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by liability 6y ago
Probably neither. The evidence for any of this is about as strong as the evidence for Bigfoot. A bunch of tall tails from people who swear they're sincere.
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by liability 6y ago
They can build nests. Nest building seems to often get overlooked in discussions about tool use, perhaps because shelter isn't traditionally considered a sort of tool? But it seems tool-like to me. Maybe nest building doesn't i
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by liability 6y ago
Besides lacking thumbs, dolphins would also have a pretty hard time harnessing fire as a tool. This probably truncates their tech tree severely.
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by liability 6y ago
If the original were still intact, perhaps chemical analysis of the pigments used could provide information about this. Unfortunately it seems that can't be done since the mural was destroyed decades ago. But maybe fragments of it re
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by liability 6y ago
The article mentions arsenical bronze being unlike bronze made in the rest of the world, but that's not true. Arsenical bronze has been made around the world for thousands of years. This is likely due to arsenic often being found in
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by liability 6y ago
And hydrogen or synth fuel aren't expensive? If these alternatives weren't more expensive then the problem would be moot because the industry would be voluntarily using them already.
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by liability 6y ago
The desperation I've seen in addicted gamblers in Las Vegas doesn't seem so different from the despair I've seen from junkies. Both of these are addictions to which some people lose everything . https://www.thegu
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by liability 6y ago
Unless you think he's lying, who fucking cares what his motivation for whistleblowing is? Many whistleblowers want to get back at companies that screwed them, or want to get interviewed on cable news, or want a book deal, or whatever.
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by liability 6y ago
You've forgotten that we have a limited capacity for solar cell production and those solar cells are put to better use replacing coal plants than synthesizing something plants can synthesize.
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by liability 6y ago
Hydrogen embrittlement leads to hydrogen leaks. Unless there are advanced alloys that resist it, any aircraft part that comes into contact with the hydrogen will be subject to accelerated 'wear'. Frankly hydrogen planes are nonse
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by liability 6y ago
But this is my point; biofuel makes a ton of sense for aviation. Biofuels would be used in cases where there is no realistic alternative, particularly with airplanes. It's more practical and likely to succeed in this domain than hydr
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by liability 6y ago
I believe popular proposals involve the use of algae. Regardless, farming in general is something modern civilization already has a strong competency in. Synthesizing jet fuel from scratch might make sense for the USN since they have nucl
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by liability 6y ago
> for a very specific number of hours Unless you plan on throwing away the planes after one or two flights, those tanks will be filled with hydrogen for tens of thousands of hours over their lifespan. Perhaps they have light weight allo
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by liability 6y ago
> start from CO2 Why would that route even be taken though? Biofuel for jet engines is proven technology in limited use for many years now. Let plants deal with the CO2, since they're good at it, then process the resultant veget
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by liability 6y ago
Only if you forget to factor potential support problems into your economic analysis. What would your systems being down for a week because Google capriciously shut you down cost you?
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by liability 6y ago
> they are using data and research to improve their UI That's what every UI/UX ''expert'' says and 99% of them are full of shit.
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by liability 6y ago
There is no "usual flu vaccine", they make a new one twice a year, meant to address whatever strain is in circulation.
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by liability 6y ago
If they covered up this, what else would they cover up? The coverup itself is cause for concern because it proves they're dishonest.
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by liability 6y ago
> What if genetics goes awry (Jurassic Park)? That was the movie, not the book. The book was "What if profit-motivated biotech startups go awry." In the book Hammond is an unsympathetic greedy asshole who causes a disaste
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by liability 6y ago
I think news/media has some of the blame too. Science reporting in general is atrocious, journalists and editors are constantly misrepresenting and exaggerating the actual claims of scientists. I wish I had a nickel for every "
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by liability 6y ago
'Meme' came about when Dawkins modified the word 'mimeme' to sound like 'gene'. AFAIK that was first done in that book.
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by liability 6y ago
> Reading a book takes more effort than it used to. I agree with most of your points but not this one. The proliferation of audio books and text-to-speech (TTS) has made reading books easier than ever. Particularly TTS in my case; I
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by liability 6y ago
Please leave the sardonic shitposting on reddit. This discussion deserves better.
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by liability 6y ago
> "2. Mormons have a very tight social network. We REALLY trust one another. Its actually one of the great things about the religion. However, this makes us very vulnerable to fraud. There are lots of scummy MLMs in Utah that explo
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by liability 6y ago
FYI the 'id' in 'id Software' is lowercase. It's a word (not an initialism or acronym) so 'Id' would be more grammatically correct, though the name of the company is nevertheless lowercase.
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by liability 6y ago
Microsoft now owns id. They bought all of Zenimax, not just Bethesda.
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by liability 6y ago
Yeah but that single game has sold as much as ten 'The Last of Us' es. Microsoft sells their best games on Sony's platform too.
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by liability 6y ago
Isn't Minecraft a bigger game than anything Sony makes? It's owned by Microsoft but isn't an xbox exclusive.
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by liability 6y ago
A lot of people dislike Bethesda's management, is there now any risk of ex-Bethesda managers or executives poisoning the other game studios Microsoft owns?
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by liability 6y ago
The issue remains that your ircd is still wide open, waiting for somebody more creative to find another way of opening connections inside your LAN on arbitrary ports. Counting on browsers to keep your network secure is foolish.

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