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I get a bit of this looming feeling every time there is discussion about the Awk programming language, because it reminds me we already got the closest thing to

by Qem 6mo ago

I get a bit of this looming feeling every time there is discussion about the Awk programming language, because it reminds me we already got the closest thing to a penguin in the nothern hemisphere extinct by the XIX century: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_auk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_auk Hope this time around we do a better job of avoiding complete doom for these species.

moffkalast 6mo ago
If a bird can't fly and isn't a super fast runner, they end up as food. Tale as old as time.
- bluefirebrand 6mo ago
  Have you seen a penguin swim though? They are super fast in water
- khrbrt 6mo ago
  They're going extinct by habitat loss from climate change.
  - alsetmusic 6mo ago
    Don't worry. That person doesn't believe in climate change. They probably also believe that vaccines kill us. That's why I've been dead for decades.
    - moffkalast 6mo ago
      You're jumping to some big conclusions there, I believe the exact opposite in fact. The IPCC report is always overly conservative and it's gonna be much worse than anyone thinks. Those birds are already dead, as well as most of us cause there's no convincing people to stop driving diesels for two hours every day and flying halfway across the planet for a vacation. I've stopped caring. Burn all the gas you want, blow up as many missiles as you like, it won't make much difference in the end. I bet some emus will survive though, tough bastards.
foxyv 6mo ago
> While you abide on this island you are in the constant practice of horrid cruelties for you not only skin them Alive, but you burn them Alive also to cook their Bodies with. You take a kettle with you into which you put a Penguin or two, you kindle a fire under it, and this fire is absolutely made of the unfortunate Penguins themselves. Their bodies being oily soon produce a Flame; there is no wood on the island. Oh dear god.
alsetmusic 6mo ago
Just made me remember that my awk programming book has a penguin. Now I'm sad two times! Sorry, "Effective awk Programming"[0] 0. https://openlibrary.org/books/OL26353120M/Effective_awk_Programming https://openlibrary.org/books/OL26353120M/Effective_awk_Prog...

by Qem 6mo ago

moffkalast 6mo ago

If a bird can't fly and isn't a super fast runner, they end up as food. Tale as old as time.

bluefirebrand 6mo ago
Have you seen a penguin swim though? They are super fast in water
khrbrt 6mo ago
They're going extinct by habitat loss from climate change.
- alsetmusic 6mo ago
  Don't worry. That person doesn't believe in climate change. They probably also believe that vaccines kill us. That's why I've been dead for decades.
  - moffkalast 6mo ago
    You're jumping to some big conclusions there, I believe the exact opposite in fact. The IPCC report is always overly conservative and it's gonna be much worse than anyone thinks. Those birds are already dead, as well as most of us cause there's no convincing people to stop driving diesels for two hours every day and flying halfway across the planet for a vacation. I've stopped caring. Burn all the gas you want, blow up as many missiles as you like, it won't make much difference in the end. I bet some emus will survive though, tough bastards.

foxyv 6mo ago

> While you abide on this island you are in the constant practice of horrid cruelties for you not only skin them Alive, but you burn them Alive also to cook their Bodies with. You take a kettle with you into which you put a Penguin or two, you kindle a fire under it, and this fire is absolutely made of the unfortunate Penguins themselves. Their bodies being oily soon produce a Flame; there is no wood on the island. Oh dear god.

alsetmusic 6mo ago

Just made me remember that my awk programming book has a penguin. Now I'm sad two times! Sorry, "Effective awk Programming"[0] 0. https://openlibrary.org/books/OL26353120M/Effective_awk_Programming https://openlibrary.org/books/OL26353120M/Effective_awk_Prog...