JoJo

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It isn't really nature vs nurture, it's nature interacting with nurture. Steve Jones, the biologist explained it beautifully with reference to Siamese cats:

Siamese cats are light brown with dark brown fur at the tips of their ears, feet and tail. But if you raise one in a very warm environment, they will be light brown all over. A very cold environment, they will be dark brown all over. There's a gene switching the fur colour but its action depends on the temperature.

There are many different ways genes and environment interact, there's no real 'argument' here. It is simply true and, because genes and environment are often so closely linked, it's often complicated and sometimes impossible to tease out what's causing what.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I have not found a way.

However, if you have one monster thread running, clicking on any notification will clear all of the notifications from that thread but not any others. So you do at least have a quick way to get rid of them and you won't miss anything you care about.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I might. But ferry companies are not generally allowed to.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

The dose makes the poison. It is carcinogenic but current estimates are that you'd need to drink several litres a day to meaningfully increase your risk.

There are other good reasons to find a healthier drink but this isn't one of them. Most artificial sweeteners have some kind of risk attached so there is no point switching to a different diet soda.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Google killed XMPP by being the vast majority of the network and then defederating from the rest. Most of the gmail users didn't even notice anything had happened.

I see a couple of differences here. One is that it should be obvious to even the most casual of users that other instances exist. And the second is that other mega-corps have said they'll build instances too. With multiple very large instances, they may end up holding each other hostage, for fear of losing users to each other when so many people have multiple logins just because they have an account with one of the mega-corps.

One thing is for sure. Insta has 1.6bn users and it doesn't need to federate with anyone at all; the fediverse is a rounding error to them. Some people will want the massiveness of the network, others will want better moderation than the mega-corps are likely to offer, and some will prefer smaller networks anyway. There will be as many reactions as there are instances to react. And that will have to be fine.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I think they're going to build it into Instagram? Instant 1.6bn users.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

You wouldn't stop to think about it. But how is it even possible for a 7 year old to fall overboard in the first place? Ferries are full of kids running around, something must have been very wrong for this to happen at all?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Why are you driving traffic to reddit?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

This looks a lot more like a gender stereotyping/puberty effect?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

If you must post reddit content, post a screenshot. No need to send traffic their way.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

It's a lot more practical? Cheap to build and minimal footprint on the ground so existing buildings can stay put.

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