First, from the chat:

I've wanted someone to make this exact version of this exact song for years, and I love it more than I even thought I would. Seriously, your "waiting" (and the whole bridge) are such an improvement on the original. I can't tell you how grateful I am that you made and shared this; the fact that this project is still relevant in people's lives at all, not to mention still inspiring new art and creativity, is so gratifying — and you've got the poster in your room!? Ack! I'm touched. ('cuz I'm also really proud of the poster, is the thing. :-P)

I sent the link along to producer-Jim, who agrees:

Anyway. How would you feel about the YouTube thing? (Last line from the chat transcript.) No worries if you'd rather lay low — and to be clear: posting it wouldn't be, like, the opposite of 'laying low' — but if you're down, I think pretty much anybody who's ever liked Sad Max would love this cover.

So good. Thanks again.

Heh — it's definitely a "Teague loosely outlines his thoughts beforehand and then just rants into camera" thing.

But your disappointment fuels me, so that's nice.

Thanks, mate.

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(Did I pull that off?)

Fuck yeah. Every minute I spent Actually Figuring Out The Coriolis Effect was worth it tenfold.

It's one of those 'cheat-code' bits of knowledge that unlocks a lot of insights in adjacent fields.

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To nobody: For what it's worth, the reason the sky is such an elusive pain in the ass to figure out is because even the simplest models are three-dimensional: it's temperature — and pressure — and humidity. All three affect the other two, but if you had to pick one to play the role of 'main driver,' it'd probably ultimately be temperature — because, while pressure matters most, temperature is an antecedent to pressure. (Heat = excited, fiercely mosh-pitting molecules; more-heat = molecules mosh-pit more fiercely, thus 'pressing' against each other more, thus all molecules 'expand' their mosh-pits; expanding mosh-pits = higher pressure.) That said, they really do all affect each other, which is what makes 'trying to model the sky you're looking at' such a tricky, rewarding hobby.

And don't get me started on clouds.

(Oh, and mushroom clouds! That's all the result of a heat ball, 100% of the rest is default atmospheric behavior.)

That guy also has the best description of modes I've ever found.

All of the Enterprise trucks you see in the video are rented by the day.

FUCK YEAH I LOVE THIS PLAN LOAD-TEST SANISS'S MOM

(Apologies to Saniss's mom.)

Who are you thinking of?

Well, he called 100% of Sanisses. That's a lot.

Good man. Sensible man.

We could almost be thinking in terms of presidential administrations; Doctor as president, writer as chief-of-staff.

This analogy might not make sense outside of my head.

Also, watching that fan vid, it just occurred to me that Doctor Who is a superhero.