Isn’t The Amazing Race (reality show) inspired by Around the World in 80 Days?

I feel like both are a little bit niche here - most people interested in science fiction will have heard of them, and people into literature in general; but I’m not sure beyond that.

That does suggest a slightly different tactic might be in order:

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It is trolling at this point. Don’t feed it.

Oh, that’s clever!

Happy to recommend! Been looking forward to it since I grabbed it on the winter sale; had to finish a Factorio run first :p

The one that’s choking the world economy because total output went down 20%

What is it that keeps the underground pockets of helium in place, anyway? Just craptons of stone?

Honestly? Oil usage. Everyone knows it’s bad, and the only people really in a position to do anything about have a vested interest in leaving things as is.

This sounds exactly like Asbestos.

I’ve just started The Necromancer’s Tale, which lets you explore a minor noble’s fall from grace into (I think) lichdom. Just came out last summer. The art style is what you might expect from a small, ambitious studio; the writing so far is rather good.

…are there statistics on that?

…how did I never relize that Kenobi has a droid’s name?!

Ehh… I always had the impression that judicious Force use and guidance got Palpatine to where he was. In charge of the weapon of planetary destruction.

…crap, I’m cis male and I wanna be addressed as “mage”…

At this point, the only thing I have Windows around for is VR. Every non-VR game I have runs swimmingly (often better!) on the Linux partition, but VR still struggles to keep up…

Actually, I have a very vague memory of them teleporting a baby out of the mother during birth when there were complications, at the start of a TNG episode I think. Or did I make that up?

But doctor… I am the parent.

Seriously, half the stuff that we print is coloring pages.

I dunno, in this case the amateur happens to be able to absorb a whole lotta hits too - they can fail over and over while waiting for you to slip.

Maybe… More complicated limbs struck me as more prone to failure than rotors, and more expensive to maintain and replace

I’m remembering the old duelist’s adage, that the worst opponent to have is an amateur - because you have no idea what they’ll try

So I’m not as caught up in the current state of robotics as I’d like… The article talks about these being used to patrol, do safety inspections, and the like.

Wouldn’t it be cheaper to replace each of these with a dozen quadrocopter drones?

To my knowledge, there is very little research at all - the programs that would look into whether this might protect or endanger children struggle to get funded, because it’s icky.