Conversation logs between the lab and Luna show that the agent had created an attendance policy but later lost track of it, allowing the employee’s lateness to continue for months.

Sounds like Luna should look into firing itself.

If the underlying text says one thing but the font makes it appear to say something else, which version does the author own the copyright to?

It’s interesting that most mountain systems, including the Rockies, Sierra Nevada, Alps, Andes, and even the Himalayas, have dense, continuous networks; but the Appalachians look like a big hole.

Other odd gaps are the upper Amazon, Poland, and east/central China.

Or Salma Hayek.

If they make a sequel movie based on her current activities, who will they cast to play Julia Roberts in the in-universe version of the film based on the first movie?

Maybe search for highest-altitude reservoirs instead of dams?

“This code is too dangerous for me to look at, so it must be fine.”

scientists narrowed down a “sweet spot” of between 6.4 and 7.8 hours of sleep per night

If you sleep less than that on weekdays and more on weekends, does it average out?

The title suggests that the government is pushing OpenClaw specifically, but the text says the opposite:

Yet as more ordinary Chinese get hooked, the government is pulling back. Chinese authorities have stepped up warnings of security and data risks and instructed government agencies and companies in sensitive sectors such as banking to curb OpenClaw’s use.

Mixing vermicompost into the regolith seems a bit like cheating.

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The title has nothing to do with the linked article. Did you mean to link to this?

https://twin-cities.umn.edu/news-events/goats-can-play-role-multi-pronged-restoration-buckthorn-invaded-woodlands

Kanzi selected the correct, “full” cup in 34 of 50 trials – better than would be expected from chance – suggesting he was able to understand the concept of pretend liquids.

While that’s slightly better than chance, it’s not as good as I’d expect if he were imagining it the way children do.

Maybe he was interpreting the fake pouring motion as a signal of intent or a general disposition of the pitcher to tilt into that cup, and was then indicating where he expects the liquid to be poured next?

IMO the important thing isn’t just the use of objects, but the planning involved. Picking up a broomstick with your mouth doesn’t feel good, so there’s no reason the cow would do it for more than a moment unless she were already thinking ahead to its possible future use.

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Maybe its accretion disk was temporarily depleted?

That’s a relief—I was starting to worry about it.

@remindme@mstdn.social 14,000,000,000 years

The study authors believe an eruption occurred around 1345, about two years before the start of the pandemic, from either a single volcano or a cluster of volcanoes of unknown location, likely in the tropics. The resulting haze from volcanic ash would have partially blocked sunlight across the Mediterranean region over multiple years, causing temperatures to drop and crops to fail.

Wow, that’s exactly what happened just before the Plague of Justinian (i.e., the volcanic winter of 536). I’m surprised they don’t mention that in the article.

They’re seeing gamma rays from suspected dark matter collisions—that’s actually more substantially accurate than I was expecting.