The thread of learning something new every day
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@taniwharugby said in The thread of learning something new every day:
while it isnt something strictly new, it was something I had heard about, but not really taken much notice of, and happened to listen to a podcast about Simulation Theory.
And on looking on google...wow, lots of stuff saying we are, or the probability is high that we are.
I dont buy it, or do I...nah not really, be some boring dude to create my world haha
I hope they are not watching what I get up to in the bathroom.
I do think in the not too distant future with advances in VR and Elons neuralink many humans will spend a lot of their time in a second reality, one in which they can be whoever they want and visit and do things that they want.
In theory there will likely be a day that you can control a character in a VR world with your mind. I'm sure gaming, sport and porn will drive this, imagine a WW2 simulation where you feel like you are in the world and can move shoot etc with your mind. Probably be pretty addictive and fun.
It's also entirely feasible that VR will improve to a point we can watch an AB's game from home and feel like we are actually in the crowd.
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Interesting to read how much work is involved to standardise a kilogram.
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@taniwharugby said in The thread of learning something new every day:
@bovidae some of that made sense haha!
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In the mid 19th century Ignaz Semmelweis suggested that washing hands by Dr's prior to delivering babies would reduce mortality rates...he was ridiculed, apparently suffered a breakdown and was committed to an asylum by colleagues.
He was beaten by guards in the asylum and died following a large wound that turned gangerous
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@taniwharugby said in The thread of learning something new every day:
In the mid 19th century Ignaz Semmelweis suggested that washing hands by Dr's prior to delivering babies would reduce mortality rates...he was ridiculed, apparently suffered a breakdown and was committed to an asylum by colleagues.
He was beaten by guards in the asylum and died following a large wound that turned gangerous
In a similar vein....(may have posted this before?)
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Google seems to confirm this is true...I did not know that
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@taniwharugby No way! That is cool.
So theoretically, we could have crocodiles around from when Cleopatra's time?
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@hooroo said in The thread of learning something new every day:
@taniwharugby No way! That is cool.
So theoretically, we could have crocodiles around from when Cleopatra's time?
If there was enough food to feed gargantuan crocodiles I guess http://awesci.com/crocodiles-do-not-die/
which makes me wonder if those giant prehistoric sharks -megalodons- had the same problem, they keep growing, run out of enough food...there is also an immortal jellyfish
https://www.amnh.org/explore/news-blogs/on-exhibit-posts/the-immortal-jellyfish -
@nostrildamus said in The thread of learning something new every day:
@hooroo said in The thread of learning something new every day:
@taniwharugby No way! That is cool.
So theoretically, we could have crocodiles around from when Cleopatra's time?
If there was enough food to feed gargantuan crocodiles I guess http://awesci.com/crocodiles-do-not-die/
which makes me wonder if those giant prehistoric sharks -megalodons- had the same problem, they keep growing, run out of enough food...there is also an immortal jellyfish
https://www.amnh.org/explore/news-blogs/on-exhibit-posts/the-immortal-jellyfish
Valid!! I like this. Imagine crocs hunting elephants twice a day! What a sight to behold. You think with evolution they would get quicker too. Hippos beware!!
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@dogmeat im surprised teams is so low, my company as about 55k staff and i spend 4-8 hours a day on teams
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@kiwiwomble said in The thread of learning something new every day:
@dogmeat im surprised teams is so low, my company as about 55k staff and i spend 4-8 hours a day on teams
It says 'connects' so I guess that each person on each meeting gets counted once at the initial connect?
I'm more surprised at the amount of tweets. Apart from when people copy one onto here I never look at it.
It used to be useful when places used it as an instant comms platform eg skifields letting customers know lift opening updates etc but that died out. -
For 40 Years, Crashing Trains Was One of America’s Favorite Pastimes
From 1896 until the 1930s, showmen would travel the country staging wrecks at state fairs.
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@bones said in The thread of learning something new every day:
The main characters from Golden Girls were younger than the ones in the latest series of Sex in the City.
That’s gonna make the wank considerably more awkward. Let me know how you get on bro.
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Ignaz Semmelweis - Wikipedia
