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A nice weekend read that doesn't smell like AI but if you're short on time or interest: Though the locusts had a huge migratory range stretching all the way to
by password4321 5mo ago
A nice weekend read that doesn't smell like AI but if you're short on time or interest:
Though the locusts had a huge migratory range stretching all the way to the eastern seaboard, its reproductive range was only a handful of river valleys in Wyoming and Montana. Once plowed, irrigated and trampled by livestock the species had nowhere left to lay eggs.
- Aboutplants 5mo agoI immediately thought of how destroying the Monarch Butterfly wintering grounds in Mexico would have the same impact on Monarchs.
- delichon 5mo agoI disapprove of eminent domain but this is a great steelman case for it.
- FarmerPotato 5mo agoMonarchs are threatened during migration. It’s about how many individuals survive the round trip to breed more. Drought and fire are two natural factors that destroy their migration routes’ food supply. Another is agriculture. Folks like Monarch Watch and Xerces encourage planting of the few milkwood species (ie weeds) that the butterflies depend on for energy or egg-laying. Restoring prairie is also effective. But there’s still drought and wildfire.
- explosion-s 5mo agoI have very fond memories of the occasional Monarch I would see growing up (and the lengths I would go to in order to ensure they were not the similarly colored Viceroys). Equally sad is the dramatic decline of songbirds and bird biodiversity in general (though I don't know if it's due to similar destruction of breeding grounds).
- pimlottc 5mo agoThis answers the title question but the most interesting part about the article is the fascinating way in which the locust’s behavior is triggered by crowding. An amazing biological adaption. It’s well-worth reading the whole thing.
- knollimar 5mo agoIt was until the animated insects. I threw my phone
- AndrewKemendo 5mo agoThis was exactly my response
- FarmerPotato 5mo agoGotta give credit, the gimmick is not superfluous. I don’t enjoy horror movies. But the locust was a horror!
- explosion-s 5mo agoSorry guys haha!! I intended the insects to come without prompting only on scroll pause but for debug purposes of the article I had set them to once every 15ish seconds[0]. I thought it was really great and love it personally as it really gets the AAA factor in, though I should probably respect use-reduced-motion lol [0]: https://github.com/Explosion-Scratch/locusts/blob/main/src/components/LocustsSwarm.vue https://github.com/Explosion-Scratch/locusts/blob/main/src/c...
- srean 5mo agoLoved them. Wish they were more realistically animated :)
- x______________ 4mo agoThere's something about those animated hoppers that fills me with nostalgia about the early web. Maybe prompt the user if they like bugs and then add the auto-hop (and more) bugs to those who say yes?!
- jml7c5 5mo ago>that doesn't smell like AI Note that it is AI-generated. It appears to be based on a human-written outline: https://github.com/Explosion-Scratch/locusts/blob/main/article/outline.md https://github.com/Explosion-Scratch/locusts/blob/main/artic...
- password4321 5mo agoThanks for the heads-up. I skimmed through looking for the answer to the title and my radar didn't go off immediately. I'm happy the humans involved are realizing they shouldn't let the AI phone it in.
- explosion-s 5mo agoNo, it's not AI generated. I wrote the outline then the article. Parts of the code for the site itself (code only) are AI generated but the article I wrote by hand over the course of a day and a half or so! (Referencing my outline)
- jml7c5 5mo agoAh, my mistake! I saw the references to writing style and assumed. I'm sorry. Unfortunately I can't delete or edit my comment any more.