Yea, I see a draft happening only in a post-semi-apocalypse situation. In a serious war situation, there wouldn't be time to draft and train people while it's happening. Sure women could be in selective service. But it's such an academic issue that I don't think it's worth having a big fight about i...

If you're counting pieces, and if folding is not allowed, I think each cut can, at most, double the number of pieces you have. With 3 cuts, all perpendicular to each other, the most you can get is 2 to the 3rd or 8 pieces (or 48 rectangles).

If the goal is to get exactly 12, one solution is to wind up with 4 triangular pieces, each with 3 rectangles along their sides. It's really hard to get only 12 - if you cut into rectangular pieces, you get 6 rectangles per piece. A cut that is not perpendicular to the top would also help reduce the...

If you bend or roll up up the french toast and then make a slice, does that count as one cut? If so you get 2-4 times more cuts per slice.

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Albertsons

My favorite rappish song.

Vulcanism is doubtful. Neither Thera nor Krakatoa were sufficient. In fact, the wikipage on volcanic eruption index lists about a dozen that have happened in the past 1000 years. It'd be bad, but probably not extinction level. It'd have to be a once in a billion years level event, as big or bigger ...

Rock from space causing a mass extinction. It's 100% probable on a long enough time line. Not if we reach a point where we can deflect the rock or if not all humans reside on earth. But it's a strong candidate. Empirically, massive volcanism is also a big contender. Though either would have to be s...

Trump has never had respect for judges probably because of all the judgments against him. Some analysts have said that the pardon was to fire up the despicable end of his base. Others have implied this was a test case; in the future he might pardon anyone who refuses to give testimony against him.

A possible thematic tweak: call the game The Last Apple. There is only one golden apple left. Zeus has eaten or given to lovers all the rest. He loves to cause mayhem so he drops onto the top of Mt. Olympus and lets it roll down wherever it may. The rest of the gods chase after it.

All you haters aren't going to stop me from finishing my Tyson/Nye.

I dunno. Mine is very stubborn. A couple weeks ago, I begged her not to do a thing, or X would happen. She did the thing. X happened. She's very smart but I don't know if she'll graduate high school due to depression and anxiety. Maybe a clear system of rewards? Crying? In this case, I hope TIA isn'...

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One of the simultaneously frustrating and satisfying things about my job is playing the game "What the fuck is wrong with this data?" The possibilities and subtleties outshine even the classic game "What the fuck is wrong with this code?" When it's EHR or similar data, the answer...

White nationalists, to me, operate on an entirely different level. They fully believe that they are soldiers in a war to save their own culture and race from extinction. They are committed body, mind, and soul to the goal of racially pure, autocratic utopia. And when the opportunity presents itself...

Very informative. I knew maybe 10% of this. I wish national news had this much info.

Just recently discovered DakhaBrakha, a Ukrainian folk band. It's easy to imagine them as a bunch of nerds who met as music school as they are all so talented, playing multiple instruments, and singing. The music is heavy on fast paced vocal harmony. The instruments are mainly percussion, accordion,...