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