Slugworth talked with all the children. You can see Slugworth behind each one whispering in their ear after they won a golden ticket. Tevee even asked his mother what secrets they could sell to Slugworth. They all had the opportunity to be honest, but only Charlie did. Even Grampa Joe wanted to sell the gobstopper to Slugworth, but Charlie refused. That’s why he won in the end.
I love this. It’s really practical for a city. Though I’m wondering about the sail idea now on more rural roads. Roads turn this way and that, and the wind shifts. You’d need someone sitting in the thing orienting the sail. I wonder if you made it a little larger with a largish sail and you had a driver on roller blades and a sailor sitting in it catching the wind how fast could you get it going? Depends on the wind, I guess, but a boat probably has more friction in the water and sailboats go pretty fast.
Ooh, maybe you could add an outrigger, a pole that slides left and right with a wheel on either side, to keep it from tipping.
CO2 has never been a bottleneck for plant growth. It’s always been bioavailable nitrogen. This has nothing to do with climate science. If you got this wrong it’s because you’re a gullible fool.
I’m not sure they are the same thing. And maybe there are layers to this. A code base can be a representation, a map, of some real-world thing. A physics engine in a game maps to real-world physics. A robotics control program maps to a set of movements that accomplish a task. But there is another layer that I think is more what the saying is about. As a software developer you have a mental map of your software. You have some understanding of how it works to accomplish its goal. And your mental map, your understanding, may be complete and correct and it may not be. This is one of the most common sources of defects in code. I think my code is working this way, but actually it’s working that way, so when it runs it does something I don’t expect.
Meanwhile we are standing up new fossil fuel plants to power AI and writing government contracts to buy more coal.
“Greenhouse gas measurements are like skidding into a car crash. The disaster gets closer and closer but you can’t stop it, you can clearly see the crash ahead, and all you can do is howl.”
Short version, a lot of forests near oceans are dying because of rising sea levels. Intrusion of saltwater is the biggest reason for the dying trees, though “drought, pests, and storms” also contribute.
A few from my recipesage library. Mapo Tofu,
Garlic Eggplant Crispy Tofu, Tofu Broccoli Quinoa, Tofu Taco Filling. Hmm. I feel like I should have more good tofu recipes…