Fascinating story. I had to dig a bit but I found the Johnny Cash film mentioned in the article: https://youtube.com/watch?v=bLOFpfjW_So&t=18s
Is it any good? What's with all the dislikes?
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#72Fascinating story. I had to dig a bit but I found the Johnny Cash film mentioned in the article: https://youtube.com/watch?v=bLOFpfjW_So&t=18s
Is it any good? What's with all the dislikes?
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> What's with all the dislikes?
Assuming that you're referring to the GP, I'm curious how you're determining it's disliked-ness. It's not grey for me.
I don't think some massive karma level confers ability to see comment scores, either.
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#73Earlier quoted context omitted.
Is it any good? What's with all the dislikes?
Meta question: > What's with all the dislikes? Assuming that you're referring to the GP, I'm curious how you're determining it's disliked-ness. It's not grey for me. I don't think some massive karma level confers ability to see comment scores, either.
My HN comment has 8 upvotes. I assume they meant the dislikes on the YouTube video itself (362 likes, 103 dislikes.)
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#75Really interesting read about an interesting person. Thanks HN community for continuing to inspire, intrigue and educate!
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#76Earlier quoted context omitted.
average life expectancy is a trap -- the distribution is binomial. People tended to either die early, as infants, or live to an average 60.[0] Specifically, if you were age 0, you have an expected lifespan of 40, but by age 10, you have an expected lifespan of 60. Today expected lifespan after reaching age 10 is better, but not as extreme as the average tells you: you'd expect to hit to live to 77. [1] So most people…
> the distribution is binomial. That would be odd. I think you mean "bimodal". ;) Sorry for the nitpick.
It was a good nitpick since I read the first sentence and was really confused what the person was on about.
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#77Earlier quoted context omitted.
For a direct answer to your question, the Polynesians populated much of the vast Pacific ocean and founded many island native lineages. There is some strong evidence they came into contact with West Coast American natives within the last couple thousand years [0]. > We find conclusive evidence for prehistoric contact of Polynesian individuals with Native American individuals (around AD 1200) contemporaneous with the…
It's probably a good idea to point out that the evidence for Polynesian/S. American contact is extremely scant and mostly conjectural. This is a very controversial topic among archeologists and historians and there are biased interpretations on both sides.
The kumara really bolsters the theory https://www.pnas.org/content/110/6/2205
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#78Earlier quoted context omitted.
Meta question: > What's with all the dislikes? Assuming that you're referring to the GP, I'm curious how you're determining it's disliked-ness. It's not grey for me. I don't think some massive karma level confers ability to see comment scores, either.
My HN comment has 8 upvotes. I assume they meant the dislikes on the YouTube video itself (362 likes, 103 dislikes.)
Facepalm. Thanks.