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futurebird

@futurebird@sauropods.win

pro-ant propaganda, building electronics, writing sci-fi teaching mathematics & CS. I live in NYC.

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futurebird, to random
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Are the legal battles in our courts a kind of ritual conflict resolution?

Like the giant forest ants when they stand on four stiff legs to look as big as possible and hit each other with their front legs and antennae? They don't bite, but the mandibles are wide to show how well they could bite...

Instead we hit each other with paper, like subpoenas...

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@Scmurcott

The money is how big you are and the ritual is a way of uncovering and comparing the power.

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Homo naledi is the most interesting new human like primate. They are from South Africa, little people. walked upright, but primates walking upright goes way back.

They had hands just like modern humans but longish arms and powerful shoulders ... so they could probably zip up a tree.

They have small brains half modern size. This has made people astonished that they may have had fire.

I'm glad I'll never meet one, a smart little firebug with powerful arms sounds terrifying. 1/

futurebird,
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Personally I think it's really unnatural how humans react to fire. Most people are attracted to it and want to play with it. What's more typical in large mammals is fear.

Of course there are beetles that are attracted to fire (but don't play with it, sadly)

But I do think there is something very very old and strange about the way people relate to fire. It's such a blockbuster tool.

2/2

futurebird,
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@sashin

That's a great question. In my limited reading I haven't seen an experiment that answers it.

NanoRaptor, to random
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The one true USB3 connector.

futurebird,
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@NanoRaptor

EW can you imagine the footprint of this beast on your PCB? Mad that you have to make space for a headphone jack on your board in Eagle? Look at this and weep. Might as well just go home and not make a gadget at all.

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@justafrog @NanoRaptor

I know this is just a fun Dana post... but the thought of a whole other family of new USB connectors makes me want to cry.

futurebird,
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@justafrog @NanoRaptor

USB T (for triangle)
USB T mini
USB T micro
USB T C
nooooooo

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