Being a surgeon is hard work. Grifting is a lot easier and cushier.

I thought the plot of the movie was they didn’t have enough for a full team, except this one weird loophole allows a dog to play.

Can’t cough if you’re not breathing

Delvers LLC has some aspects of this, with one of the characters making guns that accelerate projectiles via magic.

Also The Wraith’s Haunt series features a “system” that polices the use of magic/foreign technology and erases anyone who goes too far with either.

279.5% interest… what the fuck

Which is a valid reason to use lethal force?

the strip is from The Creeps by Jean Floch, a now defunct webcomic

The accounts were exposed by design

Usually you take the shell off before eating

Those would be the open weapon bays

The program cost too much money or each airframe costs too much money?

That’s certainly one theory, but as we are largely out of training data there’s not much new material to feed in for refinement. Using AI output to train future AI is just going to amplify the existing problems.

I remember when I worked in a data center and there was a custom server order that needed something like 64 sticks per server, and procurement didn’t bother to make sure that we had sets that were the same speed, timing, or brand. Thankfully I caught it before we wasted a ton of time troubleshooting.

To “lose it” in this usage refers to losing control of one’s emotions

The US is likely taking offensive actions against everyone not a close ally. Probably even many of those who are.

Imagine how smart you think the average American is. Realize you are probably biasing too high based on your peers, and adjust that down a little. Now realize that >40% of the population is dumber than that.

It’s part of the project 2025 plan to privatize weather forecasting.

They will actually be getting 1 hour to pack up their stuff. They’ll just be allowing people in with 15 minute intervals. Still greatly sucks, though.

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Pretty sure any black hole we create would evaporate from hawking radiation before it could be used for anything outside of research.

The picture is of Sherman