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IrcsomeBot<ahoneybun> Haha03:30
IrcsomeBot<ahoneybun> That tweet is blowing up lol.03:31
valorieI still haven't tried wayland, but I should on my travel lappy20:24
valoriewhich these days functions as a test box20:24
valoriebut first I need to upgrade this box before Thomas grabs it away from me and does it20:25
valorieRikMills: this might be somewhere close to you? https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/22/uk/worlds-oldest-family-tree-scli-scn-intl-gbr/index.html23:15
valorieHazleton North long cairn, in England is what the photo says23:16
RikMillsvalorie: about 20 miles from me :)23:19
valorieyowza23:19
valoriethey say they have created the oldest family tree in the world because of the excellent DNA preservation23:19
valoriethe stone age was a long time ago23:20
valoriebefore computers even!23:20
RikMillswell, computers not made of stone ;)23:22
RikMillsif you believe what some ancient monuments were for23:23
valoriesilicon is rock.....23:24
RikMillstrue23:24
RikMillssadly doesn't seem to be much to see on the ground, otherwise I might have been tempted to jump in the car tomorrow and go look23:25
valorieright, the circles could help the ancients predict solstices etc.23:25
RikMillsand post some pics23:25
valoriehappy solstice everyone23:25
RikMillsindeed23:25
valorieand really, the greeks had some astronomical instruments that were pretty sophisticated23:26
valoriewe're not sooooo smart compared to the ancients23:27
RikMillshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism23:27
RikMillsthat is fascinating23:27
valoriebut damn we have them beat on modern plumbing23:27
valorielol23:27
valorieyeah, I tried to read up on that machine23:27
valorieand could not entirely grasp the math23:27

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