Dogyote

@Dogyote@slrpnk.net

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US classifies South Korea as ‘sensitive country,’ limiting cooperation on advanced tech.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Analysts read the decision as the US government sending a stern warning to counter the calls for independent nuclear armament that have recently been surfacing in South Korea.

  Here’s the real reason.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Oscar-winning animated film 'Flow' created entirely with free and open-source software Blender⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Any good places where one could stream this?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A new study found adaptive traffic signals powered by big data reduced peak-hour travel times by 11% in China’s 100 most congested cities – saving 31.73 million tonnes of CO₂ annually.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  but they have a different goal: they want drivers to feel like they’re making progress instead of actually improving things.

  Sorry but I want a source for that claim.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨a strong beak, of course⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Okay, how then would you generalize this trait? We would expect an intelligent species to be social to some degree? It’s hard to imagine how a species could evolve the capacity to achieve technological advances without cooperation between individuals.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨a strong beak, of course⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  A beak falls under “some kind of appendage”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨a strong beak, of course⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah… no, I don’t think that can evolve naturally

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨a strong beak, of course⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I understand the sentiment, but there must be some number of common attributes all advanced intelligent species across the universe have. Tool use, for example, would require that the organism have some kind of appendage that can manipulate things.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A new study found adaptive traffic signals powered by big data reduced peak-hour travel times by 11% in China’s 100 most congested cities – saving 31.73 million tonnes of CO₂ annually.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Why does it often seem like only China is using modern tech to make real quality of life improvements? It’s the opposite of the US. Seems like that same modern tech is making everything a bit worse day after day.