CodiePetersen

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by CodiePetersen 7y ago
Tickling the dragons tail seems very appropriate. I'd be sweating bullets manaually adjusting a nuke core with a screw driver.
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by CodiePetersen 7y ago
That's very interesting. But I think it probably is the fact they have fresher more youth receptors. If you think of when kids touch warm things and say it's too hot, it's a similar concept. Their eye receptor will fire more
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by CodiePetersen 7y ago
In the eye, cells only fire if the signal between the neighbors is great. There is also higher resolution concentrated at the center and drops off as you move away. Additionally the brain processes signals in context of the last signal it r
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by CodiePetersen 7y ago
I recall reading that BGP leaks are common but most ISPs take steps from propagating them within a few seconds to minutes. The two hours is the incompetence I think he is referring to.
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by CodiePetersen 7y ago
While I agree with you assessment about western nations doing very similar monitoring techniques. It still doesn't excuse China. They all should be held accountable. In fact the focus on China should be used as an opportunity to bring
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by CodiePetersen 7y ago
Right xD. I was thinking it was going to be advice to be a more effective night owl and still get the rest you need.
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by CodiePetersen 7y ago
What about data then. Data can be copied and moved between devices. Should we not have IP laws around digital assets either.
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by CodiePetersen 7y ago
Uh what. They've never sold terminator seeds. Who told you they did. And if they did why would replanting even matter if it doesn't work.
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by CodiePetersen 7y ago
If a farmer unknowingly plants Monsanto seed because another farmer sold it to him. The purchaser can sue the seller for damages just like any other business. It has everything to do with contracts because the only people getting sued are t
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by CodiePetersen 7y ago
I said contract because you used patent incorrectly. You think the patent is what stops farmers from replanting but it's the contract and the licensing. The patent stops other companies from using the genes to create their own seed. (I
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by CodiePetersen 7y ago
Yeah its also incredibly adaptive. You hardly know any specific interaction with anything you come into contact with on a daily basis, doesn't mean you hide in a bubble your whole life. The body deals with things as they come at it, th
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by CodiePetersen 7y ago
Your understanding is close, they sourced bacteria from puddles that had glyphosate resistant bacteria, then they modify agrobacterium that are specific to whatever crop they are trying to modify. Every cell in a plant has to be able to fen
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by CodiePetersen 7y ago
AGREED. Upvoted. I'm pro GMO, the science is very sound and uses techniques directly from nature to modify plants, so it's not like we are making something that can't shouldn't exist. But I've always said, its our a
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by CodiePetersen 7y ago
They signed the contract when they bought the seed. They entered the agreement willingly. No different then when you skip past the EULA on a video game saying you won't distribute it or crack it.
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by CodiePetersen 7y ago
Ok, it's clear that I'm going to get a shit load of downvotes for what I am about to say but the level of ignorance on GE technology and the contracts around patented seeds here on HN is horrendous. I just keep seeing anti-GMO sou
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by CodiePetersen 7y ago
Sounds like a bunch of boogey man talk to me. None of what you have said has anything to do with the actual practice of genetic modification. It's solely unfounded paranoia. Not a single one of those has ANY relation to biotech compani
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by CodiePetersen 7y ago
The only drama is coming from the GE illiterate anti-GMO crowd. They are just as bad as the Anti-Vax crowd if you ask me. They don't understand the science, it's been perfectly safe for decades, the GE toolkit is literally taken f
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by CodiePetersen 7y ago
Well that's not the reason, the reason is they are testing it out and seeing if it expresses the desired traits. They do extensive testing and sequencing in a lab before it even enters an open field.
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by CodiePetersen 7y ago
In the biohacker community they are trying to build a legal framework for allowing genetic modification on a personal basis. Right now they get a lot of government heat even doing private research. I think, like the majority of the HN commu
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by CodiePetersen 7y ago
They only sue people using their product without a license. They don't sue for natural contamination.
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by CodiePetersen 7y ago
Till the ground and rip them out like they do every planting cycle already.
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by CodiePetersen 7y ago
I'd like to see where you've heard that promise. The only thing close to that I have heard is that farmers can take similar steps to stop unwanted plants on their fields that they already do.
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by CodiePetersen 7y ago
Well, I actually mention other "too big to fail/drop" tech companies. All four that you mention I think fall under that category. A lot of tech companies touch everything. Google isn't just a search engine company, its A
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by CodiePetersen 7y ago
Well it literally is in the news and loads of people walked out on google until they listened. Also they have a global pool of talent they can hire if they don't want to meet demands. Executives I can see being a big hit if they left i
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by CodiePetersen 7y ago
So I'm a moderate libertarian and the "don't tell them what to do, society's hidden hand will decide" is an argument used by libertarians frequently and one I disagree with. One, specifically for this case, the issu
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by CodiePetersen 7y ago
Well not everything would need to float at earth pressure. The production of any fuels or materials that required heavier equipment could be done at lower atmosphere. You could engineer bacteria to break down sulfuric acid for the hydrogen
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by CodiePetersen 7y ago
I think upper atmosphere study would be great. There are some colony designs that suggest an oxygen filled colony would float at earth pressure. And with the sulfuric acid and co2 you have everything you need to make water air and fuel. Not
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by CodiePetersen 7y ago
I think it's going to be weird and messy whichever way it goes. If it is under government oversight, politics is just going to ruin the whole purpose maybe make it worse. Me and you can have a debate about whether or not neo nazis shou
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by CodiePetersen 7y ago
>I'm also okay banning anti-vax ideas You are OK with banning the idea? It's one thing to make it criminal to endanger your children's health. It's another to put a blanket ban on the speech because you don't lik
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by CodiePetersen 7y ago
Although any hateful speech is terrible of course, I think censoring like this is a bad idea. Like other conversations about freedom of speech on HN it will eventually lead to talking about banning non hateful but extreme ideas like flat ea

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