shouldn’t tell anyone your private key.
So sad they dropped support for Xorg. Now I had to switch to wayland, if I want to keep using KDE…
I don’t know if I’m ready to do that.
Alright, so you don’t let the movies stop you from loving it, but from telling people, that you do. That’s different and unerstandable.
But if you’re Catholic. There is no way to not read into far too much. Dude will forever be remembered as the guy God dropped a cross on.
You’re assuming a coherent world-view there. I don’t know how well that pairs with being Catholic in the first place, though.
I’m not an avid reader (anymore) and can’t even tell you any favorites. But since you’ve mentioned liking horror and Russian authors: are you aware of Sergei Lukyanenko’s Night Watch series?
I guess it’s more fantasy than horror, and probably not like any of the Russian literature classics, but I just figured you might enjoy it.
How does a movie craze ruin your favorite book, if you haven’t even seen any of the movies? I wouldn’t let it do that.
And even if you watched the movies - Which I wouldn’t recommend. I only watched the first and wasn’t too impressed, although I haven’t even read the book either. - you could still love the book and just hold the opinion, that the movies weren’t a great adaptation.
But is that REALLY “paying with dollars”, or is that more like the payment provider just doing the currency conversion for you on the fly?
I can use my VISA card around the world and my bank account gets deducted in €. I wouldn’t say that I’m able to pay with € everywhere, though.
Wait, they weren’t talking about that AC DC tribute band?
You may think that’s cool and all, but I once found a spoon in a cereal box, that changed color as it got cold!