What did you accomplish today?
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Metasynth
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About 15 years ago, when my father was still an avid mountain biker, he used to go on frequent night rides in the trails just a few hundred feet from our house. I remember him coming home with this story about an owl. He was riding, and apparently rode into the path of a swooping owl. He said the owl put its talons on his chest, and flapped its wings in a frantic backpeddle, wings beating against his shoulders before the bird recovered and flew away unaffected. No injury to either party, but my dad sorta had one of those "I just communed with nature" feelings from the experience.
lokie
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cannabineer
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Had these been used for the task for which they had been built ...That's tame.
You have never heard my ex in an argument.
this would have been the trumpet of doom for millions.
Or hundreds of thousands if they chose secondary targets because ICBMs.
Mohican
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I am now much more afraid of these things going rogue:
www.borntoengineer.com
RISE Of The Machines - Killer Robot To Target Invasive Species — Born To Engineer
Robots in Service of the Environment (RISE) has its sights on the Lionfish, an invasive species spreading throughout the western Atlantic.
www.borntoengineer.com
tangerinegreen555
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After I got married and bought a house, I would often walk to work for the 4-12 shift as the steel mill was just a little over a mile away. And there were 2 bars with food on the way home, and midnight was prime time back then.
When I walked back home after midnight, there was an unlit section I had to walk through, uphill and woods on both sides for a quarter mile before you would come to the first houses.
You wouldn't believe the animal sounds I heard there. I would walk in the center of the road with a spot light, never could see into the woods what was making all the screaching racket and it was a little unsettling. I felt like I was in sci-fi movie and an attack was imminent. Never was bothered though, just a high anxiety walk.
I was once pulled over by the local cop on foot, a new guy back then who said 'not many people walk here at this hour.' He was kinda fat and I told him everybody should get some exercise and do some walking so he drove off. Lol.
Another time after I switched plants, I was driving the truck home and as I was backing in the driveway, a fucking owl with a wingspan that looked as big as a jet swooped down right in front of me on the road and then flew off with something in it's mouth.
Them things can be scary, that wingspan was wider than my truck and you could hear that swooping sound over the engine. Life in the wooded hilly suburbs, always see or hear animals at night.
When I walked back home after midnight, there was an unlit section I had to walk through, uphill and woods on both sides for a quarter mile before you would come to the first houses.
You wouldn't believe the animal sounds I heard there. I would walk in the center of the road with a spot light, never could see into the woods what was making all the screaching racket and it was a little unsettling. I felt like I was in sci-fi movie and an attack was imminent. Never was bothered though, just a high anxiety walk.
I was once pulled over by the local cop on foot, a new guy back then who said 'not many people walk here at this hour.' He was kinda fat and I told him everybody should get some exercise and do some walking so he drove off. Lol.
Another time after I switched plants, I was driving the truck home and as I was backing in the driveway, a fucking owl with a wingspan that looked as big as a jet swooped down right in front of me on the road and then flew off with something in it's mouth.
Them things can be scary, that wingspan was wider than my truck and you could hear that swooping sound over the engine. Life in the wooded hilly suburbs, always see or hear animals at night.
Several times I've been solo Moose hunting in the Alaska Range & the wolves would take up singing.
I'm sure they were no closer than about 1/8 mile but it sounded like they were just on the other side of the camp fire.
Sleeping was not an option during the show.
I'm sure they were no closer than about 1/8 mile but it sounded like they were just on the other side of the camp fire.
Sleeping was not an option during the show.
Laughing Grass
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Alone? What were you going to do if you caught one?
IMO it's inevitable.I am now much more afraid of these things going rogue:
RISE Of The Machines - Killer Robot To Target Invasive Species — Born To Engineer
Robots in Service of the Environment (RISE) has its sights on the Lionfish, an invasive species spreading throughout the western Atlantic.
Eat it
after a couple preliminary steps.
Singlemalt
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Adorable
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raratt
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I refilled the beer shelf, priorities. I need to replace my lawn sprinklers with the gear driven ones for better coverage and less water usage, guess I'll have to do a road trip to HD sometime soon. Buds and suds time, making a big ol fish sammich with leftover red snapper for dinner.
lokie
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raratt
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Looks like a good place to do a light dep. grow...
Laughing Grass
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Eat it
how would he get a moose out of the woods by himself?It's technically caught no? It's not getting away.
Singlemalt
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Part it out and carry on his ATV or Jeep
It's technically caught no? It's not getting away.
Caught generally denotes capture/taken live. Anything caughthas the possibility of getting away. Like escaped zoo animals
cannabineer
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One big bite at a time