Submission + - Inventor Of The 'Game Of Life', John Horton Conway Dies (analyticsindiamag.com)
See also https://xkcd.com/2293/
The Impossible Whopper launched nationally on Aug 8. On Aug 2, a week before that, this story ran nationally clearly saying that if you wanted a truly beef-free, vegan burger you had to specify you didn't want it broiled and that you didn't want mayo on it.
https://www.today.com/food/new...
TODAY: Why Burger King's new Impossible Whopper isn't totally vegetarian
"...unless you ask for the Impossible Whopper in a specific way, it might not meet your definition of true vegetarian fare. While the burger itself contains no meat, Burger King acknowledges that the Impossible patties are flame-grilled on the same broiler as its chicken and beef products."
Getting an SUV doesn't have to mean bad gas mileage, there are plenty of Hybrid SUV's on the market getting up to 50 MPG.
https://moneyinc.com/best-hybr...
In some ways it's an ideal match because there is lots of space to put the hybrid batteries.
If you are over 6 feet tall, a lot of smaller cars aren't an option.
Pure Nerd
82 % Nerd, 47% Geek, 43% Dork
For The Record:
A Nerd is someone who is passionate about learning/being smart/academia.
A Geek is someone who is passionate about some particular area or subject, often an obscure or difficult one.
A Dork is someone who has difficulty with common social expectations/interactions.
My now 5.25 yr old daughter used to think that Fairy Tales began with the words "On A 'Possum Time" which was a source of never-ending heart-melting cuteness to my wife and I.
Today my now 2.6 yr old daughter picked up a book and told me it was a "What About A Dime" story.
Please send over a box of paper towels to wipe up my melted heart from the floor.
This slipped under the radar of the media that at least I follow, tho aparently at least one diarist at DailyKos picked up on it. Gee, I don't know why it's not getting more coverage in the MSM.
Also, desperate for story submissions - so post some if you've got any ideas.
To my aparent heavily Libertarian-skewed readership here on SlashDot - now is your chance to build the "New" Plastic as a Libertarian haven. It already has a former Libertarian politician as a prominant contributor, so their is at least a core audince audience on which to build.
UNIX was not designed to stop you from doing stupid things, because that would also stop you from doing clever things. -- Doug Gwyn