we’ve been using crispr to perform gene editing for 11 years now. “science” articles need to stop using analogies about it.

obviously start counting backwards to zero

air quality: abysmal

recommendation: spray more chemicals into the sky

because hating is easy

i’ve noticed that you like to follow me around and make similar comments.

normal… but you can practice drinking and get better at it. a couple years ago after I’d stopped drinking I tried to pick it up again and noticed that I couldnt handle my liquor at all. but through practice and perseverance I was eventually able to enjoy various rums and whiskeys without passing out after 5 or 6 ounces. eventually got tired of it again so now I just enjoy a beer every few weeks.

the media requires people to pay attention to it or they cant sell ad placement. bad news sells better than good news does.

the war in Ukraine is basically at a standstill, no one is going to watch it. media needs a new focus and Israel vs Iranian funded hamas terrorists is the next big thing. in a few months it’ll be something else - it’s just the focus of the “now”.

there’s “feel good” communities out there, but they’re not very active. the active communities are very toxic because they’re arguing about ideologies - tankies, *.ml communists, hamas apologists, and etc vs normal non-insane people. the arguing is why the communities are active.

if you unsubscribe to the active communities you’ll see a lot less negativity - but your feed will be basically static & boring.

eh, anything Apple says about direct competition is a lie. every time

environmental factors like it being really fucking cold 8 months out of the year?

didnt the ancestors of the chicken evolve in the rain forests of/near China? I’m sure there’s latent genes that could express themselves within a few generations - much how domesticated pigs can turn to wild hogs in just a few generations

market yourself as a computer hardware/software repair guy at all of the nursing homes/retirement communities in the area. market it towards your target demographic, using font styles and language that they’d be familiar with in the 1960s - 1980s. be sure to show up clean shaven with a tie. be polite - yes mam/yes sir. charge through the nose.

I bet you could build up a significant dental fund within 6 to 8 months.

yes, but we closed all insane asylums/mental wards too. some hospitals have a few beds dedicated for that but it’s not the massive infrastructure of the past.

America’s greatest export is war. we’re a very violent nation. every generation since the founding has had a major conflict to attend - but most of our wars in the last 30 years or so havent involved a lot of “boots on the ground”. that pent up rage requires an outlet. mass killings/shootings/etc are a direct result.

adding to that, handguns are very easy to obtain - you can legally purchase them easily enough but there’s also a very active black market where cash is king and questions are not asked, backgrounds are not checked. since Americans are legally permitted to own/carry firearms (as enshrined in our founding governmental documents), the system cannot change. it’s not politically acceptable to request a change. no career politician is going to burn their entire life’s work in something that is destined to fail. even considering is is borderline insane.

dont expect things to magically get better.

yes, but the Enterprise level license usually lasts longer than the individual license does. Enterprise level you’re basically stuck in that ecosystem, you’ve got tools written for it. I remember when IE6 was the latest hotness and then everyone struggled to get away from it for years and years but integral revenue generating tools relied on it.

oh on a phone? hmm… no idea on that one

is that one of those where you need to manually import the extension into the browser?

yeah. I have a tiny-pc (whatever the ultra sff is called now) that will run w10 forever - supported or not, for a specific use-case, but the desktop i’m trying to transition to will be linux. already moved my laptop to linux (both mint because it’s easy). have a different laptop that was decent 10 years ago that I use as a testbench to try out other, non-mint distros.

long term i’ll move to 3x computers but daily really only use two.

you know how bad news spreads faster than good news, or why clickbait is a successful tactic? same idea.

yeah I’m mid transition myself - probably switch for good when win10 goes EoL. I tried win11 and hate it.