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Ancient artifacts dislodged by climate change

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Re: Ancient artifacts dislodged by climate change

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motorogo wrote: post #23
trox wrote: post #21

I often get into arguments with people not believing in the consequences of climate change, especially when it's about the melting glaciers. People reason that finding ancient objects hints to low ice levels at numerous times in the last millennias. My reaction is to reason about the implications of melting ice (ex. sea level rise), which I cannot really back up with facts. Is there another way to argue about this?

You can absolutely back up concerns about sea level rise with facts: https://skepticalscience.com/sea-level-rise.htm Some just choose to ignore them.

Wow, that site managed to hang my Brave tab on a 10-core, 64 GB RAM machine. Is it folding proteins on the background or something?

Re: Ancient artifacts dislodged by climate change

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Post by heelix »

mhandley wrote: post #26

The unidentified "wrenches" [1] look awfully like a Trangia pan handle [2]. Wonder if they were used to hold a hot cooking pot? [1] https://miro.medium.com/max/4344/1*yF6s3HG4AY4WAQruLPSmag.jp... [2] https://www.amazon.co.uk/Trangia-Pan-Handle/dp/B06XWJ32LP

Indeed. Never thought about whittling out one. Looks like a neat little project when we go camping next summer.

Re: Ancient artifacts dislodged by climate change

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Post by Plyphon_ »

egdod wrote: post #29

> You've completed your member preview for this month, but when you sign up for a free Medium account, you get one more story. Fuck Medium.

Incognito gets you around this. I know it's beside the point. However incognito is the laziest of bypasses to a subscription-wall which tells me Medium aren't really behind it as a strategy anyway.

Re: Ancient artifacts dislodged by climate change

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Post by egdod »

Plyphon_ wrote: post #33
egdod wrote: post #29

> You've completed your member preview for this month, but when you sign up for a free Medium account, you get one more story. Fuck Medium.

Incognito gets you around this. I know it's beside the point. However incognito is the laziest of bypasses to a subscription-wall which tells me Medium aren't really behind it as a strategy anyway.

For now.

Re: Ancient artifacts dislodged by climate change

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Post by motorogo »

1_player wrote: post #31
motorogo wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can absolutely back up concerns about sea level rise with facts: https://skepticalscience.com/sea-level-rise.htm Some just choose to ignore them.

Wow, that site managed to hang my Brave tab on a 10-core, 64 GB RAM machine. Is it folding proteins on the background or something?

Maybe you need to check what else is running. I am using a Chromebook and it loads in seconds.

Re: Ancient artifacts dislodged by climate change

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Post by 1propionyl »

Plyphon_ wrote: post #33
egdod wrote: post #29

> You've completed your member preview for this month, but when you sign up for a free Medium account, you get one more story. Fuck Medium.

Incognito gets you around this. I know it's beside the point. However incognito is the laziest of bypasses to a subscription-wall which tells me Medium aren't really behind it as a strategy anyway.

The real problem is that websites can still even tell whether or not you're in incognito mode.

Re: Ancient artifacts dislodged by climate change

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Post by bbbobbb »

Plyphon_ wrote: post #33
egdod wrote: post #29

> You've completed your member preview for this month, but when you sign up for a free Medium account, you get one more story. Fuck Medium.

Incognito gets you around this. I know it's beside the point. However incognito is the laziest of bypasses to a subscription-wall which tells me Medium aren't really behind it as a strategy anyway.

Or just deleting the medium cookies (two clicks, same tab, no incognito needed). If there is an easy way to block all cookies from a specific domain without an extension, that would be nice too..

Re: Ancient artifacts dislodged by climate change

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Post by tonystubblebine »

egdod wrote: post #29

> You've completed your member preview for this month, but when you sign up for a free Medium account, you get one more story. Fuck Medium.

Not sure it's obvious, but that article only exists because of medium's paywall. That subscription money goes to the author, and in the case of that publication, also editors. I can understand why someone might not want to be a medium customer yet, but I don't see how cursing them is warranted.

Re: Ancient artifacts dislodged by climate change

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Post by wjmao88 »

1propionyl wrote: post #37
Plyphon_ wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Incognito gets you around this. I know it's beside the point. However incognito is the laziest of bypasses to a subscription-wall which tells me Medium aren't really behind it as a strategy anyway.

The real problem is that websites can still even tell whether or not you're in incognito mode.

not anymore on Chrome. They patched it.
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