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Comment Re:The point of the subject... (Score 1) 52

You will also appreciate the story of Sigurant, the story is in french here: https://www.radiofrance.fr/fra... and in the following documentary here https://www.youtube.com/watch?... around 1 hour 14 in, you can see the charred bit of parchment that looks like absolutely nothing, and the same new scanning techs you mentioned going right through, allowing the researcher reconstitute that lost tale (which tells a story of a lost knight and the fire of a dragon by the way, in a fun twist).

Comment Re:actual news (Score 1) 55

Wait until they discover those huge clusters of carbon-capture devices, that also clean air and water, provide biodiversity shelters, windbreaks, etc. People will even travel far to experience visiting those carbon-capture facilities for exercise and stress relief, and ask from their local leaders to install them closer to where they live.

Comment Re:No endurance test data? (Score 1) 91

I totally agree that those details are lacking.. It would appear to be much more brittle after that process, just like fire hardening does... I find it interesting that they sharpened it after the treatment, as well. My reply mostly meant to add that regular trunnels would work fine in a decking scenario, similar to how they were used in viking ships.. It requires a tad more skill to produce and install straight grain trunnels, but it is a better solution in all other aspects than convenience.. that we collectively had for thousands of years!

Comment Re:Just because some people screw up (Score 1) 115

I think many are missing some points regarding water filtration, conservation, shielding against desertification and biodiversity loss, etc. that forest plantation can provide when done right. Of course they need to be scrutinized but I still think that reforestation is one of the most beneficial actions we can undertake. Imagine using the budget of the olympiads or any similar silly event full of corruption, to properly reforest barren lands. Even if 10% of the trees survive that is a better legacy than empty stadiums and racetracks, falling apart buildings that were used to host a few athletes...

Comment Re:Other good geometry games (Score 1) 213

For a "real life" geometry game, take a look at the following books from lost art press, they encourage building small and simple tools (a sector, a compass, a divider), then they are filled with similar "puzzles" derived mainly from the ancient greek geometry theorems (how to find this or that perfect shape in a circle) By Hound & Eye From Truths to Tools Here is a small trailer stop motion video for the hound & eye handbook: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

Comment House orientation (Score 1) 557

A house that is not built to have windows towards the south (with an appropriately long roof overhang to prevent overheating during the summer) will be dark and unpleasant. A really passive and lifelong upgrade is to plan carefully for the sun's path! Scroll to the bottom of this article for a cool example of how lit a house can be with no electricity!

Submission + - Racial Discrimination Affects Virtual Reality Characters too (elsevier.com)

vrml writes: You are looking for the exit of a building in a virtual reality experience when a virtual character gets stuck in a room and cries for your help. Could the color of the skin (black or white) of the virtual human influence your decision to provide or refuse help? That's what comes out from a new study published by the Computers in Human Behavior journal. White users were told that they had to reach the exit of the virtual building as soon as possible. The number of users who decided to help tripled when the virtual victim was white rather than black. Researchers tried also other conditions in which they did not put users under time pressure: this reduced the discrimination, although the number of users who helped remained more favorable for the white rather than the black virtual human. The paper explains these results in terms of the automatic categorization processes that originate from unwanted, unconscious social and cultural biases: putting people under pressure increases automatic responses, leading to more discrimination towards the black character.

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