Which is why he won’t unless they try to force his hand. Instead he’ll play politics and maybe fire 1 if he needs to stop a rebellion.

They can’t. He owns a controlling stake in the company. He could fire all of them.

I’ve been to restaurants where they collect and wash the condiment dispensers every day.

I love cardinals! They work so hard to attract a lady! Their bright red plumage is one of nature’s biggest bullseyes and they’re extremely bold at defending their territory, even from much larger species. Yet I never see them getting picked off by predators. They dart around with so much energy it’s ridiculous!

That’s amazing! I once had a female goldfinch come and land on my Christmas light string (I’m lazy and leave the lights up all year round, though I only turn them on during the winter).

She would keep perching on the string and tapping at her own reflection in the window, like she was trying to show her reflection who’s boss! So cute to see such assertiveness from such a tiny bird!

I’ve been a Mac user for years but now that Apple has decided to add a pop up to tell me to upgrade to the subscription version of iWork (and won’t stop nagging me all the time) I’m moving to LibreOffice (and eventually full Linux).

Colour matching is very complicated. It can be dramatically affected by the lighting. This is known as metamerism and it’s the bane of graphic designers and print makers everywhere.

The first generation Roadster wasn’t designed by Tesla, it was a Lotus Elise with the combustion drivetrain removed.

I would also add:

• OpenBSD
• NetBSD
• DragonFly BSD
• FreeDOS
• Illumos (OpenSolaris fork)

Brits seem to love living in their ancient, draughty houses. I have no idea why! A well-insulated home is vastly more comfortable to live in!

You didn’t say what you’re doing career-wise. Are you working? Do you like your job? If you answered no to either of those questions then that’s something to work on. It’s hard to go into specifics without knowing what you’re doing with your time.

It all makes sense when you realize the government is just another player in the game. Conflict Theory.

And as a side effect it’s destroying the next generation’s access to skill by undermining the education system.

Yeah honestly. The Google ad-based search system created a set of incentives that just destroyed the internet! I miss the days when people created their own fun little quirky websites like Ian's Shoelace Site. That used to be every site on the internet!

As a Canadian, I say this with the utmost sincerity: if you’re thinking of moving here because you’re a leftist, don’t. Canada is about to take a huge swing to the right in next year’s election. People are extremely sick of Trudeau and his refusal to withdraw from the upcoming election (he’s been in power for 9 years) will take his party down with him.

Come on Hungarians! You know your future is with Europe, not with Russia.

Not hugely better, no. Marginally better, yes.

The racquet technology impact in tennis has been enormous, with the largest difference being size and weight. Traditional wood tennis racquets maxed out at around 65 sq in of string area but weighed up to 400 grams (mixed units, I know). A modern graphite tennis racquet can achieve 100 sq in of string area while decreasing the weight to 300 grams!

Lighter weights allow a player to generate a lot more racquet acceleration without killing their wrist. At the same time, the larger string area gives a lot more margin for error when striking the ball. Players in turn responded by changing their swing planes to a higher vertical angle, coming up over the back of the ball to generate a lot of topspin (and string technology helps with this too). The topspin further increases margin for error by making the ball dive down into the court instead of sailing long (see Magnus effect).

All of this has combined to allow tennis players to hit the ball far harder than they had in the past, with the increase far exceeding what you’d expect from physical training alone. Give modern players a traditional wood racquet and they’ll spray the ball all over the place, making huge numbers of errors, until they force themselves to not swing so hard.

Nothing is free to a mouse. Everything comes with risks. Deadly risks lurk around every corner. That’s why mice dart around so quickly and act so cautiously, like tiny thieves.

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