geekwithsoul

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thar she blows⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Serious answer: having been subjected to this by my pulmonologist annually for years, they do multiple runs (often including runs after a rescue inhaler is administered), and it’s about precisely comparing the results - so no, they don’t trust people to pinch their own noses 🙂

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve had the same thought. I think of it as “transparent pricing” - like a nutrition label but for price. Maybe doesn’t even need to be as specific, but has to clearly show the profit the retailers and manufacturers are making on it. Honestly think it’s going to be the only way we get any downward pressure on prices - ever since COVID, they’ve found that they can just keep raising prices and as long as all of them do it, consumers don’t have any leverage.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What’s your favorite video game that most people didn’t like ??⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Saints Row IV - I liked aspects of the earlier games, but I actually really enjoyed the meta silliness of IV. I accept that I don’t have a lot of company in having this opinion 🙂

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Dead Economy Theory⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  To be fair, he does address that in the intro to the article

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do we eat dessert?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Part of it is that eating something sweet can relax the muscles around the stomach. So after a full meal, in addition to the attraction of eating something sweet in general, it makes you feel less stuffed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 loses a GOTY award over use of gen AI⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think the issue is much more that they lied on the application

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Documentary on Flood Myths All Over the World⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Anyone actually watch this? I'm guessing more pseudo-archaeology bullshit?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I have a question on how and when coal actually formed.⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

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

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨For the first time since COVID, more than half of Fortune 100 companies have mandated workers fully return to work as hybrid options wither⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  City governments have been pushing hard because they're worried about their tax base and economies - not so much for the office space itself (though that's in danger), but the ancillary businesses like coffee shops, lunch places, and car parks. It's a shitty reason, as they could take the opportunity to rearchitect office space into livable housing and solve the problem that way - but they don't want to.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What do you call the first person with a new genetic mutation⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨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.