Nah, lead scientist spent like 5 hours total helping the grad student on the paper’s research. They probably spent more time getting the funding to begin with.

I love papers like this tho, one was my first citation, no-one else wanted to present it.

Simple solution: log the kid into your neighbor’s wifi.

Funny thing is, most trad goths will tell ya that to be goth all you gotta do is listen to the music, you don’t have to dress or act any certain way.

!gothindustrial@lemmy.world

At best it’s concept art, tho that thin strap probably wouldn’t serve the purpose they’re looking for. At worst it’s generated by clickbait article writers.

How could they pass up an “electrified facehugger penis sheath” image like this?

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/japan-robotic-tail-intl-hnk-trnd/index.html

fr tho it’s pretty cool research

There is indeed “so much to unpack and learn from an exchange like this.” Unfortunately I don’t think she’s going to learn it.

Thirded. In fact, in “a corpus of VIC-20 software”, just knowing that the programs were there, were used, their size, how they were implemented, etc might be useful. For sure extract the most interesting-looking stuff first, but if you have time, do as much as you can.

They are “journalism vegans”. They are choosing to abstain from actual journalism for clickbaiting, herd mentality, and personal lack of skill reasons.

Yeah, Azathoth fits the bill in many ways.

…when you remember that the moon influences Earthly rainfall…

I think “borrow” has a bad connotation in the US. Like: “beg, borrow or steal”. But people should remember that it’s theirs, they paid for it with their taxes, they’re just sharing it with others.

My cousin uses the library to get art to hang on their wall. Good stuff too, their library’s got a good curator.

Plot twist: once you accept the wheel without reinventing it, you have to pay a monthly wheel subscription.

Miracles are all around us, brethren. Sing this hymn and believe…

The electricity monster was caught by Jesus! Why do you think electric poles are all crosses?

complications around how a personal relationship–or even the perceptions of one-- might affect workplace decisions

Agreed with everything you said. Just wanted to add the term “conflict of interest” to this part. If they had to make a decision that was good for the team and/or the customer, but bad for their lover, they might not make the best decision.

During roman times, it was common with complete orgies.

oh fam thank you… I needed a good laugh…

Why did the Romans construct so many buildings? for their ORGIES

Why did the Romans build acqueducts? to clean up after the ORGIES

Why did the Romans make their roads? to get to their ORGIES

Why did the Romans conquer so many people? because they needed folks for their ORGIES

thank you, friend. fwiw you’re kinda right about morality being a social construct, but I don’t know if that’s the best takeaway from all this.

Yeah, I didn’t realize that when I first heard it. I guess that’s why it’s a punishment. If they just hung a tiny parakeet off his neck, it wouldn’t be much of a punishment.

Original Illustration to Samuel Coleridge’s “Rime of the Ancient Mariner”, 1798 (not colorized).