“For every complex problem, there is a solution that is simple, direct, easy to understand and wrong.“

 - Paraphrased H.L Mencken 

“To study religion is merely to know the mind of man, but if one truely wanted to know the mind of God, you must study physics.”

 - Iain Banks

“I believe that children are our future. Unless we stop them now.”

-  Homer Simpson

Yes! Also default compact modes for different communities.

Joyce was at the Commercial Hotel in Walcha, and staff at the pub confirmed to Guardian Australia that Joyce did watch the wrong match.

“We hadn’t even realised until today that it was the wrong match. The crowd didn’t notice either, it’s been news to us.”

Looks like the whole pub was duped.

I’m confused. You reference the challenges associated with an aging population and seem to be attributing it to over population. Isn’t it the reverse?

Did they save Pixar? I thought they just made an offer Jobs couldn’t refuse.

You’re right! It’s also kind of what I imagine X-ray vision on the beach would look like.

What does the gate key do?

Are these in the same universe as the spider ones?

Does it also trigger the watch display?

Have you had the battery replaced yet, how old is it?

I hate sand…it gets everywhere

Blindsight and Echopraxia by Peter Watts incorporates vampires and zombies in a hard sci-fi narrative. It’s sooooo good but reading the synopsis, it’s a miracle I even gave it a chance.