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Note that this is just one of the largest, not the actual largest. The actual known largest appears to be this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syringammina_frag

Note that this is just one of the largest, not the actual largest. The actual known largest appears to be this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syringammina_fragilissima https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syringammina_fragilissima

kartan 7y ago
"It is not known how the organism feeds or reproduces" This is amazing for me. Sometimes it seems that everything is already discovered and if not we just need to put some tech into it to analyze the mystery and get an answer. The reality is that we are still far away from that. And that any discovery involves dedication, investment and serendipity.
- rolltiide 7y ago
  Smart extraterrestrials know not to interact on land and with humans Just like most of us dont interact with sharks and tigers
  - asudosandwich 7y ago
    Dolphins can be quite friendly.
nabakin 7y ago
Needs to be fixed in the title
dang 7y ago
Ok, we took largestness out of the title. Or should we just change the URL to the larger one?
- mirimir 7y ago
  Right now, 20% of HN's first-page articles are greyed out. Before today, I don't recall ever seeing more than one or two. Does this reflect a code change?
  - dang 7y ago
    No. What you're describing sounds like the 'visited' style for links in titles. Is it possible that you've just clicked on more stories today?
    - mirimir 7y ago
      Oh. OK, I am using a different VM. With Firefox and no add-ons. So I guess that something was blocking 'visited' style. Edit: Not NoScript.
- umanwizard 7y ago
  IMO changing the URL to point to something completely different is bad because it makes the discussion confusing. Example: the recent discussion of a very long Cocoa identifier for a Chinese kinship term (I don’t remember the exact one) was changed to a slightly different one that was two characters longer. Making a bunch of the existing discussion confusing was not worth the value of changing the URL, in that case.
dmix 7y ago
A decent pop-science video about them on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szIcnSIlrDE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szIcnSIlrDE

kartan 7y ago

"It is not known how the organism feeds or reproduces" This is amazing for me. Sometimes it seems that everything is already discovered and if not we just need to put some tech into it to analyze the mystery and get an answer. The reality is that we are still far away from that. And that any discovery involves dedication, investment and serendipity.

rolltiide 7y ago
Smart extraterrestrials know not to interact on land and with humans Just like most of us dont interact with sharks and tigers
- asudosandwich 7y ago
  Dolphins can be quite friendly.

nabakin 7y ago

Needs to be fixed in the title

dang 7y ago

Ok, we took largestness out of the title. Or should we just change the URL to the larger one?

mirimir 7y ago
Right now, 20% of HN's first-page articles are greyed out. Before today, I don't recall ever seeing more than one or two. Does this reflect a code change?
- dang 7y ago
  No. What you're describing sounds like the 'visited' style for links in titles. Is it possible that you've just clicked on more stories today?
  - mirimir 7y ago
    Oh. OK, I am using a different VM. With Firefox and no add-ons. So I guess that something was blocking 'visited' style. Edit: Not NoScript.
umanwizard 7y ago
IMO changing the URL to point to something completely different is bad because it makes the discussion confusing. Example: the recent discussion of a very long Cocoa identifier for a Chinese kinship term (I don’t remember the exact one) was changed to a slightly different one that was two characters longer. Making a bunch of the existing discussion confusing was not worth the value of changing the URL, in that case.

dmix 7y ago

A decent pop-science video about them on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szIcnSIlrDE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szIcnSIlrDE