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New comment by nainachirps_ in "OpenClaw isn't fooling me. I remember MS-DOS"

nainachirps_ — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 10:13:16 +0000

I am ordinary people. I have adhd. I have been dying for assistance in scheduling and planning. Am not employed enough to afford hiring a human yet. Am hopeful these will reach maturity for me to he able to host one on my own device. Or find a private provider with good security model and careful data handling.

New comment by nainachirps_ in "I wrote to Flock's privacy contact to opt out of their domestic spying program"

nainachirps_ — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:19:44 +0000

I am not a lawyer myself but can't one argue that this company has duty to ensure that data it is processing for client is legally obtained.

If they are processing data after being told it was not obtained with consent do they not have any liability?

New comment by nainachirps_ in "One DNA letter can trigger complete sex reversal"

nainachirps_ — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 03:03:12 +0000

This is pretty interesting research. Specifically the fact that it shows how changes in 'non coding' regions of DNA can have such strong far reaching effects.

Also a good reminder that sex is more complicated than people think. XY and XX is not the end all of sex in mammals, it's just the initial blueprint. As can be seen in real life software world too, the implementation(s) can often be much different from spec due to variety of reasons. Real world is messier than simple abstractions. So one must remain humble and be ready to see and interface with the unexpected.

One must qualify the title though imo. It isn't about sex reversal but sex development. They showed how a small alteration to the dna can change development trajectory of the mice embryo into male or female phenotype. This particular research does not yet show reversal in already developed mice. But that would be interesting research path to pursue imo.