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tetris11

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  • 3 billion nucleotides, but each nucleotide can be one of 4 bases, meaning that it's 6 billion bits of info, or (6e9 / 8) = 750 MB of data.

    But if all of the sequence was used for data, then the sperm wouldn't be a sperm. If we keep the 20,000 coding genes making up ~ 2% of the genome, that still leaves us with (750 * 0.98) 735 MB.

    But an organism is more than its gene templates, it also has functional regions where things bind and block things and join other things, and we're not entirely sure what percentage of the non-coding regions this is. I'm gonna go with 80%, and that leaves us with (750 * 0.18) = 135MB

    Since the sperm cell is haploid data, it has 23 chromosomes instead of the 46 (23 pairs), so it has half the data redundancy of normal DNA. We might also need to add our own error correcting codes which will reduce some of the space. I'm gonna pull a factor of 3.6 out of my ass, and thus (135 / 3.6) - voila - 37.5 MB

  • What was something that you thought was overhyped that actually lived up to the hype?

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  • I'm at my machine 12+ hours a day, coding, data analysis, grant writing, etc.I might play some online games too

  • What was something that you thought was overhyped that actually lived up to the hype?

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  • I didn't see any of the hype for the Barbie movie (apparently they painted streets in London pink?), but I just went in and saw it. Awesome film

    Also: A laser tape measure. I always heard about people ranting about them, and often thought "I get it I get it you're a child who likes shiny things", but I finally got one and it is one of my most prized possessions. I can now find out the distance to things like THAT.

    Didn't live up the hype: I caved in and got a mechanical keyboard. A nice one. Keychron something such. I now have a heavy clackety-clack keyboard. That's it. The usual plastic 15 quid keyboards I get are only every so slightly less good. Don't buy into this fad. It's for ASMR fanatics and their heavy wallets

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  • I know, I guess I was just expecting something a bit more. Right now I feel preached to about something I already agree with.

    I don't feel I learned anything, and I wonder if the desired audience will actually see this

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  • I hear you, but I do like it when the artists at least makes some effort at satire. The above comic reads more like a motivational poster than something making a point.

    I keep looking at the last panel expecting the shoe to drop, but am left deeply unsatisfied, even though it's a message I agree with

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  • For anyone wondering - comic strips don't need to be witty or poignant to send a message, they can just state the message directly in the panel

  • This is terrible timing

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  • Yeah but he always does this -- if it's not a baboon on a motorcycle, he'll be putting cats in monocle-petticoat-ensembles and placing them behind her

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  • Always bet on fungus

  • if H₂O is so great why isn’t there H₂O₂

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  • Yeah, tribalism solves everything - we need more of it, pronto!

  • Always Do it Later 😴

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  • Chunk the list into byte sized pieces and then mix it into your cereal

  • What's your favorite snack to take on road trips?

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  • Tomatoes, the smaller the better

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  • maybe start demanding rent from the old man living in your head

  • Trump puts up AI video of Obama being arrested by the FBI in the Oval Office

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  • dailyklos - any other sources on this?

    Guy's a lying nonce obviously, but don't want my blood boiling for no good reason

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  • cowards!

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  • no you're a manatee!

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  • Evelyn is her Sky Name

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  • How the hell did they not evolve wings and reach mach 5

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  • I guess, just imagine if someone who you didn't particularly find atttactive but was friendly, said the same thing to you.

    You would suddenly feel a little less liberated in your nudity, and perhaps feel the need to avoid that person, even if their intentions were not impure.

    I think you meant well, and you added the nudity part to your compliment because it was such a new and profound way to suddenly see something beautiful.

    Nudity usually takes on an erotic undertone, so it may genuinely have been a eureka moment for you to see something naked and beautiful outside that erotic context.

    Unfortunately that undertone is there, no matter your intention, and I know you want to defend your intentions, but you would be digging a hole by doing so.

    No need to spiral into complete self-doubt on whether you're a good person or not. You know your intentions, you just goofed up on the delivery and unfortunately that made someone feel less secure.

    It's a learning experience, and you seem keen to learn, and I think just tread a bit more carefully in the future.

    Thanks for sharing your story by the way, I feel like I've learned from it a bit myself

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  • Attractive evil villain enters scene"...they're gonna get a tragic backstory and sacrifice themselves for some noble cause."3 seasons later"Oh goddamit."