There’s an interesting argument that honey can be vegan, by that criteria.

A bee colony is not generally trapped in a hive. They are capable of leaving, if it’s not to their standards, or they find somewhere between. The catch is that artificial bee hives are amazing for bees, compared to natural locations. The only catch is the “rent” taken by the eldritch creatures. They never take too much however, only taking excess the hive doesn’t need.

Basically bees could be argued to be paying rent, in honey, for high quality accommodation.

Very rarely, if ever.

The only time it is justifiable is if it’s either pre-agreed or if there is a threat to the child.

If there is reason to think they are being groomed, or used in some way, then yes. E.g. a room search after getting information that they are holding drugs for a dealer. They should be treated like a police search. Only done when there is real reason, rather than just fishing.

If it’s pre-agreed that a device isn’t private, then the rules change slightly. A younger child’s phone or computer should be subject to respectful monitoring. It should also be part of an open and equitable discussion on boundaries and rules. Even here, the goal should be to protect the child from dangers, not to snoop on what they are chatting with friends about beyond that.

Privacy, is an important thing for children. It needs to be provided with guard rails initially, but should be respected as best you can.

There is a path, from the ground, up your leg, across your torso (including your heart) and down your other leg.

This is the reason that downed high voltage power lines are so dangerous. Walking with a long stride can create enough of a differential to fibrillate your heart.

It actually takes all paths proportionally. This is partly why nearby lightning strikes are so dangerous. Even if the ground is a better conductor than your legs, enough current can still flow to stop your heart.

It’s a catch 22. A lot of good products die due to people not knowing they exist (or remembering).

I have no issues with informational based advertising. Basically the polite “we exist” or “we’ve got this now” type adverts. I take offence to adverts trying to mess with my mental familiarity levels. I’m doubly offended when they get aggressive with pushing that on me.

A great example is steam ads. It gives you some when you first start it. It’s trivial to skip or ignore them however. It also sits back and gets out of the way as soon as you’re not interested.

I always knew he was an arsehole, but I thought he was at least a like minded arsehole, when it came to saving the planet.

The trapped kids incident also the first proper crack I noticed in his image. Now, I wouldn’t touch anything of his with a 40’ pole.

I’ve not tried reflashing, but the os seems mostly vanilla android. I’ve had a couple of OS updates since I got my phone, so it’s not just fire and forget. I’m not sure about long term however. You might also have issues with the thermal camera, if you reflash. I don’t know how it’s wired internally, and whether a non custom app will play nice.

They seem to be aiming at builders/workmen as a rugged phone with long battery life. They also seem to be trying to build a proper brand, not just a throw away one. Hopefully that means they will at least do security updates for quite a while. But that’s speculation.

Oh, and it’s a brick, weight wise. I personally like that, but it’s quite polarising when people try it.

I got fed up with this and ran across ulefone. Some of their phones are downright ridiculous but I’m happy with mine.

It’s a waterproof brick with good grip and a 10,000mAh battery. Good for up to 4 days. It’s also got rubberised grips and takes a beating. Oh, it also has a headphone port, and thermal imaging.

In the words of Dr house “people lie”. They should take the woman’s word on things like this. However, it just takes being burnt once or twice, to not trust the answer from anyone else.

There’s a fun chess game on steam this comic keeps reminding me of.

5D Chess, with multiverse time travel

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1349230/5D_Chess_With_Multiverse_Time_Travel/

It basically allows for moves similar to this. It also creates coherent rules for jumping timelines, or time travel. It’s quite elegant how they come out, in a “my brain is melting out my ear” kind of way!

That image will stick in the mind of every school boy (and possibly girl) who sees it. That’s a win for the textbook.

Adopting a rescue dog has various home checks and interviews and welfare checks. Leaving hospital with a baby: “Do you have a car seat for them?”, “Yes…”, “You’re all good to go then!”, “…”

The aiming is still a problem. The Hubble is relatively small. Even then, it can’t track fast enough to image the moon, let alone the earth’s surface.

Any useful reflector would be measured in Km^2 . Aiming that, with the same precision as Hubble would be a tall order. Added to that, the mirror would have to be light enough to launch. You’re basically trying to aim a sheet of tinfoil, as large as a stadium (minimum), with active tracking.

A while here too.

I remember earth gov went ever more extremist in a right wing direction. Babylon 5 ended up declaring independence, and later led a coalition to liberate the people of earth.

To anyone who’s seen it, the spoiler definitely counts as a mild /s

The series Expeditionary Force" by Craig Alanson actually plays on this.

Spoiler to protect those who might want to read the series.

I’ll take compatible.

Most people game on windows. It’s monolithic nature also means that they will mostly encounter the same bugs.

Linux has a wider base of functionality. A bug might only show up on Debian, not Ubuntu.

End result, they spend 60% of their effort solving bugs, for 2% of their base. That’s not cost viable.

Compatibility means they just have to focus on 1 base of code. All we ask is that they don’t actively break the compatibility. This is far less effort, and a lot easier to sell to the bean counters.

Once Linux has a decent share, we can work on better universal standards. We likely need at least 10% to even get a chance there.

We do, light travels 1 lightsecond per second.

Oh, and 1 lightpicosecond is around 2.998mm.

100 lightpicoseconds is also very close to 1’.

While there are a lot of parenting books, it’s only in the last few years that it has been properly studied, scientifically. My generation of parents is one of the first to be able to truly make use of the advancements.

Basically, it wasn’t that handbooks didn’t exist (when the episode was made), but that they contradicted each other.

The question is, would the 2nd head be an independent personality, trapped inside the horse, or an extension of the outer horse’s senses?