This is probably the most disruptive change that has been introduced to the sport. Every world cup has introduced something new, such as yellow / red cards, 3 points for victory, goal line technology, VAR, and so on. This year there is a time limit until you must perform a throw-in, among other things. But also these "hydration breaks". I think they have crossed a line. It is so obviously not for the benefit of the game itself.
Wow, I have no idea how accurate it is, NFL is not in my country, but google says there is about 11-16 minutes of actual play??
Commercials, 45 – 60 mins
"Standing Around" & Stoppages, 65 – 75 mins
The Halftime Show, 25 – 30 mins
Replays & Commentary, 15 – 20 mins
Actual Football Action - The ball is live and in play, 11 – 16 mins
versus what it says about AFL,
Actual Football Action - The ball is live and in play, 80 mins
"Time-Off" Stoppages, 30 – 40 mins
Commercials, ~15 mins
Scheduled Breaks, 32 mins
Wonder how that effects the social dynamic of watching games, I imagine you have more time to "shoot the breeze" during an NFL game. It's also not apples to apples comparison as my understanding of NFL is that it's probably shorter but more packed intervals, setup -> crunch, setup -> crunch. AFL can have a bit of back and forth to it maybe.
Also this says nothing of on-ground and around-ground ads which I always found depressing, which I guess must exist in all sports.
Imagine the in-person experience. While the long stoppages for the benefit of TV advertisers are taking place, absolutely nothing is happening in the stadium. Untelevised sports offer a far superior in person experience in the US, but most people don't even think about this entertainment option.
No it is not just a picture, it is also a descriptive text and specific emojis attached. I don't think anyone would have raised an eye if it was just for the picture.
Not to mention there being a lot of launch failures pre and during the Apollo era, including pad explosions (there are nice compilations on youtube). But that was not really that much of an issue, as this was expected and there were dozens of pads built for these launches, so the testing cadence was not affected.
There was no fatal launch failure for Apollo & pad explosion would be a problem with just 2 pads available.
There were a couple Saturn V stage explosions during testing but again - those damaged test stands, not the pad.
For one thing, it increases resilience in the event of outages. It is a tangible aspect - just like citizens are encouraged to keep cash at home at least in my country (Sweden)
I took lithium for <redacted tendancy> it got to my kidneys never thought of more generally microdosing lithium. Interesting. Full dose yeah flat and sleepy. Not sure it was the reason for flat out brain rot. (Other factors were available maybe just getting older.) Full dose needs blood tests as overdose weirdly bad. From <relative> due to dehydration / holiday in the sun looked like almost drunk but not drinking slopy etc. Slightly clingy desparate for interaction with strangers. <Other factors could have been available>. Not informed of damage relative seemed to recover ok. <Nationalised medical system>.
The PS/2 connector is what came after that the bus mouse. Back then the mouse was connected to a specialised add-in card. Probably an ISA card if I remember correctly.
tldr: Ball mouse containing only optical encoders and no other electronics. Very popular in late eighties. Atari ST, Amiga 500, Acorn Archimedes (the ARM computer) all used this type of mice because of price.
Bus Mouse controller card used special Alps Electric 64H101 quadrature decoder and counter chip converting raw encoder outputs to neat X Y coordinates computer can read in just a couple of IO operations, much easier and quicker than serial or PS2 mouse.
1 is least bad. Maybe not for Iran, but for the world. If Trump re-opens Pandora's box, there is much less to hold back other nuclear powers in similar circumstances. The US has lost some dozen troops in this war, Russia has lost hundreds of thousands in its. Why should Russia restrain themselves if the US president goes mental? Our world becomes much, much more dangerous if Trump becomes unable to control himself.
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