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I honestly don't see that happening. There's a diplomatic game being played around Russia's nuclear threats, I don't see Ukraine being so dumb as to undermine that.

Comment · 2 years ago

For what it's worth:

https://x.com/Heroiam_Slava/status/1821274958879977633

https://x.com/Tendar/status/1821222650191982674

https://x.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1821219526668898710

https://x.com/Danspiun/status/1821218979811119558

Yes I agree, this has to be a limited Ukrainian operation, but the short term impact is still considerable. What the long term goal is, who knows.

Comment · 2 years ago

> Ukrainians always insisted what they are fighting to protect the homeland.

Just what do you think they're doing if not that?

Comment · 2 years ago

It's quite a bit more than that. I've seen reports of 40-50 surrendering in just one location alone - smaller numbers in multiple reports from other locations.

Comment · 2 years ago

The Kimberly rock drawings are some of the oldest in Australia, and an intrinsic part of Aboriginal culture in the region which they are found. Assigning their origin to a non-aboriginal source was considered disrespectful by some.

Comment · 2 years ago

The Nature article is here https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07447-4

Somebody (I don't remember who) suggested that Australian Boabab trees were potential evidence of the direct population of Australia from Africa by a pre-Aboriginal people, based on the idea that the fruit of the Boabab tree would be an excellent food source for a long cross-ocean crossing, as well as supposed "African" characteristics in the Kimberley petrographs found in the same area as the trees. The theory is fringe-science at best (and I believe slightly offensive to Aboriginals) but I've been curious about the origin of the trees since coming across the theory. I skimmed through the paper but didn't see any estimate for a date for the genetic diversion of the Australian Boababs.

Comment · 2 years ago

I'd highly recommend the book "The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot" by Robert Macfarlane in which the writer describes walking the Ridgeway and other walks in the UK and other places. His description of walking the Broomway (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Broomway) is particularly enthralling.

Comment · 2 years ago

> But I do believe they got the syntax wrong - should have been "from fs import { readFile }" so that auto-complete works.

Personally, I prefer the "import x from y" format because it makes it easier to visually scan where an import is coming from; fair point about auto-complete though.

Comment · 2 years ago

In a similar vein, I recently came across Peter Laurie's Beneath the City Streets (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beneath_the_City_Streets) in a second hand bookshop. Despite belonging to a very different time, it's still a very interesting read.