Kitathalla

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[–] Kitathalla@lemy.lol 5 points 2 weeks ago

The 'not significant' part could be due to low numbers in general, so they can't get the variances small enough to get low p numbers. It's a quote that I can't quite remember perfectly that is well known in sociology/psychology: "The only reason our findings aren't significant is because we're too damn lazy to drag enough people in for the study."

[–] Kitathalla@lemy.lol 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

That would be the most understandable portion of the whole shindig. Fungi are a major idea (and everywhere in science fiction) for how to deal with interstellar travel because of their unique niche in the various cycles of life. I would bet an alien species that can travel through the vast reaches of space would also be familiar with using biotechnology.

[–] Kitathalla@lemy.lol 26 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Maybe I'm just too immersed in the culture of my youth, but the only ones that don't look 'good' are the horse and the deer. The horse could be fixed by styling the mane, and the deer might be better with a more vertical angle.

Fuck smoking and smokers, but yeah it looks 'cool' to me.

[–] Kitathalla@lemy.lol 3 points 3 weeks ago

I'm guessing that's the real context behind the picture, eh? Otherwise why would you bare your feet when it is apparently cold enough to be very well bundled up?

[–] Kitathalla@lemy.lol 6 points 3 weeks ago

I remember one (snapchat maybe?) that couldn't block it so it just alerted the other person you took the screenshot. Maybe it's changed in a decade.

[–] Kitathalla@lemy.lol 6 points 3 weeks ago

I didn't know Torr was deprecated... For some reason that was always the number for STP I could remember in physics.

[–] Kitathalla@lemy.lol 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Okay, let's make this simple enough for you. Pictures, everybody. Pictures for the man with the mind of a sloth. Exhibit A. Exhibit B.

[–] Kitathalla@lemy.lol 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I mean, supposedly some lightsabers were built in a cave. They probably used whatever was on hand, and I'm thinking screws are more common in rubbish strewn pits and rankor caves than welding machines.

[–] Kitathalla@lemy.lol 4 points 3 weeks ago

Well now the original premise is being changed... Don't take away dragonrider's potential future with tridecanonillion dollars! Sextillion is also a very fun word to say in the halls of power.

[–] Kitathalla@lemy.lol 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Slight myth there. It was not the intended purpose, but a sort of happy accident. The original patent stated it was a perfect, never damaging thing. See here and the reply here.

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