Beetific @beetific.ca · 28/09/2026You can say that language production is not evidence of intelligence, but then you have to bite the bullet that language production is not evidence of intelligence 050
Beetific @beetific.ca · 27/09/2026Oscilloscopes usually have some way of making "coarse" and "fine" scale adjustments. Sometimes 2 different knobs, sometimes a mode button that changes the behaviour of one knob, or even even +/- powers of 10 sensitivity. Could be a rich source of interface ideas. 021
Beetific @beetific.ca · 22/09/2026"Thus, foraging at depths exceeding 3,000 m would be too physiologically taxing for beaked whales and may heighten the risk of fatal exhaustion or decompression sickness. Ultimately, the V-shaped topography of the Diamantina Zone may further contribute to this accumulation" Whale La Brea tar pit 020
Reposted by Beetificgodoglyness @godoglyness.bsky.social · 22/09/2026did you know about the millions of years old whales graveyard that is one of the most intact fossil records of any species anywhere just waiting to be further explored? www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comA 5.3-million-year-old deep-sea whale necropolis in the Diamantina Zone - NatureResearchers uncovered an enormous deep-sea accumulation of whale remains in the southeastern Indian Ocean, showing long-term, specialized ecosystems and an extensive fossil record that offers new insi... 131
Beetific @beetific.ca · 22/09/2026The whales that work at the graveyard are Rite Whales (no I had not heard of this, ty!) 110
Beetific @beetific.ca · 21/09/2026People arguing with Will is endless reiteration of the Bulldog fight in White Fang, but in this case they're both the bulldog 040
Beetific @beetific.ca · 21/09/2026Jev is the rear derailleur. Or maybe the front? Idk I didn't read it either. 100
Beetific @beetific.ca · 21/09/2026Kind of rhymes with the real atmosphere; a paper thin layer clinging to the blue Earth 010
Reposted by Beetificwords @words.bsky.social · 21/09/2026poems are for when you don't have a camera 071
Beetific @beetific.ca · 21/09/2026"[something something] Rorschach is the bees..." Not sure how that connects here, but it sprung to mind 000
Beetific @beetific.ca · 20/09/2026Iirc one of the Culture books has a provocative description of some situation where the human notionally "in charge", at least as far as they can tell, is actually by far the dumbest "thing" in the room, including the room itself. 150
Beetific @beetific.ca · 20/09/2026And now it seems like people mostly fall into: A. People who straightforwardly believe in souls etc B. People who think they don't believe in that stuff, but never got their "bug moment" 0201
Beetific @beetific.ca · 20/09/2026I remember staring at those bugs, and at other things (the cat), and trying and failing to "go inside" them. It's really hard to imagine yourself a different shape, with different senses and everything and really feel it; and the illusion is never convincing. But they're "obviously" "thinking". 1190
Beetific @beetific.ca · 20/09/2026... And if bugs and if me, why not other things? And I think once you've digested "other kinds of minds shaped by their physical form", "hard" physicalism is a pretty natural step as you learn bigger words. 1230
Beetific @beetific.ca · 20/09/2026I credit my Dad's adept handling of "do they [wooly bears] like it in there [bug box]?" with sparing me that. He said something about how they "something it", but probably don't "like" "like us" that crystallized for me the idea that bugs can think, but not necessarily in a way accessible to me 2361
Beetific @beetific.ca · 19/09/2026Broadbalk and Park Grass are less of a 'single artefact' than others here, but maybe fit www.era.rothamsted.ac.uk/Broadbalkera.rothamsted.ac.uke-RA BroadbalkStarted in 1843, Broadbalk is the longest running scientific experiment in the world. Wheat is grown every year on all or part of the experiment. Established to test the effects of various combination... 261
Beetific @beetific.ca · 16/09/2026For professional and discreet removal by our qualified professionals, just call our troll-free number, 1 888 BLY GOAT 010
Reposted by Beetificbree bird 🇨🇦 @goose.ski · 07/09/2026switching from one wrong side to another wrong side instead of to my side (the right and correct side) smfh 051
Beetific @beetific.ca · 03/09/2026I don't agree with the top level post though. There are plenty of places where it's appropriate to head off harm by punishing the behaviour that causes it. Speeding/DUI, workplace safety, etc. This one is just especially emotionally charged for most people, which makes for bad policy. 100
Beetific @beetific.ca · 03/09/2026I won't go to the mat on this, but weakly believe that CAS/CPS/etc people in particular should be ignored wrt general parenting & child welfare. Exposure to all that seems to make it impossible to maintain anything like ordinary standards of behaviour toward/about/around kids; cursed-knowledgely. 210
Beetific @beetific.ca · 27/06/2026Not an answer but kind of "smells" related as I (doubtless mis-) understand it. Maybe path dependent. Eusociality fine, but tough to get there from here without disadvantaging yourself? bsky.app/profile/wcra... 000
Beetific @beetific.ca · 26/06/2026Probably right after they start making people like that (training data has to come from somewhere) 030
Beetific @beetific.ca · 26/06/2026Substack manages to feel un-place-like in a way that I haven't really got a handle on, which I guess discourages people from going there unless funneled in. (as compared to Bsky, Twitter, Discords, Forums, Blogs, ...) Some kind of "achievement" of UX. 271
Beetific @beetific.ca · 11/06/2026The "Twenty Second Century" was the short period of extremely rapid progress in mathematics and the sciences, following the activation of the first artificial super-intelligences which "burst the dam" in many fields simultaneously. 161
Beetific @beetific.ca · 06/06/2026"Wooooah lfg" to website in half an hour? bsky.app/profile/minormobius.bsky.s… 120
