Echoing this, the timeline they are proposing allows for Alan Tudyk's "Wash" to be a part of the storytelling. That character was a fan favorite, which is why his arc on Serenity was so impactful.

RIP Ron Glass.

His absence would obviously not be addressed in this very early announcement. I'm not totally sure how I'd feel about it, but using AI to recreate his voice either as a character (for the sake of continuity) or as a narrator is something I think I'd be okay with. If it was with his family's blessing, of course. But there are many that are vehemently opposed to such a thing, and I understand that too.

"The witness will proceed to the Faraday cage to give their testimony."

A nearby copper mine for creating wire and cable, steamed copper sheets with the help of a water extractor, and lots of copper powder to make that nuclear pasta is super handy!

IYKYK

The world doesn't have enough languages for me to say "NO" in.

Apparently, the whole thing is an overture by OpenAI to have a discussion with the Alexa team on how to successfully monetize ChatGPT.

I recall reading that if you have a meeting with more than seven people, you are probably having an ineffective meeting. I am regularly forced to attend meetings with 20-30 people. It's always the same 3-4 people who speak, everyone else remains silent.

I think about the many thousands of man-hours wasted during these meetings throughout the year, and the salary that costs, when I hear a PHB stating that new hardware, software, training, or personnel just aren't in the budget.

So these guys are another SMR company, making High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactors (HTGRs).

The link below lists some of the main players in the SMR space. Notably, X-Power claimed it had achieved criticality for its HTGR in 2021. So perhaps Valar isn't the first, but this isn't my field.

https://c3newsmag.com/five-of-...

This was the path I pursued when I did not get satisfaction from Hilton or the 3rd party. At first, the credit card company (Discover) did issue a credit. They reversed that decision two weeks later. I had several back and forths with them after that. I sent emails that illustrated the window of cancellation for refund, and when the cancellation was sent. I also sent emails, and phone logs showing my attempts to contact the 3rd party, along with those to Hilton. I asked for an explanation as to why they reversed the decision and not honor my request to decline the charge, but I never got an answer.

In the end, big business sided with big business to the surprise of no one. As a result of that, I also paid off the balance on that card and froze the account. So in the end, two companies lost my business because of a $250 refund that absolutely should have happened. And even though I'd never had an issue in the past, I am also far less inclined to book through 3rd parties now even though they offer a discount. I'd rather pay more and work directly. The amount of time and effort spent fighting this was definitely not worth the savings.

As a retired business owner, I always strove to put my customers first. If I chose a contractor who failed to deliver on their obligations, that's on me. I chose to get in bed with that contractor, not my customer, and I clearly made an honest but poor decision. But my business was not enshittified. I wasn't beholden to shareholders or private equity, who's money is made in the margins of declining levels in service, satisfaction, and quality.

Too bad. I recently stayed at a Sonder. It was a little bumpy at first, but the overall experience was decent. I agree this does not look good for Marriott AT ALL. I ran into an issue a few years ago with Hilton. They contracted booking through a third party for a convention. Despite my cancellation nearly six months in advance (well within the posted cancellation policy), the third party would not refund the reservation holding fee (one night). Hilton accepted no responsibility for the vendor they chose to put between me and room. So exercised the only power I have as a consumer.

I have never booked with Hilton, directly or indirectly, since. I likely never will. The rewards card I chose was with a different hotel chain, with which I stay exclusively now. That's 30-ish nights that could have been booked with Hilton, traded for 1 unclaimed night for which I was fully entitled a refund.

Due to democrats trying to ruin our country with their evil thoughts of democracy and freedom, real and accurate news about our government will now come from our state run, officially recognized, Pravda Sotsial'naya...err Truth Social.

Thank you for your loyalty, komrade.

When it comes to writing code, I'm maybe just shy of intermediate...it's not specifically part of my job and most of my coding experience was either in university or from the occasional side project done for fun. I've used AI a bunch recently for coding, again mostly for fun stuff. Right now, I'm using to code in a language I have zero experience in and I've found I spend an enormous amount of time fixing its mistakes. So much time that it's difficult to say if I'm even saving any time over just learning the language slowly and methodically. But a 5x increase in speed? Hell no. Maybe that only comes into play for upper-tier programming?

Can anyone here attest to gaining anywhere close to that level of improvement?

6 years at two different universities. Never once did I experience anything like indoctrination. Not even a gentle nudge.

I think the right sees a liberal bias among students and incorrectly concludes the colleges and universities must be to blame. I think it's more likely though that kids at that age and going through that process are full of hope. The act of getting a degree is driven by hope for a new and better future, and hope is the foundation of the left so kids will naturally gravitate toward a liberal bias.

Fear is the foundation of the right. As people age, elements that stir or instill fear become more of a concern. This is likely because we have offspring to care for and protect, and we have ever-less time to achieve our goals.

Came to say the same! Here's the scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

This year is their 40th: End Year - Start Year + 1

You may not be counting the initial occurrence.

Wouldn't the direction of spin depend upon which side of the galaxy you are looking from? How do you establish which side is the galaxy is the "correct" side to view it from in order to ascertain clockwise or counter-clockwise? As we have seen for decades, galaxies are oriented in all possible ways as viewed from a stationary point.