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Post by JimC » Thu Jul 21, 2022 8:34 pm

Yeah, good pick-up, mac... :tup:
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Post by pErvinalia » Sat Jul 23, 2022 7:56 am

macdoc wrote:
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for once a smidgeon of good news..
Macdoc is going to stop link dumping..? :ask:
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Post by rainbow » Sat Jul 23, 2022 8:59 am

macdoc wrote:
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Interesting approach
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Pulitzer prize winner for science book!!!! buy this! - :lou:
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Post by JimC » Tue Jul 26, 2022 2:47 am

Sounds good - I might ask my local library to get a copy...
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Post by rasetsu » Tue Jul 26, 2022 1:51 pm

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Pulitzer prize winner for science book!!!! buy this! - :lou:
This would be a nice little something to give my brother-in-law, either at my sisters' birthday next month or at Christmas. We've kind of gotten in the habit of giving him gifts at their birthdays as for two years we skipped his on account of the pandemic. It's also on Audible. I sampled a snippet of Consilience this morning and realized something. I spend a lot of time (2-4 hours) farting around on the web of a morning. I could fairly easily multitask by listening to books as what I do online doesn't require full attention unless it's videos.

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Post by rasetsu » Tue Jul 26, 2022 2:03 pm

Starting to browse Audible. I'm conflicted. I need something to try it out, but don't want to waste my first credit on the wrong subject for trying out listening that will mesh with current habits. At the moment, Cicero, On Living and Dying Well, is at the top.

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Post by macdoc » Wed Jul 27, 2022 3:43 am

I could fairly easily multitask by listening to books as what I do online doesn't require full attention unless it's videos.
Yep - also when doing other things from walking to driving to cooking to cleaning. Makes the time go by for some things.
I do find a conflict trying to listen to audio and actually read what I'm browsing online.

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Post by pErvinalia » Wed Jul 27, 2022 5:24 am

I probably couldn't listen to an eBook anyway, but definitely couldn't if they were in an American accent.
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Post by macdoc » Mon Aug 01, 2022 8:46 am

They are a variety of accents. Try the freebies.

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This is is a brilliant idea
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Post by macdoc » Tue Aug 02, 2022 7:54 am

Well finally we get some hard evidence of humans in the America's before 13 BP.
The idea has been smoldering for a long time but there was always some doubt introduced.....not this time.
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AUGUST 1, 2022
New Mexico mammoths among best evidence for early humans in North America
A recent study led by scientists with The University of Texas at Austin finds that the site offers some of the most conclusive evidence for humans settling in North America much earlier than conventionally thought.

The researchers revealed a wealth of evidence rarely found in one place. It includes fossils with blunt-force fractures, bone flake knives with worn edges, and signs of controlled fire. And thanks to carbon dating analysis on collagen extracted from the mammoth bones, the site also comes with a settled age of 36,250 to 38,900 years old, making it among the oldest known sites left behind by ancient humans in North America.
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Post by rainbow » Wed Aug 03, 2022 6:59 am

Big deal. Humans have been in Africa, since humans first evolved from the Australopithecines.
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Post by macdoc » Wed Aug 03, 2022 7:24 am

Umm Africa is not America and are you sure of your lineage?
ardipithecus ramidus.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/200 ... human-race
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