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New comment by vanattab in "Teenagers Stayed Overnight at Their School and Found Hidden Ancient Roman Ruins"

vanattab — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:28:32 +0000

No. The ground does not usually significantly compress under those loads. Remember for much of human history buildings are build with wood and non vitrified bricks that readily break back-down into mud/gravel/organic matter. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tell_(archaeology)

New comment by vanattab in "Wall Street races to protect itself from AI bubble"

vanattab — Sat, 06 Dec 2025 21:30:10 +0000

There is a scenario, when the public wake's up and demands the right to rank their vote.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranked-choice_voting

New comment by vanattab in "US government shuts down after Senate fails to pass last-ditch funding plan"

vanattab — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 06:36:55 +0000

I might be mistaken but critical workers are guaranteed back pay

New comment by vanattab in "Fields where Native Americans farmed a thousand years ago discovered in Michigan"

vanattab — Mon, 16 Jun 2025 12:37:48 +0000

This is the correct answer. Alone is not really a how to live in the woods show, it's a managed starvation show. The contestants are limited to about a 1 sq mile area which may or may not have a good source of clay. They purposely set them out just a few weeks before winter so they do not have a long time to prep. Conserving and replenishing calories is the name of the game.

New comment by vanattab in "How we’re responding to The NYT’s data demands in order to protect user privacy"

vanattab — Fri, 06 Jun 2025 02:50:22 +0000

Protect our privacy? Or protect thier right to piracy?

New comment by vanattab in "IRS Makes Direct File Software Open Source After Trump Tried to Kill It"

vanattab — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 03:52:00 +0000

>however, it does provide a strong baseline for a platform that is essentially guaranteed to be in compliance with the federal government, as it was built by the government itself.

Lol. I highly doubt it

New comment by vanattab in "Long live American Science and Surplus"

vanattab — Thu, 29 May 2025 12:26:08 +0000

What a wonderfully weird store. If I ever need to buy an under powered can opener,some screen protectors for my palm pilot and I life size terracotta warrior for $1200 without going to multiple places I know now where to go.

https://sciplus.com/screen-protectors-2-15-16-x-2-1-4-12-pac...

https://sciplus.com/under-powered-automatic-can-opener-for-p...

https://sciplus.com/lifesize-terra-cotta-warrior/?searchid=1...

New comment by vanattab in "I got fooled by AI-for-science hype–here's what it taught me"

vanattab — Tue, 20 May 2025 10:46:05 +0000

Which ai program do you use for live video meeting translation?

New comment by vanattab in "Compressed music might be harmful to the ears"

vanattab — Fri, 16 May 2025 10:35:10 +0000

Is there any evidence that anc headphones are bad for your ears? I also feel odd presure in my ears when using them. I know they are supposed to cancel out the wave form but I was curious if latency,timing etc could lead to high frequency and in audible but still damaging presure on ear drum? I have no evidence for this other then discomfort using anc and suffering from tinnitus after using anc

New comment by vanattab in "Jony Ive's next product is driven by the 'unintended consequences' of the iPhone"

vanattab — Sun, 11 May 2025 11:29:48 +0000

Slimy...

New comment by vanattab in "Phoenician culture spread mainly through cultural exchange"

vanattab — Fri, 09 May 2025 07:16:37 +0000

Thats seems less interesting to me because they where all found in the copper merchants house. So it was just a records cache.

New comment by vanattab in "Tarpit ideas: What they are and how to avoid them (2023) [video]"

vanattab — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 14:05:56 +0000

I mean that's better then funding a bunch of startups that try and use psychological traps to capture the attention of your kids and ruining their ability to focus. Most of them also fold 1-2 years later.

New comment by vanattab in "I Tried to Buy an Actual Barrel of Crude Oil (2015)"

vanattab — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 12:21:35 +0000

Maybe both making a glass and plastic bottle take more energy to make then in transport? And or you have to transport the empties back to clean and refill?

New comment by vanattab in "People say they’ll pay more for “made in the USA” so we ran a test"

vanattab — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 00:54:08 +0000

Trump does make the offical MAGA hats in the USA. Random people can and do import hats to sell at rallies and the like.

New comment by vanattab in "People say they’ll pay more for “made in the USA” so we ran a test"

vanattab — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 00:29:14 +0000

It's not just one guy it's THE one guy that really matters. And a majority of voters picked that guy.

New comment by vanattab in "Native American names extend earthquake history of northeastern North America"

vanattab — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 15:27:44 +0000

I disagree. There is plenty of evidence of oral traditions being passed down through the different indo european languages (Sanskrit, Latin, Greek, German etc.) that date back to before the split 8100 years ago. Granted the specifics details and names get changed over the years but there is amazing similarities at can only be explained through oral traditions.

New comment by vanattab in "The Rise and Fall of Toys 'R' Us (2018)"

vanattab — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 15:19:24 +0000

They still exist it will just set you back a cool 50k.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/116028880794?_skw=gi+joe+carrier+fl...

New comment by vanattab in "Finland is painting deer antlers with reflective paint (2014)"

vanattab — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 18:23:45 +0000

I don't understand how this was going to work? Was the plan to paint every year them all every year? I am not very familiar with reindeer but don't they shed the antlers every year like whitetail? So for most of the year they don't have antlers or they are growing them and they are covered with a soft velvet and only harden and scrap off the velvet layer on tress right before breading season. They fight and breed then shed thier antlers. You would have a very short window after they scrape thier velvet to paint and it would only be good for a 3-5 months at most. Granted at least for whitetail most of the accidents happen during the breeding season (like humans, male deer can be pretty reckless when it comes time to mate)

New comment by vanattab in "Astronomers confirm the existence of a lone black hole"

vanattab — Mon, 21 Apr 2025 20:20:26 +0000

Where is the 250 million years come from?

New comment by vanattab in "Healthy soil is the hidden ingredient"

vanattab — Sun, 20 Apr 2025 18:26:38 +0000

I could see this being the reason your carrots didn't grow well though. If the carrots tap root struggles a bit through the cardboard it could mess up devlopment. I think this is why they say not to transplant carrots. The tap root bottoms out quickly and struggles to recover.