political dissatisfaction

By framing it as mere “political dissatisfaction”, the author inadvertently exposes their ulterior motive. The discussion is actually about whether Trump is in his right mind.

The correct technical term is magic smoke.

Not the wrong way either.

I especially appreciate that it’s cool, but of course one can’t discount the quality of it being a rock.

Don’t leave us hanging. Who won the argument?

I just assume that’s the tile that the captcha system itself isn’t sure about, and it will accept it either way.

The 90’s is the decade when the internet took off. Ease of access (and stuff worth accessing) increased dramatically over the course of a few years.

In 1990 if you didn’t have access through a university or your job then you would need a subscription service that connected over your home phone line. It wasn’t difficult, really, but it was a niche hobby thing that used expensive equipment, so most people didn’t even notice it. You had email, newsgroups, ftp servers, and bulletin boards, but not the modern concept of “the web”.

By around 1995 the web existed and was really taking off. Companies like Yahoo, Netscape, ebay, and Amazon were founded and high(er) speed dedicated connections started to become available to home users.

By 1999 you have mega sites like Google and Paypal, the first great browser war was raging, and high-speed DSL and cable connections were becoming standard in homes.

Let us, like Him, hold up one shoe and let the other be upon our foot, for this is His sign, that all who follow Him shall do likewise.

“Not do anything useful” would be more accurate than “do nothing”. But that’s just my tl;dr.

[…] the resolution also contains many unbalanced, inaccurate, and unwise provisions the United States cannot support. This resolution does not articulate meaningful solutions for preventing hunger and malnutrition or avoiding their devastating consequences.

The United States is concerned that the concept of “food sovereignty” could justify protectionism or other restrictive import or export policies […]

We also do not accept any reading of this resolution or related documents that would suggest that States have particular extraterritorial obligations arising from any concept of a “right to food,” which we do not recognize and has no definition in international law.

https://usun.usmission.gov/explanation-of-vote-of-the-third-committee-adoption-of-the-right-to-food-resolution/

tl;dr:

1. The USA doesn’t think the resolution actually does anything useful, even if it supports the intention
2. The USA, the largest exporter of food, is concerned how the resolution might impact food exports
3. The USA doesn’t recognize the imposition of legal obligations to act outside of its own territory

As an audience member, no. We saw the final confrontation between them.

Picard and friends, on the other hand, have legitimate reason to be suspicious.

But the resolution passed anyway, which is why world hunger has disappeared.

You should cut diagonally. If it makes a sandwich better, imagine what it can do for a novel.

Tom Hanks in “Big”?

https://youtu.be/RsDj2fzEGdM?t=65

Was it this?

Here’s a rainbow that is close enough for the trees across the street to appear behind it.

Solidarity, solitary sibling!

They made a movie that dramatized the accidents really well:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh89h8FxNhQ

When Tuvok is blinded in Voyager’s Year of Hell, he explicitly activates the tactile interface for his console. So it’s definitely something that LCARS supports.

The alternate future in DS9’s The Visitor implies through dialog that they have 3-D controls on newer starships.