protist

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[–] protist@mander.xyz 22 points 11 months ago

The dye they used is called SYBR Green I. It's a molecule that binds to DNA and only fluoresces at a specific wavelength, but it only fluoresces once it's bound to DNA and exposed to a certain wavelength of light. You can observe the presence of bound molecules using spectroscopy which indicates whether or not DNA is present.

There are other fluorescent dyes, eg BigDye, which are used for genetic sequencing. You won't see anything with the naked eye, but an automatic sequencer can detect them.

[–] protist@mander.xyz 6 points 11 months ago

Well yes, two direct hits would be worse. Was just saying Helene had a pretty severe impact on the areas that are going to be hit directly this time

[–] protist@mander.xyz 27 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Even though it was like 100 miles off shore, the Tampa Bay area had an 8 foot storm surge with Helene that killed 12 people and ruined tens of thousands of homes and businesses. There are piles of debris everywhere along the coast that are going to become projectiles in hurricane force winds of they can't be picked up in time. Almost the entire western coast of Florida saw significant impact from Helene

[–] protist@mander.xyz 2 points 11 months ago

Are you sure it has permission to track your location? I'm not seeing that one. Either way, they share nothing with your employer

[–] protist@mander.xyz 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Duo is just a widely used third party multifactor authentication app, which is useful for organizational cybersecurity.

I had it on my phone for years working at a hospital and really never had any privacy concerns with it the way I have with other apps. The convenience of being able to respond to work emails on your phone is totally worth it

[–] protist@mander.xyz 4 points 11 months ago

You need to put effort in to get to know your grandparents. I was fortunate to have one grandmother who lived to 93 and had her wits about her the whole time. My other 3 grandparents died before I graduated high school, but her I knew til I was in my 30s. I had a chance to visit her quite a few times on my own so it was just the two of us, and got to know her pretty well.

[–] protist@mander.xyz 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

So where in what you posted did the IMF seize a Sri Lankan port to finance a debt

[–] protist@mander.xyz 12 points 11 months ago

"See I'm trans. You have to let me in here to rape people."

[–] protist@mander.xyz 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That hasn't happened yet and we don't know for sure if/when it will

[–] protist@mander.xyz 8 points 11 months ago (5 children)

In December 2017, unable to repay a huge Chinese loan, Sri Lanka handed its Hambantota port in the south of the island to a Beijing company on a 99-year lease for US$1.12 billion.

This is just the reality, my friend. You can look past western propaganda but seem to really struggle with anti-western propaganda.

[–] protist@mander.xyz 7 points 11 months ago

I get the cynicism, but the reality is that the system of washing eggs in the US was incredibly effective at reducing salmonella-related illness so we stuck with it. The data demonstrates both systems are about equally effective at preventing salmonella exposure. Similar salmonella outbreaks still happen in the EU's system, too

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