The also have committees where they do research, debate bills on the floor for all to discuss, and interview people. No, they do need to be there fairly frequently for in-person activities.

We've seriously hampered the balance of Congress by hard capping the number of Representatives like we have. Some small states getting the benefit of both houses of Congress when only the Senate was meant for the smaller states to benefit.

Seven rounds - first three are most important. And 14 players from 2018s 4th or worse rounds have seen at least 1 game.

It is more of a gamble, but some players actually pan out later than others, and late picks often include Russians who might not even come over.

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I know you're joking, but it's always nice to add perspective.

Also, some of my coworkers frequently have to read legal documents in paragraphs, sections, etc and convert lines to outlines. Nothing like deciphering section i from section i in an outline - meaning a section after h and before j at one level vs the first Roman numeral at another. It's a PITA.

I mean, it's not surprising. I know Vidalia onions only grow properly in one town of the same name in Georgia, USA. The soil quality and onion breed make a very sweet, pungent, and less acidic onion. I tend to use it for more things because it's easier to use and tastes so good.

So one small section of Japan makes sense for similar reasons.

Hadn't heard that bit, but I had heard it's super pungent for all of 15 minutes after grating. If it's not super fresh, it's worthless. So super pricy.

Absolutely. There are two orders of power between the observer and the two objects. Typically, 15 degrees is acceptable to use it, or 10+ times the distance of the observer from the two objects. 100+ times the distance is preferable, which is still the case of the car after moving for 2 hours.

No, you're onto the idea.

Reference frames are in relation to what makes sense. It's easy to choose either an inertial frame with reference to your car or the ground when you want to talk about movement in relation to the two. It's hard to make a fixed point for something as big as galaxies.

The thing is, when it comes to calculating position of objects that are as far away as galaxies, you can basically consider their position fixed. If I put you on a merry go round and said there was a car moving at 5mph 1000 miles away, its movement wouldn't be enough to matter to you much over the course of a couple hours.

The solar system moves at 140 miles per second. That's fast. But the closest star to us is Proxima Centauri - 4.25 light years away. 140 miles per second is .000751547c (c is speed of light). It would take 5,655 years for us to reach Proxima Centauri if it were stationary and we moved directly at it.

So yes, there are many differentials to consider. One of the ways we consider speed is by using the doppler effect of light - red shift and blue shift - to determine speed we're gaining/closing on it based on known colors we expect from stars.

So yeah... it's complicated. Astrophysics is not known to be an easy field to comprehend, much less do.

I mean, that's fine. The way you said it didn't make much logical sense to me.

I'd have told him that it's not about the engine's water freezing (or not), but rather about warming the engine to deal with the environmental effects of freezing water and general cold. Defrost the ice on the windows, stop fogging windows, and the fact that most humans aren't happy in freezing temperatures. Skip the part that reads like it's not about water freezing, but that it's about water freezing.

>Not just for water. Subzero Celsius means rain turns into snow, and also that windscreens start freezing, thus requiring pre-heating to de-ice it.

That's because rain and snow are... water.

Not arguing that his comment fighting over 0C being important only for water isn't silly because there's a lot more water in your car than just coolant (vapor, ice, snow, etc affect more than just driving conditions), but pointing out rain vs snow is still just talking about water.

Wait, we're getting anime on quarters? What's this about a Wong? - some weeb

^(I'm just having fun with homophones - not hating anyone.)

For the record, 68k in 1981 is about $222k today, and $1,000 was about $3,260.

Not saying that wiped it out - housing prices are still a bit over 50% more expensive today after inflation adjustment. Just putting context behind numbers.