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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I wonder what it means⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Yet in that time, they didn’t figure out how to build spaceships. Two legs seems optimal for getting through tight spaces. Being able to sweat allows us to run for hours and exhaust our prey. Hands with opposable thumbs make is able to build and wield anything. Our brain folds make it so we can plan and recall. Our brains are actually really good at locational memory, which is less relevant with GPS, but can be hacked for massive memorization abilities. Sharks sense a mass of life that smells fishy and eat it. It matters how you define success. Is it just survival in place or advancing science, exploration, the arts, etc.?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I wonder what it means⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Oxygen is also a catalyst for life. It’s kind of like a drug for us. It’s good and bad at the same time. It kind of burns the wick of life. It helps us product energy and destroy old cells. It is thought to be something that we would find in abundance on any planet with complex life.

  In theory, the reason that our evolution won was because it is a very effective design pattern. It is possible that aliens might come from a planet with stronger or weaker gravity, so could have differing musculoskeletal structure, however the humanoid form would still provide the correct support. Perhaps, in lower gravity, our heads might have been bigger light some depictions of Greys.

  We have been working on a first contact protocol for ages and would be certain to quickly establish a means of communication. I highly recommend watching the movie Arrival, which goes through this at great detail and definitely pokes at the idea that aliens might perceive different dimensions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A peaceful protest againt Web Environment Integrity⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  For anyone scratching their heads

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm sick of nsfwlemmy.com content popping up in my feed⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I use Memmy and have a porn account and a non-porn account. On the non-porn account, I block any porn communities that show up in the All feed and eventually I stop seeing them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What WiFi relay system can I host at home?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  To my understanding, a network switch will relay your MAC address, so it’s sounding like that is what your range extender is. You would need an actual wireless router. You could get a wireless mesh router pair, so you have both a new wifi and range extending. I’d then disable the wifi on your main router. It sounds like they make you use your ISP’s router, but it’s also worth trying to disconnect that and plugging your new router direct into the modem instead to see if you need the ISP router at all.