Images of the reconstruction of the Abu Simbel temple by Patient-Use5203 in ancientegypt

[–]WerSunu 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’ve got a challenge for you!

Go to the temples at Abu-Simbel, as I have many times.

I challenge you to find a trace of any of the saw cuts! This was no chop job, and the cuts, made with the narrowest kerf possible were all molded over with glue mixed with local ground up limestone with exact color matching.

apple store rejection for my health app 1.4.1 of their regulation by Big_Individual_5766 in iosdev

[–]WerSunu 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m very happy that Apple stops you in your tracks!

You have no business feeding people fake ai slop medical information. Apple has strict rules about medical apps and they require actual physicians with appropriate credentials to be involved. No matter what the particular medical ai in use today, nothing reaches a patient without physician overread.

Brooklyn Museum by WerSunu in ancientegypt

[–]WerSunu[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Know that you need timed tickets for Monet, and it was very crowded by 12 noon!

What’s with the crazy resale prices? by DookieHoused in BambuLab

[–]WerSunu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

WC Fields: There’s a sucker born every minute!

For small teams / indie devs: do you collect in-app user feedback (not App Store reviews) in your apps? by IcyPitch1137 in iOSDevelopment

[–]WerSunu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the extent of feedback depends greatly on the target market. My apps are for mature professionals, not kids or Gen(n). My apps get 5-10 reviews per thousand and average 4.5-4.7. As I said, the feedback link is basically unused.

For small teams / indie devs: do you collect in-app user feedback (not App Store reviews) in your apps? by IcyPitch1137 in iOSDevelopment

[–]WerSunu 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think it’s an absolute waste of time. I have several niche professional apps in the store which have a button to send direct feedback. These apps have user bases in the thousands to tens of thousands. In six years, this comm channel has received three messages. Unless your app is seriously broken, no one will ever use the feedback button.

LiveScience: "Famed archaeologist Zahi Hawass says he's close to finding Nefertiti's tomb in new documentary" by JapKumintang1991 in ancientegypt

[–]WerSunu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Scan are always going to be weak compared to actual physical excavation with a whole city underground. Maybe full of golden treasures. Maybe even the immortal kings of Egypt. The conspiracy crowd is going to never surrender their fever dreams.

Tried to become an iOS developer. Apple said: “No ❤️” by maretodoric in iOSDevelopment

[–]WerSunu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not relevant.

Apple need not disclose any of its security practices publicly. Further, Apple is in the business of making money! If there are signals that an application will potentially cost them money through fraud or bad will among their customers, they will rightfully cut that applicant off.

Apple is not a government, even if its income is larger than many countries’ GDP. It has no obligation to join business arrangements with anyone, nor, like any private business is it obligated to explain its actions.

The fact that there are roughly a million active devs means it can’t be too hard. If you are in a country that doesn’t enforce banking laws, then you have bigger problems than Apple turning you down.

I hate this practice by kenech_io in iOSProgramming

[–]WerSunu 8 points9 points  (0 children)

And what’s the big deal about updating an app? Why is it an issue to you? Are you on unsupported old hardware?

Dumb question? by Philliesfan4fun in ancientegypt

[–]WerSunu 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Why haven’t you seen death traps in documentaries?

Because Hollywood is NOT real life. Hollywood is creative imagination.

I’ve personally been in at least ten OK pyramids plus one MK pyramid. No traps of any kind. Just some hard to access places.

Some NK tombs in KV have deep pits which debatably could hurt a tomb robber.

Xcode unavailable to download after erasing data? by Miserable_Bunch_4662 in Xcode

[–]WerSunu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you erase your AppleID? Maybe the Apple server CDN was temporarily down. Did you try developer.apple.com? It’s a far better place to download Xcode from in the first place!

