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We're 2 decades into the 21st century and they still can't figure out how to make food packages "easy" to open. They either weld them shut requiring...

Ah. Having friends tell me exactly what they love about Harry Potter is why I've never read or watched Harry Potter. I knew the ending of Sixth...

I kind of agree with Grant, but with caveats. In a lot of cases it doesn't matter at all. I really enjoyed both Amadeus and Gandhi, even though I...

Well, that's the reason I don't get the whole "spoiler" thing--for me, the effectiveness of the narrative doesn't come from some particular plot...

Lunch today was a grilled cheese sandwich with egg and sautéed mushrooms.

That reminds me of the general rule I've discovered that the scenes I love the most are usually the ones that would take the most explaining to try...

To me, to be honest, the discussion about "foundational science" is much more interesting than the definition of what "protoscience" is. I may have a...

I’d pay good money to see a robot cat cleaning up that mess. (Hilarity ensues.)

Eh, just add an articulated head, fur, and have it bark and say, “Hello, my name is Rags,” and nobody could tell the difference between one and other...

The good thing about a private concern, unlike national space programs, is that they can weather a big public explosion, gather themselves up, and...

The time-travelling aspect of "The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask" was inspired by the plot of "Run Lola Run."

The way my mind works (I use that term loosely) my post was the natural response to the typo in the thread title. I beg that no mod fixes the...

I feel the same way about Zoom chats. Grant Hutchison

To me, those robots are inescapably chained at the dead center of the Uncanny Valley. Just as actual dogs look innately appealing to humans who...

A major reason I got into Arkham Horror was because I was such a die-hard Call of Cthulhu gamer and DM back in the day. We had a huge group composed...

Ha! That’s a good one. I’m used to them now, but those headless robot dogs sit in the middle of the uncanny valley and looked very strange to me...

Arkham? Is one of the monsters a grinning, clown-like figure? :D (Yes, I know which came first.)

21 feet in 33 minutes? Sounds like Dallas rush hour traffic.

My difficulty is with convincing friends that I don't care a whit about spoilers--in fact, I'm enthusiastic to hear what exactly they liked about a...

The original voice actor for Charlie Brown once tried to “put a hit” on someone. https://m.imdb.com/news/ni59190145?ref_=m_nm_nwr3

Why could we not call Galileo a protoscientist?

I have to agree, but technology is utilitarian as was alchemy and astrology, whether successful or not, it was done to make practical predictions or...

I think they got the memo. From the story linked above: I admire their aspirational vision but i am pretty sure they have built nothing, to...

People from all over the world (the richest of course) will be booking there, naming it "Babylon One" fits.

I really, really hope they call it something else or they’ll be in for a huge media controversy.

Alchemy is usually held up as the archetypal protoscience, and you could argue that the earliest astrology was too, at least the astrology contained...

Definitely not a problem I have in my circle of friends! I managed to avoid spoilers as well, despite watching episodes nearly twenty-four hours...

The entire bottom surface of a 777 is calculated as wing cross section, curved or otherwise a solid surface provides lift if canted into a gas flow. ...

Time Marches on, and Spring is almost here. Yesterday I cleaned up my rows of fall planted spinach, thinned, weeded, added some fert and compost to...