Recent content by Thaluikhain

Yeah, not seeing why Musk is beyond the pale given who the US has as President. Unless one was to argue that Trump is exceptional, and a successor would not have his success, which...we'll see.

Smear job about Belgian players, how they were criminals and shouldn't have been allowed to play? Distraction bombing of somewhere? Sabotaged by Biden?

While I don't want to argue with NASA about this, they are talking about reaching the sun (or close to it) by a set timeframe. Which, ok, but if you are just launching summat at the Sun and not caring how long it takes to get there, not sure how much of that would apply.

Hmmm...why is that? If you're in orbit, would not accelerating inward be as easy as outward?

Hmmm, insert media doesn't seem to like that...cause it's a youtube short?

There was a war in ancient Greece over which city-state owned the place the Olympic games were held. Nearly 2000 years ago, the Emperor Nero competed in the Olympic games, claiming victory in every event, including a chariot race he didn't finish because he fell off. Big sports have always...

Rather old news, but still amusing: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/australian-students-accidentally-taught-that-robots-led-the-russian-revolution-127179936/

In Australia, we've had two Prime Ministers within the last 16 years not born here (one born in Wales, the other in England).

Under the previous rules, it's mandatory, you don't get the option of forgetting.

And yet, most people today believe he actually is dead. So, I guess a valid concern.

True, though people thinking you are dead long enough to be buried would take even longer...not sure how common it was, but was a common fear.

Wow...that's... One wonders how common that is, and how often the officially dead person dies due to lack of care before it's discovered they aren't dead.

Oh, just wait until they make robots totally not supposed to be celebrities.

True...though I think that's also the date of Taylor Swift's wedding, which is likely to get more public interest.

Getting a true adaptation of something written 100 years ago is not common, especially with Howard's many issues and shortcomings as a writer. Which is a shame, if you are going to do Conan, do Conan . If you don't want to do Conan, do an original character that resembles Conan in some ways...