[03:30] Haha [03:31] That tweet is blowing up lol. [20:24] I still haven't tried wayland, but I should on my travel lappy [20:24] which these days functions as a test box [20:25] but first I need to upgrade this box before Thomas grabs it away from me and does it [23:15] RikMills: this might be somewhere close to you? https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/22/uk/worlds-oldest-family-tree-scli-scn-intl-gbr/index.html [23:16] Hazleton North long cairn, in England is what the photo says [23:19] valorie: about 20 miles from me :) [23:19] yowza [23:19] they say they have created the oldest family tree in the world because of the excellent DNA preservation [23:20] the stone age was a long time ago [23:20] before computers even! [23:22] well, computers not made of stone ;) [23:23] if you believe what some ancient monuments were for [23:24] silicon is rock..... [23:24] true [23:25] sadly 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 look [23:25] right, the circles could help the ancients predict solstices etc. [23:25] and post some pics [23:25] happy solstice everyone [23:25] indeed [23:26] and really, the greeks had some astronomical instruments that were pretty sophisticated [23:27] we're not sooooo smart compared to the ancients [23:27] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism [23:27] that is fascinating [23:27] but damn we have them beat on modern plumbing [23:27] lol [23:27] yeah, I tried to read up on that machine [23:27] and could not entirely grasp the math