janNatan
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- Comment on Protein 2 days ago:
Wouldn’t the whey protein look like that too, up close?
- Comment on lab supplies 1 week ago:
Damn, does he come with them?
- Comment on Call me 1 week ago:
Wait wait. What would happen if a long half-strand of DNA tried to pair with another but there was one letter wrong in the middle?
- Comment on Microsoft has a big Windows 10 problem, and only one year to solve it 4 weeks ago:
How much RAM do the systems have? 8gb? The delay may be in the system making room in ram for the program. Win11 is so ram hungry. It’s stupid.
- Comment on Wink wink 4 weeks ago:
You don’t?
- Comment on Friendship is Universal 4 weeks ago:
He found a female at random. The new call is his child.
- Comment on Beware Hollywood’s digital demolition: it’s as if your favourite films and TV shows never existed 1 month ago:
The director was an amateur, and he didn’t align the grains of sand with the grain of the film.
- Comment on Why isn't apple a popular ice cream flavor? 1 month ago:
I do believe it’s made with real orange, especially if you’re get it from a street vendor near the beach. Been years since I had it.
- Comment on Why isn't apple a popular ice cream flavor? 1 month ago:
Why isn’t orange (the fruit) ice cream more popular? I don’t mean sherbet, I mean ice cream. It can be bought in Florida, but I’ve never heard of it anywhere else.
- Comment on steezy fly 2 months ago:
According to Wikipedia: “One of the reasons why adults emerge in winter seems to be the absence of predators.” Another reason seems to be reproduction, which is probably why the adult form does not eat. They mate “indiscriminately,” apparently. Sounds like a good time.
- Comment on Giant spiders the size of rats making a comeback in UK 2 months ago:
Oh, I guess it was you who didn’t say fen. But it’s probably more correct to leave “fen” out, at least if you want to be understood. It is not s common word, I had to look it up.
- Comment on Giant spiders the size of rats making a comeback in UK 2 months ago:
As a native speaker, I’ve never heard the word “fen” in my life. So, that’s probably why they didn’t say that.
- Comment on Rule gott 3 months ago:
DIESER
- Comment on obesity 3 months ago:
I’m from the USA, and when I first heard “digga,” I was certainly confused! It seems the youth say it even more than the generation that invented the phrase now.
Anyway, English speakers have an old phrase that is similar and might help some understand the usage of the word “thick” here. The phrase is “thick as thieves” - meaning thieves stick together.
- Comment on Robots are the future 3 months ago:
So, I thought it was trying to locate the power socket on the wall and plug itself in. This was great.
- Comment on A story in two parts 3 months ago:
Would be funnier if it didn’t say “used” and only “junk.”
- Comment on Baidu: Driverless Car Hits Jaywalker in China 4 months ago:
Whether or not to run over the pedestrian is a pretty complex situation.
- Comment on Report: Microsoft to face antitrust case over Teams 6 months ago:
Oh, don’t worry. They’re ending support for old teams soon. You won’t have a choice anymore.
Not only are new teams notification banners annoying, new teams no longer makes a noise for every single notification, like it used to. I rather have a ding than a banner, especially since I tend to use all of my screen space.
- Comment on Innovative sand battery can heat entire town for a week 7 months ago:
I mean, it works. The question is if it works well enough. Heating things to make steam is how nuclear power plants work. Solar tower power plants use heated salt instead of sand. That sounds pretty similar to me.
- Comment on ))<>(( 7 months ago:
I’m pretty sure it’s just a reference to when the kid types ))<>((
Btw, it’s not from the dark side of the Internet. This was a very popular video at the time.
- Comment on Just look at how much anxiety he is having 7 months ago:
He looks like a floating zombie. (I know he just threw a ball.)
