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  1. To make sure that you have a memorable encounter with these magnificent sneks, for only about $10K you can get a spot on a scuba diving trip to swim with them and get a nice close up view. https://www.bigfishexpeditions.com/trips/scuba-diving/anacondas/
  2. (The?) one good thing about private equity is that they specifically do NOT care about quarterly figures to keep Wall Street shareholders happy (because there are not any of them). There are plenty of problems with private equity but blaming them for the short-term thinking that the stock market encourages is definitely not one of them.
  3. pantone159

    SXSW 2025

    The German 'Die' is pronounced DEE, not DYE. Fwiw since this apparently has nothing to do with the band name
  4. I just discovered this creature is correctly spelled as helicoprion and it is indeed awesome. The doomlet is on to something...
  5. That is basically the entire job description for the board. But if they are all in the CEO's pocket, then...
  6. 'How to lucid dream' with 'Sleep paralysis demon' seems like something you could work with. Possibly involving mysteriously non-rotting gourds.
  7. It has to be better than his voice.
  8. I have bought a tiny bit. There is one specific design of the US proof platinum coin that I like, and I have the 1/10, 1/4, and 1/2 ounce already, and I might get the 1 ounce if I can find it for sale not too much over spot. And I kind of want to get some platinum wire for science experiments. I don't think it would be a good investment, but the price of platinum seems very reasonable now, so if there is something you want that is platinum, now is a good time to get it. I expect that I would get a bad deal if I ever tried to sell it though.
  9. I think that the exact size of this asteroid is still not known well, so we don't know how much of an impact it will make yet. The estimates are based on how bright the asteroid is, and then if you assume that it is made of stuff that is of 'average brightness', then you can figure out how big the asteroid must be to be as bright as it is. The problem, is that there is no certainty that it is made of average material, so it could be smaller (good) or larger (bad) than the estimates. I think the JWST observations are expected to improve this measurement as well.
  10. They are going to track it with the James Webb Space Telescope to get a better measurement of its exact orbit. The reason that the probability is not either 0% or 100% is because the orbit is not known precisely enough. Whether it will hit or not is already completely determined, we just don't know the answer yet. But a very good orbit determination will hopefully settle it.
  11. Jalen Hurts scored 3 two years ago, that was the first.
  12. Since USPS is now holding packages from China, how do I get my Temu stuff now???
  13. Even if that part was true, why would you think that would translate at all into wanting to be annexed by a foreign nation?
  14. They already have a zipline, so you could just arrange for his harness to be disconnected, and drop him into the ponds.
  15. I saw somewhere else that it was stopping for fuel in Springfield MO, and the final destination was Tijuana.
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