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1) Comedy will always bet at someone’s expense I find this is mostly true of American comedy. I find British comedy much better in that regard. Take for example the IT Crowd, or Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy. Or Monty Python. They're quite funny, and IMO not at anyone's expense. American comedy ...

Your friend is not wrong about the wokiness of Dr Who , although I have no beef with the Dr being black. A black women or a transgender teenager. He can be whatever they choose. But I watched the Christmas Special and at one point it turned into a musical! What the Hell??? Just watched Doctor Who U...

That’s the part I’ve been struggling with - because I do think in 100 years it will be more common, and what’s so wrong with being a trendsetter? Does that mean true christians are to avoid trends, and blend into society? What does that say of people who buck those trends, are they heathens to be d...

A fairytale indeed because it would not have been true even fanciful. Had they done that though and Dennis had lived happily ever after in trousers and dresses as the mood took him; then everyone would have been able to try the principle on for size? The problem here is that the "happily ever ...

When I saw the description of this video I thought it was going to be all weird, but it was actually a nice interview and good questions and he was given the time to give good answers. Well done.

3-D printing (additive manufacturing) is good for some things, not so good for others. It is great for prototypes, demonstration pieces, small runs of things where machine setup costs would be prohibitive, and things were strength and precision aren't critical. [snip] So in some areas it could be s...

That's an impressively long list. With some pretty good looking ones too.

5. Super AI. For me the jury is still out on this. You can feed them all the training data you want and they will learn that steel is heavier than water. But since they are non-corporeal, do they really understand what "heavier" means? Can a blind person understand what a rainbow looks li...

couldn't agree more. interesting about your comment about how church and sate are separated differntly in Europe v America. what is that differnce? Ah, should have clarified. And with the usual caveats regarding generalisations, Europe is a big place, etc, saying goes: In Europe the state is protec...

I am not religious. if anything I believe a number of our founding fathers were spot on as deists. they knew "this" all didn't happen on its own, that there must be a higher power. but they were beyond organized religion boxing their thinking into a tight, regulated package. they were too...

Anyway, the likely expense of the thing puts it well beyond the means of "mere mortals" in the realistic sense. It'll be the purview of the ultra-rich. I hope it brings them damnation in the most bizarre of ways. Some things Should Not Be Screwed With. Whither ethics? This is where the co...

Parthenogenesis achieved in mammals for the first time. If that's the case, then the rad-fems have won. Men will become completely disposable and ultimately extinct. Not a terrific outlook if you ask me. (No, I didn't read the article. Somehow, "syfy.com" doesn't ring as powerfully as a m...

The question, "Is a man permitted to wear an unbifurcated garment"? The answer, "No, absolutely not"! In any culture or society where that answer is predominant and prevailing, fashion freedom for men and boys will take a Herculean effort to gain traction. In the UK and most cou...

Important point. And the loser needs to accept the results, not organize a way to overturn the election. Overturn the election illegally . I see this phrase used a lot in the sense of "party A won the election therefore you're not allowed to complain about any policies they enact" which i...

That's what I ended up doing, making my one-piece swimsuit. Another advantage for me is one piece suits don't slip off like in that episode of of Mr Bean. I'm curious, did you follow a pattern, or did you self-draft it? I've drafted a pattern which worked reasonably well but the fabrics are tricky ...