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  • They say he was Hell Bent for Leatherback turtles

  • 50% survival rate
  • Thanks. I suspect a mathematician would consider the latter point too though.

  • 50% survival rate
  • Can somebody explain the difference between the mathematician and the scientist parts of this?

  • I wonder if they remember me
  • Maybe C3PO was a kit. Like a gay robot Lego set for ages 5-12. Those Jawas can sell practically anything.

  • I wonder if they remember me
  • You mean the planet full of sand that's somehow central to the entire Skywalker saga despite supposedly being a remote mostly criminal hideout in the outer rim.

    And actually the droids were there to deliver Leia's message to Obi-Wan.

  • Scorpions, Sails of Charon
  • The guitar solo used to be my morning alarm for a number of years (I added a fade-in). That would make me grow to hate a lot of songs, but not this one. I still totally love it. So good.

  • What's the rarest animal you've seen in person?
  • African penguins maybe? They're endangered. I took my partner to feed them at an aviary.

    I feel like I've seen a black rhino before, maybe at the San Diego zoo as a kid or something. Those are critically endangered, all but one subspecies extinct.

  • Why do all languages share the same intonation for questions?
  • That's just emphasis. You can tell because you can shift it to another word.

    • What's your name? (more pointed)
    • How old are you? (as if it's now suddenly of concern)
    • Where are you from? (maybe the person has an unusual accent)
    • Where are you from? (more pointed)
    • How old is your daughter? (shifting from discussing someone else's daughter)
  • Nintendo Is Now Going After YouTube Accounts Which Show Its Games Being Emulated
  • Retro Games Corps got hit, even though Russ only does legal emulation and backups. It's his "2nd strike" on YouTube (3rd is channel deletion). He's always been mindful of the situation and considerate of not spoiling games or encouraging anything close to piracy from what I've seen.

    Source: Nerd Nest where he often guests.

  • I'm as white as snow but I'm still not white enough to eat this.
  • Different chili varieties definitely have their own flavors. Even blindfolded you'd probably be able to tell apart sauces made with poblanos vs banana peppers (both can have basically zero heat).

  • I'm as white as snow but I'm still not white enough to eat this.
  • Chilis have a natural variation in heat, which depends a lot on growing conditions. Jalapeños can range from ~2000 to 8000 scovilles. The hotter ones don't taste different, they just have more capsaicin. That molecule itself has no flavor, it just triggers the heat receptors in your cells.

    Maybe your perception of the heat has gotten entangled with the flavor so cognitively one is less satisfying without the other. But that's specific to your perception and not how it works at the chemical level of the plant or human sensory cells.

  • I'm as white as snow but I'm still not white enough to eat this.
  • So buy the regular variety? They're far easier to find.

  • Dress Codes
  • I needed this. Thanks.

  • WRONG DECLENSION
  • Ooh, do German next!

  • [Question] For which show do you never skip the opening?
    • Game of Thrones because the animation is awesome
    • Foundation because the animation is awesome
    • Breaking Bad because it's so short it would be more effort to skip it
    • Futurama because there's always a text gag and sometimes a visual one
    • The Simpsons (on the rare occasion) because every opening sequence is different
    • Black Books because I like the music
    • Better Off Ted because the Viridian Dynamics "advertisements" are funny
  • A sorcerer appears and states that they will erase any one song from existence - which song would you choose?
  • "If I Could Turn Back Time" by Cher, thus proving to her for a fraction of a nanosecond that her premise was actually possible after all, before every trace of the tune ceases to exist.

  • Why isn't apple a popular ice cream flavor?
  • Even better, bananas foster flavor

  • What Android apps are worth paying for?

    What non-game paid apps do you use that are worthwhile and still relevant in 2023?

    For context, I have a decent amount of Google Play credit thanks to Opinion Rewards and a gift card. I'm not looking to start a book or movie collection there, nor sign up for subscription services. But I'm happy to buy the paid/pro version of useful apps.

    I'm excluding games just because that's a whole topic on its own.

    Here are some one-time paid apps I've been happy with:

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