Matte

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[–] Matte@feddit.it 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I still remember the first time (as a layman) I studied the details of how DNA and genetics work.

You usually get the sense from popular science that DNA is just dices rolling and mixing up genes and everything is totally random, then as soon as you start looking up how things actually work, you find out that your body is composed of actually nanobots with some kind of will, or scope actually, that work within your body doing super complex tasks, and that as of today (well, as of when I read that 10 years ago) we yet don’t have a specific idea of how those nanobots move and reach the places they’re supposed to reach.

our body is an amazing machine, amazing in a way that goes waaaaay beyond our comprehension… I recently started studying the immune system and that’s even more amazing!

[–] Matte@feddit.it 6 points 1 year ago

I think I tried it and it ran perfectly. I think there’s also an UI redesign for the Deck IIRC

[–] Matte@feddit.it 3 points 1 year ago

oh man! I really played this game a lot back when it was released!

[–] Matte@feddit.it 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

super interesting! I listened to it on Curio (which needs a subscription) but the title is:

“Magic Mushrooms. LSD. Ketamine. The drugs that power the Silicon Valley”

by Kirsten Grind and Katherine Brindley on the Wall Street Journal.

here’s the Curio link though

[–] Matte@feddit.it 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

they actually do if your mind is susceptible to a breakdown, i.e. a latent psychosis.

[–] Matte@feddit.it 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (8 children)

I read an article on the WSJ just yesterday that said he (and many others in the Silicon Valley) are using psychedelic drugs while working in order to find new business ideas. they are into microdosing (which I’m not against), but they also throw big drug parties according to the WSJ and that might have messed with his mind. That, COVID and the recent breakup upon a narcissistic personality might be enough to explain his total breakdown.

[–] Matte@feddit.it 1 points 1 year ago

yeah I don’t know if “fucks up” is the correct term, but it definitely is a neurological virus. see lack of smell and such.

[–] Matte@feddit.it 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

if you check the link I posted, the spoiler gets truncated after the first new line

and in this post, it shows “For some reason Memmy can’t render this spoiler”

[–] Matte@feddit.it 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

what do you mean google is like apple privacy-wise? Google is HORRIBLE, they invented tracking in order to sell customised ads.

On the other hand, Apple has lots of flaws but a strong privacy nonetheless, since you’re paying upfront their expensive products.

[–] Matte@feddit.it 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

here’s a link on a comment that is getting truncated

link

[–] Matte@feddit.it 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

::: spoiler test :::

[–] Matte@feddit.it 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

this is basically not understanding what “risk” means. if you have a 1% risk of developing cancer, and by doing something (ie drinking) you double relatively-wise that risk, it’s still only 2% of risk. would you stop drinking and enjoying alcohol and living a happier life for a mere 1%?

all the numbers I’m using are totally random, but it shows that saying “it increases the risk” although technically correct doesn’t mean shit and it’s just fearmongering and a basic inability of understanding information.

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