Relevant sketch from SNL

The Bagger 288 is there to safeguard all mankind.

The Bagger 288 wreaks total utter devastation.

The Bagger 288 contains an artificial mind.

This mind is full of hatred, violence is its sole vocation.

IRS doesn’t care when you buy gold, only when you sell it. At that point, it’s treated like capital gains on any other investment.

There’s an easy way to settle this. Just bring him back to the United States and take some photos of his hands.

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We make us safe.

No more delays. Start throwing people in jail for contempt of court.

Is that Frieren?

Make America Great Depression Again

If only there was a way to build that function directly into the phone.

Zelenskyy in a suit just looks wrong.

He did a Nazi salute on national TV. Anyone who still likes him is a Nazi. Do you still like him?

Strictly speaking, you are correct. The key assumption for my statement above is that both objects are black-body radiators.

In practical terms, it still ain’t happening when the light source is a bunch of fireflies.

Aside: Lasers are a really weird case. The population inversion required for stimulated emission is basically the opposite of a classic thermal equilibrium. By some definitions, they are so hot their “temperature” wraps around to negative (i.e., less than zero Kelvin). That factoid took me a while to wrap my head around.

Unfortunately, this idea isn’t going to work.

Lenses and mirrors can’t focus a diffuse source to a sharp point. They are also reciprocal; any light that can move one way through an optical system can also move the other way. As a result, you can’t use a lens or mirror to heat something beyond the temperature of the light source. The net flow of energy is always from the hot thing to the cold thing.

For the sun, that limit is almost 6000K, so you can do some damage. For fireflies, not so much.

As a general rule: Never accuse anyone of a serious crime unless you have evidence to back it up.

Somewhat related stickers.

It would be obvious the moment he opens his mouth. That stupid word salad is instantly recognizable.

I felt it in El Segundo. Some shaking, but not at a dangerous level.

According to this thread, it’s not required for smaller aircraft:

If the aircraft is below 12500 pounds, and has less than 10 passenger seat, and not be certified to require more than 1 pilot, it does not require recorders.

Why are Adora, Catra, and Glimmer in a supermarket?