Posts by llewelly@sauropods.win
(DIR) Post #B25wnel7FSakLSPOz2 by llewelly@sauropods.win
2026-01-09T02:49:33Z
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@futurebird @MCDuncanLab I often made my own sack lunch when I was a child, and in those days my dream sack lunch went something like this: thick slice bread, preferably from the end of the loaf so it's tough, thick slice cheese, thick slice tomato, fried egg, 2nd thick slice cheese, 2nd thick slice bread, again preferably from the end of the loaf, thermos of tomato juice. But I think I only got to make that twice, and ended up leaving out ingredients and substituting practically every time.
(DIR) Post #B263w7FPuYRahHYwjI by llewelly@sauropods.win
2026-01-09T04:09:33Z
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@futurebird @MCDuncanLab @jgordon my mother regularly made fruit preserves with 1/4 the normal sugar, so ...... mold grew on it. Because, actually, the whole point of using so much sugar is to preserve the fruit!!!
(DIR) Post #B265DCbxK4kYD0og4G by llewelly@sauropods.win
2026-01-09T04:23:46Z
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@futurebird @MCDuncanLab @Wyatt_H_Knott that must be it, because the only other macintoshes are the boots and the computers, and presumably neither boots nor computers would be in school sack lunch, being too tough for youngsters to chew.
(DIR) Post #B27mw9rAtvqpssZsiu by llewelly@sauropods.win
2026-01-10T00:06:27Z
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@shippychaos @futurebird I remember when aol doubled my homework media costs by switching from floppies to CDs.
(DIR) Post #B27tkTKvLi80VIrqhk by llewelly@sauropods.win
2026-01-10T01:24:47Z
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@futurebird dilithium crystal?
(DIR) Post #B29ARyGc1F7JJGZg2K by llewelly@sauropods.win
2026-01-10T16:06:41Z
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@futurebird remember when television came in regular and unleaded?
(DIR) Post #B2BSTkVyJ85ojCfywi by llewelly@sauropods.win
2026-01-11T18:38:05Z
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@futurebird @EricLawton @david_chisnall there are certain languages (such as C) in which that would be a cruel trick; lots of code which contains subtle undefined behavior bugs that don't show easily will compile without errors, or in many cases, often without warnings as well. Not all undefined behavior is detectable at compile time.
(DIR) Post #B2EftTNqVLmc0LLqjY by llewelly@sauropods.win
2026-01-13T07:52:32Z
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@futurebird for a quarter of a century I thought cladistics was the graph theory of biology!
(DIR) Post #B2IJlKGP6lFb2kQ7Q8 by llewelly@sauropods.win
2026-01-15T02:03:24Z
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@futurebird to iterate is human.to recurse, well, cursed.
(DIR) Post #B2NAfueIzG1OM9k9zs by llewelly@sauropods.win
2026-01-17T10:15:08Z
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@futurebird carbon, oxygen, calcium, magnesium, and strontium all have stable isotope ratios which vary over time due to global geochemical cycles, and all are potentially useful in chemostratigraphy, but all are also affected by diet, and by metabolic body temperature. If all you had were isotope ratios, and no other information was available, it would be very difficult to distinguish a time traveler from someone who merely had a very unusual diet.
(DIR) Post #B2OLAN552HxRvJODse by llewelly@sauropods.win
2026-01-17T23:47:25Z
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@futurebird @lemgandi @moira @Photo55 S. invicta is native to tropical and subtropical parts of S. America, so I'd be surprised if their nests maintain substantial internal heat. It seems more likely their nests would evolve to get rid of heat.
(DIR) Post #B2U34emLPeX8aI3sH2 by llewelly@sauropods.win
2026-01-20T17:52:56Z
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@futurebird it's ok, I don't get the joke either.
(DIR) Post #B2Z3muIO3QdtEzwtdo by llewelly@sauropods.win
2026-01-23T03:54:30Z
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@futurebird but it's below freezing outside!
(DIR) Post #B2Zjyg1t7Km4XrWhsG by llewelly@sauropods.win
2026-01-23T11:47:15Z
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@futurebird how does cat crime keep you up?
(DIR) Post #B2baU0GNKQXn3BWOhc by llewelly@sauropods.win
2026-01-24T09:10:16Z
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@futurebird they're convergent with weasels. Basically an asiatic linsang.
(DIR) Post #B2cPXOxf3LrSBJ973Y by llewelly@sauropods.win
2026-01-24T18:42:22Z
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@futurebird so polite. Up 'till the last moment, anyway.
(DIR) Post #B2cPmegKt26DHWJdOC by llewelly@sauropods.win
2026-01-24T18:45:05Z
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@futurebird for me, the problem isn't starting; it's stopping. I get sewing and don't realize I've sewn enough to use up all the thread and the loose ends have pulled through the first few holes I sewed.
(DIR) Post #B2er9PyQXYlMilK1g0 by llewelly@sauropods.win
2026-01-25T23:01:10Z
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@futurebird https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mogging
(DIR) Post #B2erSfrHhmVHUNABJQ by llewelly@sauropods.win
2026-01-25T23:04:37Z
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@futurebird no idea. I don't know that vouging and can't find a definition.
(DIR) Post #B2hBNGPrG5v0X3x5c0 by llewelly@sauropods.win
2026-01-27T01:57:11Z
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@futurebird I hope it's ok if I prefer Vulcanidris to Camponotus.