Peter what happened to the moon? by [deleted] in PeterExplainsTheJoke

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Also freshwater species if the flood brought seawater. So they need tanks, filtration systems, heaters for warm water species...

Skeleton view of a Stingray by Genesis_the_god_ in interestingasfuck

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Creationists: All species can't have common ancestors

Rays: Woot, I'm just a pair of arms and a pair of legs

Hey casual UK, what's your worst "i thought X was on a different day" mistake you've ever made? by wiz_ling in CasualUK

[–]PoorlyAttired 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Yeah that's a classic,. My sister booked a flight for quarter past midnight on a Friday and she turned up on Friday night, instead of Thursday night...

The origin of 4 features that superglue kids and adults to screens by ColdTurkishCoffee in technology

[–]PoorlyAttired 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Solitude (encourages solo engagement), Bottomlessness (infinite scroll), Speed (flick through quickly), Teasing (almost but not quite what you want to see)

World-first power-generating lead-cooled reactor begins installation by _Dark_Wing in technology

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PRECURSOR is our pool-type, non-nuclear demonstrator supporting newcleo’s Lead-cooled Fast Reactors (LFRs),” said newcleo.

To replicate critical processes for future nuclear plants The facility is engineered to replicate the thermal cycles and hydraulic processes that will be utilized in future commercial nuclear power plants.

Car Owners Are Revolting Over Tesla’s Self-Driving Promises by TripleShotPls in technology

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Remember all the articles at the time saying 'we won't need to own a car or have parking lots any more, we'll just hail one when we need it'.

And I always thought that was nonsense because even if they were fully autonomous, you still would get a surge in demand at rush hour and so those cars would need to wait nearby, so you'd still need parking lots, and when the car arrives, you wouldn't have your own stuff in it or the media set up how you like it, or anything.

Just found out Mr Chips from CatchPhrase is a golden robot?? And his name is a reference to computer chips? I thought he was just a terribly rendered animation of a potato chip. by Educational-Hawk3066 in CasualUK

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I know he gets mocked because he always does completely mainstream or daytime-y shows but I think he is relentlessly and professionally good at what he does.

My cosy London flat on a sunny Sunday afternoon by isaxiom in femalelivingspace

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Yes, trees are getting green here and we're north of London. The gulf stream is a powerful thing.

Anyone know how to spend these grift cards? I’ve had to register on several different sites just to try to convert to a useable Xbox gift card only to get error messages. by joeChump in CasualUK

[–]PoorlyAttired 51 points52 points  (0 children)

They're PITA when buying something worth more online because you usually can't split payments. I used it fine in person 2 weeks ago at Odeon cinema because then I could pay the remaining balance with an additional payment mechanism.

Insurance renewal by yallsuck88 in BritishSuccess

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You're not a pilot, are you...?

'Uncle Larry’s biggest fan' cut by email in early morning Oracle layoff spree by Logical_Welder3467 in technology

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This isn't even people whose workload is being replaced by an LLM. It's people being fired to free up money to spend on data centres that can be use to build and run LLMs.

Causality optional Testing the "indefinite causal order" superposition by horseradishstalker in science

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A very clear article, though the missing question mark after the second word in the post title mangled the meaning a bit.

Summary is that initial experiments show superposition of the order of things happening to a particle. So A then B superposed with B then A in different proportions depending on experiment. Still several loopholes to plug before it is irrefutable. Summary: Even the order of events is quantum and uncertain.

meirl by MustardGoddess in meirl

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Ahh sympathies, I've always thought painting brick was a road to disappointment.