lotsofspots

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by lotsofspots 2y ago
The first cell with a surviving lineage to get organised. There could have been countless other 'attempts' that, for one reason or another, failed to get established, or died out before they could leave a trace in the fossil recor
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by lotsofspots 2y ago
About a week after that went viral - https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2024/05/amazon-s3...
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by lotsofspots 3y ago
And even that Bill was refused assent as Parliament asked Queen Anne to do so as they wanted to make some changes to it.
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by lotsofspots 3y ago
The enteric nervous system certainly evolved first!
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by lotsofspots 3y ago
I can't remember a time when I didn't know the word, but then I grew up near London so used the Tube regularly as a child.
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by lotsofspots 3y ago
I like how the phrase "I didn't say she stole my wallet." changes meaning completely depending on which word(s) you emphasise.
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by lotsofspots 3y ago
People think of "Tuesday night" as the night that falls at the end of Tuesday, however the majority of it from an astronomy perspective tends to fall after midnight (particularly with daylight savings time), hence it's referr
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by lotsofspots 3y ago
Beat me to it, I was going to go for "X Is All You Need Papers Considered Harmful"
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by lotsofspots 3y ago
I know at least one affected engineer there.
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by lotsofspots 4y ago
You do know Boris hasn't been in charge since last July, right?
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by lotsofspots 4y ago
Oh, they take full responsibility, it always says so in the mails they send out. It's just that taking responsibility doesn't appear to actually result in anything happening.
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by lotsofspots 4y ago
It's a common term for a stock market in non-English speaking countries.
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by lotsofspots 4y ago
The success of the "Cursed Child" stage show seems an appropriate parallel here.
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by lotsofspots 4y ago
The "elves will take our jobs!" scene in Numenor was pretty overt.
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by lotsofspots 4y ago
Removal of the 45p tax rate would cost around £2bn, which is peanuts compared to the amount spent on the COVID furlough scheme, for example. Calling it "wild tax cuts for the wealthiest" is political posturing.
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by lotsofspots 4y ago
The oral traditions of the Klamath people describe the eruption that turned Mount Mazama into Crater Lake 8000 years ago, too.
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by lotsofspots 4y ago
During the time that scene was set there _was_ no light in the sky, all light came in sideways from the Two Trees.
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by lotsofspots 4y ago
Right! When they unironically take the "Dey took 'er jerbs!!" line from South Park with zero awareness of how ridiculous it was in context. Why would the Men of Numenor be worried about elves stealing their jobs when no elf h
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by lotsofspots 4y ago
The last Queen of England was Anne, after the Acts of Union in 1707 she became Queen of Great Britain, as the position has remained since. Amusingly, Queen Anne was the last female head of state of America, too.
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by lotsofspots 4y ago
Right, and the fact that that wood is destined to be harvested means it's not really long-term carbon storage, either.
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by lotsofspots 4y ago
It is my understanding that the question was pre-recorded and submitted in advance, the 'fault' seems to lie with the moderator who selected that one to be answered.
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by lotsofspots 4y ago
Parts of that section are open to the sky, too, so not really under the ground.
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by lotsofspots 4y ago
An apology that came twenty years too late!
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by lotsofspots 5y ago
> Proprietary databases like Oracle and SQL Server find value in developing their own drivers. They don't tend to publish their wire protocol. Just to note, MS have long published the details of their wire protocol, TDS - https:&#x