[-] kalkulat@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Yeah! A lot of times, hanging around with people you share things in common with leads to friendships. In friendships you might discover a few more things in common. No worries ... if it's fun and the chemistry is good, the rest will follow.

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[-] kalkulat@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

I ran across the unglobed map before I found the planisphere at the online British Museum's 'Silk Road' exhibition. Go there and look for the text 'Map of the world from al-Idrisi'. https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/british-museum-silk-roads-exhibition-1234722468/

I found the planisphere image on the Wikipedia page for ' Tabula Rogeriana', which shows several chunks of the map. (Idrisi maps all have 'South' on the top of the map.) In the 'significance' section, there's a big version of the map. None of them are maps of the whole Earth ... it's said that his maps were all based on what people who'd been there told him.

[-] kalkulat@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Some thought that ... and some didn't. Some noticed the shape of the Earth's shadow on the Moon was round. Some noticed that as ships sailed into the distance, they 'sank down' until only the sails were visible. All 'people' weren't smart about it.

Anyway, putting a big map like that on a 6-foot globe, you could stand in one place, spin it, and see it all.

Related fact: the Greek astronomer Anaxagoras taught that the Earth went around the Sun ... 1500 years before this map was made.

[-] kalkulat@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

There are multiple kinds of 'smart'. The following section in Wiki breaks them down into IQ, emotional, social, and moral. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence#Human

Historically, a lot of 'high IQ' people didn't necessarily 'fit in' to society. See the story of William James Sidis ... 'He entered Harvard University at age 11 and, as an adult, was claimed by family members to have an IQ between 250 and 300'.

Also historically, people smart enough to see that a lot of the world is about shuckin' and jivin' and not giving a crap? may not be not interested in playing the game. Some find other interests and don't see the point in 'accomplishing' things that will mostly be forgotten. Ramanujan had a HUGE talent for math ONLY, unrecognized until he wrote a professor halfway around the world.

We were all born without a manual. There are ways to enjoy life on your own terms.

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submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by kalkulat@lemmy.world to c/historyartifacts@lemmy.world

The map was made for Roger, king of Sicily. The red lines are trade routes. This is a reproduction kept in UAE's Sharjah Museum.

[-] kalkulat@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

There are different kinds of smart. A person can be quick and creative at something (math, mechanics, music, marketing ...), and less so at everything else.

If the something is -complicated-, then a lot of learning is needed, and a good qualified teacher will help you sort out what is really important to know. Chess is complicated, and you need to learn basic strategies of how to move and not get eaten alive. There are some books that can help with that. But a human teacher can get you there a lot faster. If you're really motivated but you're not remembering enough? it may not be your 'something' !

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submitted 5 days ago by kalkulat@lemmy.world to c/health@lemmy.world

oral phenylephrine:

"three large, carefully designed studies were conducted—two by Merck for the treatment of seasonal allergies and one by Johnson & Johnson for the treatment of the common cold. All three found no significant difference between phenylephrine and a placebo."

[-] kalkulat@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Practically speaking, probably not.

[-] kalkulat@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

After many years of using FFox, I just tried a Zen install on Linux. It did not turn out as well as I hoped.

I did not have FFoxesr installed in the way the OS would have installed it (though it was still in the user folder). This meant that Zen did/could not see my bookmarks, extensions or passwords ... and the options it offered didn't work out. (It wanted an HTML bookmarks file ... I had them saved as JSON ... and a 'CSV' (??) passwords file ... wherever that is ... and it found no extensions folder.) So, for starters, years of customizations had to be manually restored.

But, fair shake, I did manually re-install bookmarks AND a few extensions that had saved databases (e.g. UBO, NoScript, Block site). (It ignored the sub-folders in the JSON bookmarks folders, dumping all bookmarks into the top-levels.) And I had to re-create all the settings. (Most of which exist in the .mozilla folder on Linux ... easy to find.)

I played for an hour with what I put there (without a menu bar ... or a tab bar, all URIs are shoved together -by name- in a sidebar ... I did figure out how to see a bookmark bar). I could discern no -truly useful- advantages to it. None. That was not offset by some pretty cosmetics. So even if you do get all of your customizations past the one-size-fits-all install, for long-time FF users I see no substantial advantages to the Zen browser.

[-] kalkulat@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

No cavalry ... and no calvary either ... is going to ride over the hilltop and save us. We can only keep healthy, keep learning and keep doing the best we can for each other. Yeah, it matters today. And it's always today.

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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by kalkulat@lemmy.world to c/music@lemmy.world

Andrew Hickey's huge project - do a podcast on each of 500 Rock songs - is hero-sized. Started in 2018, he's about 1/3 done.

You'll probably have to be picky about which episodes - one (or more) per song - you listen to; they can be HOURS long. Packed with details. No, it's true! (If so, ask for the RSS feed.)

Or you can scan the transcripts!

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submitted 1 week ago by kalkulat@lemmy.world to c/climate@slrpnk.net

Quote: " It's "designed to be as energy efficient as possible, typically with top-notch insulation and a perfect seal that prevents outside air from penetrating the home"

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QUOTE “Ghost jobs,” or ads for positions that aren’t actually open, are a common phenomenon in the tech industry .... these fake jobs posted by real companies serve multiple, sometimes insidious purposes.

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submitted 3 weeks ago by kalkulat@lemmy.world to c/climate@slrpnk.net

" ... as soon as vehicles come in the right price range next year … people will flock to buy them.”

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submitted 3 weeks ago by kalkulat@lemmy.world to c/climate@slrpnk.net

"Geothermal does currently cost more per megawatt hour than wind or solar, but those more-established renewables require big batteries to keep power flowing around the clock."

[-] kalkulat@lemmy.world 62 points 1 month ago

I specially liked the part where he collected $50k by clueing the affected companies.

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submitted 1 month ago by kalkulat@lemmy.world to c/climate@slrpnk.net

Meanwhile in North America, Canada's VIA is operating on a shoestring and being further threatened ... and in the last 50 years the US has pulled up most of the rails that were installed in the previous century. We're stuck with airplanes, hybrid metro-transit, and what's left of Greyhound. But, hey, we've got a world to police!

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hi, i'm daniel. i'm a 15-year-old with some programming experience and i do a little bug hunting in my free time. here's the insane story of how I found a single bug that affected over half of all Fortune 500 companies:

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submitted 1 month ago by kalkulat@lemmy.world to c/climate@slrpnk.net

Shit in one hand, wish in the other ....

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[-] kalkulat@lemmy.world 48 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

IMO owning an unoccupied house thats off-market, or prohibitively-priced is probably a gambling chip.

IF there are ANY families in the same county that are homeless, it should begin being taxed as a gambling-chip. Sell-it very soon or it may used for a free shelter for however it remains unoccupied by the owner.

[-] kalkulat@lemmy.world 103 points 9 months ago

"We don't pay taxes; only the little people pay taxes." - Leona Helmsley. (~ 1989)

(Convicted of extortion; sentenced to 16 years; released after months.) Her husband's death left her with the Helmsley hotels, the Helmsley Palace and the Empire State Building. (Yes, that one.)

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