@croyle@wandering.shop @archaeology@mstdn.social I was thinking it was amusing if there was accuracy in that claim. That would have been quite early in history to measure "one ten-millionth of the distance from the North Pole to the Equator along the meridian passing through Paris"
@theneverfox I just commuted across Los Angeles. I saw every sort of car, but far more gas guzzlers than hybrids or EVs. These are free choices, by people who might say "they care" or "someone should do something."
The person who buys a Mercedes Maybach SUV, 16 MPG, certainly has other options.
@croyle@wandering.shop @archaeology@mstdn.social I was thinking it was amusing if there was accuracy in that claim. That would have been quite early in history to measure "one ten-millionth of the distance from the North Pole to the Equator along the meridian passing through Paris"
@croyle@wandering.shop @archaeology@mstdn.social I was curious, so
https://archaeologymag.com/2025/06/11th-century-ritual-sword-discovered-in-dutch-river/
I thought the humorous part was that it said the sword was 1 meter long.
Amazing if true.
@SomeGadgetGuy@techhub.social with a 90 watt power input!
No wonder I see big heat sinks on ssds these days.
@theneverfox I just commuted across Los Angeles. I saw every sort of car, but far more gas guzzlers than hybrids or EVs. These are free choices, by people who might say "they care" or "someone should do something."
The person who buys a Mercedes Maybach SUV, 16 MPG, certainly has other options.
They would probably tell you they care.
@scottjenson@social.coop I tried Threads recently. Maybe my experience there was similar to your (big instance?) experience here.
I used a tag, and boy everybody piled in to tell me what they thought about it. Obviously without reading the thread for context.
And so I'm thinking these are really social media problems. Or big media problems.
The only way to avoid them is to go small within the large.
Find a few friends, chat about things.