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I wonder if this was submitted after reading today's submission (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12047234 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12047234) ab
by merraksh 10y ago
I wonder if this was submitted after reading today's submission (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12047234 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12047234) about (real) Portia spiders and googling the subject.
- unsettledtck 10y agoWe did indeed model our Portia on the real spiders. We'd like to think our version is a wee bit cuter...
- david-given 10y agoAfter finding this picture of a real Portia, I have to disagree. https://c1.staticflickr.com/7/6096/6306406141_3b237e21ee_b.jpg https://c1.staticflickr.com/7/6096/6306406141_3b237e21ee_b.j... Look at those big, soulful black eyes...
- pavel_lishin 10y agoI wonder if that submission was in any way related to Peter Watts' novel "Echopraxia"...
- jsargiox 10y agoI didn't know there was a real "portia" spider... the things you learn everyday