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Comment · 6 months ago
It’s not grain or corn you could eat though. Not fit for human consumption.
Comment · 1 year ago
It’s the biggest tell for AI writing, especially as people get more self-conscious about overusing em dashes.
Comment · 1 year ago
These are the types of assumptions and blindspots that lead to unintended negative effects.

Your approach assumes that the distribution of those SNPs at the population level is immaterial.

What makes an allele attractive at one frequency can expose new liabilities at a different frequency.

Comment · 1 year ago
I’ll let them go first. I insist.

We can barely manipulate simple organisms without causing negative second order effects to cascade through our systems.

Comment · 1 year ago
I suggest you go to random.org and play with the coin flipper or dice roller for a couple of hours.

[edit] I just rolled 60 dice and got a string of 7 2’s in a row. Can someone calculate the odds of that happening for me?

Comment · 1 year ago
Also, over half the world's population has H. Pylori, which interferes with B12 absorption.
Comment · 2 years ago
Humans creating problems they then need to then solve transcends and predates any ideology.

Capitalism just lets you scale it out to new heights! :)

Comment · 2 years ago
The transfer of wealth from the UK to the US as a result of WW1 and WW2 debts is one of the more substantial wealth transfers in history.
Comment · 2 years ago
These resonated with me as the world's AI-automating all the things.

Particularly:

"Digital devices tune out small errors while creating opportunities for large errors."

Comment · 2 years ago
Use the pen that comes with it, magnet side facing the screen and sweep across the areas that are misaligned or the whole screen.

This fixes things for me.

Comment · 2 years ago
Agreed. Messy overlap + an app called HazeOver where you can dim apps out of focus is the best approach to this.
Comment · 2 years ago
If you are desperate for a job you probably shouldn't be negotiating too hard.

If your downside is protected and you've got options, you're a fool if you're not negotiating.

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