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Unveiling the Majesty of Redwood Trees: Explore Their Deep Roots

lifeisstillgood 3y ago
I first heard that Sequioa have shallow roots on QI - so I googled it and … yes we have been SEOd to death. Google or duck duck for “redwood shallow roots” and you get the shitty “repeat the phrase you are looking for while saying “come let’s us discover” and that actual facts buried down the bottom if ever All this because time on page and time before returning to index page is more important now than actually having information on the page readily accessible This is both why Wikipedia is great and why an LLm that answers the fucking question in the first paragraph is a strategic threat to google Google killed Yahoo because banner ads were too profitable for Yahoo to give up - even pg wondered around Yahoo trying to convince them.
- Terr_ 3y ago
  I empathize with your annoyance and sympathize with your goals, but but submitting a direct URL to the crap (even with a comment) just... isn't very practical. A significant number of people won't see your comment first/at-all, turning it into a net-negative to the HN experience. It's better to link to a blogpost or something which does the necessary introduction and critique.
  - lifeisstillgood 3y ago
    Guess that’s a side project for me then … nice idea
- s1artibartfast 3y ago
  I thought the article thing was pretty funny, although I couldnt make it more than half way. I kinda disagree about llm utility, given that this is the quality I typically expect. Ask anything you are familiar with and you end up with a Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect
rrrix1 3y ago
Garbage LLM generated SEO spam.
- Terr_ 3y ago
  Looking at the author-name, it seems like a kind of ad for the web-design company, one which went a bit beyond Lorem Ipsum.
Terr_ 3y ago
> The main problem with this type of tree is that if it is to be grown for commercial purposes they need to have a good amount of soil mixed into the soil. Yes, I often have problems where my soil doesn't have enough soil. I need at least 65% more soil per soil. > A great benefit of these roots is that they do not take up much space [...] this is very beneficial because most houses are very cramped Oh yes, the that one subspecies of redwood trees which grows inside houses. It definitely needs more soil. > They will also not have to wait on an empty stomach. They can eat almost anything without any problems. ... And it's carnivorous...

I first heard that Sequioa have shallow roots on QI - so I googled it and … yes we have been SEOd to death. Google or duck duck for “redwood shallow roots” and you get the shitty “repeat the phrase you are looking for while saying “come let’s us discover” and that actual facts buried down the bottom if ever All this because time on page and time before returning to index page is more important now than actually having information on the page readily accessible This is both why Wikipedia is great and why an LLm that answers the fucking question in the first paragraph is a strategic threat to google Google killed Yahoo because banner ads were too profitable for Yahoo to give up - even pg wondered around Yahoo trying to convince them.

Terr_ 3y ago
I empathize with your annoyance and sympathize with your goals, but but submitting a direct URL to the crap (even with a comment) just... isn't very practical. A significant number of people won't see your comment first/at-all, turning it into a net-negative to the HN experience. It's better to link to a blogpost or something which does the necessary introduction and critique.
- lifeisstillgood 3y ago
  Guess that’s a side project for me then … nice idea
s1artibartfast 3y ago
I thought the article thing was pretty funny, although I couldnt make it more than half way. I kinda disagree about llm utility, given that this is the quality I typically expect. Ask anything you are familiar with and you end up with a Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect

rrrix1 3y ago

Garbage LLM generated SEO spam.

Terr_ 3y ago
Looking at the author-name, it seems like a kind of ad for the web-design company, one which went a bit beyond Lorem Ipsum.

Terr_ 3y ago

> The main problem with this type of tree is that if it is to be grown for commercial purposes they need to have a good amount of soil mixed into the soil. Yes, I often have problems where my soil doesn't have enough soil. I need at least 65% more soil per soil. > A great benefit of these roots is that they do not take up much space [...] this is very beneficial because most houses are very cramped Oh yes, the that one subspecies of redwood trees which grows inside houses. It definitely needs more soil. > They will also not have to wait on an empty stomach. They can eat almost anything without any problems. ... And it's carnivorous...