timdiggerm

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by timdiggerm 2y ago
You have to remember that in the "natural world" (whatever that means), trees are damaged all the time by browsing animals, falling limbs of older trees, intense weather, falling rocks, etc. They and their ancestors have evolved u
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by timdiggerm 2y ago
It's been pretty suspected for awhile due to the presence of sweet potatoes in Polynesia. This, however, gives a range of years for when that contact occurred, and that's big. However, the ecocide theory of Rapa Nui has been so po
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by timdiggerm 2y ago
> on an exploratory drive averaging 68.1 mph prior to the record attempt, Geddes managed 58.1 mpg. No bullshit, no tricks, no crazy descents, just ridiculously good fuel economy. This is not surprising to those of us who drive Priuses
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by timdiggerm 2y ago
You say that like writing them off would be a bad thing
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by timdiggerm 2y ago
From the post: "Since this post has gone public, many people have asked me if they could get one as well. I’m currently not making these on demand. However, I’ve decided to release the Carpentopod linkage itself as public domain. So if
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by timdiggerm 2y ago
The contrast between links and the background colors is too low, making this very hard to read.
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by timdiggerm 2y ago
Maybe you could better construct a 3d model of a demolished landmark from old paintings and photos?
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by timdiggerm 2y ago
What a weird comparison.
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by timdiggerm 2y ago
because they don't want anyone observing the testing
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by timdiggerm 2y ago
Hypocrisy sure is interesting
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by timdiggerm 2y ago
When considering that things in the past turned out "just fine", we should remember the concept of the Shifting Baseline https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shifting_baseline
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by timdiggerm 3y ago
But not until very recently did a publication suddenly "discover" this
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by timdiggerm 3y ago
Give them time; they're young trees yet.
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by timdiggerm 3y ago
I feel like the author has missed the part where part of the point of Adams' absurd technology is that it kind of all sucks. He spends a lot of time making fun of the doors that have feelings, etc. EDIT: After reading the comments and
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by timdiggerm 3y ago
> In the Tokyo one, the model is smart enough to figure out that on a train, the reflection would be of a passenger, and the passenger has Asian traits since this is Tokyo. How is this any more accurate than saying that the model has mos
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by timdiggerm 3y ago
Looks ready for _Wishbone_
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by timdiggerm 3y ago
In some places, usage of , and . within numbers is revered from what you use
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by timdiggerm 3y ago
Okay? That could just as easily mean this argument has been right all along.
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by timdiggerm 3y ago
On the one hand, I get that scholars want to maintain a neutral position so that moral judgements don't cloud their study. That makes a lot of sense to me. On the other hand, human sacrifice is bad.
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by timdiggerm 3y ago
All of the raising is done by the wind.
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by timdiggerm 3y ago
The description of de Gamond's diving work is particularly amazing. I had no idea such a thing was possible.
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by timdiggerm 3y ago
All the AI generated illustrations used in this post appear to show a wooly mammoth and not a mastodon. Here is a nice comparison; the mastodon is on the right: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon#/media/Fi
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by timdiggerm 3y ago
I am disappointed that I missed that. Sorry
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by timdiggerm 3y ago
He is almost certainly writing about the laktest Walk and Talk from Craig Mod and Kevin Kelley ( https://craigmod.com/ridgeline/043/); Jason Kottke was also on that trip ( https://kottke.org/23/
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by timdiggerm 3y ago
> A mix of new competitors, partner withdrawals, changing audience habits and pandemic-era disruptions led to E3’s collapse, ending years of attempts to resuscitate the event, which began in 1995. This poorly worded sentence can easily b
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by timdiggerm 3y ago
"A Little History of C 3/3" says that C was used in the special effects for Star Wars. I do not know what relevance this has, honestly, but independent of that is the strange choice of photo: an image from the Empire Strik
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by timdiggerm 3y ago
Definitely a very funny example of their own product's shortcomings
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by timdiggerm 3y ago
It seems like the circumstances of our planet's location and the moon and the resulting tides and temperatures are rare. And our evolutionary history seems very dependent on those. The question is whether or not there are other good wa
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by timdiggerm 3y ago
"forward" towards what?
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by timdiggerm 3y ago
Their food source was in steep decline due to worldwide commercial whale hunting; extinction is not surprising

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