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I found this article[1] answered allot of the questions I was left with after reading the linked article. > “What we normally do is put a satellite transmitter
by eeegnu 5y ago
I found this article[1] answered allot of the questions I was left with after reading the linked article.
> “What we normally do is put a satellite transmitter on any animal that we deploy instruments on. In this case, we didn’t, because we expected this (camera) just to be gone at sea for a couple of days,” said Lidgard in an interview Friday.
> “With hindsight, probably not a good idea,” he added with a laugh.
> The idea, he said, was to deploy the camera four or five times, each time removing it from the seal to get the data after a few days and reattaching it to continue the research.
> In this case, Lidgard said he thinks the seal was starting to go through the moulting process and was foraging for food when the camera fell from its back.
No video footage there either sadly.
[1] https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2021/10/08/lost-seal-mounted-camera-found-3-12-years-after-deployment-in-ns-biologist.html https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2021/10/08/lost-seal-mou...
- SomeBoolshit 5y ago>allot My god. This will probably considered a low value comment on here but the phrase is "a lot".
- grp000 5y agoCrazy. Even on HN there are allot of spelling mistakes.
- geoduck14 5y ago>Crazy. Even on HN there are allot of spelling mistakes. Yuo messed an oportunity to misspell yur comet.
- gregoryl 5y agoBecause it's not required for the level of discourse expected.
- labster 5y agoMore than our allotment.
- kjaftaedi 5y agoIt's almost as if English is not everyone's first language.
- 0xdeadb00f 5y agoYou say this but I know way too many people who have English as their first and only language who make silly mistakes. And when you mention the correct way to say/write something _you're_ an asshole. No, I'm trying to help you!
- eeegnu 5y agoYour right in principal, bad grammar effects us all, theirs allot we can do too keep content here peek quality.
- akavel 5y agoAhh, you reminded me of a classic standup sketch on youtube, titled: "The Impotence of Proofreading" IIRC
- dcow 5y agowrite* due* hear*
- pacaro 5y agoFwiw, while we're being pedantic, do and due are only homophones in some English dialects
- kwhitefoot 5y agoIt never occurred to me that they were homophones in any English dialects!
- sashagim 5y ago* affect :(
- colanderman 5y agoThe GP made those mistakes on purpose. The parent was adding some more.
- seattle_spring 5y agoAllot is a perfectly cromulent word.
- breakingcups 5y agoRelevant: The Alot is Better Than You at Everything http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better...
- ben_w 5y agoOn the one hand, yes; on the other hand, it’s kind of fun to watch, in real time, the same sort of linguistic shift that means that the word “orange” doesn’t begin with the letter n.
- stewbrew 5y agoon the top of the linked article, there is a video embedded that contains some snippets.