As a member state of the European Space Agency, Portugal contributes to the development of European Space Vehicles. The latest Portuguese Space Shuttle as tested by ESA is the Intermediate Experimental Vehicle (IXV).
The Portuguese Space Shuttle has been successfully tested. The Europeans are developing some really cool shuttles!
Space Comma is a satirical taunt demonstrating the poor use of grammar that flat Earth believers frequently use on comment threads on internet message boards.
It has become a very well known joke among the community and is used when quoting a flat Earther who has typed a space before a comma punctuation mark.
"Show me the curve Space Comma oh you can't Space Comma so the Earth is obviously flat."
The concept that physical space (3 dimensions) and all extant physical and metaphysical dimensions are manifestations of an infinitely recursive duality of linear and cyclical time in which cyclical time is itself understood to be a duality of linear and cyclical time. Implies that the maximum number of dimensions (physical and metaphysical) is infinity^2. Implies that all information in the physical and metaphysical realm can be expressed (united) as an expression of time and that linear time (acting within three physical dimensions) is an illusion created by cyclical time. Implies that all design is an illusion, except for an infinitely recursive duality. Implication of the Vikaasian paradox.
Vikaasian space unites all physical and metaphysical dimensions, indicates that the metaphysical is just as "real" as the physical, and posits design as an illusion.
Something, some place, a picture, or even a video game feels so ominous yet so nostalgic. You think that you've been there before, but your brain weirdly denies it.
In a tabletop game, a murderhobo is a player who murders NPCs indiscriminately. This is normally derogatory, referring to a player who totally ignores quests, dialog, backstory, trade, world building etc.
The term is most common with Dungeons and Dragons, but it can be applied to most RPGs where the player is allowed to kill most quest-giving NPCs and NPC traders. E.g. Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Divinity original sin.
DM: The sad little orphan girl tugs at Steve's trenchcoat to get his attention, and ask for help saving her pet dog from...
Steve: I'd like to roll a strength check against strangling the orphan.
Dave: I call dibs on the dog.
DM: You murderhobos disgust me.
In sales terms, a whale is a prospect that is significantly larger than an organization’s average customer.
Whales are large and extremely difficult to close. Due to their immense size, they are highly sought-after.
A whale is typically identified at first by a whale hunter on the sales team, but often requires cross-discipline participation in order to close; this includes assistance from operations, engineering, creative, client success, and business development teams.
"Shit...the sales director chewed me out on the sales call this morning. He's totally pissed that I have nothing in my pipeline. I've been focused on this one whale for so long that I haven't had time to prospect for normal-sized deals."
A chance happening with profound meaning, an unexpected blessing, a "sign".
Dr. Drew on Celebrity Rehab said "All of a sudden what had been just another Hollywood proposal became for him an unexpected blessing, an opportunity for growth. In drug recovery language, that's called a "God shot."
A food native to Pittsburgh/Western Pennsylvania in which cubes of pork and/or veal are put on a short, wooden skewer, breaded, then baked and/or fried.
I've heard that city chicken originated during the Great Depression, when folks didn't have enough money to buy full cuts of meat, so they assembled meat scraps on a wooden skewer, creating a make-shift drumstick. Hence the name.