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Japanese monks and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years. They accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset (infosec.pub)
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[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 9 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I think “inadvertently” fits in that it isn’t what they were intending to do.

“Accidentally” feels sorta judgy.

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago

Yeah. “It was an accident” sounds like pleading, excusing. “I inadvertently…” sounds like an explanation of the facts. imo