reporterpenguin

A respectful hard disagree on most of that. The benefits of space exploration are significant to life on earth. From SpaceX Starlink has already had an enormous impact in disaster relief, and the availability of high speed internet to remote communities is a fantastic way to provide a route out of poverty. Reuse has also been a game changer in terms of lower launch costs, opening up access to space for everything from commercial communication and climate science satellites. Deadlines in aerospace are virtually never met, so I don't think that's a particularly fair stick to beat them with. Just look at Boeing's commercial crew capsule and the delays and costs of that to see how far behind deadlines a traditional giant company can be. Their contract was worth significantly more than that awarded to SpaceX and is yet to complete an operational mission, whereas SpaceX are already on their 10th operational mission. Things almost all of us will benefit from today include GPS, weather forecasting, communications (remote TV news broadcasts, direct TV, internet), all possible because of investment in space technology. Then there's the indirect benefits, from tech miniaturisation to non-stick pans, and a host of other things. Nuking Mars likely won't happen, it's just a theoretical way to make it more habitable. Yes going to Mars will cost a lot of money, and of course that money could be spent on Earth, but in the grand scheme of things it won't be a significant amount of the worlds GDP. There always have been and always will be problems on Earth that need money, should we not have spent money exploring the world? Should we not fund scientific research? We can do both, and we should do both IMO. I think @jgtuk is right, it's not fair to conflate Musk with the incredible work of thousands of hard working and talented engineers.

On the subject of how energy prices are calculated here and why it is in need of drastic reform, I'd highly recommend giving this excellent explainer video a watch

Me to! Though I dropped the module before being able to fail it 😂 He’s staunchly left wing and even then (~10 years ago) he apparently had very little to do with her due to her politics.

I think the most likely way MAGA outlives Trump is by becoming a family dynasty, with Don Jr presumably being his preferred immediate successor. Whoever he appoints, which is surely what he’ll do, will get a strong backing from the base. But the cult (checks spelling carefully) of him seems so tied to him and his family the most plausible way for it to continue is for it to continue in the family.

It’s also quite a mixed message, he’s said it as a criticism but we all know of his fondness and admiration for dictators.

Puts into perspective how much we’ve underachieved that they have that many more

Liverpool announce their new signing with manager Arne Slot saying “Tom Daley will fit in perfectly with the rest of the squad”

FUCHING BOOK HIM THEN?!

As a Leicester fan I obviously want Liverpool to win today, but is hard not to agree with you. He’s given everything he possibly can their way and send seems determined to disrupt you as well.

That was embarrassing from Diaz, VAR should be getting involved there. Never getting the ball, goes down well before any contact, and kicks his leg out to get the slightest touch from the keeper. It’s a dive* and it’s pathetic. *Also Vardy did that sort of thing a lot more convincingly in his prime

I’m not going to pretend to understand the medical evidence, but I find it hard to see past the statistical evidence. Correlation doesn’t mean causation of course, but it’s incredibly damming with how the death rate changed when she was moved and eventually arrested. Is that enough to lock someone away and throw away the key? Probably not. But it was enough in conjunction with the medical evidence for the jury, and nobody will know the case as well as them with the amount of time the trial took. I would say it’s good argument against the death penalty though. It seems there is enough doubt to at least never be 100% sure, even if it was able to be decided beyond reasonable doubt that she is guilty.

Even by his standards (incredible standards, the best standards, nobody has standards like him) that was incredible. How can your reaction to an incident like that be so undignified and opportunistic...

Sanchez is nowhere near good enough for a side challenging at the top of the table

I think that’s a really short sighted mistake. In all likelihood we’re going to be back in the championship next season and in him we had a bright young player who had proved himself to be good at that level. Now we’ll only have Daka, maybe a 56 year old Vardy, as attackers at the club.

Dyche gone at Everton!

You could see the ref wasn't sure, I wish they were able to request going to the screen when the have doubts.

Horrendous here near Market Bosworth. This is what the river/stream usually looks like. This is what it looks like now.

He didn't need much help with that to be fair

Not happy, but I’d find it hard to disagree. He’s gone for the ball, missed it, and made significant contact. It’s a penalty.

I wonder if there’s a point that Musk becomes so unhinged it’s too much even for Trump. If that point does exist, we must be getting close to it.

Well why shouldn't he, some Labour activists went over to campaign for the Democrat's don't you know. Therefore this is totally comparable and fair game /s

I have a Ring doorbell and use a Raspberry Pi manage the feed with it linked into HomeKit on my Apple devices. Slightly fiddly and technical to set up, but once it's running it's great and no subscription costs to pay. I use the Scrypted open source software on the Pi but there are a few other alternatives I think.

But have they actually been flown there, or is it just an elaborate and very cold film studio to show them a 24 hour sun? It's not like seeing evidence is going to convince them, they'll just add another layer to the conspiracy to fit their beliefs.