Contramuffin

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[–] Contramuffin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Welcome to the world of the living, clone

[–] Contramuffin@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

His belief is that Trump isn't fascist enough, if you can believe that

[–] Contramuffin@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

I honestly really liked the Zen garden in Plants vs Zombies

[–] Contramuffin@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

It should also be mentioned that the two methods aren't mutually exclusive, and there's a ton of synergy between using the old ways (x-ray crystallography and cryo-em) and using the new way (AlphaFold). Because even when you measure the protein structure, the old ways only tell you the shape of the protein but not the skeletal structure of the protein (which is the actual important part), so to my knowledge, there's a bit of finicking around to figure out how the protein folds into that shape. AlphaFold predicts how the protein folds, so you can cross reference that with the measured shape of the protein to better estimate where the protein skeleton is in the measured shape

[–] Contramuffin@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago

Bad guys who aren't misunderstood but aren't bad. They occupy a niche mindspace in which they have a genuine and noble goal but their goal is mutually exclusive with the good guy's goals (the Shadowlord from Nier Gestalt)

Then, on the flip side, bad guys who know that they're bad and revel in it (Jack Horner from Puss in Boots)

Good guys who are good leaders. They have no superhuman abilities but their power is to bring out the best in others. They don't beat the bad guys through sheer strength or being inspired by the power of friendship (which IMO is just the same thing), but they do so by strategically playing to people's strengths (Senku from Dr. Stone)

[–] Contramuffin@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (2 children)

The person being downvoted is the mod of c/conservative. I'm guessing this is a political maneuver to bury his posts/bully him off lemmy

[–] Contramuffin@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

No, that's exactly it. Framing this story as that they're reviving extinct animals is misleading at best

[–] Contramuffin@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Technical debt applies not just to coding! (though it's most often talked about in that context) It's the general idea that whenever you rush a project by taking shortcuts, you have to spend more time later to sort it out (and let's be honest, it's never actually going to get sorted out)

[–] Contramuffin@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

It's not even about narcissism. If this man gets back, he gets to talk to media about his experiences, which will likely turn a lot of people against Trump's plans. Trump's fascism is contingent on people being complacent about the things he's doing

[–] Contramuffin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Perhaps not necessarily wrong, but people sometimes don't like hearing the truth. I don't agree with the other comments that you should support him - to me, that sounds like bad parenting to not at minimum set up a backup plan when things start to fall apart.

My take on this situation is that you may have to tell him in a more subtle manner. Fortunately, professional athletes are known for being notoriously competitive, where even talented people can lose out on an opportunity simply out of bad luck. This could give you a way to voice your concerns in a way that doesn't directly imply that he's not cut out for the job, ie "you still need to be very lucky to go pro. I was very fortunate, but we shouldn't be counting on luck for your living. You can still try for it, but I really think you should also have some backup options if things don't work out"

[–] Contramuffin@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The questions you're asking about already exist. Portguese man-o-war are colonies of multiple organisms. Bees and ants are considered superorganisms.

It's not going to happen to humans, if that's what you're asking. The evolutionary incentive simply isn't there to form a superorganism physically, though you could definitely make the argument that society and culture can be interpreted as a superorganism

[–] Contramuffin@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

They spread and are really really hard to fully kill

Source: I have no idea why my mint is still alive. It's waterlogged for half the year and neglected the other half

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