As someone in the inside, what’s the rationale behind having to publicly post jobs like this? Why can’t you just offer the job to the person you want to give it to?

CHAZ was so much catchier than CHOP.

I want to know how polar bears figured out that they need an air hole in their dens. Is that passed down instinctually or demonstratively? Animals are so cool.

Rating inflation. If someone called you a 5 or 6 out of 10, you’d feel bad. 7/10 is the bottom of acceptability, just like 72° is room temperature.

Wow, that one guy had a huge stick up his ass.

Great reference. The Bobs haven’t really achieved anything on this scale yet, though. The closest is the Skippies’ Matryoshka Brain, but IIRC they’re using a system of satellites around a brown dwarf star, which would be somewhat comparable in size to Jupiter. The Others’ Dyson Sphere project is closer, but I don’t think we really got a sense for how far along they were, and it looks like their home star is only a bit larger than Sol.

Sorry if that came across as nitpicky, I was just excited to see a Bobiverse reference in the wild.

Edit: Got the Others’ star mixed up in my head, it looks like it’s either a red dwarf or completely fictional.

People always argue that -num isn’t a legitimate way for the name of an element to end, but I never see you guys talking about Platinium.

The Right Stuff?

I don’t mind the idea of being radicalized, as long as I’m on the right side of history.

They’re gonna feel reeeaaal silly when they run out of digits in… ~200 years.

Yeah, because the Bay of Pigs went soooo well.

Human legs are just recessive genes, obviously.

Surely some of the college kids must have rich parents who can kick up a fuss? Maybe a class action lawsuit or something?

My dream is for Spotify (and other music playing apps) to let you customize your shuffle algorithm. Minimum number of songs between repeating an artist or album, that sort of thing.

As a 3d printer enthusiast, I object to you implying that 3d printed parts aren’t high quality, while acknowledging that you’re very correct.