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Hover text:

Our nucleic acid recovery techinques found a great deal of homo sapiens DNA incorporated into the fossils, particularly the ones containing high levels of resin, leading to the theory that these dinosaurs preyed on the once-dominant primates.

https://www.xkcd.com/2990/
explainxkcd.com for #2990

[-] [email protected] 2 points 14 hours ago

I knew that would be Squidge just from the title!

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Once per word, or once per puzzle? Either way, that's surely hard mode.

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Letter Boxed (www.nytimes.com)
submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

I always try to get it under par, and did today's target 4 in 2 words:democratic - culvert

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Ah yeah, missed that 🤦‍♂️

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Because this is the internet, I can't tell if the whoosh goes to your downvoters or you. I think you were joking, but that second sentence makes me wonder...

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Hmm, interesting logic; my first reaction is that even if I program a robot to hit a golf ball I still wouldn't be any good on the links, but perhaps there's enough medical theory that she'd have to encode that she would be the top doc. I would have expected the original program to already have the knowledge and skills useful in OP's scenario, however.

I think all the engineers would have transferable skills, seeing as surgery is basically engineering/plumbing on living things.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

I pay for Nebula - $30 a year which is about £22.50. That won't even cover two months of YouTube Premium (£12 pm), and there's not even the discounted yearly option in the UK.

And "if you're not paying you're the product" is wrong - YouTube/Google would still be datamining my viewing habits to sell to advertisers.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Rosie's prize task was a worthy winner, brilliant entry.

I can't believe they actually went with the smoothie idea, especially after Baba's reaction.

"Creatures of habit, just like nuns." With humour like that, I'm assuming Alex enjoys cryptic crosswords.

Anyone find the mannequins' names familiar? I wonder if it was just a callback or if they'll appear again.

I like the idea that someone forgot to wear the hotdog outfit and brings it out for the final's studio task.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

The mannequins had the same names as the Aussie Rules team from the first season (The Yank Tank stuck in my head). I wonder if they'll make a reappearance since now the contestants (in theory) know their names.

[-] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago

100% the second one. It's the idiomatic way to do this in Rust, and it leaves you with an immutable object.

I personally like to move the short declarations together (i.e. body down with language_id (or both at the top)) but that's a minor quibble.

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submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

Let’s discuss tasks, contestants and the show in general.

Spoilers ahead.

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submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

We have a new series! Let's discuss tasks, contestants and the show in general.

Spoilers ahead.

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submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/24946971

TL;DW:

Does It Make Sense To Put Data Centers In Space?

At some point in the future, yes.

Can They Really Cost Less To Operate?

In theory, yes.

Scott expresses concerns that current startups have not adequately addressed some of the practical challenges, such as cooling.

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submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

Yewtube mirror: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=d-YcVLq98Ew

Scott Manley discusses Lumen Orbit's plan to data centres in space and whether it or not makes sense.

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submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

This video takes a deep dive into the realities of commercial-scale haggis farming in Scotland. Exploring the industry's impact on animal welfare, it uncovers the ethical concerns surrounding the production of farmed haggis.

[-] [email protected] 167 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The source story is worth a read.

Marrero’s background is in Navy intelligence, and she earned a master’s degree in business administration with a concentration in information security and digital management

Incredible.

she soon changed the “STINKY” Wi-Fi network name to another moniker that looked like a wireless printer — even though no such general-use wireless printers were present on the ship

Why not just switch off broadcasting the SSID?

[The CO and XO] then conducted another sweep inside the ship. Although the network that appeared to be a wireless printer appeared on their personal devices during their search, neither made additional inquiries regarding that network

No-one's coming out of this looking good.

Marrero’s secret Starlink dish was removed the same day, and Marrero told another unidentified crew member the next day that it was authorized for in-port use — prompting sailors to re-install the illegal Starlink.

It just keeps going!

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Cryptic Crossword Daily puzzle (www.minutecryptic.com)
submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/18316051

Minute Cryptic is a daily single-question cryptic crossword, with a hint system and an explanation (Youtube video - it appears the channel came before the website).

Definitely worth checking out if you have any interest in cryptic crosswords, which are funnier and more interesting (imho) than standard crosswords.

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Cryptic Crossword Daily puzzle (www.minutecryptic.com)
submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

Minute Cryptic is a daily single-question cryptic crossword, with a hint system and an explanation (Youtube video - it appears the channel came before the website).

Definitely worth checking out if you have any interest in cryptic crosswords, which are funnier and more interesting (imho) than standard crosswords.

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[-] [email protected] 147 points 2 months ago

[The customer] said that Webflow’s sales representatives were uncooperative when asked for more details. He quoted a sales rep saying, “No because you’ll tweet about it.”

Wow, that says a lot about how Webflow views its own policies.

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Piped mirror: https://piped.video/watch?v=UVlBmdvIC6s

This channel is about architecture, and this video (from Nov 2023*) is about Solar Punk and covers some of the history and real-life attempts.

I was amused that shortly after talking about Solar Punk's rejection of consumerism she did the sponsor section, but that's Youtube for you.

* it's been posted elsewhere on Lemmy but not here that I can see

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submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/15125500

xkcd #2942: Fluid Speech

https://xkcd.com/2942

explainxkcd.com for #2942

Alt text:

Thank you to linguist Gretchen McCulloch for teaching me about phonetic assimilation, and for teaching me that if you stand around in public reading texts from a linguist and murmuring example phrases to yourself, people will eventually ask if you're okay.

[-] [email protected] 230 points 6 months ago

I assume this latest bump is due to lemmy.world updating and now counting lurkers when assessing active users.

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