Open thread, Apr. 17 - Apr. 23, 2017

This is the (late) weekly open thread. See the tag. You’d think we could automate this. The traditional boilerplate follows.


If it’s worth saying, but not worth its own post, then it goes here.


Notes for future OT posters:

1. Please add the ‘open_thread’ tag.

2. Check if there is an active Open Thread before posting a new one. (Immediately before; refresh the list-of-threads page before posting.)

3. Open Threads should start on Monday, and end on Sunday.

4. Unflag the two options “Notify me of new top level comments on this article” and “