Star Trek VI captured a very specific moment in time in the real world. It’s a direct allegory for the end of the cold war, with all the mistrust and hope that came along with that. People usually rank it below IV and II but there’s a big gap between the top 3 and the rest.

Are they just betting that AI is gonna be good enough to replace all of them then?

Yes. That is literally the plan.

In a few years, I am expecting a huge consulting boom like the COBOL / FORTRAN boom that happened during Y2K.

Tame compared to some of the other stories here but the Motel 6 across from Disney World in Florida when I was visiting for a high school trip. I noticed that the soles of my feet were all black and assumed it was because I’d been walking around in the parking lot in bare feet. Turns out it was actually the carpet in the room. I wore my shoes in the room for the rest of my stay.

Windwaker had a ton of content cut. The ice island and fire island were both supposed to be full dungeons. Both of those incomplete dungeons later ended up being used in Twilight Princess.

The tower of the gods was supposed to be longer.

Fires the entire R&D department

Changes the company slogan to “Innovate”

The seasoning on cast iron is polymerized oil and it’s chemically bonded to the iron. You’re only really going to be removing the seasoning if you’re using abrasives or scrubbing too hard with steel wool or something like that.

https://www.seriouseats.com/the-truth-about-cast-iron#toc-myth-4-dont-scrub-with-soap

Any loose bits of black gunk that are coming off while you’re cleaning it with a sponge or a scrubby are just burnt food.