The phrase "breathing it indirectly" is breaking my brain a little, ngl.
Can the risks of vaping cannabis be reduced by sucking into the cheek and only indirectly "inhaling"
"Where's my little Pavel and why are there so many windows in this room?"
It wouldn't surprise me to learn that making him a "general" was a negotiation chip used to get Han to stick around.
I don't thinks that's written anywhere. But that's my head canon based on the characters as we know them at that point in the story.
Yes it is. It's backed by the US's economic power on the world stage. That's how economies function.
Crypto can be created or of thin air by literally any tech bro with a GPU. By definition that is literally worthless
untrue.
Real currency is backed by assets. that used to be the "gold standard", but has become more ephemeral since the end of the first world war.
A government issued currency is backed by that government's infrastructure, taxes, tariffs, etc... basically how powerful that government is on the world stage.
in contrast, crypto is backed by nothing more than how persuasive the creator is because the creator doesn't need any assets to create a crypto currency in the first place.
Heck, in one case, some techbro created a crypto currency, and convinced a bunch of people that it would be stable because he was backing it with ANOTHER crypto currency he literally created for that only purpose.
And people FELL FOR IT!
When something can be created out of thin air with no assets needed but a GPU, it's inherently worthless.
It's utter insanity.
correction... always were worthless.
It's always been a con game.
Their so-called "value" was always determined by the ability of the person shilling it to make up bullshit. Literally the definition of a "confidence" game. Same problem as crypto in general. It's only has value if you have confidence in the person shilling it. The moment that person loses the confidence of their marks, the entire thing crumbles to nothing because it isn't backed by any real tangible assets.
I'll echo the others. Saying that you've "only" had 26 captains in a 56 year history sounds like a really weird flex to me.
Has never gone through the proper final edit. But my central thesis came when I was watching Antiques Roadshow and my brain tried to reconcile a pocket watch carried by a civil war soldier; engraved and handed down through generations until it lands in a museum in 2021 (when I began working on the article).
While in comparison, a modern smartwatch, that literally no one cares about once the company stops supporting it with software updates.
Certainly there are modern objects that will find a home in the museums of tomorrow (the first iPhone, for example). But as a writer (who went to university initially for archaeology) interested in artifacts from daily life, our generation's place in the museums of the future is effectively erased because we have nothing to preserve that anyone would honestly give a damn about.
By creating a world dominated by disposable things, companies have effectively taken control of our very legacy. If the only item worthy off being studied is one of corporate significance (the first iPhone, the first smartwatch, etc...), then we lose our personal connection to that legacy.
It's obviously more complicated than all that, and delves into how we study the techniques of individual potters and painters, for example. If I ever get it publication ready it would be a miracle.
Negotiation 101. Start by asking more than is reasonable so that you can re-counter with what you actually planned in the first place.
As a freelance writer I'll usually avoid topics that fall into the "well d'uh" category.
Turns out I've been limiting my career path...
Capitalism turns people into addicts? No shit... that's entirely the point of capitalism. It's literally the defining characteristic.
Shit...I have an article in my hard drive right now about how our disposable approach to consumer electronics robs our generation of a sense of historical provenance.
I've never even considered publishing it because to me it falls into the "no shit... everyone already knows that" category.
The instruments? Yeah. 100% 3D rigged.
It's one of my primary goals of the project is that everything in an instrument(with the exception of LCD screens obviously) are physical.
Needles move, compasses spin, etc...
I won't accept the panel being just 2D instruments wrapped into the 3D surface. I have to be better than that or what's the point?
Essentially, if I don't end up with a freeware aircraft that has at least somewhat close to the value of a payware aircraft, than its unacceptable to me. It's a matter of pride.
Like swishing an expensive scotch before swallowing...