I think I saw someone swimming in some sewage en route from scraping a bear carcass off the road, let me go check.

1. I got asked once if I played world of warcraft since they say a guy with the name "thegarbz" playing. I said no. By the way I know exactly who that person is because he impersonated me as a joke. I found that flattering and funny, but it has no impact on my life beyond that.

Reminds me of my first email account ;) One of my professors said we all had to register for an email account (this was in the mid-90s) so we could submit our homework to him, so I registered his name at hotmail.com to mess with him ;)

I don't trust single points of failure.

Yeah, this. If I have to sign up to some site that I don't care at all if it gets hacked, I use a throwaway password. Oh noez, someone might compromise my WidgetGenerator.foo.bar account and generate some widgets in my name, heavens to betsy!

This.
Credit options are usually convenient, and often have other benefits like interest free periods, cashback or airmiles etc. Lots of people use them who could easily afford to pay up front.
If you end up paying the same, but get some kickback or defer payment until later why wouldnt you?
A lot of the users aren't people who can't manage their money, it's the opposite - people who know how to manage things optimally.

A "signature" is just an arbitrary mark, and is in itself extremely archaic. Many people simply make some random swipes, doing it differently every time and noone cares.

It would be better if those people didn't write by hand, and use an electronic method instead.

His surname is one transposition away from "AI Mode".

Plus their launch vehicles leave a lot more debris than western or even soviet/russian launch vehicles.

https://spacenews.com/chinese-...

Pretty much this...

I had to learn cursive in school, and i've never used it since leaving school.
About the only time i ever write anything by hand is official forms, and for those you are expected to write legibly and often in uppercase.

It's also extremely annoying when someone else writes things by hand and you're expected to read them, it's often extremely difficult to read and leads to errors.

Yeah, because all even/all odd is (from basic statistics) rare, and happens to be rarer than the percentage of people who play all-even or all-odd, so you'd be more likely to split any winnings.

There are lots of insiders - both in russia itself, and especially in the occupied territory which russia considers its own.

While the US can afford to run nuclear tests, russia really can't. Their economy is already under massive strain due to the war and associated sanctions, trying to simultaneously engage in an arms race with america could result in economic collapse similar to what happened to the soviet union.

Modern models will take into account statistical biases in lotteries. For example, here's ChatGPT:

Pick good lottery numbers for the Virginia powerball lottery

Good question. First, a reality check: Powerball is pure chance — there’s no “good” numbers that are more likely to win. Every set of 5 white balls (1–69) + 1 Powerball (1–26) has exactly the same probability.
wwwuat.valottery.com
+1

That said, I can give you a few tips + a sample “random but balanced” pick, if you’d like to pick your own numbers rather than use Quick Pick.

Some tips when choosing your Powerball numbers

Spread your numbers
Try to pick a mix across the range (low, mid, high). According to lottery-strategy advice, not clustering all your numbers in one group is better.
samlotto.com

Avoid patterns
Many people pick birthdays, anniversaries, or sequential numbers. That’s fine—but if you win, you might have to share with more people because these are popular picks.
lotteryvalley.com

Use “due” or “hot” numbers carefully
Some sites (like lottery-analysis tools) track which numbers are “hot” (drawn recently) or “overdue” (haven’t appeared in a while). But remember: past draws don’t change future odds.
m.lottostrategies.com

Mix even and odd
According to some statistical analyses, it’s less likely to draw all odd or all even numbers.
samlotto.com

Play responsibly
Odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are extremely long: 1 in ~292 million.
lotterycritic.com

Sample “balanced” Powerball pick

Here’s a random-but-balanced combination you could use just for fun (or as a basis to tweak):

White balls: 8, 23, 41, 57, 65

Powerball: 12

If you like, I can generate 5 different “smart random” picks for the next Virginia Powerball draw (balanced by probability and number distribution). Do you want me to do that?

It's a damned shame '99942 Apothis' will miss us in a few years

It's not too late to fix that.