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New comment by __coaxialcabal in "Spanish archaeologists discover trove of ancient shipwrecks in Bay of Gibraltar"

__coaxialcabal — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 11:05:11 +0000

SS Central America, sunk in 1857 with 14,000 kg of gold.."the old insurance companies who’d paid out when the original ship demanded, and were rewarded, in court a substantial amount of the gold recovered." https://www.thenakedscientists.com/articles/interviews/how-f...

Search for the SS Central America: Mathematical Treasure Hunting, Lawrence D. Stone https://www.researchgate.net/publication/247823555_Search_fo...

New comment by __coaxialcabal in "Spanish archaeologists discover trove of ancient shipwrecks in Bay of Gibraltar"

__coaxialcabal — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 10:56:50 +0000

Are there open source examples of this? I'm not treasure hunting, just curious what sort of data they use, etc.

New comment by __coaxialcabal in "Theoi Greek Mythology"

__coaxialcabal — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 20:32:59 +0000

lots of ads on this site that does seem to contain any unique content

New comment by __coaxialcabal in "Our muscles will atrophy as we climb the Kardashev Scale"

__coaxialcabal — Tue, 17 Dec 2024 03:51:11 +0000

From 4o…

In ancient times, such as during the period of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome, full-grown cows were significantly smaller than modern cattle. Based on archaeological evidence (bones and remains), historians and archaeozoologists estimate the following sizes: • Height: Approximately 100–120 cm (3.3–4 feet) at the shoulder. • Weight: Between 200–400 kg (440–880 lbs), depending on the breed, sex, and regional conditions.

For comparison: • Modern cattle like Holsteins (dairy cows) stand around 140–150 cm at the shoulder and weigh 700–900 kg. • Some smaller modern breeds, like Dexter cattle, resemble ancient cattle in stature, with a height of 90–120 cm and weight of 300–450 kg.

Factors Influencing Smaller Size in Ancient Cattle 1. Nutritional Limitations: Grazing conditions were less controlled, and fodder quality was inconsistent. 2. Genetics: Ancient cattle were not selectively bred for size like modern cattle. 3. Purpose: Cattle were primarily used for labor (draught animals) and small-scale milk production, rather than for meat.

Ancient cattle were functional animals suited to the agricultural practices and available resources of their time, so their size reflected these limitations.

New comment by __coaxialcabal in "Comparing our Rust-based indexing and querying pipeline to Langchain"

__coaxialcabal — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 16:42:29 +0000

Have you had any success using LLMs to rewrite Python to rust?

New comment by __coaxialcabal in "Steve Ballmer's incorrect binary search interview question"

__coaxialcabal — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 14:19:29 +0000

It's surprising the extent to which the tech community overfits towards classifying intelligent individuals as either exclusively technical or nontechnical. Recruiters are especially weak in this regard, e.g., if you've ever been effective at sales or people leadership, you are likely ineffective at swe or data science or vice versa. The most intelligent folks I've worked with are very diverse in their interests and abilities. You can see this in an elementary school GT classroom. Why does the tech community believe this is always an either/or proposition?

New comment by __coaxialcabal in "Cities Skylines 2 runs with 20fps on an Nvidia RTX4090"

__coaxialcabal — Thu, 26 Oct 2023 18:37:28 +0000

Can you recommend some favorites?

New comment by __coaxialcabal in "Trucking startup Convoy closes operations with no buyer"

__coaxialcabal — Sat, 21 Oct 2023 18:11:56 +0000

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/n/netoperatingloss.asp

New comment by __coaxialcabal in "Trucking startup Convoy closes operations with no buyer"

__coaxialcabal — Sat, 21 Oct 2023 18:11:16 +0000

Thank you so much for the detailed response. This makes perfect sense.

New comment by __coaxialcabal in "Trucking startup Convoy closes operations with no buyer"

__coaxialcabal — Thu, 19 Oct 2023 21:18:53 +0000

1.1B in NOLs. How does this not become a $200MM acquihire by UPS pre-bankruptcy? I’m asking because I would assume that the tax mitigation could be an asset and feel like I am missing something. I am not an accountant, but would love for one to explain why bankruptcy is the best choice.

New comment by __coaxialcabal in "Trucking startup Convoy closes operations with no buyer"

__coaxialcabal — Thu, 19 Oct 2023 21:13:51 +0000

This…not to mention NOLs, contracts, MSAs, etc. At some level there is a market price for these “assets”. Maybe we need an eBay for near bankrupt startups? The bankers aren’t getting it done.

New comment by __coaxialcabal in "Alexander the Great versus the Elephants"

__coaxialcabal — Thu, 02 Feb 2023 15:48:10 +0000

translated from latin literally means "here are (pl.) lions"

New comment by __coaxialcabal in "Salesforce will lay off 10% of staff as part of restructuring"

__coaxialcabal — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 20:27:21 +0000

https://content.fortune.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Adapt...

New comment by __coaxialcabal in "Enigma Variations"

__coaxialcabal — Mon, 07 Nov 2022 19:19:38 +0000

TIL about Aphex Twin's Windowlicker face spectrogram....

https://www.wired.com/2002/05/hey-whos-that-face-in-my-song/

New comment by __coaxialcabal in "American society is so focused on race that it is blind to class"

__coaxialcabal — Thu, 03 Nov 2022 02:58:36 +0000

I have paid for a subscription to the economist for most of my adult life and the authentication scheme for the website is garbage.

New comment by __coaxialcabal in "IRS to ditch biometric requirement for online access"

__coaxialcabal — Tue, 08 Feb 2022 03:52:27 +0000

ID.me does not have a monopoly on former military in the IDV space. Understand that lots of former military have clearance, relationships, etc., but does not explain the success of such a low quality solution being this ubiquitous in government at both the state and local level.

New comment by __coaxialcabal in "IRS to ditch biometric requirement for online access"

__coaxialcabal — Tue, 08 Feb 2022 03:16:10 +0000

What was the vendor selection process for ID.me? Their UX, privacy, and security practices seem terrible. What’s the real story on how ID.me became so pervasive in the public sector with such a terrible product?

New comment by __coaxialcabal in "Elizabeth Holmes found guilty"

__coaxialcabal — Tue, 04 Jan 2022 16:20:24 +0000

A hagiography (/ˌhæɡiˈɒɡrəfi/; from Ancient Greek ἅγιος, hagios 'holy', and -γραφία, -graphia 'writing') or vita (from Latin vita, life, which begins the title of most medieval biographies) is a biography of a saint or an ecclesiastical leader, as well as by extension, an adulatory and idealized biography of a founder, saint, monk, nun or icon in any of the world's religions.

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

New comment by __coaxialcabal in "Norfolk sand: Has a colossal experiment worked?"

__coaxialcabal — Sun, 24 Oct 2021 21:41:40 +0000

Mostly to the bottom, but some remains suspended in a saline dihydrogen monoxide solution.

New comment by __coaxialcabal in "Sam Altman’s Worldcoin wants to scan eyeballs in exchange for crypto"

__coaxialcabal — Thu, 21 Oct 2021 17:34:32 +0000

Specialized non-consumer accessible hardware is a huge stumbling block for these types of solutions.