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Why did birds evolve flight and people didn't?

The other apes are intelligent enough for their niche. At some point in humanity's past, the environment was harsh enough that the less intelligent ones died.


They do have a common ancestor, it's just not a marine mammal.


> not a marine mammal

which is the point. They were not evolved from the same species of land animal.


That's just creationism.


If they are violent and need to be kept in check, why not just keep them in jail? Otherwise, people with money get better treatment than those without.


It has to do with bail being viewed as "letting criminals go free". If there is a high conviction rate, then most of the people being arrested are eventually found guilty, and I would expect bail being viewed less favorably there. On the other hand, if conviction rates were low, it would mean the police were arresting a lot of people that did not break the law, and I would expect bail to be viewed more positively.


Get a better text editor and file browser, and probably terminal.

I use Sublime as my text editor, but there are other options.

I use PathFinder for a dual-pane file explorer.

I use iTerm2 for my terminal.

Otherwise, I don't recommend customizing too much out of the gate. If you are continuously hitting a pain point, then it could be worth it, but you'll learn the Mac way soon enough.


Maybe a little hyperbolic, but I've seen other studies that show humans can differentiate between odors better than dogs.

Dogs seem to be great at detecting odors in low concentrations. Once they are detectable by humans, however, it seems we have some pretty good olfactory skills.


Smelling is more than just being able to detect an odor. You also need to be able to understand what that odor is. The capacity to recognize an odor from a certain volume of smell chemicals being tipped off is actually a distinguishing pattern of multiple sclerosis!


https://www.bandtr.com

Play a random album from your Spotify collection


I collect vinyl to own my music and a lot of modern vinyl releases include a download code.


I get it. I was really into fantasy as a teenager, but now I'm on the wrong side of 35 and nonfiction is all I'm interested in. I feel like there is so much stuff that has happened in real life that fantasy seems hollow.


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