The Off Topic Topic

[Syt]

https://timeguessr.com/

You get a photo, then guess where and when it is. Kind of like Geoguessr, but more for the Languish crowd.

[frunk]

https://timeguessr.com/

You get a photo, then guess where and when it is. Kind of like Geoguessr, but more for the Languish crowd.

I played that a bunch for a week or two, but the number of photos they had were pretty limited.  Dunno if it's gotten better.

[Jacob]

Private equity has bought up more than 500 autism centers in the US, apparently concentrated in states where insurance payout schemes are more lucrative: https://www.brown.edu/news/2026-01-07/private-equity-autism-centers

[Crazy_Ivan80]

Private equity has bought up more than 500 autism centers in the US, apparently concentrated in states where insurance payout schemes are more lucrative: https://www.brown.edu/news/2026-01-07/private-equity-autism-centers

Ah, Private equity 'learing' centers. Probably won't get the same traction as the other one

[Razgovory]

"Is there any meat in the green beans?"

"Yes"

"How about the Collard Greens"

"Yes"

"I want something vegetarian.  Do you have anything without meat in it?"

"The Old Fashion Loaf"

"What's in it?"

"Mostly skin, but I don't think there is any real meat in there".

[Jacob]

Interesting article in Wired Magazine about the US Space Program: https://www.wired.com/story/china-us-moon-race-trump-losing/

Summary: it's a mess, while the Chinese space program seems to not be a mess. Lots of additional details are provided.

If you want to put people back on the moon, don't gut the agency in charge of getting them there.

Humans haven't been back to the moon in half a century. Artemis, the US program that is meant to return astronauts to the lunar surface, is a patchwork of old rockets, new tech, and billionaire ambition. Meanwhile, China is quietly racing ahead, and many experts believe it could land astronauts first.

The U.S. program is struggling. The Trump administration started a process that would lay waste to NASA, pushing nearly 4,000 employees to quit, and then proposed a 24% budget cut. Meanwhile, the Space Launch System and Orion capsule have cost tens of billions of dollars and flown only once so far.

China has been methodical. Its robotic spacecraft Chang'e-6 returned 4 pounds of moon rocks and soil from the far side in 2024, and it has a crewed mission planned for before 2030.

The question now: who will plant the next flag? We spoke with nine former NASA officials who served at the highest levels under Presidents Trump and Biden, and none were optimistic about America's chances.

[crazy canuck]

The important thing is shareholder value was increased.  Results are irrelevant

[Crazy_Ivan80]

The next American flag on the moon, and the first us flag on mars, will be planted in a studio. Or on a greenscreen.