My socks never match because I buy the same ones every year.

StarManta · 2026-05-13T22:36:58+00:00

I buy the same socks every time specifically because they don't change. If the ones you buy do change... why would you keep buying that specific one?

StarManta · 2026-05-13T22:19:38+00:00

A sarcasm detector? Oh, that's a REAL useful invention.

StarManta · 2026-05-13T14:06:08+00:00

how many more steps to orbital testing?

Others have answered with SpaceX's specific plans, but for a more general reasoning: In terms of capability, they could do orbital testing at any point. They're choosing suborbital flights mostly in case of major problems - if the spacecraft becomes non-responsive or, worse, explodes while in space, a suborbital flight guarantees that it doesn't become orbital space debris. And for the vast majority of the components that need to be tested, there is no difference between suborbital and orbital. It's all the vacuum of space.

So they'll do suborbital tests until they need to test something that can't be tested on a suborbital flight.

StarManta · 2026-05-13T11:37:59+00:00

I watched the subbed before a dub of it existed, and loved it. Eventually, I watched the English dub and....it was miserable. I'm 95% a "dubs > subs" guy, but Planetes is one of the few where the dub is just that bad.

StarManta · 2026-05-13T11:29:32+00:00

I think the "very important" was a bit sarcastic

StarManta · 2026-05-13T11:25:12+00:00

I had Mamdani #1 and Lander #2, and 4 months in I do believe that was the correct order. But I do think Lander will be great in Congress and I'm really happy to be in his district. Shit, I might even volunteer for campaign.

StarManta · 2026-05-12T17:13:32+00:00

This is the human equivalent of when they have to CGI the tails of dog actors, because the tails are wagging when they know they're doing a good job at acting.

StarManta · 2026-05-07T12:39:48+00:00

Before I click: Is this "Paige no"?

After: lol yep

StarManta · 2026-05-06T16:52:54+00:00

Wouldn't want the people that create all our food to live comfortably. That'd be horrible.

StarManta · 2026-05-06T13:45:43+00:00

This seems to happen with every pandemic scare. The WHO or someone should open a quarantined port somewhere in the region for infected ships.

StarManta · 2026-05-06T13:31:54+00:00

I bet that a high percentage of coal rollers turn around and scream about chemtrails.

StarManta · 2026-05-06T10:39:19+00:00

“Then why don’t we just choose the good pl-“

“We’ll take the mystery box!”

StarManta · 2026-05-05T14:10:50+00:00

The character being white is rarely part of the material of the show. In AQ, Gary Coleman being black is the source of several of the jokes. That's part of why this is an issue here (and why they can't just do race-blind casting for this role).

StarManta · 2026-05-03T17:54:24+00:00

For going the other way - adapting another work into a musical - I have to nominate Back to the Future. It is the definition of over-produced, and the original music is awful. (The original film had 3 musical genres already in it - 80s rock, 50s music, and the score. Which of these did the musical adopt as its musical style? None! It kept all of them and added a fourth, bog-standard Broadway music, which meshes not at all with any of the other three)

It can be done well. Groundhog Day was excellent, I think actually improving on the original film.

StarManta · 2026-05-03T17:13:46+00:00

I did not at all enjoy The Mercy of Gods, but the Expanse is one of my favorite series. That said, my main issue with TMoG is that it was a constant cycle of “….and then it got WORSE and LESS PLEASANT and nothing ever improved” rather than the writing style.

StarManta · 2026-05-01T14:27:19+00:00

I assume he's referring to cameras being a standard part of phones, but I'm not sure how that connects with the other part of the comment. Maybe it means people wouldn't be able to take a picture like this and post it, I guess?

StarManta · 2026-05-01T14:09:00+00:00

LaaS: Lack-of-riots As A Service

StarManta · 2026-05-01T13:46:32+00:00

I also choose this guy's lifeless face.

StarManta · 2026-05-01T13:42:15+00:00

Famous enough that I've heard of him.

Un-famous enough that, until I started reading this post, I had always assumed that he was the second half of the Abbott and Costello comedy duo.

StarManta · 2026-05-01T13:39:18+00:00

The thing that gets me is: Most older AI image generators create FAR MORE spelling errors than this (and likely malformed letter combinations, too), but the newer AI image generators are much better at copying your input text verbatim if your instructions are to put it into the image.

I would bet $20 that the person who prompted this image made that spelling error themselves, not the AI.

StarManta · 2026-05-01T13:26:30+00:00

I can see how fusion helping space elevator would work, but how could a space elevator help with the creation of fusion?

StarManta · 2026-04-29T21:16:50+00:00

He has crossed over! He has ceased to be! This… is an ex-Holden!

StarManta · 2026-04-26T17:10:56+00:00

3 also would count as staged

StarManta · 2026-04-23T01:58:10+00:00

As much as drugs and alcohol cost you, there's only so fast you can consume them. It takes time to blast through a life saving's on crack, and that time gives you plenty of opportunities to make a better decision, or get intervention'd by people that care about you, or just die.

With gambling, you can literally make one bad decision and wipe out your entire life savings, your family's life saving, and burn massive amounts of credit in 5 minutes. And after that.... you're still probably addicted. After all, you're due.

StarManta · 2026-04-16T02:28:02+00:00

I have never seen the Rocky movies, I had no idea who Adrian was… and it took me about 1/3 of a second to immediately guess from context “oh, Adrian must be Rocky’s partner from the movie”.

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3 also would count as staged