Relevant sketch from SNL

The Bagger 288 is there to safeguard all mankind.

The Bagger 288 wreaks total utter devastation.

The Bagger 288 contains an artificial mind.

This mind is full of hatred, violence is its sole vocation.

IRS doesn’t care when you buy gold, only when you sell it. At that point, it’s treated like capital gains on any other investment.

If only there was a way to build that function directly into the phone.

Strictly speaking, you are correct. The key assumption for my statement above is that both objects are black-body radiators.

In practical terms, it still ain’t happening when the light source is a bunch of fireflies.

Aside: Lasers are a really weird case. The population inversion required for stimulated emission is basically the opposite of a classic thermal equilibrium. By some definitions, they are so hot their “temperature” wraps around to negative (i.e., less than zero Kelvin). That factoid took me a while to wrap my head around.

Unfortunately, this idea isn’t going to work.

Lenses and mirrors can’t focus a diffuse source to a sharp point. They are also reciprocal; any light that can move one way through an optical system can also move the other way. As a result, you can’t use a lens or mirror to heat something beyond the temperature of the light source. The net flow of energy is always from the hot thing to the cold thing.

For the sun, that limit is almost 6000K, so you can do some damage. For fireflies, not so much.

Somewhat related stickers.

According to this thread, it’s not required for smaller aircraft:

If the aircraft is below 12500 pounds, and has less than 10 passenger seat, and not be certified to require more than 1 pilot, it does not require recorders.

Why are Adora, Catra, and Glimmer in a supermarket?

I had not heard of that one, thanks! Looks like a good extension.

There’s also RFC3339, which is freely available and compatible with the most common ISO8501 profile.

Needs more JPEG.

Bulletproof? Sounds dangerous. What do I do if it makes a weird noise?

From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me. I craved the strength and certainly of steel. I aspired to the purity of the blessed machine.

Couldn’t find a Sidewinder, but here’s this replica Hellfire missile for $10k.

https://inertproducts.com/product/agm-114-hellfire-missile-deluxe-inert-replica/

Rock and stone forever! ⛏️

DID I HEAR A ROCK AND STONE?

I switched to Ubuntu a few months ago, and all my Steam games work just fine. Never looking back.

Hahaha no. Last time I went to the DMV for anything (CA), I had an “appointment” and it still took two hours waiting in line.

As a wise man once said, “If it bleeds, we can kill it.”