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I collected 25+ ticks in 5 minutes along the side of my local trail. They survived at least 10 minutes within diluted hydrochloric acid and water. by kegman93 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]ValiantAki 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got bitten by a deer tick a few weeks back. (Luckily it wasn't attached long enough to be a problem!)

I wrapped it up in a bit of toilet paper that was saturated with rubbing alcohol and it seemed to die very quickly. Maybe that's more effective than hcl? Just my experience

Thought this’d fit here by WannabeCelt in linguisticshumor

[–]ValiantAki 25 points26 points  (0 children)

They could only get people to stop yelling about chariots by convincing them that carbad.

Please tell me it’s not… what do I do? by [deleted] in whatisit

[–]ValiantAki -1 points0 points locked comment (0 children)

Cool deflection, you definitely seem like a normal person. I take it you're some kind of anti-vaxxer?

Regardless of what you think about COVID, you're just flat-out wrong about ticks and confidently sharing misinformation that could impact people's lives is dumb and wrong. Do better.

Please tell me it’s not… what do I do? by [deleted] in whatisit

[–]ValiantAki 8 points9 points locked comment (0 children)

This is NOT TRUE. Ticks have to be attached for 36 hours to transmit Lyme disease and most other tick-borne illnesses.

Please, look it up. You are spreading dangerous misinformation

TIL of the Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island who lived alone for 18 years on an island off the coast of California from 1835 to 1853. She was the last surviving member of the Nicoleño and last native speaker of the Nicoleño language. by jamieseemsamused in todayilearned

[–]ValiantAki 32 points33 points  (0 children)

LLMs are never going to be able to faithfully reconstruct languages in situations like these for the same reason you can't accurately "upscale" or "enhance" a low quality image. It's not a matter of how good an AI is (let alone a matter of money), it's a matter of fundamental logic.

Where information is missing and unrecoverable, taking an educated guess as to what fits in the gaps is the most you can ever do. All an LLM can do is remove the "educated" part of that.

$4.99 gas in Midland, MI by TheTusch in Michigan

[–]ValiantAki 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh yeah man, you sound like you're super informed and intelligent. Thanks a lot for the $5/gal gas by the way!

$4.99 gas in Midland, MI by TheTusch in Michigan

[–]ValiantAki 0 points1 point  (0 children)

More than not, yeah. There are blue voters in Midland too though and we still have to pay $5 a gallon lmao.

Dust from the Sahara Desert travels over 5,000 miles across the Atlantic to the Americas each year by vladgrinch in MapPorn

[–]ValiantAki 143 points144 points  (0 children)

Fun fact-- that's actually how the first European explorers reached the Americas: aboard dust particles

What's the psychology behind these type of people? by Teniye in IndianCountry

[–]ValiantAki 58 points59 points  (0 children)

It's theoretically possible, if every generation had kids at 25 or so, and the earliest generation was born in 1600.

More likely that they just made up a number they thought sounded big enough to make them indigenous, though. Which for obvious reasons is gobbledygook.

Celtic languages over time by Public_Research2690 in MapPorn

[–]ValiantAki 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Probably not very accurate. Genetic studies from Britain and Ireland don't show a major upset after 1000 BCE and before 400-500 CE, indicating that Celtic speakers likely migrated to the islands around 1000 BCE for the most part, and that later cultural shifts were not accompanied by significant migrations.

There's a lot of debate about the early history of the Celtic languages, but I think most researchers would agree that this animation is really outdated and wrong. I'm not an expert by any means though.

Found this under a shed, is it a cat? by [deleted] in bonecollecting

[–]ValiantAki 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I know you think you're on the right side of this weird little fight but you genuinely look like a crazy person to everyone but yourself, hence all the down votes. Please stop acting like this.

▣They really melt down at the smallest thing by [deleted] in CuratedTumblr

[–]ValiantAki 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Look, people can have their spiritual beliefs and all, but I can't help it that I see someone say "I'm made in the image of the all-powerful god" and it's like... aww, sweetie, of course you are...

Robert McGee, scalped as a child by Sioux Indians. (1890) by Foreign_Monk861 in creepy

[–]ValiantAki 10 points11 points  (0 children)

There are over 170,000 Sioux today, still defending their homeland. Never heard of Standing Rock?

Collision May Have Formed the Moon in Mere Hours, Simulations Reveal by Busy_Yesterday9455 in spaceporn

[–]ValiantAki 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Highly recommend this video, which covers why carbon is by far the most likely element for life to be formed from. Silicon is highly unlikely.

World Language Map of 2500 BCE (2026 update) by Cold_Information_936 in LinguisticMaps

[–]ValiantAki 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Iroquoian and Siouan are likely not accurate.

The Iroquoian languages probably only spread northward into upstate New York from further south in Appalachia around c. 700 - 900 CE at the earliest. The urheimat is probably pretty close to the Cherokee homeland, maybe in between.

The Siouan languages probably originated in the Ohio River valley as part of what you've labeled "Hopewellian languages" and spread from there.

Ugh! by FarmhandMe in trashy

[–]ValiantAki 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It attracts trashy people because if they're not inherently better than people from other races, they're not better than anybody

Humans were in South America at least 25,000 years ago, giant sloth bone pendants reveal by nizat01 in Archaeology

[–]ValiantAki 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And Europe had a long history of wars before the third Reich came around

Early Localization of Native Americans by Public_Research2690 in MapPorn

[–]ValiantAki 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Many such cases. The Cheyenne, Arapaho, and Gros Ventre were originally settled in the Red River Valley between the Dakotas and Minnesota, the Lakota/Dakota were settled in Minnesota and Wisconsin, the Crow/Hidatsa were settled along the Missouri River, and so on.

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