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It's true that we would die if the bacteria…
It's true that we would die if the bacteria disappeard.
Its's also true that bacteria in general would not suffer if we disappeared.
But what he does is comparing one species to a whole domain of…
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Today, 15:19
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Saw this claim on a TV show on Animal Planet or…
Saw this claim on a TV show on Animal Planet or Discovery Science:
If bacteria disappeared, humans would die. OTOH, if humans disappeared, bacteria wouldn't suffer.
What's problematic with that…
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April 13th, 2021, 12:04
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The hurls may have tested it.
Observe that…
The hurls may have tested it.
Observe that there are many different kinds of brown cheese: Gudbrandsdal cheese, Mys cheese, different kinds of goat milk cheese, Misvær-cheese and several others….
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April 13th, 2021, 10:11
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The Dutch are running out of cheese.
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The Dutch are running out of cheese.
According to this report (https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/dutch-supermarkets-run-out-of-cheese-after-ransomware-attack/).
Apparenatly it's…
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Forum: Off-Topic
April 6th, 2021, 13:13
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April 6th, 2021, 13:08
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Not to mention the occasional violation of two…
Not to mention the occasional violation of two things (cars) without consequences occuyping in the same spot rule. Unless there are (veery unlikely) some weird quantum mechanisms at work.
anb…
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April 6th, 2021, 12:36
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Google vs Oracle
Google pwns Oracle over API copyright. From Zdnet:
Google beats Oracle in biggest programming copyright Supreme Court case ever…
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April 4th, 2021, 19:05
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Ahh, so that's why there are only reprises of…
Ahh, so that's why there are only reprises of Universe programs on Discovery Science.
an incarnation of pibbur who knows everything there is to know about the development of common house dust.
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April 4th, 2021, 12:14
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How Chuck Norris would fight the coronavirus:…
How Chuck Norris would fight the coronavirus: https://watchcharge.com/how-chuck-norris-would-fight-the-coronavirus/
an incarnation of pibbur who for several reasons (including lack of fighting…
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March 31st, 2021, 13:01
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I remember it well. Living in Norway, we have…
I remember it well. Living in Norway, we have always driven on the right side. But of course we paid close attention to what happpened at our sweet brother.'s
Some time before the event this tune…
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March 29th, 2021, 08:57
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#96 looks like Marilyn Manson.
#105: …
#96 looks like Marilyn Manson.
#105:
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an incarnation of pibbur who has the #22 object, but hasn't tried (and probably won't try) that particular configuration. And who finds that the…
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Forum: News Comments
March 25th, 2021, 10:30
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March 25th, 2021, 10:27
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March 24th, 2021, 11:16
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Somewhat off-topic, but related to the latest…
Somewhat off-topic, but related to the latest exchange: If your toddler is old enough to go to the bathroom, but refuses to do so because it's more practical (doesn't interrupt playing) to let it go…
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March 24th, 2021, 11:01
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March 24th, 2021, 10:58
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https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/google_trends.png
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https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/google_trends.png
an incarnation of pibbur who got the Utah and the Richmond link, but not the others
EDIT: I get the Wasilla references now, probably also Mountain…
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March 24th, 2021, 10:42
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Astronomy in perspective: …
Astronomy in perspective:
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/solar_system_cartogram.png
He (from the Alt text, not visible here, but check the pagelink: https://xkcd.com/2439/) includes the mars rovers…
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March 22nd, 2021, 20:05
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March 22nd, 2021, 11:01
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March 22nd, 2021, 10:52
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March 21st, 2021, 19:44
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March 21st, 2021, 13:15
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More on Gentle Giant. One thing that's typical of…
More on Gentle Giant. One thing that's typical of their music is that there is a lot of things going on. Instruments playing sometimes very different lines at the same time. Same applies to vocals.
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March 20th, 2021, 10:22
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Just recently had a Gentle Giant day, listening…
Just recently had a Gentle Giant day, listening to 8 albums by them. GG is IMO one of the all time best prog rock bands, but sadly not given the attention they deserved.
Here's a 59 minute concert…
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March 20th, 2021, 10:07
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March 20th, 2021, 10:03
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Some years ago, at a very informal Linux meeting…
Some years ago, at a very informal Linux meeting in Bergen, they implemented a pigeon internet protocol, which involved printing out ping requests and sticking it to 9 pigeons which then (mostly)…
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