GreyEyedGhost

It's surprising how well the Steam Deck plays new games and how much support has been added to older games for something with a form factor similar to the Switch and a price point that is lower than most computers or consoles with similar capabilities. It's a big change to the cost/benefit calculation.

Correct. His had the most floors, but there was another that was still taller.

Which he actually didn't after the towers fell.

Just to give you some perspective. One hundred million dollars in 100 dollar bills would be a pallet stacked about 4 feet high. A semi trailer could hold about 56 of those pallets, or $5.6B. As of today, Forbes says Elon is worth $384B, which would be about 68.5 semi trailers full of $100 bills.

But I'm sure more would materially improve his life.

Sources:

Visualizing f a billion dollars

Forbes real-time billionaire list

Hey, I just stumbled across this community and your post, and it seems like, based on this link Pranav Antal is your best bet. +30% exobiology.

I'm a fan of Li Yong-Rui, but that's because most of my income is trading or exploring. I definitely need to get outside my ship(s) more, though.

I disagree with calling individualized pronouns pronouns, mostly because the whole idea of pronouns, like you said, is to replace a noun with a generic reference. As you also said, words shape our thoughts, but they also have meaning. All that said, I can't think of a better way to reject the idea of pronouns without implicitly rejecting the person doing so, which I also don't believe is acceptable. I'd be happier if a better way was found, but making me happy isn't the goal of communication in general.

I've been watching this drama for a while and keeping my opinions to myself since I'm largely unaffected by this discussion, but your comments helped crystallize my opinions on this and come to a reasonable state. I still don't like the idea of individualized pronouns, but I can't see an option that both ignores them and still respects their users right to how they identify themselves (and I can't see a way to write that sentence without at least ignoring the whole subject). So thank you for that insight.

"Hey, little guy, is an asteroid gonna kill us all?"

Cluck cluck!

Canada doesn't need to pick up the slack. The rest of the world, including Canada, needs to pick up the slack. This could take a while, but there are drug researchers in Canada and Europe, and other parts of the world. They are being presented with an advantage when Trump incentivizes investment in their existing pharmaceutical industry. Ramp up time may be an issue, especially if investors think America is going to return to its old behavior within 4 years. If they don't believe that, they may well invest heavily and early, which could be a win for all of us.

(2 of the 3 first COVID vaccines originated outside the US.)

Well, there were a lot of fundamental steps that had to be completed first, not least of which was a high pressure vessel. This all took a lot of materials science, advancement in seemingly unrelated fields, etc., etc. Not unlike fusion technology... The difference is we have 2000 years more advancement than they had when they invented the steam engine.

It was about 1800 years between the first steam engine and a practical steam engine. I'm sorry that one or two generations is too long for you.

I'm supposed to believe at least two people read the article?

And im perfectly fine with this use case. I'm not impressed with the idea of changing prices from day to day, and certainly not throughout the day.