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DaveC426913 replied to the thread B 3I/ATLAS, Interstellar Comet.Depends on your FoR. You are choosing a FoR based on the fixed background of stars. But you don't have to. We can discount the... -
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DaveC426913 replied to the thread Who is responsible for the software when AI takes over programming?.The trouble is that, collectively, they can improve in sophistication very quickly. They don't keep secrets or hide their code or any...
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DaveC426913 replied to the thread ChatGPT Examples, Good and Bad.Yeah. My few minutes of research were polluted by my ignorance that a cord often has ranks. Had to redo my post. A cord, measuring...
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DaveC426913 replied to the thread ChatGPT Examples, Good and Bad.I tried short cord wood and got a better answer. "A short cord is an informal, smaller measurement of firewood that refers to a face...
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DaveC426913 reacted to sbrothy's post in the thread Writing: Input Wanted Looking for story advice on ancient aquatic reptile breeding grounds with
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Aaargh. That EDIT was for another post! I thought I managed to delete it. Not so. :smile: -
DaveC426913 replied to the thread Writing: Input Wanted Looking for story advice on ancient aquatic reptile breeding grounds.No rush.
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DaveC426913 reacted to sbrothy's post in the thread Writing: Input Wanted Looking for story advice on ancient aquatic reptile breeding grounds with Like.
And I still owe you my opinion.... but as you know I'm crazy busy. I only have these few hours every night to wind down. EDIT: oops...
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DaveC426913 reacted to sbrothy's post in the thread Writing: Input Wanted Looking for story advice on ancient aquatic reptile breeding grounds with Like.
Ohh. I misunderstood due to the forum being about worldbuilding.
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DaveC426913 replied to the thread Writing: Input Wanted Looking for story advice on ancient aquatic reptile breeding grounds.? No. Oh. Because I said 'terrestrial'? No. Terrestrial means on land - as opposed to aquatic.
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DaveC426913 replied to the thread Writing: Input Wanted Looking for story advice on ancient aquatic reptile breeding grounds.Well, it's never black and white. It's always a matter of how much can one stretch plausibility before it breaks. After all, I do have...
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DaveC426913 replied to the thread Writing: Input Wanted Looking for story advice on ancient aquatic reptile breeding grounds.Thanks. I have never heard the term. Alas, while some reptiles do engage in lek mating, they can only do so terrestrially. It seems...
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DaveC426913 reacted to PeterDonis's post in the thread Fearing AI: Possibility of Sentient Self-Autonomous Robots with Like.
Btw, this argument is more general than just the basilisk case: it applies to any kind of "acausal trade", which is a topic you'll see...
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DaveC426913 replied to the thread Writing: Input Wanted Looking for story advice on ancient aquatic reptile breeding grounds.Yes. Coelacanth is also my example of a species that has managed to stave off (overt) evoutionary change for multiple millions of years...
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DaveC426913 reacted to BillTre's post in the thread Writing: Input Wanted Looking for story advice on ancient aquatic reptile breeding grounds with
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A lack of fossils is not something to worry about. Coelacanths were thought extinct by their poor fossil record for millions of years... -
DaveC426913 replied to the thread Writing: Input Wanted Looking for story advice on ancient aquatic reptile breeding grounds.Yes. This is what I'm finding when I research. I had originally been looking for internal triggers that might cause shifts in breeding...
