Hugin

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 hours ago

Human speech has a fairly consistent information density. It's right about what the human brain can comfortably process.

Languages that sound fast and rapid fire have more sounds per information on average. So it's less that some cultures speak quickly and more that the speed of that language for normal human information exchange.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 hours ago

Before I knew any of the horrible stuff about him I still couldn't get into his books. There is a focus on style and tone at the expense of narrative and plot. That just doesn't work for me at all.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 13 hours ago

There is a big difference between knowing a persons reputation and knowing their actions. Sometimes a person with a bad rep does small things you pick up on that reinforces the feeling. But you still don't actually know enough to accuse them.

It's a big deal accusing a powerful person. They are usually going to deny it and people are going to ask for proof. If all you have is rumors and a feeling it only hurts you.

It took several women coming forward with what happened to them to get the public on their side. Imagine trying to accuse him when all you had was rumors.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

You are probably not farming to much. It's easy to over plant and have to spend most of your energy watering.

You can plant more when you have more levels in farming, better tools and, sprinklers. Parsnips are quick growing and a good source of xp.

You will want to start working the mine for ore to make sprinklers. Energy is your big limiter there. Use forrage for energy and avoid mining rocks that don't have what you want.

Killing monsters has a chance to spawn a ladder and the fewer there are the more likely a rock spawns a ladder. You can get much deeper on your energy by fighting before mining.

Don't ignore the community center. The unlocks are very helpful.

Most villagers hit the salon on Friday so it's a good time to say high to everybody. For finding a villager at a particular time check the wiki or install the map mod that adds the villagers.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 days ago (7 children)

I held my nose and voted for her. She would have been so much better then Trump but she was still a bad candidate.

Critiquing the unpopular policies she ran under and lost with might help the Democratic party get it's shit together next time.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 3 days ago (1 children)

As an engineer you learn to be very careful about what you say to non engineers.

A trivial example.

What if we make change x?

It'll make some things harder and some things easier.

One week later.

Why are you having problems? You said doing x would make things easier.

More complicated example.

Can this be used for real time control?

Define real time.

Just answer the question.

I can't it's a bad question. I need to know what you are trying to control.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 days ago

This feels like a condensed version of what a teacher must go through when reading a lazy students 3 page paper.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

You can inherit it from a psychopath.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago

Cells make too many of them to not have a purpose. There is a large energy cost to manufacturing 10k-100k per cell. That's enough for selection to remove them if they were useless.

What's probably going on is they have an important but uncommon purpose. Like a fire extinguisher. They are in most buildings but a lot of people will never see a situation where one is needed.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 week ago (7 children)

In this case the class action would be youtubers and other content creators not users of Honey.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Never letting the audience climax truly an edgy comedian.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

nautilus I love the way they look and move. I'd keep a tank of them but don't want them to go blind.

They're so ancient evolutionary speaking that their eyes are sensors behind a hole in the shell. They have no way to dilate in response to light and are adapted to deep low light conditions.

So keeping them in a tank where I could see them would burn their eyes out in a day or two.

 
 
 
 

A portion of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore has collapsed after a large boat collided with it early on Tuesday morning, sending multiple vehicles into the water.

At about 1.30am, a vessel crashed into the bridge, catching fire before sinking and causing multiple vehicles to fall into the water below, according to a video posted on X.

“All lanes closed both directions for incident on I-695 Key Bridge. Traffic is being detoured,” the Maryland Transportation Authority posted on X.

Matthew West, a petty officer first class for the coastguard in Baltimore, told the New York Times that the coastguard received a report of an impact at 1.27am ET. West said the Dali, a 948ft (29 metres) Singapore-flagged cargo ship, had hit the bridge, which is part of Interstate 695.

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