Kazaam starring Shaquille O’Neal.

Same. Emil getting doused in toxic waste still haunts me.

Rush: Cygnus X-1 books I and II. More of a two-part story, but kind of fits the question.

Dios mio!

Yay! We’re winning!

The book Project Hail Mary explores some interesting ideas about how we could communicate with aliens.

Gottem.

Now that’s a line I haven’t heard since about 1991.

If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine

Just create a new AI that’s specialized in cleaning up vibe code.

Worked for a company that had a similar policy against free software, but simultaneously encouraged employees to use open-source software to save money. I don’t think upper management was talking to the IT department.

Matterhorney

Rats with tight black leather get laid the most. I’m calling it now.

I have a friend who’s a volunteer EMT and has basically the same story. Lots of repeat customers, and some people get all pissy after Narcan because it killed their high.

If e-readers evolved from books, then why are there still books?

Checkmark, atheists

No, that’s Sabrina Ionescu. You’re thinking of the WNBA basketball player.

Some of the reason is indeed due to fuckery such as companies intentionally making things difficult or illegal to repair, however part of it is also due to economic reasons. If you’re trying to assemble something in the most economical way possible, you’re probably not going to go out of your way to also make it more repairable. You’re going to use single-use fasteners like rivets, glue, tack-welds, etc. - all things that are cheap to assemble the first time, but at the expense of more difficult disassembly later on.

In addition, diagnosing problems may be expensive depending on the appliance or machine. Would you spend four hours of your time repairing a dishwasher that could be replaced for $300? For some people it may be worth it; for some, not. I personally will spend quite a bit of time trying to repair something rather than replace it, however that’s more of an ideological choice rather than an economic one.

This is peak copypasta.

However, for now, this is just a theory

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According to Isaac Asimov, they taste delicious: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Statue_for_Father