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Wait . . . I thought that tariffs were going to bring manufacturing back to America, who could then sell things to other nations? Shouldn't Taiwan be asking the US to manufacture chips, to they can buy them? As a "thank you" for the tariffs?

So . . . . 1. A random Reddit user claims this happened on his TV. But provides no video evidence. 2. Nobody else has reported it. 3. Ars "hasn't been able to replicate this internally." 4. But given the technology, it's possible it could have happened. Really?

It's generally appropriate to use the /s tag when saying something so obviously bonkers that it might actually be taken at face value as something people actually believe.

You know . . . .

So a 20% death rate among your own children is acceptable? Deus Volt!, I suppose. Ed: number of children

It's hard for people to understand that a functioning democracy relies to a great degree on the goodwill of elected officials to follow laws and even longstanding norms. We talk about checks and balances, but relying on politicians to do what's right is an enormous, unstated requirement. Now...

But at least the kid didn't catch teh autism, right? /s

Or paddling a tandem canoe. They aren't called "divorce boats" for no reason.

Aren't humans just better at moving pianos because they're chord-ates? [I'm so very, very sorry for that. Truly.]

A really interesting article. It would have been nice to name the "most intriguing" destination early in the piece, instead of the sixth paragraph. This is, though, great news. I have a 15-year correspondence with an astronomer-friend that always restarts when I see news of Europa. He's retired...

Don't worry. Someone's put a pin in it and will circle back. For synergies.

Practice, practice, practice.

I'm looking forward to it showing up at Arbroath Abbey, Stone of Scone-like. Edit; Misspledding

I've been online for a long time -- first internet account in 1990. I've been involved in a lot of communities, from Usenet onwards. This is easily the best-educated collection of people I've ever been privileged to be a part of. One of the benefits is that I learn a lot. I'm not ashamed to say...

Even accounting for humor being different in other cultures, that advert is . . . . odd.

My Republican FIL remembers his parents literally weeping with joy when the polio vaccine came to their area. Had friends who caught smallpox and were scarred for life. Now he's a full-blown antivaxxer. "That was different."

Many died in the eruption, as evidenced by the ash and burning, while the others probably died in rituals?

If you watch the original Eco Challenges you can definitely see how it evolved into Survivor. "Let's keep the physicality, ramp up the interpersonal drama, and make this a whole lot easier to follow." Luckily "Race to Survive" has revived that. Alaska was pretty good, and now R2S: New Zealand...

Came here to make sure someone said this.

Isn't it true, though, that the use of "here be dragons" in western cartography is largely a myth? It appears on one 16th-century globe, and that's pretty much it?