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9 days agodiscuss

I’m a teacher with a tech background so I’m great at explaining technical things to non-technical people. If you want to bridge that gap via developer advocacy, developer relations, or customer success - I’m your guy.

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10 days agodiscuss

I think the main point of the article is sound, the idea that arguing with people puts you in an adversarial position with the person, even if you think you are debating the merits of the ideas.

This is frustrating to those of us who are focused on the project or the task - to try and find the best way to do something and come at the conversation from a place that feels like logic, and be met with ego and emotion.

But I think the overall conclusion lacks subtlety. I don’t think the best response is to disengage completely, then say “I told you so” and/or swoop in to profit off of the mistake.

So yes, recognizing that you also have an ego and can benefit from feedback but just take it a little further. Ask clarifying questions about why their solution is better, come from a place of collaboration rather than competition. Have them explain why their solution is better and once it’s clear you are collaborating, voice your concerns and weight the pros and cons together.

I know this is a simplistic version of how these conversations actually happen, but it’s an example of the fact that you can make more progress by recognizing some subtlety.

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17 days agodiscuss

I thought the same thing, which sent me down a bit of an unexpected rabbit hole in the topic. Greg Paul argued that thr chevron shape of the bones in the bottom of the tail point to sauropods rearing and using their tails as support . Heinrich Mallison did some biomechanical modeling and found that some of the anatomical features previously thought to support rearing might actually hinder it. And last year, a study on larger sauropods (Dreadnoughtus and Giraffatitan) showed that their femurs most likely couldn’t handle sustained stress of resting.

So it looks like this pose is based on anatomy, not biomechanics, and the one rigorous biomechanical sauropod-rearing study that exists didn’t even test this genus - which means the rearing question Mamenchisaurus is unresolved.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamenchisaurus

https://reptilis.net/DML/2009Apr/msg00036.html

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pala.70019

ALSO, consider how stiff their neck was, it could very well have spent most of the time grazing on the ground, like you said!

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29 days agodiscuss

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Technical educator with a background in Linux and self-hosted systems, moving into developer advocacy. I care about documentation and examples that actually reflect how things work - not just happy paths. Comfortable owning content end-to-end, from concept to demo to write-up.

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2 months agodiscuss

Oops! Apparently I can’t edit it in order to fix it. It’s only the link above, though — the original article I generated was spelled correctly.

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2 months agodiscuss

I made an SCP foundation inspired page: https://halupedia.com/hard-to-detroy-reptile

My favorite link generated there is the Institute for Unyielding Biology: https://halupedia.com/institute-for-unyielding-biology

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2 months agodiscuss

  Location: St. Augustine, FL, USA
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Technical educator and Linux hobbyist transitioning to developer advocate. I build real tools and explain them clearly.

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