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I thought I'd go on the Grand Seiko website last night and read up about spring drives. How they function exactly and why they're held in such high esteem - homework of sorts. I didn't expect to find this covered over nine chapters of writing, I'd imagined a couple of lengthy paragraphs. But this is Grand Seiko; if a job's worth doing it's worth doing properly.

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How different the forum is to the FB groups.
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^^^^ the forum and FB are very different beasts. I interact differently with both and they both have their pros and cons.
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I've not yet done due dilligence to the research, but I have been astounded by the length of the ancient Egyptian civilisation- apparently originating some 3000 years BC. BC! That means Cleopatra lived closer to the invention of Bitcoin than to the creation of the Pyramids of Giza. The ancient Egyptians would have had archeologists interested in ancient ancient Egyptians. Totally amazing.
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richtel wrote: Fri Sep 02, 2022 7:10 pm I've not yet done due dilligence to the research, but I have been astounded by the length of the ancient Egyptian civilisation- apparently originating some 3000 years BC. BC! That means Cleopatra lived closer to the invention of Bitcoin than to the creation of the Pyramids of Giza. The ancient Egyptians would have had archeologists interested in ancient ancient Egyptians. Totally amazing.
Fundamentally correct. The Great Pyramid of Khufu is thought to have been built around 2600 BC. Cleopatra died around 30 BC, so she is indeed closer to us than to Khufu. Currently the midpoint between the Great Pyramid and now is around the time of Alexander the Great, around 300 BC.
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The difference in height, deepest to highest point is 11 miles vs 8000 miles diameter and those points are far apart ....
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48 of 50 US states have "Pay To Stay" legislation that allow states to charge convicted felons for prison stays. In California the legislation allows those who can afford it to "upgrade" their sentence stay to stay in safer prisons, or private cells. Not surprisingly, these programs rarely result in the collection of debt, as convicted felons are far more likely to live in poverty.
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What it’s like to sit behind the wheel in a Ferrari. Unfortunately I still don’t know what it’s like to drive one.
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strapline wrote: Sun Jul 31, 2022 7:45 am Yesterday I found out about the what3words app and it's blown my mind.
what3words is an interesting idea, but I've yet to see it used for any widespread real world application. I've mainly just seen it used for one-off things like sending someone your location. Well, today was the day. The live feed showing the queue for those wishing to pay their respects to Her Majesty is using what3words to show where the end of the queue currently is.
I can certainly understand how this could be easier to use than a string of numbers in a GPS location. The big downside to the app is that it 1) relies on English, and transcribing words may be challenging for non-english speakers, and 2) the app uses words that are very similar, such as plurals. Since locations are random, a very minor spelling error can have massive consequences.
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That I'd be putting a bronze field watch up on the 'what watch are you dreaming of' thread only for CW to choose to release their very own version within hours, the Sandhurst v2.

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It's an amazing idea, but I can't see how they'd ever monetize it. I will say emergency services use it daily, and it's a genuine lifesaver
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strapline wrote: Sun Jul 31, 2022 7:45 am Yesterday I found out about the what3words app and it's blown my mind.
what3words is an interesting idea, but I've yet to see it used for any widespread real world application. I've mainly just seen it used for one-off things like sending someone your location. Well, today was the day. The live feed showing the queue for those wishing to pay their respects to Her Majesty is using what3words to show where the end of the queue currently is.
I can certainly understand how this could be easier to use than a string of numbers in a GPS location. The big downside to the app is that it 1) relies on English, and transcribing words may be challenging for non-english speakers, and 2) the app uses words that are very similar, such as plurals. Since locations are random, a very minor spelling error can have massive consequences.
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elrikos wrote: Sun Oct 02, 2022 8:56 am I will say emergency services use it daily, and it's a genuine lifesaver
Can you provide more information on this? I work in emergency services in Canada, and I've never seen a caller use What 3 Words coordinates, and if one did I have my doubts that our dispatchers would know what to do with the information. Does the app have enough penetration in the UK for it to be regularly used for emergency response? As a mountain biker, I certainly see the appeal of using it to provide location data in an emergency.
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^^^ My friend Mr Google found this Chris.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-49319760

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According to the WWF 69% of all animal populations have been wiped out in the last fifty years by man. I find this particularly tragic and it saddens me greatly. On many levels I feel that mankind has reached a tipping point from which there is no coming back. I hope I'm wrong.

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strapline wrote: Thu Oct 13, 2022 6:10 pm According to the WWF 69% of all animal populations have been wiped out in the last fifty years by man. I find this particularly tragic and it saddens me greatly. On many levels I feel that mankind has reached a tipping point from which there is no coming back. I hope I'm wrong.

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