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[–] SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 1 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

The one between Western Australia and the Northern Territory is pretty empty.

I would hazard a guess at some of the Russia/China areas.

Bear in mind that we're talking empty during the 1940s, not today.

[–] SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 1 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Nothing in Queensland on the map. NT and SA.

[–] SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 1 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

That assumes that all land was owned/populated by someone, which is not necessarily true. I don't know enough about it to say.

Regardless, the point is that the people writing this publication seemed to care about not taking land from existing peoples - the same is not so true for when Israel was actually founded.

[–] SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 1 points 21 hours ago

'They' being the people who wrote this publication, not the people who actually decided to set up modern-day Israel.

[–] SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 day ago

This footage is from years ago, but yeah.

NZ has a lot of people who are risk averse as a substitute for competence.

[–] SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 day ago (8 children)

It looks like they were trying to avoid areas with significant existing/indigenous populations. The proposed size of roughly 50,000 square miles is slightly larger than Iceland is, and there would be a sizeable displaced or second-class local population, which it seems like this author was trying to avoid.

[–] SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I received visions of a future me boarding on the wrong side of the platform and miserably traipsing my way to Meadowbank by mistake, instead of my intended destination of Spinoff HQ in Morningside.

Is this the dumbest complaint possible?

As an aside, 75 seconds is a long dwell time. Hopefully that comes down with time and experience.

[–] SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 10 points 5 days ago (2 children)
[–] SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

PCs have almost never supported CEC. PCs use a different signalling method to indicate to the monitor that they're on/off.

[–] SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 week ago

It can happen. The tree roots grow out sideways then down, then the dirt under the tree washes out.

[–] SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

How do I know we're coming up to the next US election?

The both-sides-same messaging starts kicking up.

[–] SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 4 points 1 week ago

I'm still not sure whether I'm expected to be worried about a microgram, milligram, or gram of microplastics in me. Pretty sure it's not a kilogram...

Found x is pointless and particle counts are not much better. Give me mass.

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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz to c/xkcd@lemmy.world
 

After initial tests created a series of large holes in the wall of the lab, the higher-power Scanning Tunneling Tennis Ball Microscope project was quickly shut down.

https://explainxkcd.com/3080/

 

"It's a real accomplishment to mess up a ravioli recipe badly enough that the resulting incident touches all four quadrants of the NFPA hazard diamond."

explainxkcd.com/2998/

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