Time flies in Google Earth’s biggest update in years

Re:Time flies in Google Earth’s biggest update in years by mullingitover on Thursday April 15, 2021 @01:30PM (#26823555)

I think of humans as a form of fire uniquely cursed with the ability to see the beauty in what it's burning, and to feel bad about it.

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Re:Time flies in Google Earth’s biggest update in years by Infernal on Thursday April 15, 2021 @02:44PM (#26824574)

I just wanted to let you know I really appreciate this idea - there is beauty in the layers of analogy.

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Re:Time flies in Google Earth’s biggest update in years by drc500free on Friday April 16, 2021 @01:12PM (#26836543)

I think the important distinction between life and non-life is that life creates local reductions in entropy.

At a macro scale, both fire and life create net entropy. The difference is when you zoom in and see either created order or uniform destruction.

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Re:Time flies in Google Earth’s biggest update in years by sen on Friday April 16, 2021 @01:21AM (#26829818)

I truly think it’s a minority who feel bad about it, or care about it at all.

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