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awesomeideas
·2 anni fa·discuss
Are we? We kill billions/trillions of other beings per year, far more per person than we did 300 ka ago when we came onto the scene.
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·2 anni fa·discuss
>His lexicostatistical analysis found that less than 30 percent of the similar-sounding words between Plateau State languages and China’s Sino-Tibetan languages share similar meanings. Linguists call these kinds of similarities "accidental evidence."

Ok, but that's still a very high percentage. Shouldn't that be surprising?
awesomeideas
·2 anni fa·discuss
You were around in the time of Shakespeare!? Wow, what was it like back then, hearing the Bard himself use the singular they?

<https://archive.is/A8h4J>
awesomeideas
·2 anni fa·discuss
Interesting, but I'm not a fan of ergodic literature when the form of interaction is "scroll forever"
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·2 anni fa·discuss
That's true for many, yes, but it's only true in terms of time, not number of calories needed.
awesomeideas
·2 anni fa·discuss
I'll note that the interactive view works on mobile quite well on Chrome for Android once the desktop site is requested.
awesomeideas
·2 anni fa·discuss
Well, it's not going to outpace it, exactly. Unless the temperature is actually increasing (or decreasing), the energy in matches the energy radiated away, less the non-heat work.
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·2 anni fa·discuss
That would be wonderful! Most DMV stuff can be accomplished online in seconds, and if the task has to be done in person I can schedule my time and wait in a virtual line. I hope someday private companies will be able to match the government in efficiency