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> “I was on something like page 16 of Google search and found a laser survey done by a Mexican organisation for environmental monitoring,” explains Luke Auld-Th
by bee_rider 2y ago
> “I was on something like page 16 of Google search and found a laser survey done by a Mexican organisation for environmental monitoring,” explains Luke Auld-Thomas, a PhD student at Tulane university in the US.
Oh, I thought he’s just gotten lost deep in the jungle (presumably looking for the free pizza that was left over from the undergrads’ seminar). But wow, 16’th page of Google, that really is uncharted territory.
- kyle-rb 2y agoWe shouldn't be rushing to explore space when we haven't even explored our own planet's ocean, or page 16 of google search results.
- melling 2y agoAt last count, we had 8 billion people on the planet. I think it’ll be fine if some people do space while others work on oceans. Must admit this is the most overused excuse I’ve ever heard in my life. “Hey, let’s all work on this one problem and ignore every other problem.”
- soupfordummies 2y agoLol I think they were just having a laugh
- churchill 2y agoBut, who's going to end world hunger though? /s
- notahacker 2y agoPage 16 of Google search results: the final frontier. starts sketching out a funding application for a mission to explore page 17
- zeristor 2y ago"There be dragons!"
- jdthedisciple 2y agoOne wonders what other mysteries are waiting to be uncovered amid the dark depths of Google search results ...
- pessimizer 2y agoSince the 16th page of a google search is usually the end of the third repetition of the first four pages of a google search, he'd probably already missed it three times...
- keyle 2y agoBitdiana Jones. 16th page of Google, that's dark, humid, full of snakes. Better bring a torch!
- textlapse 2y agoOnly slightly less difficult than hunting down an obscure Reddit thread that is improperly red-black balanced 15 nodes in from the root and still 10 nodes away from the leaf.
- chipdart 2y ago> But wow, 16’th page of Google, that really is uncharted territory. Would it make a difference if instead of querying google he was at the library of a Mexican organization for environmental monitoring reading obscure reports?