I guess I tend to use data as a mass noun when referring to computer data (“there’s a lot of data on that drive”) and as a regular noun when referring to data in the scientific sense (“these data show xyz”)

When I was in grad school I would split the difference with 25 slides and 57 backup slides clicked together frantically 15 minutes earlier

Things got a bit weird before the invention of the pencil sharpener

That does tend to simplify the aerodynamics modeling

Horses evolved this way so they could forever be giving you “the finger”

Deep underground, near the earth’s core where it’s still warm

Fun fact: soccer has no official rule against manipulating the ball with your eye lasers

For me (I use Kavita) it’s because I want to be able to just pick up whatever device is in front of me at the moment and pick up the book where I last left off even if it was on another device

They’re charging how much for 10^-12 sq ft?