Why would the number that moves most go first? Numbers don’t work that way normally.

ISO is best. There’s no debate there. From a data science perspective, YYYY/MM/DD is the only reasonable choice.

But most of the time you’re using dates, you’re only concerned with the month and day. That’s the very reason we don’t use ISO in our daily lives. If you started every mention of a date with the year, people would think you’re a crazy person, or a time traveler, or perhaps a recently-awakened coma patient. There’s just no need to begin with the year. Next Wednesday, 2024 December 18.

If you exclude the year, then the choice is month/day or day/month. Between the two, month/day is far more useful for the same reasons ISO is best. If I need both the month and the day, then I want the month first. The only time I would want the day first is if the month doesn’t matter, and I can omit the month in that case. Giving me the day first and then the month forces me to wait for the month and then remember the day. It’s inefficient transfer of information. If you exclude the year, MM/DD is objectively, if only marginally, better than DD/MM.

But then why would anyone use MM/DD/(YY)YY? Because we’re already using MM/DD.

The studio’s desire to capitalize on the superhero boom led to a series of tonal mismatches that left audiences confused rather than intrigued. “Venom” succeeded largely on Tom Hardy’s chaotic charm, but attempts to replicate that formula with “Morbius” and “Madame Web” resulted in films that seemed uncertain whether they were horror, action or comedy.

It wasn’t just that they are tonally confusing. Morbius and Madame Web were really bad movies. The writing for each was terrible, the effects were bad, the direction was bad, neither movie had any redeeming qualities. I love those characters, and I would love to see what Disney could do with them, but Sony was transparently making minimally viable products to keep the valuable IP rights.

That’s not to say Disney can’t make a bad product. But the worst parts if the MCU were far better than the best parts of the Venomverse.

Are you saying I missed a point?

Does that mean he deleted it, or it’s fake? I don’t know how Twitter works.

Step 1, be attractive.

Step 2, don’t be unattractive.

Step 3 can be literally anything else including a brutal assassination.

Consider mailing yourself some essentials at your destination. A flat-rate box can hold a bunch of toiletries and consumables that you won’t need on the plane, or a bulky item like a pair of boots taking up too much space in your bag. If you plan ahead, it might be cheaper than a checked bag or buying the necessities at your destination. Also consider mailing home any souvenirs that don’t fit in your bag. Many retailers will ship it for you for less than you’d pay at the post office.

The trouble with that theory is that there are just as many dipshit conservatives who want the fascism. They hate America and Americans and want to rule them in the name of their god.

My mother is fairly religious, and she occasionally offers to take the kids to Sunday school. We decline, but sometimes we go attend her church for Christmas and Easter or if she’s singing a solo. Our kids are 9 and 11 and are both familiar with Christianity, and have a general understanding of most other religions. We haven’t told them what to believe, but we explained what we believe and that everyone gets to choose what they believe. They know grandma is a Christian, and they know I’m not.

I know my mom is disappointed that we aren’t doing more to indoctrinate our kids, but she has enough faith in Jesus to reach them, and I have enough faith in them to make good decisions either way.

If everybody would just join hands and sing kumbaya, there would be no more wars!

Racism exists. You can’t end racism by pretending everybody is the same, and that cultural differences aren’t shaped by racism, whether it’s historical, institutional, or just regular conservativism, racism is pervasive in every country in the world. Familiarity fosters empathy, so engaging in multicultural exchanges is the best weapon against racism. But that means embracing our shared experiences and our differences, and acknowledging that we’re not all the same. Your skin color is a part of you, and it shapes who you are. If you think it hasn’t, you’re probably white.

I wouldn’t say it’s “good” but it is what is. Humans connect with each other through shared experiences. Growing up black in America creates a unique cross section of obligate life events. Regardless of your culture or environment, there are things that connect you to other black Americans. Some black people prefer to engage with that identity, others prefer to ignore or actively avoid it. But either way, it’s a choice that defines a significant part of their personality.

Fired and laid off are two completely different things.

American employers are reluctant to use the term “lay-off” so they will often describe a “restructuring” where they fire “underperforming” staff without cause. If there are regulations describing the percentage of employees that makes it a layoff, they will fire 1% fewer to avoid any statutory requirements.

c. prospective employers don’t need to know if you quit or you were fired. You left that job, and started somewhere else.

It’s based on the 19th century Northern European standard of beauty that paler (fair) skin is more beautiful. The source of the Evil Queen’s jealousy is that Snow White is whitest and therefore most beautiful of them all. The Queen hires a murderer to cut out Snow White’s heart because the Queen is only the second most whitest woman in all the land.

The problem is the story was written by shitheads. Her name is a reference to how “fair” her skin was, being white as snow with lips as red as blood and hair as black as ebony. This was a standard of beauty in 19th century Germany. That characterization is problematic in a global market with various standards of beauty.

So the racist shitheads have a quasi-valid point that the modern reimagining of a racist (and misogynist) source fairy tale isn’t quite as racist as the previous reimagining.

But the real question is why we’re reimagining old, racist fairy tales?

Funny and factually correct.

There are oncolytic viral therapies, where viruses are modified to kill cancer cells. So, sure probably.

MAGA is Trump.

It’s much easier to run a HTPC on something small like a Raspberry Pi, or an NVIDIA Shield. The hardware on your TV is probably the bare minimum to run its own smart features, and replacing the firmware doesn’t guarantee that the TV isn’t still phoning home with your data.

Only if he could find an anchor of some sort.