If I read it correctly, the probe checks periodically, and if it loses contact, it uses the location of known stars to point its antenna back towards the Earth. If that doesn't work, it's gone.
The show stays pretty true to the books, but there's enough differences that I'd recommend starting with book 1.
Biggest change I can think of is Drummer. The show's Drummer is like 3 or 4 characters from the books rolled into one. Book Drummer had a smaller roll.
That would be true if electoral votes were proportional to states' populations. As it is now, your vote counts (I think) six times more if you live in Wyoming vs if you live in California.
I drove an '04 Dakota for years (last year of that body style before they started making them bigger). Loved that truck, perfect size for camping or hauling band equipment.
Sucks that the mid-sized trucks now are bigger that the full-sized trucks from back then.
This. From my experience, the kind of people who are drawn to fascism, the thing they hate more than anything else is being laughed at. Make them into a joke, they're likely to just rage-quit.
Designer probably got a dimension wrong on the drawing, and the pavers went "Alright, we'll do it exactly as you say. Teach you to proofread next time..."
The green onions, too. We have some growing in a container on our porch. They're super easy to grow, and are good to add some extra flavor to whatever poverty meal you're cooking.
Angle of the spine. He had a whole bit about how if you lean at all, you're not manly, or something. Then he was selling shirts with the green line down the middle, because there's always a grift with these chuds.
If the fediverse starts gaining traction, you can bet the mega-corps will use every dirty trick they have to co-opt it or, if that fails, undermine it.
And as we all know, company property has more rights than people.