“Region” would have to be extremely small around here to not include someone who speaks almost any (natural) language a typical person could think of.

I’ll just go ahead and answer a different question: If I could instantly learn any language and my SO could instantly learn it also, I’d pick ASL, because it would be very nice to have a way to communicate that works where talking either doesn’t work (loud places, for example) or would disturb others, or just across a large room.

I guess at this point it’s all opinions. But Bigfoot being an alien is certainly not one I’ve heard before.

(I don’t think bigfoot exists, but I also pretty strongly don’t think aliens have visited Earth, so ‘twice as likely’ to me is very close to 2*0 vs 0, and seems just as reasonable as it being half as likely.)

My original point is that the aliens question fails to capture belief in the paranormal or conspiracy the way the others do, and should have been specifically worded better to avoid that issue.

Because 56% is twice as much, and I’d be in that number myself if I take the question literally and not assume it means UFOs in Earth’s sky.

That would only hold if the law were consistent. This very obviously only goes this single direction.

I assume the question didn’t make the distinction between Aliens that “exist somewhere in the universe” and “have visited Earth”

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Clearly the directors are either making bad choices or choices that only make sense in an actual theater. (In my opinion it’s that first thing)

However this is implemented, it wouldn’t be the default volume control on the remote - that would stay as-is. I’m thinking an on-screen menu with clear labels or something.

Just seal it in dough (as in soup dumplings) then deep fry them.

I’ve had deep fried butter.

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Depending on how pedantic one wants to be, this ranges from “It’s already happened, twice!” to “It’s already happened, hundreds of times (47 in the US alone)!”

Also cats have been mayors of small towns already.

I have to admit a song is popular when I recognize the v= code. It certainly does get a ton of listens, year after year.

I guess I’m not understanding your concerns. People with artistic skill can already do anything they want to any audio they want. (Note: that was Way before all this AI junk existed) And I don’t really see how this affects that much.

As for settings, I’m thinking three/four sliders. Much less than a graphic equalizer. It’s just volume control.

Here is my preferred solution that will never happen:

Divide all media audio into separate tracks for dialogue, music, sfx, etc., and let the users control the volume of each separately. To avoid having an easily ripped pure music track, perhaps premix the other tracks in at 10% or so (in a logarithmic scale) and make that the minimum volume of any track other than music.

Event Horizon has a sequel in spirit: The Warhammer 40k universe. (Nevermind that 40k was first)

I’ve had good luck with rubbing alcohol to remove the gooey mess. You’ll end up with bare plastic instead of the rubber grip, but that’s an improvement over sticky.

What is he going to do after 19.19?

I’ve actually been seeing dual-hose units in stores now!

I like to imagine someone in a position of power watches that channel and actually did something about it.

That’s just the entire language.

Weird flex, not ok.

Things don’t actually have purposes. That’s a human invention. (Adaptations can improve the chances of spreading, so we say “it does this” or “it’s for that”, but it’s not intentional on the part of the genes, proteins, etc.)

Anyway, about your first question, it seems there are three main ideas about how viruses originate.