geekwithsoul

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft Offers Chrome Users ‘Real Cash’ Rewards To Change Browser⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah, sorry, missed you were talking about the group in the article and not browsers in general. And yeah, the “alliance” is likely just bought and paid for by Google.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft Offers Chrome Users ‘Real Cash’ Rewards To Change Browser⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  “…all three browsers are slightly different skins of Google Chromium”

  So - of the ‘major’ browsers, Chrome and Edge are Chromium, Safari is WebKit, and Firefox is Gecko. Obviously many more beyond that that are usually basic derivatives of Chromium or Gecko but very confused why you think that there are only three and why they are all Chromium?!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Killing SNAP benefits now is demanding a Blue Congress next election.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I applaud your ability to believe she has principles, but a “worthy opponent” isn’t someone who believes in “Jewish space lasers” or any of the other wackadoodle conspiracies she’s repeatedly espoused. She may be on the correct side on this one issue, but it most assuredly is either because she thinks it serves her own goals in some way.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨xkcd #3157: Emperor Palpatine⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  New from Disney… “Sith Babies! Two there should be. No more, no less. Why? Because they’re the terrible twos!”

• Microsoft veteran explains Windows quirk that made videos play in Paintwww.theregister.com ↗
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Beware, another "wonderful" conservative instance to "free us" has appeared ⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  They don’t want their own spaces as much as making other people’s spaces are theirs too - aka “This is why we can’t have nice things”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I have a question on how and when coal actually formed.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Only tangentially related, but Hank Green talked about this on the vlogbrothers channel recently https://youtu.be/pBI3o7ySlRo

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What do you call the first person with a new genetic mutation⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Such changes are called germ-line mutations because they occur in a cell used in reproduction (germ cell), giving the change a chance to become more numerous over time. If the mutation has a deleterious affect on the phenotype of the offspring, the mutation is referred to as a genetic disorder. Alternately, if the mutation has a positive affect on the fitness of the offspring, it is called an adaptation. [Nature]

  I'm assuming you mean "mutation that gets passed down". Whether a mutation is a disorder or an adaptation takes generations to determine, so we may not know the identity of the individual. Furthermore, what was once a disorder may become adaptive in a different environment and vice versa. In general, I suppose if it was adaptive, they might be called "ancestor" :)

  More broadly, and outside of germ-line mutations (meaning it's not passed down to offspring), everyone has cells with mutations. The person doesn't have the mutation per se, but a cell or cluster of cells do, so identifying them by that mutation doesn't make a lot of sense. If it's bad, your body either kills it or it kills you (e.g. cancer). If it's good, it likely doesn't change anything significantly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bluesky is rolling out age verification in the UK⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  None of the age verification services respect privacy - that's baked into the whole push for it. Because it's not just about "verifying" people's ages at a specific point in time, especially in the US, it's about being able to prove you have in case anyone tries to sue you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bluesky is rolling out age verification in the UK⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Headlines like this really need to put the emphasis on the cause, e.g. "UK Government Forces Bluesky to Roll Out Age Verification"