Fair. Heavier is probably harder to load and unload from the car, and climb stairs, even if it is motorized. Still, might be preferable when you know you have a long day with a lot of walking.

Like this maybe? But electric, and slow for safety: https://salesmanual.deere.com/sales/salesmanual/images/NA/commercial_mowers/features_attachment/600_quik_traks/r4g046987_18_652r_left_275s.jpg

Or this, where you stand on a separate platform and get pulled: https://i0.wp.com/todaysmower.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Scag-Sulky.jpg?ssl=1

It certainly doesn’t need to be self driving. But motorized wouldn’t hurt. Give tired parents a rest from walking. Perhaps where the adult can stand on the back axle, like those standing lawnmowers that have become popular.

Yeah, shouldn’t this last a few days, at least? Maybe even a week?

Mercury and Venus are the only ones that move particularly fast. And even they won’t move too far in a day or two.

Especially when she’s out of town for a work trip.

Even if they’re only gone a few days, you can gain a new appreciation

> need big ass antennas covering a lot of area to collect the power

Though presumably smaller than the area of solar panels you’d need on the ground, to collect the same amount of power from the sun directly. Otherwise, it would largely defeat the purpose, of course.

Oh cool, Israel is actually building a thorium reactor? You always hear about them, but I didn’t know anyone was actually working on it…

Eh, if nothing else, suitable land has already been cleared and leveled. Large power distribution lines in place. That much can be reused. Cooling water available on site, if fusion reactors need that?

Fission reactors could help, in the meantime

Cool thanks! So magnetic confinement devices do have continuous fusion then, unlike NIF style devices?

Thanks! So, a basic question. Would a hypothetical large scale, commercial reactor work with a series of discrete pulses, or “shots”? Eg, fusion wouldn’t be happening continuously, but in pulses?

I imagine this would make them safer than fission reactors. If the reaction isn’t continuous, then it can’t “runaway” out of control, or melt down, right?

I’d be curious to know how the presence or absence of an internal monologue correlates with various life outcomes, intelligence, spatial reasoning, empathy or emotional intelligence, income, etc.

Didn’t realize expats were counted for these numbers

Huh, even if women can vote in those countries (not sure)… they’re outvoted!

No wonder women’s rights are terrible in the region.

Took Blue 17 years to replicate what SpaceShipOne achieved in 2004! For the X-Prize, SpaceShipOne flew crewed, twice in two weeks reusing the same vehicle!

Actually, it’s also pretty embarrassing that Virgin Galactic also took 17 years to replicate that feat, with just a slightly larger craft!

Not an orbital rocket, at least. New Shepherd worked ok, until that last flight…

Like the baby in the sun, in the Teletubbies

Well, you only have to leave the gap until another car stops behind you.
Then the guy behind you offers you some protection.

> SAT scores have a positive correlation with economic and pre-college educational privilege

True. But it is concerning that this hits Asian kids considerably harder than even whites! Asians still experience some racism in this country, and probably don’t deserve that.

Not all Asians are wealthy. Especially those from Laos, Vietnam, or other poorer countries (maybe they should be classed as URM).
Lower income Asian kids are really getting screwed here. Why should they have to score much higher than others, to get to the same colleges? Because of the color of their skin?

If we need to discriminate at all, if anything, it should be based purely on wealth/income IMO, not race.

Wouldn’t income be a better proxy for privilege, than race? To somewhat counter wealthy peoples ability to afford expensive schools, private tutors, and SAT prep classes.

This would still indirectly favor URM, since they tend to be lower income. But it would better handle cases like poor asian/white kids, or rich black kids.

It’s at Asians’ expense though.

Not all Asians are wealthy. Especially those from Laos, Vietnam, or other poorer countries.
Lower income Asian kids are really getting screwed here. Why should they have to score much higher than others, to get to the same colleges?

If we need to discriminate at all, if anything, it should be based purely on wealth/income, not race. To somewhat counter wealthy peoples ability to afford expensive schools, private tutors, and SAT prep classes.

This would still indirectly favor URM, since they tend to be lower income. But it would better handle cases like poor Asian kids, or rich black kids.

> Leech saliva has very useful properties that make it helpful to heal

Maybe we could just harvest the saliva then, rather than using actual leeches? You could buy “leech saliva” over the counter, to put on small wounds, under a bandaid.

Or perhaps synthesize the relevant components. Add them to products like Neosporin