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I'm not terribly surprised, parrots can store information on materials, color, and then recite it in English. Even if they don't have the vocal chords to do so, I'm sure certain primates, whales, and potentially certain canines could do similar things with sign languages or brain-computer interfaces.

If people can teach dogs math, and wolves can do insanely complicated lab experiments and real world problem-solving, I'm sure our brains aren't terribly different.

Here's an interesting one of a parrot that can differentiate materials and colors.

https://youtu.be/B8-ZmuJixIg

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I agree with him, but I think there are multiple different ways to approach this issue (in many western countries).

Part of this is starting boys one year later in school, because developmentally, boys hit puberty later than girls. Another part needs to be offline activities like camping, biking, and sailing that get boys outside and playing with each other in healthy environments. Scouting was a great example when I was a kid. It let kids blow off excess steam, while teaching them how to work together, how to safely help injured people, deal with emergencies, and experience the wonder of the outdoors. It also taught good skills like swimming, personal finance, and leadership.

I think back then, the Internet was a lot more rudimentary, and cellphones really could only be used for calling. Videogames were collaborative, in-person activities, and while it did peel people away, it wasn't the isolated, single-player experience it is now. Kids and adults have to get away from that sometimes.

It will be, science is just going to kick the ass of the nonbelievers once again for a decade or two.

It is horrifying that the CDC has a smallpox sample in Atlanta. I hope their security guards are ready to defend it if the human virus stops by to release it.

Jesus, even just like, 10 years ago, this would have been like, two blue pixels. If anything at all, lol.

That is a surprisingly sharp image of planets for an image 7.642e+14 miles away, holy fuck.

Reminds me of the FSS in Elite Dangerous. Don't forget to honk the system!

I think this is less time-specific, and more just people not being terribly interested in learning.

For example, a professor who specialized in virology was explaining everything about how pathogens spillover between species, using a 2010s ebola outbreak as an example. I was on the edge of my seat the entire time because it was as fascinating as a true horror movie, and yet other students were totally zoned out on Facebook a few rows ahead of me. While the professor was talking about organs dissolving due to the disease and the fecal-oral (and other liquids) route of ebola, which wasn't exactly a dry subject, lol.

Rinse and repeat for courses on macro/micro economics, mirror neurons, psychology classes on kink, even coding classes.

Either I'm fascinated by stuff most people find boring, or a lot of people just hate learning. I'm thinking it's the latter, since this stuff encompassed a wide range of really interesting subjects from profs who were really excited about what they taught.

I miss them a lot, I used to corner various profs and TAs and ask them questions about time fluctuations around black holes, rare succulent growing tips in the plant growth center, and biotechnology. It was fun having access to such vibrant people :)

I've had pretty decent luck with battery powered flashlights for bikes, and LED runner vests for visibility on roads! They have a lot longer battery life than they did in the 00s.

I usually do! My ebike is single speed, so it's pretty fine unless I need to go up steep hills.

I was still at 50% after a 45 mile ride. And I usually only charge it to 85% ish. :)

This sort of stuff always looks great on paper, but my electric horn, which is supposedly good for "2,000" uses on a single charge tends to drain its battery in under a month, even in summer. You go to use it and it flashes the low battery warning. Luckily, I have a back up bell on my ebike, but it's still really annoying.

I'd stay away from these things like the plague, unless it's mains-powered off a huge ebike battery. These tiny batteries are annoying to charge, and tend to fail when you need them most. I'm keeping my mountain bike completely mechanical/hydraulic.

Archived version too:

https://archive.ph/vrgzC

That is a really cool idea. So it should automatically make its own apples? (Assuming there's enough wind and pollinators?)