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I'd call it something like epanaliphobia going off the word for repetition in Greek, epanálipsi. Dunno what the word would be in ancient Greek.

The problem is so many studios are owned by publicly traded companies. Those companies expect, nay, demand that product ships during the quarter it was supposed to lest they face the stockholders' wrath.

One of the advantages of plastic is it's really low thermal conductivity compared to even glass. You're right about glass vs ceramic. Ceramic is about 100x more thermally conductive than glass. Ranked by least thermally conductive to most it's plastic, glass, stainless steel, and ceramic. Each is roughly an order of magnitude greater than the previous.

Of course you can overcome this with anything by warming it before use.

I'm sorry, her ruling makes about as much sense as teats on a bull. Legit sounds like she tried to legalese herself out of having to make a decision on the matter while knowing he should be excluded. Hopefully the appeals court decision makes more sense.

Oh, they have political views, just not the same as we think of them. They are, as you aptly summed up, about money. They want less taxes, less oversight, etc. Guess which party has been giving that to them? They couldn't give two shits if the Middle East became the flash point for WWIII and could lead to global nuclear annihilation as long as next quarter's profits are higher than last quarters. They'd happily run ads endorsing slavery if it would make them a buck. What they have is a lack morals and ethics because those things get in the way of the line constantly going up.

You're forgetting a key thing here - a neutron star is held together by its gravity. Take a chunk of it away from that, and it will start to expand.

You're right on most accounts. Imagine Mt. Everest compressed into a teaspoon and then suddenly released to re-expand all at once. That's a fair approximation of what would happen. It is going to expand as fast as the atmosphere will allow it, meaning it will superheat the atmosphere. It will likely result in all free water on the planet evaporating. The side of the Earth where it happens would likely be entirely molten. Given it will expand outward more or less equally, it would also likely eject some portion of the atmosphere into space. That also means there is likely a giant crater, but the molten surface will smooth that over in time - just like how when the Moon was formed from another large object smashing into young Earth we don't have a moon sized crater on the surface. None of this even considers the damage the global shockwave from the sudden expansion would cause. Mostly because everything will likely be gone already.

Why? Because the only thing making a neutron star a neutron star is its gravity. Take a portion of it away from that star, it will explosively expand. Remember, this is so heavy that protons and electrons have been ripped away from their atoms and smashed together to form neutrons.

Gimme yer socks. Neutrons stars are composed of ... wait for it ... neutrons! Hence the name. The gravity is so intense that pretty much all electrons and protons have been smashed together to form neutrons. Any molecule with a mass of hydrogen or greater has been ripped apart and turned into neutrons.

Let me preface this with my experience - I worked for nearly a decade in small business loans in the backroom processing SBA loans. I saw a lot of people succeed with their small business. I saw far, far more fail.

Get yourself a plan and consult with someone. Go to a bank, talk to a small business loan advisor. Even if you don't intend to take a loan out, talk to them about what they think you'd need to survive your first year. Small business loan advisors want to see their people succeed so are usually pretty solid sources of information, especially for the area you are in. Just be up front with them - tell them you might not be taking out a loan, but wanted advice. Smart advisors will jump at this because if you succeed, they'll be in a better spot for you to come to them for financial assistance in the future. Check with any other small business groups in your area. Your local government may even have a department or office to help local small businesses succeed.

Can you wing it and succeed? Sure, it happens, but not nearly as often as people who have a solid first year plan and set themselves up to succeed. I've personally met people who made AMAZING food, better than any restaurant I'd been to in the area, but their restaurant failed miserably because they didn't have a plan and tried to wing it.

As for your plan to use a manual espresso machine - you're going to hate yourself after the first busy lunch break. And if you start to succeed, you're going to live a life of misery. Can you consistently pull good shots up to 10-20 times in a row? Then 15-30 minutes later pull another 10-20? You think you're going to be slow, but what if you're not? You need to plan for being overwhelmed not underwhelmed, because I guarantee the first time potential customers stop by and then leave in disgust because it is taking so long and go to Starbucks instead, you'll be going out of business in the next 90 days. It is better to be prepared to handle a rush at someplace like Starbucks than think you won't be that busy.

Save up and buy a used commercial machine. You can always sell it later if things don't go as planned, but you'll hate not having it when you need it if you don't. Check with local restaurant supply houses to see what they have and see if they have leases, loans, or payment plans.

Let's not forget that Skyrim has TONS of cosmetic mods to improve upon the look of the base game. Base Skyrim can be pretty. Modded Skyrim can be stunningly gorgeous. There was a time when people mainly only used ENBs that gave it a dimension of realism for screenshots because it'd bring a system to its knees. Now people use similar levels to actually play the game with. This is what I'm waiting for to happen with Starfield before I buy it, so it might be a few years before I finally do. Until then my No Man's Sky still mostly scratches my scifi gaming itch.

Looking at that poll there's some interesting things. Like a hair bit more support for Russia from Dems than GOP. Or that, again, both are about the same for support of Ukraine, with the GOP being slightly better. And more. It's almost like a majority of self identified Republicans do not share views in line with their elected representatives. Wonder if this has anything to do with the consistently poor showing that the Republicans have been having since 2020. Maybe playing to the fringe element of your party might not be the best course to take. Of course with conservatives the fringe tends to actually turn out to vote regularly.

I'm going to say, for saving money, Ozark Trail from Walmart cannot be beat. I've even seen videos and articles putting them head to head against Yeti and coming out the same or better, never worse. Yeti is overpriced as there is nothing whatsoever special about them other than the name and maybe some fancy design work. A double walled vacuum container is the same regardless of whose name is on it.

I've used their mugs for years and have never once been disappointed. I've had drinks where half or more of the mug was ice and still came back to being ice cold with some ice left the next day. The lids are cheap so if you lose or break one or too much oil gets built up, replacing it will not break the bank. Some of the name brands sell the exact same lid for more than an entire Ozark Trail mug goes for. Don't fall for their shenanigans.