- Comment on An Ancient Construction Site Is Discovered in Pompeii 7 months ago:
Archaeology & History An Ancient Construction Site, Complete With Cement Recipe, Is Discovered in Pompeii
The find offers insights into the building techniques used in ancient Rome. Excavated staircase in Pompeii. Excavated staircase in Pompeii, 2024. Photo courtesy of MiC Press and Communication Office.
by Verity Babbs March 26, 2024
Archaeologists undertaking excavations on Insula 10 (Regio IX)—a central area of the city of Pompeii—have discovered an ancient Roman construction site.
The discovery is significant for our understanding of building techniques used in ancient Rome, said Gabriel Zuchtriegel, director for the Archeological Park of Pompeii. These excavations are “yet another example of how the small city of Pompeii makes us understand so many things about the great Roman Empire, not least the use of cement.”
In the Ministero della Cultura press release which was published on March 25, Zuchtriegel added: “Without cement, we would have neither the Colosseum, nor the Pantheon, nor the Baths of Caracalla. The excavations currently underway in Pompeii offer an opportunity to observe almost live how an ancient building site functioned.” Excavated construction site in Pompeii.
Excavated construction site in Pompeii, 2024. Photo courtesy of MiC Press and Communication Office.
Pompeii was buried beneath four to six meters of volcanic ash after Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 C.E., killing more than 2,000 people. The city was rediscovered in the 16th century and has been the site of major archaeological excavations since the 18th century. The site was opened as an open-air museum in 1874 and the Archaeological Park of Pompeii became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. Pompeii now welcomes around 2.5 million tourists per year.
This new research into the ancient construction site in Pompeii was undertaken by Pompeii Archaeological Park and a team of researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The Italian Minister of Culture, Gennaro Sangiuliano, said: “I was very pleased when the director of the archaeological park, Gabriel Zuchtriegel, reminded us that never before have so many excavations been active on the site: we can say that this is a record for the last few decades.” Excavated pottery in Pompeii.
Excavated pottery in Pompeii, 2024. Photo courtesy of MiC Press and Communication Office.
The construction site is believed to have been active at the time of the eruption, with tools, piles of lime, and bricks lying where they would have been around 1 p.m. on August 24 when the eruption began. Construction tools were found including amphorae (tall two-handled jugs) used in the process of creating plaster and cement out of lime, lead weights, and iron hoes.
The construction site would have served the local businesses and buildings of the insula block. A nearby bakery—where a mural of a focaccia and glass of wine was also recently discovered—seemed to have in-progress building work underway, with construction materials piled up in its atrium. In a statement on the discoveries, researchers suggested that the “entire block” was undergoing “extensive renovation works” at the time of the eruption. Zuchtriegel said that these renovations were potentially occurring following “seismic tremors that struck the city” after a major earthquake that occurred in 62 C.E. Excavated pottery in Pompeii.
Excavated pottery in Pompeii, 2024. Photo courtesy of MiC Press and Communication Office.
A major discovery of the excavation was the ancient use of “hot mixing,” where quicklime was first mixed with pozzolanic sand before being mixed (“slaked”) with water in an amphorae to create a concrete. This would have meant that the mixture was still hot when being used to construct walls due to a thermal reaction, which would have shortened the drying time.
“We are forming a network between research institutions to study the building know-how of the ancient Romans. Maybe we can learn from them [and] think about sustainability and reuse of materials,” said Zuchtriegel.
- Comment on Prostate 8 months ago:
“You guys are getting prostate exams?”
- Comment on Meat. 8 months ago:
Maybe. But in modern German, the ‘th’ sound makes a hard T, not a hard… Oh, nevermind.
- Comment on Meat. 8 months ago:
Nobody asked, but if anybody is curious: “dick” is the German word for “thick.”
You may now resume your laughter.
- Comment on Nearly half of young adults have 'money dysmorphia,' survey finds. Here are the symptoms 8 months ago:
They have refrigerators, TVs, and microwaves. They’re doing great! Surely it has nothing to do with real wages decreasing and rent soaring. Nope.
It’s the children who are wrong.
- Comment on RimWorld - Anomaly (DLC) Store page is up 8 months ago:
Thank you, I love you.