Deloreans have a really strong torsion bar along the hinges of each door that do the majority of the work. The gas struts mostly just hold the doors up once they're open. The torsion bars are strong enough that if you unlatch the door, it just glides up on its own. I've handled one of those doors when detached from the car, and they are seriously heavy.

That doesn't happen in a Delorean. In fact if there's no wind you can sit with the doors open and they act as a shelter that prevents rain coming inside. The one thing that does drip is if there's lots of condensation on the inside of the door /window it drips onto the seat when you open the door.

All car doors have seals. Wouldn't this be a problem on any car?

I read the headline as "Lepton University"

to be fair, apk is a fascinating character.

Careful, you'll summon ...him

Lousy Smarch weather...

I find spreadsheets are useful as a data entry UI.

I have to use Sage for my company accounts, and I find that the UI for Sage is so clunky and restrictive that it's easier to collate all the relevant data in LibreOffice, then run some Python scripts I wrote to process the .odt file to convert the information into CSVs full of payment data and balanced journal data that Sage can import

It's way easier to scrutinise all the figures in LibreOffice Calc and make sure it all reconciles and balances then import to Sage than the teeth-pulling agony of trying to get Sage to be at all helpful.

The same goes for any situation where i need to compile a long list of things that is handy to reorder / sum values. It's easier to use a spreadsheet as a data entry UI and run a simple script to validate/dump into a database than build a GUI myself for each task.

Why on earth do government let the manufacturers report their own consumption figures? That's like letting me write my own MOT certificate every year.

Do they come with Lotus Notes and a machine gun?

John McClane on the Death Star - that would be awesome

It's not obscure to this audience.

I don't understand - USB has power and data on the same cable and a minimal pin configuration.

What the hell is a Gigafactory?

When Hitler does it, it's intended as a compliment.