'Hmm, they won't do in-flight delivery, so let's order a new first and second stage to our emergency landing site and then try to touch down on top of them to save time.'

3019. "Advent Calendar Advent Calendar"

'The growth rate of items per day may may seem absurd, but it's actually much less than the acceleration in the 12 Days of Christmas song.'

3020. "Infinite Armada Chess"

'Stockfish 16 suggests the unconventional opening 1. RuntimeError: Out of bounds memory access'

3021. "Seismologists"

'And even when they're not distracted, they usually get kicked out for illegal under-the-net 'subduction spikes'.'

3022. "Making Tea"

'No, of course we don't microwave the mug WITH the teabag in it. We microwave the teabag separately.'

3023. "The Maritime Approximation"

'It works because a nautical mile is based on a degree of latitude, and the Earth (e) is a circle.'

3024. "METAR"

'In the aviation world, they don't use AM/PM times. Instead, all times are assumed to be AM unless they're labeled NOTAM.'