Yep, had many experiences like that. Including, jacket zippers. On the other hand, I figured it out by the time I was eight.

A fool and his money ...

We have come a long way since talking Barbie said, "Math is hard."

As someone who does quite a bit of remote work. One must consider the time-lag. Even the best remote applications have 300 ms lags. It is one thing if every keyboard stroke takes longer than the blink of an eye. Quite another if every cut and suture has that delay.

Really nice wood and metal work.

Robert Heinlein was amused by Gernsback's attempts to predict the future. Heinlein said that the only sure way to be wrong about predictions is to assume things progress smoothly. A corollary is that successful inventions will always have unexpected sociological effects. Gernsback obviously thought managers would use technology to increase workplace abuse. Take those ideas as a warning rather than a suggestion.

It comes sooner than that. Anyone alive in 2037 will hear all about the UNIX Apocalypse..

It looks more like a squirrel that lost tail-fluff. Perhaps singed off during the rolling.

I advise killing it before bringing it in. That way you can eat it later and show off its head to guests.

I hate to be picky, but the article might be enhanced if the image was of an eider rather than a mallard.

In regards to the Norway prison, the US has similar rules at prisons nicknamed "Club Fed." They are for convicts who are unlikely to escape or be violent. I might add that the post list only two of the goals of a penal system: Isolation and rehabilitation. The third is punishment. I assume that the lack of choice, travel and communication at these lighter prisons is sufficient punishment.

I, for one, welcome our new robotic overlords.

Interesting that California is telling people to get rid of greenery in order to save water. Pity we cannot do an exchange with The Netherlands.

To expand on your exceptions, all that is needed is the addition of an adjective or the conversion of the word to an adjective. "I got laid low last night."; "I was anti-sober last night." Or maybe, "I was so pissed last night that I got pissed and pissed away an entire paycheck just before getting arrested for pumping raw sewage,"

As if a car’s metal body is not a faraday cage already. Will leave it to someone else to discuss grounding vs. isolation.