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I feel articles like this give off "alien mist have built the pyramids" energy. We've always been smart, what modern civilizations has is systematic recording, organization & dispersal of gained knowledge with amazing efficiency. I think a great example of this is roman concrete, recipe for which was lost for millennia.

Can anyone tell me the academic benefit of studying ancient building techniques that confirm modern day methods? Should we not look for unknown/unfamiliar techniques?

This isn't a new problem. Karl Pilkington warned us decades ago, we did not heed his warnings!

https://youtu.be/IsoeLTxiqu8?si=MMuiuszxGolgcwuo

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Others commented about misogyny etc. in India miss the fact that India is (a) not a monolith & (b) flights are too expensive for 80% of India's population (yes, wealth disparity in India is that bad). So the men on flights are less likely to grope women than let's say a man on a train.

I asked my Indian colleagues about this, and they said they'd use this preference for space (not purely safety). One of them also said men smell worse than women so she'd prefer a woman next to her.

On Indian flights you can pay to choose your seat or let the operator choose for you for free. I suspect the latter is where the preference choice comes in. So there won't be a question of seeing where women are sitting.

Fair point. Like if you took an still from a movie, they'd attack the actors in it.

I wonder if the anonymous nature of memes could "shield" authors making images of Mohammad? How would you track them down? Would be even more difficult on federated instances/ActivityPub.

This is exciting! Even if its not microbes its a fascinating find & a win for science.

Though I hate how a someone remotely piloting science experiments via a rover on friggin' mars has to worry about how "NASA needs this win". What is the point of humanity if we don't explore our universe! I find it it so frustrating.

I can't say about Europe, but Asia doesn't have the cultural pull for the muppets. I suspect China's indifference to the Muppets makes it less lucrative.

Didn't Google's lighthouse have a metric for that? "Colour Contrast ratio" or something?

I think a great example of what 343 should have done is treyarch taking over COD from infinity ward. They've converted infinity ward's COD into a behemoth. They maintained what worked. They knew living upto IW's standards wouldn't work. They split the COD brand up to MW, BlackOps & the World War stuff, to mitigate any creative risks they could now take. This allowed them to grow COD including going into newer platform & modes e.g. Warzone.

I know it's not an apples to apples comparison, but it does show how management of a studio is as important as the creative vision. 343 clearly lacked both.

If I had to guess why it didn't have split screen was the open world. My guess it streaming assets from two different places on a huge map was costly to do twice (memory wise). Atleast when it was designed/launched.

~~Valid~~ *Public

Sorry, I think I chose the wrong word, I mean Public i.e., not conspiratorial.