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rex_lupi··on Kagi Translate now supports LinkedIn Speak as an output language
- Input: asshole

- Translated: A leader who presents unique opportunities for growth and resilience.

rex_lupi··on Cache of WW2 bombs found under a playground in Northumberland
loved it!
rex_lupi··on David Attenborough at 99: 'I will not see how the story ends'
Seaspiracy is another eye opening documentary.
rex_lupi··on How can traditional British TV survive the US streaming giants
'Traditional british tv' has produced some of the best shows to be ever made. The writing, acting and production quality of the 70s-80s classic british shows surpasses anything being produced these days in 4k. Spent so many delectable hours watching old shows from that era, some of them quite obscure. Modern shows feel like mass-produced in an assembly line, devoid of what one would call 'class'.
rex_lupi··on Ocean Iron Fertilization
But humans have already been tinkering (tinkering is not the word to describe large scale disturbances) with delicate systems we barely understand since the industrial revolution. But when it comes to technological solutions like this, somehow people think that's too risky.
rex_lupi··on First Known Photographs of Living Specimens
>Anyhow species that were first photographed outside of iNaturalist would not be eligible...

To clarify, it would be eligible if the photograph has not been published (i.e. made available publicly outside of iNat) and you own the license.

If you had taken the first-known pics of an animal a few decades ago, and posted them on Facebook earlier, you can still add them to this project, as they fulfill all the technical requirements.

rex_lupi··on First Known Photographs of Living Specimens
It's sad that most of the commenters here did not care to read the "About" section of the project:

>This project is designed to showcase the first known photographs of living specimens of any species. Note that by 'first known' I'm referring to the first known photographs of a species anywhere, not just the first photographs to be submitted to iNaturalist.

>Two types of observation will be included: 1) First photographic records of undescribed species... 2) First photographic records of already described (but obviously relatively uncommon or cryptic) species...

>If the male and female of a species are sexually dimorphic, then both are valid to be added to the project. So too if a species has distinct life stages (eg caterpillar/chrysalis/butterfly), they are all valid to be separately added to the project (assuming the other rules apply).

>If you see an observation currently in the project that you know is not the first photograph of that species, and you can show the earlier photograph, please do not hesitate to message me and I'll remove it.

It clearly states the photograph has to be the first photograph someone ever taken of the species which they have published(journal/news/book etc.) or publicly shared. Also, historical pictures are welcome, as long as you took the picture. I have seen scanned images uploaded to the project dating back to the 1960s.

rex_lupi··on Johns Hopkins University slashes 2k jobs
Plenty of PhD offers have been rescinded, and stipend cut.
rex_lupi··on Johns Hopkins University slashes 2k jobs
I work in science, and it is definitely not normal. Doesn't sound like state funded. Likeky private/industrial sponsorship
rex_lupi··on When Crocodiles Attack: The Ramree Island Massacre (2013)
From Wikipedia:

> In his 2011 analysis of the Burma campaign, the historian Frank McLynn challenged this interpretation, saying,

> Most of all, there is a single zoological problem. If 'thousands of crocodiles' were involved in the massacre, as in the urban (jungle) myth, how had these ravening monsters survived before and how were they to survive later? The ecosystem of a mangrove swamp, with an exiguous mammal life, simply would not have permitted the existence of so many saurians before the coming of the Japanese (animals are not exempt from the laws of overpopulation and starvation).

> In 1974, a journalist, George Frazier, reported having asked the Japanese War Office about the crocodile attack and being told that they could not confirm that it had happened. In 2016, Sam Willis, a historian, reported that he had found documents indicating that the Japanese soldiers mostly drowned and/or were shot and that crocodiles scavenged on their corpses afterwards.

