In this case, the portals are only moving in planes parallel to each other, so there is no stability introduced.

Portals can only move within planes parallel to each other.

Who the hell is Looten Plunder?

I was wondering about that, curing Type 1 Diabetes would be a HELL of a breakthrough.

SCOTUS these days can and will make up whatveer the fuck rationalization they want to justify any decision, and then tagline it with “but this only applies to this one specific scenario” to keep from locking themselves out of ruling the opposite way next time.

Last year (or earlier this year?) they ruled on a case where the event that triggered the suit was literally made up and never happened, and everyone knew it.

Same, I see nothing but the title in the body.

Yeah, that last bit is really the one that bugs me. You do shoddy work and it breaks my whole damn engine, and you’re not liable for it?

For the first paragraph, the scenario I’m thinking is more like “Why would I want you to do the repairs when you’ve already proven you’re not good at it? I’d rather take fair-market value in cash.” Not that I think this was necessarily negligence or incompetence in this case.