Wandering Adventure Party

@sillyCoelophysis Ah yes. The long disputed difference between hurt and harm.

@ShaulaEvans Probably already knows about this, but it's always good for chuckle:
The Tarantula Hawk is neither a tarantula, nor a hawk. It's a wasp. It's the only wasp who's venom does no tissue damage. It's attacks the nervous system and paralyzes it's prey: the tarantula. The venom's action is so specific that it does not kill the spider, but renders it helpless. The wasp drags the spider to a prepared nest where she lays eggs inside the spiders body. When the the eggs hatch, the larvae use the living spider for food, being careful to avoid vital organs, keeping the spider alive as long as possible.

The sting is harmless to humans, although it's known as the most painful sting of any insect. According Matt Simon, of Absurd Creature of the Week: "There are some vivid descriptions of people getting stung by these things,” says invertebrate biologist Ben Hutchins of Texas Parks and Wildlife, “and their recommendation was to just lie down and start screaming, because few if any people could maintain verbal and physical coordination after getting stung by one of these things. You're likely to just run off and hurt yourself. So just lie down and start yelling."

Oh, and these lovely ladies are big!

@rowansong @yessie @QasimRashid Half the nation did not vote for that jackass. 75M allegedly voted for him. We have 175M registered voters and several million that haven't registered. It's not how many voted for him, it's how many didn't bother to vote at all that's the problem.

@tokyo_0 @terminaltilt AI PCs can't do AI Calculations locally. They simply have one-key access to AI. For instance a Microsoft AI computer has a Copilot key on the keyboard. All AI computing is done at data centers. No home computer has the power to do AI work.

@dutchking @terminaltilt Same here, I never used a cloud.

@PhineasX Love it!

@greenpete @badastro After making waffles. Doesn't everyone?

@badastro I always 'kind of' knew about this issue. But when I worked in plastic films plant we had to check static charge on the rolls of film. It would regularly read 8-10 thousand volts, but all it would do is make the hair on your arm stand up. Meanwhile the 12 volt batter in your car can kill you. Fascinating stuff, electricity.