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Re:Apple’s new M1 Pro and M1 Max processors on Monday October 18, 2021 @02:13PM (#28908998)
Not to disagree, but what gave you that impression?
Not so much the food, but I am heavily addicted to Coke Zero. I tried on Monday to quit it after a 2 week focus to prepare and I failed within 2 hours. I have previously quit nicotine for example so it's blown my mind why I can't handle stopping this simple drink.
Re:Ocean drone captures video from inside a hurricane on Friday October 01, 2021 @04:40AM (#28716042)
Wow that is an amazing achievement, those waves are scary, especially being so far from assistance in such a small boat. Did you manage the whole journey without major issue?
Re:A Closer Look: How I Created a 248MP Photo of the Sun on Friday September 17, 2021 @05:44PM (#28571251)
Is there a link to the 248MP image?
Re:The Crow Whisperer: What happens when we talk to animals? on Thursday April 15, 2021 @07:04AM (#26818890)
That is really cool!

Around 4-5 years ago, I seen a baby seagull had fallen out of it's nest into my garden so I immediately noticed seagulls for the first time. I would feed it cheap haddock cuts. At first the parents were in attack mode but I feel that eventually they accepted me. It was cool to see the baby learn to fly and the parents seemingly being involved.

Anyway although it is hard to tell by looking, each year one of the parents comes back. The only way I feel I know is because in spring if I hang my washing out, all of a sudden this seagull will land and mooch around on the grass, sometimes I have to nudge it with my foot as I go along the washing line to get it out of the way. It's pretty odd given how cagey seagulls are and it doesn't do that if I am not alone.

Edit: I feed it bits and pieces which is the reason of course, but it's nice to see the association none the less.

Anyway I call him Steve as in Steven Seagal. Hopefully it's a male.

Crows would be even more cool.

Oh god, he is such a complete bull shitter that it's embarrassing.

A while back, I was like "This Elon Musk guy is really an example of what we need more of in the world".

It makes me cringe.

This was the days of solar rooftiles, Boring company, going to mars soon, the hyperloop, battery technologies, self driving vehicles.

All of it was complete horseshit.

The worst thing of all is that, I can hold my hands up and be laughed at but since then there are armies of Elon fans that don't recognise it.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

EDIT: Even on hackernews, there are people with this fetish. "It isn't his fault, the public is to blame for thinking that fully automated self driving cars, meant fully automated self driving cars". Ugh.