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Launch delays are a good thing. A successful launch on-schedule is ideal, but if a problem is raised it is always, always, always best to delay until it can be sorted out. See Challenger for what happens if delays are not tolerated.

Code-switching is an important part of forming social connections between different groups of people. Failure to meet on common grounds, be that in voice tone, fashion, expressions and sentence structure, body language etc. can lead to non-preferential treatment. I'm not defending a social injustice when I say that I act differently around farmers than I do around punks or businesspeople, but it really is important to be part of the same 'group' if you want to succeed with that group. Vocal fry might go down well amongst a young woman's friends, but if the people around you chafe at that... maybe speak in a more natural tone? This is one of those things that would be better left untyped. Who am I to suggest that to anyone? You do you.

It's starting to look like Factorio will need a completely overhauled tutorial/onboarding process to teach players about these features. I hope that the new features will also be staggered appropriately throughout the tech tree so new players don't have to worry about all these new factory circuit settings and signals in the early game. "This is so complicated! I'm overwhelmed! This game is too much for me!". The game as it is keeps it simple- I hope it will still seem as simple with the DLC.

Saying that, I've got 1000 hours in the game and I'll enjoy diving into the deep end with all this new stuff.

I took a bite of ice directly off of a glacier in Greenland. It tasted like blood- either I cut my mouth on the sharp ice somehow, or it contains high mineral content. Should be fine in a drink. A bit gimmicky but the UAE will love it.

Animal slaves/servants- ethically concerning.

We peaked with tape. Before the end of the century we will move from (silicon) clay tablet tech to mentat-grade oral tradition. History doesn't repeat, but it does rhyme, and it's a palindrome as well apparently.

If demand were to slowly drop to zero over a year as electrical devices shut down or fail, will a nuclear plant reduce power production without human input?

Adding necrophilia to my zombie apocalypse bingo card as we speak

I read in Arctic Dreams (Barry Lopez) that polar bears are hard to detect in the visual (white on white) and infrared (very good thermal insulation) spectrums, but that they are easily detectible in the ultraviolet spectrum due to the particular qualities of their fur. I'd suggest this is a reason that UV vision has developed in reindeers. Polar bears are the largest land predator in that region, and being able to see it in the only spectrum it's really detectable in would be a major benefit for reindeer.

While new CCS plants coming online can only be good for development of the technology, something about Sky News being given exclusive access to the new site concerns me. 50 tonnes of CO2 capture is bugger all, and I'd assume Sky (Murdoch) and their petrochem pals will use this to promote false claims about the sustainability of this technology. They mention the inefficiency of the tech in the article, but headlines are what matter. I'm concerned that those who don't know or think critically about the subject could be misled into believing that CCS is effective in its current state.

Being able to watch the afternoon storm roll in on the verandah with a beer in hand counts as outstanding weather for me :)

Based on his achievements before the age of 20, I'm going to assume that the person who killed him was a time traveller.

Nice. Super keen for the expansion. I'd assume tungsten mining drills, lava resource extractors and gas pumpjacks will be the major new buildings for this planet. Tungsten will probably be used in advanced buildings (high heat tolerance- lava landfill, rocket engines) and armour equipment as well as science. It seems that tungsten extraction may attract lava biters? The new terrain also looks great and it definitely seems like they're holding up the promise of delivering a whole new game's worth of content with this DLC.

Wow, if this turns out to really work it will be an absolute game changer in skincare. Protection from free radicals and UV damage, goes on clear, nontoxic and biodegradable, scavenges heavy metals? Tell me why this shouldn't become a daily must-have for everyone that can afford it.

A lack of ability to police one's own levels of internet usage is something I've brushed up against in my own life. Someone with ADHD may be harmed by the constant availability of distracting content, but may not be able to set effective strategies for curbing one's usage of said content, or may find ways to get around those strategies in order to access or justify accessing the internet. A vicious cycle.

I took doxycycline for a few years to deal with acne. I developed acid reflux as a result, and managed to get myself horrifically sunburned once or twice. Wouldn't suggest taking it as a preventative measure.

These cardboard beds cost 16-17 euros to produce. There are 100 million displaced people in the world. Your cheap folding metal cot will never be so cheap as to even come close to being a competitor on economic terms.

I've been staying about a boat for the last four months. In that time it's been sometimes cold, sometimes wet, but never so different to living ashore that I couldn't see myself enjoying living aboard at a permanent marina berth (as opposed to, say, camping, which would get real old after a few months). The difference between living aboard a well-equipped boat and living ashore mainly comes down to space. Three of us lived very well in a space which, assessed from a landlubber's perspective, is an inhumane housing situation.

What I've come to realise is that if the design of the space is good, living in a small space such as a boat is perfectly reasonable for a long time, and that our desire to live in spacious accommodations ashore is often misplaced. I'd gladly live in a boat-sized (10-20m by 4-6m) unit ashore- still perfectly liveable, you trade off mobility for fixed power and water, no bilge or fouling or slapping halyards.

Undoubtedly, a unit of this type (studio apartment, effectively) would still be more expensive than living on a boat. The property market is in shambles.