geekwithsoul

I always name them, but I have no naming scheme per se, other than vibes. First car I ever owned was a light blue 83 Cutlass - that was "Bob". Had an early 90s Dodge Shadow with a v6 and that was "Pepe." Most recent is a 2010 VW Final Edition convertible w/ blue & white two tone paint and she's "Elsa." The names just always seem to be there already when I get them.

The UK government is going to force this on every site it can, not just Bluesky.

Thanks - obviously completely misunderstood the graphic!

Yeah, I don't think someone knows what xenophobic means. It's stupid, playground bully shit but it's not xenophobic.

Yeah, I was one of the ones banned from a number of AI communities despite not engaging with them really on my old Lemm.ee account. With UM involved, I suppose I shouldn't be surprised :) Sounds like just the sort of shit he'd have a hand in stirring up and just the way he'd do it.

Yeah, my first thought was "No way all those people opted-in to that, right?"

Looking forward to: everything

Scared of: everything

I'm an optimist with a lot of anxiety :/

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.

What the hell is this horseshit… from the AP?! That's a Sunday magazine puff piece. It's made him "grateful" and "appreciative"? No, it's made him even more reckless and reactionary than he was in his first term.

Totally get that! Probably explains why I played as much Cyberpunk 2077 as I did! Books-wise, haven't been reading much cyberpunk lately other than some re-reads like Snow Crash and Diamond Age - mostly been escaping into Pratchett's Discworld. Comfort food as it were.

Yeah, figured that might be the case but thought I'd mention it just in case. Not sure what "new" cyberpunk is out there - especially since 2020… unless you count non-fiction :)