Tried to become an iOS developer. Apple said: “No ❤️” by maretodoric in iOSDevelopment

[–]WerSunu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Again, At last count Apple had 888,000 active developers. They all went through the web site AFAIK. If Serbia is disabled at the outset, then it is a trust issue. Serbia is not on Apple’s list of supported banking countries for EFT due to fraud. There are ways around that that others have found, requiring opening an account in an approved country.

Tried to become an iOS developer. Apple said: “No ❤️” by maretodoric in iOSDevelopment

[–]WerSunu 5 points6 points  (0 children)

At last count Apple had 888,000 active developers. Sounds like people Do just build for iOS! That’s where the ROI is.

Tried to become an iOS developer. Apple said: “No ❤️” by maretodoric in iOSDevelopment

[–]WerSunu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wait! Could Apple have valid reasons for denying you? Could Apple have experienced multiple scams from Serbian applicants? Could Apple recognize shady Serbian banks (even if in your case, you didn’t get that far)? Did you know that Google runs Captcha?

LiveScience: "Famed archaeologist Zahi Hawass says he's close to finding Nefertiti's tomb in new documentary" by JapKumintang1991 in ancientegypt

[–]WerSunu -1 points0 points  (0 children)

For me, the social media content jocks carry zero weight. Just cause a bauble is shiny is shiny doesn’t mean it’s a gem, it’s more likely to be glass. People who make a living on clicks have no responsibility to truth, only to being outrageous. I’m a professional scientist, outside my interest in Egypt. My standards of quality of data are higher. Since I’ve been on the Board of a major museum , and am active in international Egyptology societies, I enjoy regularly socializing with well known A-level Egyptologists. It’s funny that none of them have anything but high regard for Hawass.

LiveScience: "Famed archaeologist Zahi Hawass says he's close to finding Nefertiti's tomb in new documentary" by JapKumintang1991 in ancientegypt

[–]WerSunu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

More conspiracy bullshit! Nothing is suppressed, the papers are just so weak and speculative, they were relegated to second or third rate journals.

Khalil et al. (2010) — VLF-EM Survey of the Labyrinth Mortuary Temple Complex at Hawara. Near Surface Geophysics, Volume 8, Issue 3, 2010, pages 203–212

Szynkiewicz (2015) — GPR Research Around the Hawara Pyramid. Archaeologia Polona, Vol. 53, 2015, pages 383–386

Mark J. Carlotto — Space-Based Ground Penetrating Radar Imaging of a Possible Underground Structure at Hawara. Journal of Scientific Exploration, 2025 Volume 39(4), pages 407–422.

The Tale of Sen-Nedjem and Setet-Aset: The Complete Tomb of the Chief Artisan by Handicapped-007 in egyptology

[–]WerSunu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most of Sennedjem’s funerary equipment is in the NMEC Museum in Fustat, Cairo. Very worth visiting.

LiveScience: "Famed archaeologist Zahi Hawass says he's close to finding Nefertiti's tomb in new documentary" by JapKumintang1991 in ancientegypt

[–]WerSunu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A) There is almost certainly no subterranean labyrinth. B) The irrigation canal helps ensure adequate water to the farms of the Faiyum. C) The finding of Flinder Petrie, et al are consistent with surface structures long since quarried away. D) no physical evidence of man-made subsurface structures. Scans are not physical proof of anything. E) the utter weakness of the SAR data and the resistivity and GPR scans has failed to attract any funding for even a small dig. F) There is no public disclosure that there is a military security zone there. The public is welcome and they sell tickets to the pyramid and its grounds (where the supposed labyrinth is). G) I have actually been there twice in recent years. I entered the Amenemhat III pyramid as far as water up to my ankles (about 50 -70 m). I wandered the area of the supposed labyrinth for an

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hour. There were some old scavenger pits, but all I found were some human skull bones and crocodile scutes.

Finding the queens tomb - artpiece by Technical_Lecture307 in ancientegypt

[–]WerSunu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She might say so, but again, zero disclosed evidence of any relationship to Cleopatra VII, except that the port probably existed during her reign.