His estimate is 3.1 million

Here's a public enumeration of CPE's on the network from last year

https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.18243.

Tree rings

I was hoping for a secret society of volcano watchers, handing down carefully guarded records from generation to generation . . .

("There's nothing written in here, Dad")

Indeed, but the headline evoked the other image in my flu addled brain.

What trees?

Near this specific volcano, not in a forest but in a dry, "sparsely vegetated" region (1). I don't expect any substantial trees at all.

Google maps has the satellite imagery, it's pretty rocky and barren.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afar_Region#Land_features

I doubt there are any 12000 year old trees near the volcano.

How about 12,000 years of overlapping ring patterns from paleo trees?

Live trees, dead trees in buildings, bogs, tidal zones, etc.

There's also sedimentation layers from multiple scattered bore samples that will reveal more about patterns of particle fall from the skies and layered flows from years past.

Literally reverse engineering.

> How about 12,000 years of overlapping ring patterns from paleo trees?

Near this specific volcano? In a dry, "sparsely vegetated" region (1). Not a chance.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afar_Region#Land_features

I specifically meant live trees, didn't really occur to me that dead trees could be relevant. Not sure how common it is to find 12000 year old dead trees either but I guess it's more common than live ones.

And of course geological surveys would definitely tell you something about the past

Oak and other trees, felled several thousand years ago and used as trackway posts, in buildings, etc are the bread and butter of

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dendroarchaeology

Art historians often look at the wood panels of paintings that are 400 years or more old.

You might enjoy reading the general overview: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dendrochronology

and, ahh, drilling deeper into the onion rings.

The real problem with tree rings here in this specific case is ... Ethiopia .. not a lot of big trees now, nor in the recent past when it was grasslands - but not really my field - there's likely to be very slow growing unassuming trees that are surprisingly old there .. and remains of older trees that have overlapping ring sequences.

But yes - geological / geophysical clues are likely more relevant here.

I doubt there are any trees near the volcano, full stop.

Do the basics: go to google maps, find the "Hayli Gubbi volcano", click for the satellite image. Not a forested area at all.

I can see some light greenery near Lake Bakili. But not much.

"The Afar Region as a whole is sparsely vegetated"

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afar_Region#Land_features

This is nonsense though.

When academics were pushed out of Soviet and Chinese universities they had to leave to other locations or stop being productive.

The fact they can set up their own schools is a plus in the USA.

The disparate impact is clear.

> When academics were pushed out of Soviet and Chinese universities they had to leave to other locations or stop being productive.

That is not what happened with Soviet nor Chinese academics. They did not started new ideologically pure universities. Maybe you should read more on history rather then making up an alternative one.

Moreover, these "new" universities are not run by academics.

> The disparate impact is clear.

The only disparate impact is affirmative action for conservatives. In fact, most universities you complain about are run by rich and conservative boards. They make decisions to please rich and conservative donors.

But, they accept gay, women are treated more equally and that is something conservative christians cant stomach.

Reading comprehension is a good thing to have.

Go back and try again.

The numbers we're talking about don't agree.

More equally as in some animals are more equal than others

The "old" universities aren't run by academics either.

And conservatives aren't necessarily Christian

I've seen this exact claim in the NYT and it doesn't hold muster.

You're just othering.

The organizations we're talking about aren't diverse, inclusive or representative.

Nor is conservativatism a Western only thing.

Perfectly so

I've been around a while, VSCode is a goddamn miracle.

Two zeros actually

Greg KH

Xanxia and Wuxia

As far as I can tell, that export mostly came out of Hong Kong and has mostly stopped.

Most of my contact with it has been via TV shows and English/Korean writers

Search for any booster service, or hacking forum period and check who's hosting it.

Same thing with any service that hijacks and redirects your session.

Almost always CloudFlare.