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Re:Study of 1M-year-old skull points to earlier origins of modern humans
on Wednesday October 08, 2025 @04:02PM (#45519993)
Why did birds evolve flight and people didn't?
The other apes are intelligent enough for their niche. At some point in humanity's past, the environment was harsh enough that the less intelligent ones died.
Re:Study of 1M-year-old skull points to earlier origins of modern humans
on Wednesday October 08, 2025 @04:00PM (#45519974)
They do have a common ancestor, it's just not a marine mammal.
Re:Study of 1M-year-old skull points to earlier origins of modern humans
on Wednesday October 08, 2025 @03:57PM (#45519952)
That's just creationism.
Re:Illinois to become first US state to abolish cash bail
on Sunday September 17, 2023 @10:06PM (#37551386)
If they are violent and need to be kept in check, why not just keep them in jail? Otherwise, people with money get better treatment than those without.
Re:Illinois to become first US state to abolish cash bail
on Sunday September 17, 2023 @10:02PM (#37551363)
It has to do with bail being viewed as "letting criminals go free". If there is a high conviction rate, then most of the people being arrested are eventually found guilty, and I would expect bail being viewed less favorably there. On the other hand, if conviction rates were low, it would mean the police were arresting a lot of people that did not break the law, and I would expect bail to be viewed more positively.
Re:Just got a MacBook Pro for work; what are your tips?
on Monday September 04, 2023 @08:46PM (#37386625)
Get a better text editor and file browser, and probably terminal.
I use Sublime as my text editor, but there are other options.
I use PathFinder for a dual-pane file explorer.
I use iTerm2 for my terminal.
Otherwise, I don't recommend customizing too much out of the gate. If you are continuously hitting a pain point, then it could be worth it, but you'll learn the Mac way soon enough.
Re:Humans may be just as capable as dogs at following a scent trail
on Monday September 04, 2023 @04:02PM (#37384398)
Maybe a little hyperbolic, but I've seen other studies that show humans can differentiate between odors better than dogs.
Dogs seem to be great at detecting odors in low concentrations. Once they are detectable by humans, however, it seems we have some pretty good olfactory skills.
Re:Ask HN: What niche task/tool websites have you built?
on Thursday August 31, 2023 @11:50AM (#37339122)
https://www.bandtr.com
Play a random album from your Spotify collection
Re:Building a digital music collection in 2023
on Monday August 21, 2023 @09:08PM (#37217334)
I collect vinyl to own my music and a lot of modern vinyl releases include a download code.
Re:W. H. Auden’s 1954 review of The Fellowship of the Ring
on Saturday August 19, 2023 @10:22PM (#37195448)
I get it. I was really into fantasy as a teenager, but now I'm on the wrong side of 35 and nonfiction is all I'm interested in. I feel like there is so much stuff that has happened in real life that fantasy seems hollow.
Re:Too Many Vacant Lots, Not Enough Housing: The U.S. Real-Estate Puzzle
on Thursday August 17, 2023 @08:51PM (#37170259)
Buy the lot and build a house? Home builders and realtors are pretty established business models. Land developers can do both.
Re:US takes $1.2B gamble on carbon-sucking vacuums
on Saturday August 12, 2023 @08:54PM (#37105582)
It takes a lot of energy to pull carbon out of the air. The energy needs to come from somewhere, but if it involves burning oil then it's going to create more mess than it cleans up.
Re:Dear Spotify, can we just get a table of songs?
on Saturday June 04, 2022 @06:19PM (#31625646)
That's a pretty good UI.
I made a simple app to shuffle Spotify albums that you might like. Check it out at www.bandtr.com
Re:Spotify was down
on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @01:55PM (#30604335)
Yup. I turned on the record player instead. I'm glad I still have a dumb machine I can fall back on when all of the technology fails.
Re:A short history of Bigfoot sightings and lore
on Friday July 05, 2019 @08:54PM (#20367035)
I like to think that Bigfoot did exist at some point. There is fossil evidence of large upright walking apes in Asia (gigantopithecus) contemporary with early homo sapiens. Those creatures could have come to North America the same way humans did.
When Europeans showed up, the indigenous humans were ravaged by Old World disease. It seems logical that any contact between humans and Bigfoot would have similar consequences.
I could believe that some small populations survived long enough to inspire stories. If there are any left, I imagine they would be spread pretty thin.
In any case, there are no verified bodies to study, so we are left with our imaginations.