Salamendacious@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agoAI reads text from ancient Herculaneum scroll for the first timewww.nature.comexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1147file-textcross-posted to: epicureanism@lemmy.dbzer0.comupliftingnews@lemmit.onlinetechnology@lemmy.worldhistory@lemmy.worldscience@lemmy.world
arrow-up1147external-linkAI reads text from ancient Herculaneum scroll for the first timewww.nature.comSalamendacious@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square25fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: epicureanism@lemmy.dbzer0.comupliftingnews@lemmit.onlinetechnology@lemmy.worldhistory@lemmy.worldscience@lemmy.world
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up27·1 year agoAnd it says, “you know what would really suck? If a volcano erupted in the middle of me writing thi”
minus-squareSalamendacious@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoOr maybe “everything is going so well right now. Nothing could go wrong!”
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year ago“I’m on top of the world. Could life get any better than this?”
minus-squareSalamendacious@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-21 year agoAnd then BOOM! In all seriousness I couldn’t even imagine what that must have been like. Absolutely terrifying.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoAnd there hadn’t been an eruption in so many centuries that they didn’t even know Vesuvius was a volcano.
And it says, “you know what would really suck? If a volcano erupted in the middle of me writing thi”
Or maybe “everything is going so well right now. Nothing could go wrong!”
“I’m on top of the world. Could life get any better than this?”
And then BOOM! In all seriousness I couldn’t even imagine what that must have been like. Absolutely terrifying.
And there hadn’t been an eruption in so many centuries that they didn’t even know Vesuvius was a volcano.