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> I'm not holding my breath for the biology side of things

Well, that's the thing--perhaps we should be.

I usually put away a nice amount of fat at the lamb slaughter and then render it, it keeps very well. We also put away a good amount for the birds.

That, and the FIFA Peace Prize. Too on the nose.

I'm not familiar with the literature and consensus on them being a Catholic concept, but I am sure they are not about using the enemy's weapon, at least in the sense that you're arguing.

They were created by the high elves and given to the kings of Númenor. The only rightful uses of them in LoTR is by Denethor and Aragorn.

I suppose it could be argued that the illegitimate use of them by Sauron and arguably also Saruman eventually factors in their downfall, and as such it is their use of the enemy's weapons which is fraught--in Saruman's case, that he gets corrupted (but I interpret him already vain and arrogant, and thus on a downward path even before).

In Sauron's case I think lies a nugget of what wisdom Tolkien hoped to confer, especially in his interaction with Pippin. The palantír invites speculation, in that it lets you see things but not all things. Sauron knows a little (the ring is with a Hobbit), is shown a little (here is a Hobbit in Saruman's stone) and in speculating draws wrong conclusions (this is the Hobbit I've been looking for!, etc).

His seeing Aragorn in the stone is different in that Aragorn is the rightful heir, has authority over the stones, and shows truth with intent, which scares Sauron, sends him in a panic and drives him to make foolish decisions.

So, while we are told about the danger of using the enemy's weapon, I'd argue it's from the opposite perspective, and also not quite whatever moral or other lesson Tolkien hoped to confer, rather I believe the moral of the story is to avoid speculation about what happens in another place, or time, and instead trust in yourself, follow your heart and do what is good.

Indeed, I would expect a greybeard to use `diff`.

You can similarly create a docker image from a nix config. It's quite beautiful, nix is impressive.

Seems like it.

> Idiotic.

Yes, seeing how simple it seems to redirect to a page playing the sound, instead. ;)

Apart from other mentions, they also did cutting edge research on nuclear power and weapons. Some of the scientists understood how massive an undertaking that was, however the political leadership apparently did not, or the world would look different today.

Or, it would be interesting to see how this would fare in American Psycho.

Same here, we resigned our site in early 2003 with CSS layout. Late adopters would snicker a bit back then, seeing it as chasing a fad or being too hipster.

Out of all similar situations, where I may have been an early adopter of a technology or method for reasons, using the web platform and following standards has probably been the one I least regret.

I think Perl is what you're looking for!

> - Asgård, home of the Aesir, the big-name gods (Thor, Odin, Freya, etc.).

Freyja, along with her brother Freyr and their father, Njörðr, is one of the Vanir.