walking. take a moment to think about it.
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I noted elsewhere that walking is our superpower. Back in the day humans would find a herd of grazers in the morning and throw rocks at them. Then the humans would pick one unlucky beast and follow it all day until ti was exhausted and then we'd kill it.
literally this. where are you from? chances are i live in the other side of the planet, but here we are. hi!
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Microprocessor manufacturing. Just think about it: we invent a device called the transistor. We're making them one by one and using them to make computers. And then, we just find the way to cram more and more of those devices in tiny, dirt cheap slabs of silicon that are literal computers by themselves. In 2021, a typical processor contained 60 billion transistors.
In the first Iron Man comic, Tony Stark says that the secret of his power is 'transistors.' The arc reactor came much later.
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Who can blame them though?
Flight.
Urinating. Christ, there's no greater feeling of having a pee when you need to.
I know a lot of you are thinking about orgasm, but the thing is that's more of a luxury than an urgent need. You can live your life without, and not really feel you need to.
Also, water. How fucking great and refreshing is a glass of water.
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I love this show. A historian looks at how one change can spread out and affect many different things.