> In 2000, a herpetologist, Steven Platt, visited Ramree Island, where he interviewed residents who had been alive during the war and who had been forced into slave labour by the Japanese; they "unanimously discounted any suggestion that large numbers of Japanese fell prey to crocodiles".

rex_lupi··on Choosing death penalty by firing squad because it's safer
Funded by taxpayer's money [including from victims], medical bills included
rex_lupi··on Current Events (Wikipedia)
I just found out about this, it's nice and clean as you said, and I thought I'd share it with others
rex_lupi··on A Mount Lyell shrew has just been photographed alive
came here to post this exact video!
rex_lupi··on Nixie Tubes (2015)
The author has a great youtube channel - DiodeGoneWild. His teardowns of vintage (eg. soviet RF tubes) and contemporary (eg. various products of chinese ingenuity) are worth checking out.
rex_lupi··on Wikipedia article blocked worldwide by Delhi high court
Intentional or not I don't know, but that's a surefire way to start a powerful Streisand effect
rex_lupi··on A Media Player Without Peers – The Unreasonable Effectiveness of VLC
OT, but am i the only one who feels part of this article is wrriten using a GPT?

This para especially strikes out as very odd: "2. Advanced AI-driven features: With the advancement in artificial intelligence and machine learning, VLC may develop new features to enhance user experience. This could include AI-driven media organization and curation, smart recommendations based on viewing patterns, or even intelligent quality enhancements for low-quality media files."

rex_lupi··on Fear and hardship for the last community inside Chitwan, Nepal's tiger central
Same. Chitwan is on my bucket list for some time now
rex_lupi··on Show HN: HackerNews but for research papers
I had this idea for a while. Thanks for creating this. We need to have bio and chem categories asap.
rex_lupi··on Mushroom Sprouting Out of a Living Frog
Wow, absolutely didn't expect this news to pop out here. I am familiar with the authors.
rex_lupi··on LineageOS is currently installed on 1.5M Android devices
It might be unofficially supported. Most devices are.
rex_lupi··on The Failed Saint: On George Orwell's India
Practically the president. The appeal process is deliberately long, except in cases with strong public or international pressure.
rex_lupi··on The Failed Saint: On George Orwell's India
>It is entirely possible that a change in policy will result in all of them hanging within a month.

It seems to me you dont have the faintest clue how the Indian justice system works, I'm not even sure you're aware that India does have law and order like a civilized democracy. It has major problems within it, but it's not entirely nonexistent.

About the second point, I'd just add again, that public opinion matters.

rex_lupi··on The Failed Saint: On George Orwell's India
You should understand, that of those 488 currently in DR, only a small fraction will ever be actually executed. It's practically the same as life term. I hope you are not against that either? The "endless insecurity" is actually deliberate, because people (majority) will actually oppose the abolition of capital punishment.

Tangentially, how should a country (read US) deal with terrorists (in the strictest possible sense of the word) who planned and carried out significantly impactful attacks against their citizens?

Its probably not being downvoted for that reason. Rather because you're just being plain wrong here.

rex_lupi··on The Failed Saint: On George Orwell's India
> "Since 2000, eight executions have been carried out in India, all executions have been carried out by hanging." (Wikipedia)

One ought to to check out the offenses committed as well. These are no ordinary crimes. Public opinion matters. It's a large and extremely complex place and "system".

rex_lupi··on Raspberry Pi is manufacturing 70K Raspberry Pi 5s per week
Maybe an inline buck coverter w/ a 9v/12v quickcharge adapter would help?
rex_lupi··on Salt and salary: Were Roman soldiers paid in salt? (2017)
Also "Peanuts"
rex_lupi··on Electronic soil boosts crop growth
Maybe others have noticed it too, the article's writing style seems very much like chatgpt
rex_lupi··on Boquila
I just came to post it ;)
rex_lupi··on U.S. workers say banned weed killer in 50 countries is giving them Parkinson's
Went to check if he ever had any erm, "effects", but this is even wilder:

> "In 1940, at the age of 51, Midgley contracted polio and was left severely disabled. He devised an elaborate system of ropes and pulleys to lift himself out of bed. On November 2, 1944, at the age of 55, he was found dead at his home in Worthington, Ohio. He had been killed by his own device after he became entangled in it and died of strangulation"

rex_lupi··on How to clean chemistry glassware
>Aside from a few cases where nitrile works and others don't (some hydrocarbons, among others), there's usually something more protective.

Good luck finding something that protects your hand from the fairly occasional DCM/DMF/name any org solvent drops/spatters/spills

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