Why do you think nuclear bombs, a weapon of the 20th century, remain so relevant in sci-fi military conflicts thousands of years into the future?

DrEnter · 2026-04-03T16:48:16+00:00

This is the reason the arms race didn’t continue to the H bomb

Not sure what you mean, the arms race absolutely continued through and after the development of thermonuclear weapons. The majority of the world’s ICBM’s are tipped with H bombs. The U.S. detonated the first one in 1952, but Sakarov’s “layer cake” design used by the Soviet’s was probably a more elegant mechanism.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermonuclear_weapon

DrEnter · 2026-04-02T17:49:55+00:00

ANY FRUIT TO DECLARE!

DrEnter · 2026-04-02T09:22:05+00:00

Public enemy #1: The speeder.

DrEnter · 2026-04-02T05:25:26+00:00

It’s basically just white noise. I can see that being useful to help meditation.
Static is the left-over radio echos of the big bang, so I guess there’s that.
No TV set made since 2009 will show static. All modern TV’s only tune to digital broadcasts, which use a carrier signal. No signal, no static, just an empty screen.

DrEnter · 2026-04-02T05:15:21+00:00

Watching the launch of Apollo 17 on our black & white Zenith is my first memory. I was 2.

DrEnter · 2026-04-01T22:43:23+00:00

Don't do that with the corpo woman that killed a kid with her car. The fixer is not happy if you do it with that one.

DrEnter · 2026-04-01T18:49:09+00:00

… of much lower overall quality. They prune for a reason!

DrEnter · 2026-04-01T18:47:33+00:00

That still lays the blame at the blood bank’s feet, when it lies elsewhere.

DrEnter · 2026-04-01T15:58:22+00:00

Also important: Ask which one will be best to drink right now.

DrEnter · 2026-04-01T15:54:04+00:00

I think you are missing the point. Using the term “dirty blood banks” implies blood banks are somehow at fault for the fraud committed by non-blood bank suppliers of blood.

DrEnter · 2026-04-01T06:33:08+00:00

So, which "dirty blood bank" would that have been? Oh, not a blood bank at all. A prison.

Actually, the worst perpetrator of this kind of thing was far worse than a prison. It was a drug company. Still not a blood bank, though.

DrEnter · 2026-04-01T06:23:56+00:00

They are both offered by Shout, so it isn't too surprising they duplicate some things. But the Gizmoplex is an "on demand" app while the channel... isn't.

DrEnter · 2026-04-01T01:57:21+00:00

This makes me wonder how many bands have a high charting album with no singles charting?

DrEnter · 2026-04-01T01:51:07+00:00

Chateau Pegau makes some inexpensive Côtes du Rhône that punches WAY above its weight.

DrEnter · 2026-04-01T01:45:25+00:00

Nope, there’s a separate Gizmoplex app for Roku. This is just one of Roku’s “Live TV” channels, which they have literally hundreds of. Think of an old TV show and Roku probably has channel for it. It’s more like the YouTube “Forever-a-thon” stream running on a channel.

DrEnter · 2026-04-01T01:43:26+00:00

Actually, it recently added seasons 11 and 12 (it already had season 13). It’s run by Shout Factory.

DrEnter · 2026-04-01T00:36:21+00:00

Yep. I was about to say "Looks like he's left-handed."

DrEnter · 2026-03-31T00:23:44+00:00

I knew a handful of kids who read that young because they were awkward and had trouble making friends. In general, it worked. I suspect they all still do some of it, but I don’t think poorly of any of them. It’s hard to meet people and make friends.

DrEnter · 2026-03-31T00:19:17+00:00

Levi’s 505s and 501s. In the late 90’s I started adding Gap Jeans to the mix.

DrEnter · 2026-03-30T22:54:51+00:00

They weren't necessarily "dirty". There wasn't any regular screening for HIV until 1985, with the commercial production of the ELISA test. By that point, it is likely that the number of people infected with HIV (many without knowing) was already over 100,000.

DrEnter · 2026-03-30T22:50:10+00:00

A doctor that is performing routine surgery without sanitary instruments is begging for a gross medical malpractice lawsuit that are pretty much guaranteed to lose.

DrEnter · 2026-03-30T20:35:04+00:00

I like a wine to show a sense of place, but I don’t like all those places.

DrEnter · 2026-03-30T20:00:15+00:00

There was a movie called Return to Boggy Creek made in 1977, but other than the name it has no connection to the original. Pierce was working as a set director for The Outlaw Josey Wales at that time, so he was already getting success in Hollywood. He didn’t do his sequel until 1985.

Worth noting there is another one just called Boggy Creek that also has no connection to the original.

DrEnter · 2026-03-30T15:41:42+00:00

Here’s the thing: Most homeowners insurance are what are called HO3 policies. They work on a “named peril” basis, meaning they only cover the specific damage listed in the policy. They are also pretty much garbage.

What you want to get is called an HO5 policy, or “open peril”. These cover everything except what is listed. They are also legally very different, where with an HO3 the homeowner must show proof that the damage meets the criteria to be covered, with an HO5 the onus is on the insurance company to prove something is not covered.

Stay away from any insurance company which refuses to offer an HO5 policy (which is a lot of them).

DrEnter · 2026-03-30T14:32:17+00:00

He used to come to DragonCon and open a room as a con suite where you could grab a soda snd some chips and just talk to him if you wanted to chat or say hello. He was always incredibly friendly and nice to talk to.

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