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New comment by enkid in "'Obelisks', a new class of life living inside humans"

enkid — Sun, 02 Feb 2025 11:49:54 +0000

If viruses usually aren't considered alive, why would obelisk? I'm also curious how we know these are independent structures versus a by product of our own or our resident bacteria's cellular function. The mRNA seems unrelated to our own, but perhaps there's an unknown process that either generates new extracellular mRNA to create these protiens referenced in the article. Alternatively, could these be mRNA strands that escaped the cellular destruction process?

New comment by enkid in "NSF starts vetting all grants to comply with executive orders"

enkid — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 14:08:14 +0000

I don't understand what you're saying. Who's hiding the sun through transparent glass?

New comment by enkid in "NSF starts vetting all grants to comply with executive orders"

enkid — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 13:10:05 +0000

Having the government do anti -DEI purity tests for research is the exact opposite or reducing bureaucracy.

New comment by enkid in "Kansas tuberculosis outbreak is now America's largest in recorded history"

enkid — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 03:01:05 +0000

The analogy breaks down in that rate of infection of a disease is historical but very much informs ongoing public health measures that should be taken.

New comment by enkid in "Carlsen quits World Rapid and Blitz championship after dress code disagreement"

enkid — Sat, 28 Dec 2024 12:43:43 +0000

Seems like publicity is the point. Getting headlines is a lot more likely to change something then just skipping the tournament.

New comment by enkid in "Updates to H-1B"

enkid — Thu, 19 Dec 2024 12:23:27 +0000

What a weird last sentence.

New comment by enkid in "Oldest human genomes reveal how a small group burst out of Africa"

enkid — Thu, 19 Dec 2024 11:51:31 +0000

I don't see how you could say that's more likely without evidence, lack significant gaps in archaelogical finds between eras of human presence in a region.

New comment by enkid in "Oldest Human Genomes Reveal How a Small Group Burst Out of Africa"

enkid — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 12:22:06 +0000

You think the study of archeology, anthropology, genetics, and ecology across the entire Western academic system is being subverted to support DEI using a theory that existed long before the time "DEI" was a known acronym? And you can't provide evidence?

New comment by enkid in "Oldest human genomes reveal how a small group burst out of Africa"

enkid — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 12:19:33 +0000

Out of Africa was fought by the majority of Western scientists during the early 20th century because of their pro-European biases. The reason its accepted is because the preponderance of evidence supports it.

New comment by enkid in "Oldest human genomes reveal how a small group burst out of Africa"

enkid — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 12:16:39 +0000

I don't think a group of people living somewhere for thousands of years would be "getting it wrong." You're embedding an assumption that evolution has been working toward an end goal of getting humans to spread globally, which isn't how evolution works.

New comment by enkid in "US airlines transported passengers over two light-years since the last crash"

enkid — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 11:34:43 +0000

Just look at likelihood you are going to die each mile traveled. Using that method, passenger planes are 750 times safer than cars.

New comment by enkid in "Thought experiments that fray the fabric of space-time"

enkid — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 10:24:54 +0000

Yes, that's true, thanks.

New comment by enkid in "Thought experiments that fray the fabric of space-time"

enkid — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 22:19:32 +0000

"Pressure" as a concept doesn't apply to black holes. They are the size they are because of their mass. The bigger the mass, the larger area where their gravity is so great light can't escape. Scientists model black holes as only have a mass and a spin on the inside because that's all the external universe cares about. Information being inscribed on the exterior is an artifact of tike dilating as an object approaches a black hole, iirc.

New comment by enkid in "Thought experiments that fray the fabric of space-time"

enkid — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 22:13:12 +0000

Just because you can't record something doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

New comment by enkid in "A Slower Speed of Light (2012)"

enkid — Mon, 13 May 2024 11:01:01 +0000

Why would these dependent on the speed of light?

New comment by enkid in "Becoming an Amateur Polyglot"

enkid — Sun, 12 May 2024 20:16:52 +0000

Some languages are tenseless.

New comment by enkid in "Google gave investors a $70B buyback,and laid off 12,000 people"

enkid — Sun, 12 May 2024 14:08:48 +0000

The robber barons are specifically examples of people considered not to be fulfilling their social responsibilities. The idea that business are only responsible to make money is the new concept, not that people were acting only to make money previously. It was seen as a bad thing, now its a deflection for bad behavior.

New comment by enkid in "Google gave investors a $70B buyback,and laid off 12,000 people"

enkid — Sun, 12 May 2024 13:48:23 +0000

The Friedman Doctrine ( what you are espousing, that business are only set up to make money) is a relatively recent social construct, having been first articulated in 1970. Questioning whether or not it should be the basis of how we organize an economy is perfectly valid. Simply saying "this is the responsibility of Google" is missing the point. Cases like this should make us ask if this should be the way we assign responsibility to businesses or if we should assign them different responsibilities.

New comment by enkid in "What Is Green Software and Why Do We Need It?"

enkid — Sun, 24 Mar 2024 17:31:21 +0000

It's purposeful. It's green washing money - they are able to get good press by doing something pretty minor, like holding a conference. But that money ultimately came from causing far greater environmental harm.

New comment by enkid in "Cryptographers solve decades-old privacy problem"

enkid — Sun, 19 Nov 2023 02:20:17 +0000

I don't think the purpose of this sort of research is to be immediately applicable, it more shows a direction that could be useful in the future. Shor's algorithm has not been used practically, but it's hard to imagine modern cryptography without "post quantum" being an important topic.