That’s the only acceptable response any time somebody says, “Thank you.”
Not, “Uh-huh.”
Not, “You bet.”
Not, anything other than, “You’re welcome.”
This has been a public service announcement.
Thank you for your attention.
Category: sociology
A few words on Arizona traffic in the winter…
It’s not the snowbirds.
It isn’t.
I know Arizona “natives” would very much like to think the cause of traffic problems in the major cities is the cause of out-of-staters and snowbirds.
But after dealing with Phoenix (area) traffic, it seems to me that the only drivers doing consistently dangerous things – 20+ over, U-turns from outside lanes (on interstates, no less), abrupt lane changes, abrupt stops for no discernible reason, no speed control, wandering across center lines, tailgating when there are several over lanes with which to pass – every one of them had Arizona plates.
This is Major Tom to Ground Control…
…I’ve stepped out through the door
And I’m floating in a most peculiar way
And the stars look very different today
Our mission is to eliminate kerosene lamps and their damaging effects
A worthy mission.
Effectively, it’s a gravity-driven generator – same concept as mechanical clocks, of course.
Our mission is to eliminate kerosene lamps and their damaging effects
Q&A: Inside the World’s Largest Indoor Farm | Nat Geo Food
If I had the space, I’d feed the world.
Hmm… I wonder if this could be done on a small-scale. Say, a FarmPod… PodFarm? Real containerized farming!
Envision a self-contained farm in a 40-foot shipping container. You know, a bit like how Google was doing with their compute assets?
At 1/100th the size, it wouldn’t be strictly 1/100th the output – but each one could be constructed with a simple dehumidification, filtration, circulation, lighting, heating, cooling and so forth.
What if?
And what if, to expand output, we just add pods?
the rest of me 