Yeah, this is a good example of what science and engineering are for. That title reads like it’s pro-mosquito. I don’t think they’re an important part of the food chain, so I was baffled for a little bit. After reading further, I was relieved to find it was anti-mosquito/malaria. Perhaps science hasn’t gone far enough. I’d be happy to see the extinction of mosquitoes in my lifetime. We as a species have killed off many before, but this is probably the taxonomic family that most deserves to die.

Really important to read the details here. I was so ready to be mad at those scientists after only reading the title.

Gambling

Transportation services

RVs

Recreational drugs

Horses and related services

This is fun, but I’ll end this with the obligatory: There are two main classes, the ownership class and the working class. The lower and middle classes are subsets of the working class.

Then, they need to write novels. Here are some suggestions to help them get started:

To Code a Mockingbird

Pride and Protocols

The Git Gatsby

The Old Man and the C

Java Eyre

Brave New Web

The Lord of the Pings

The Catcher in the GUI

Crime and Compilation

A Tale of Two Servers

Wuthering .htaccess

Anna Kernel-nina

Great Exceptions

I would also read a book about an IT expert that curses under their breath frequently.

That’s just how I roll.

I would read a book about a mild-mannered IT expert who simply can’t be killed, but otherwise goes about their job normally.

I love oatmeal.

Also, Matthew Inman’s pretty funny. I like his comics.

Exsanguination by an unusually sharp pizza roll.

“He died how he lived.” They’ll say.

Electrocuted by equipment belonging to the AHA?

“Hey, uh, while I’m doing this, does anyone know any funny jokes?”

“I do! An Irish and a Jew walk into a Chinese laundry. With a gay duck…”

“All right, okay! Oh, right! So you’re telling me they’re not good at basketball?”

Community, Season 3, Episode 22, “Introduction to Finality”

I highly recommend it, but it takes at least 3 watches to fully appreciate:

1st watch, going in blind: “What the hell was that?”

2nd watch, looking at details, trying to figure it out: “Okay, I think I get it.”

3rd watch after scouring the internet: “Holy crap, they did this on that budget?”

It’s a powerful soundtrack, to be sure.

Have you seen Coherence?

It has one of the best scenes in movie history:

https://youtu.be/7v6NDhHlf0A

Delivery driver parked in my garden and way too close to my house. 4/10

There’s the villain’s monolog I was hoping for.

Technically, that means you’re using air pressure to squeeze the tube at every point. You’re a full-spectrum psychopath.