TheMetaleek

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[–] TheMetaleek 39 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (10 children)

Maybe, just maybe, if editors did a hint of work with all the money they steal from public science funding, we could stabilise the system towards more integrity and less quantity of publication. Or also just get rid of editors to obtain the same result, but this is sadly utopic today. Peer reviewing is not the problem, and probably still is the best way to assess research quality. However, tendency towards quantity over quality, and applied research over fundamental are what skews the process and its results

[–] TheMetaleek 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

As others have stated, water in trees gets up thanks to two processes. The first is indeed capillary action. The tubes carrying the water are rather thin, and it clings to the sides of it. But this is a rather small part of the total energy carrying the water. The main mechanism is a negative pressure inside the vascular system of the tree. Basically, tree leaves sweat water all the time (more or less depending on temperature). The water leaving the tree kind of sucks up the water following inside the vessels (this is a simplification to not go into the physics behind). In some larger trees, the negative pressure inside the vascular system can be exceptionally strong, requiring exceptional strength of the tree's components.

[–] TheMetaleek 6 points 1 month ago

They are its legs, however they are heavily modified legs made for strongly grappling prey

[–] TheMetaleek 2 points 3 months ago

Le site est propre, par contre il manque l'option d'ajouter un animal je crois (usage certes circonstanciel mais personnellement nécessaire).

[–] TheMetaleek 33 points 4 months ago

I am European and heavily against punitive justice. But I think one year of prison for a crime almost universally considered among the worst is not enough for rehabilitation, and I find this opinion validated by the lack of understanding or even remorse shown by the guy in public statements

[–] TheMetaleek 74 points 4 months ago (35 children)

He did barely a year of prison... I personally don't quite think it's enough for raping a kid, but hey that's just my opinion

[–] TheMetaleek 2 points 5 months ago

Bonjour, C'est une mauvaise lecture, heureusement 70% des espèces n'ont pas disparu, les populations pour beaucoup d'espèces ont chutés de 70%, ce qui est déjà largement assez dramatique, avec effectivement beaucoup de conséquences comme les zoonoses (passages de virus de la faune sauvage vers l'humain). Pour l'anecdote, 70% d'espèces véritablement éteintes, c'est l'estimation pour la crise crétacé-tertiaire s'il y a 66 millions d'années, avec son combo météorite-volcanisme-changement climatique !

[–] TheMetaleek 3 points 5 months ago

Continuing a deep rock galactic addiction, and used the sales to start sea of thieves with some mates, having a blast for the moment!

[–] TheMetaleek 3 points 5 months ago

Trop cool ! Dans les JDR light, j'ai beaucoup aimé For the queen (Pour la Reine en VF) qui fonctionne plutôt bien avec des enfants, le côté on raconte une histoire comme on veut c'est vraiment chouette

[–] TheMetaleek 3 points 6 months ago

You have to collect rainwater, using either pots or collectors that you can build with carpentry 4+. You will indeed have to purify it by heating

[–] TheMetaleek 1 points 6 months ago

C'est possible, je serai curieux de voir le résultat aujourd'hui, car j'ai l'impression que le train continue d'augmenter plus vite que le carburant (mais je ne suis plus autant les prix de l'essence donc ça vaut ce que ça vaut)

[–] TheMetaleek 1 points 6 months ago (5 children)

En gros aujourd'hui je n'ai plus de voiture, donc seul le train est utilisable pour rentrer chez ma famille. À l'époque c'était l'inverse, le lieu où j'étais n'était pas desservi par les trains. Mais aujourd'hui, pour avoir fait le calcul sur un truc similaire, avec ma compagne on paie environ 250 euros pour un aller retour en train paris bordeaux sur le week-end (avec cartes avantage, billets pris environ 2 semaines à l'avance, évidemment 2e classe), et le même trajet avec la Toyota yaris hybride que j'avais prenait bien sur plus longtemps mais me coûtait beaucoup moins cher (prix des carburants de 2021 certes, je ne les connais plus aujourd'hui)

 

Sarcosuchus was one of the largest crocodylomorph to ever live, around 110 million years ago. This incredible specimen is exposed in Paris, at the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, in the Paleontology gallery. Some bones are artificial and can be recognized by the uniform grey color (like most of the limbs), but a lot of other are directly from the specimen, like almost all of the skull ! Picture from Wikipedia, by Shadowgate from Novara, ITALY

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Crocodilia on Wikipedia (en.m.wikipedia.org)
submitted 1 year ago by TheMetaleek to c/crocodiles
 

As the start of this community, why not learn about the group including all extant crocodiles ?

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