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Goretantath@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

So a moving target of data you cant reliably recall and might get shot by someone looking for food. At least its neat though.

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brsrklf@jlai.lu ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Average weight for a starling is less than 100g. The whole thing with head and feathers and bones and whatever. You’d have to be very hungry to hunt that. And I suspect if you shoot at it you’d pulverize it completely.

Though cats are going to be a problem.

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- nyan@lemmy.cafe ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  There will be a lot of cases where the data gets accidentally encapsulated (then fragmented due to incompatible protocols) in a cat.
  
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AstralPath@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Who on earth is gonna shoot a starling for food?

Have you seen starlings? They can fit in the palm of your hand.

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