I haven’t, so thank you for the recommendation. Both were available at the library as a reward for finishing the summer reading challenge, so I almost got it.

I read the Martian. It was at least as good as the very good movie.

The main wiki: https://www.sarna.net/wiki/

There was a so bad it’s good cartoon in the 90s: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLJM4vjMdhc

Tons of novels, two modern TTRPG systems, two current tabletop miniature wargame rule sets.

A new action game: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2000890/MechWarrior_5_Clans/

A very good turn based game very closely following the tabletop rules: https://store.steampowered.com/app/637090/BATTLETECH/

A multiplayer online action game: https://mwomercs.com/

Not joking. Obviously it’s unenforceable, but when you’re already ensconced in the larger organization and made the choice to join Sea Org, you’re really committed to Scientology and I’m sure the contract feels real. Makes it pretty hard to leave your cushy $10/day job scrubbing one of their cruise ships.

It’s because whatever maniac invented the sizing scheme decided that every letter represents 2 inches more around your body at the weirdest boobage point than just below it. What a bonkers system! A woman with 38B bras is 38 inches around at the band, and 40 inches around at the girls. Nonsense. The way dudes THINK it works makes so much more sense.

It’s more than a life of service, the Sea Org sign a billion year contract to include any resurrections.

Obligatory Long Long Maaaaan!

It’s also just an interesting question.

Thank you, they sound really specialized!

What do they do?

Very kind of you to do this, friend.

I assume this is playing on Argyle socks, which have a diamond pattern.

Draal entering the great machine

Vir grinning, wiggling his fingers.

I can’t imagine that the terms are sent back to the server, only the clicked_agree=True

I saw them at an ice cream truck a few days ago!

A few of us were invited out to dinner by our boss in my first corporate job. I ordered the cheapest sandwich on the menu because I had no idea if he was paying for me, and this wasn’t the sort of restaurant I could go to except for anniversaries. Everybody else got steaks and stuff, and the boss did pay. My chicken sandwich was good too, but I’ll never forget my anxiety looking at the prices on the menu!

It looks so fun.

Because it’s ridiculous that they’ve been stranded for so long!

Also obligatory link to the Numberphile video about Cliff’s Klein bottles and his crawl-space robot warehouse. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-k3mVnRlQLU

Also obligatory link to his really fascinating and engaging book about being one of the first people to catch a hacker: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cuckoo's_Egg_(book)