It looks like the Amazon region was experiencing less rainfall at the time with a corresponding shift towards drought tolerant species with parts of the region as savannahs !!

https://earthscience.stackexchange.com/a/2567

With a different rainfall profile the nutrient loss would have been vastly reduced.

Fun fact: The ecosystems of the Amazon Basin rely on around 27.7 million tons of Saharan Dust each year to replace the phosphorus that is washed away by the rains. Without this constant input the local soils would have been stripped of needed nutrients and would be unable to support the plants that currently thrive there.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saharan_dust
• https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/goddard/nasa-satellite-reveals-how-much-saharan-dust-feeds-amazons-plants/

Its viewed as such.

The control of fire by early humans was a critical technology enabling the evolution of humans.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control_of_fire_by_early_humans

Aren’t those just standard door knobs?

Exactly, those two are pretty standard.options.

As far as door latches go the cross bar and draw bolts probably predate it by thousands of years but I don’t use those regularly.

As physical tech:

• we have lever door handles at work and wheel and axle door knobs at home.

As digital tech:

• Comma Separated Values as a notation predates computers. Then CSV has been used as a computer file format at least since one of the Fortran variants added support in 1972.

• The implementation has changed as filesystems evolve but the basic directory/file model of data storage and the associated tools ls/dir, cd, rm/del have been around a while. ls has been known by that name since Multics in 1969, but can trace its lineage back to listfon CTSS in 1961.

Anything that predates copy/paste is doing alright.

it’s not settled that releasing as many micro plastics as possible is fine as long as it would happen eventually anyhow

Is anyone making that argument? My thoughts are that we should reduce plastics (both macro amd micro) entering the ecosystem.

As 22% ends up as litter and directly enters the ecosystem, and 49% is put in landfill (which may enter the ecosystem later) is seems using less plastic is the best solution to this problem.

Edit: I forgot the link:

https://www.oecd.org/environment/plastic-pollution-is-growing-relentlessly-as-waste-management-and-recycling-fall-short.htm

I might be missing the point but does it matter if it breaks down into micro plastics over 3 years or 13?

If single use plastics are destined to become micro plastics does the time scale matter?

No, thanks

FTFY

Do they currently require that cars offer an audio system?

lost revenue

You can be sure this is retail only.

Enterprise Windows won’t have this feature and now appears to have added value for corporate customers.

Ideally where funds are invested would be decided without fear or favor.

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“Epic’s filing to the US Federal Court shows again that it simply wants the benefits of Google Play without having to pay for it,” Google’s spokesperson said. “We’ll continue to challenge the verdict, as Android is an open mobile platform that faces fierce competition from the Apple App Store, as well as app stores on Android devices, PCs, and gaming consoles.”

Is this the mocking? Its not a very good mocking!

I’m pretty sure this is the edit that removed the last of the OG text. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ship_of_Theseus&diff=95906786&oldid=1154003

Of course none of that text is in the current article either, I wonder how many generations it has had?

All good, The comment I replied to has been edited to specify monotheism after I wrote my reply.

That’s only one (narrow) definition of a god.

To take a well known example, is Loki “good”?

What do you mean?

Are these scripts being distributed via github or disabling telemetry on github?

There might be a bit more to it (e.g. location or something) but as written it sounds like you are implying hardware stores (or their customers) skew right.

Having control over the UI helps. I never want to see “shorts” on start-up but its also nice to have control over share/cast buttons, do I care about up/down votes? Auto play or next video recommendations?

Then there are options to skips youtube ads (by just not loading them) and sponsor segments (by using sponsor block).

Continued playback with a locked screen can be handy sometimes too.

A lot of the UI is designed to encourage user engagement and monetize that engagement. My priorities differ.

Some of these features are available with YouTube Premium but that’s comically over priced (and still doesn’t offer as much control). The Family plan is currently around 150% the price of Netflix Premium :/

Revanced works for me and my family (mobile and tablet).

I’m using smartube on android TV and its functional but I would like to hear about alternatives if anyone has a recommendation.