leaf_house

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by leaf_house 7y ago
There is a cost in terms of energy required to replicate the genome. The cost is relatively small though and grows slowly within the population so it is subject to fairly weak selection. On the other hand deleting DNA is always quite a risk
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by leaf_house 7y ago
Sure but you can live plenty comfortably on 100k. I don’t think we would be having this conversation if she was making that.
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by leaf_house 7y ago
Comparing evolution to a random walk with selection doesn’t quite sit right with me. In practice much of evolution occurs via gene duplication and recombination. At that point you can evolve complex changes very quickly. Evolving novel phen
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by leaf_house 7y ago
Elementary OS, Void Linux, Deepin, Antergos and Tails are a few notable ones off the top of my head. Void has been around for a minute but has become a lot more popular recently.
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by leaf_house 8y ago
This is a common logical fallacy used to justify your current lifestyle. Veganism is not about moral purity, its about the tangible impact of your actions.
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by leaf_house 8y ago
Why not set yourself the challenge of only eating ethically farmed animal products? I think you’d find this ends up leading to a mostly vegan lifestyle unless you’re willing to devote considerable time and money.
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by leaf_house 8y ago
Just out of curiosity, are you vegan/veg? I hear this point of view a lot online but I’ve rarely heard it within the vegan community where people are usually pretty honest about craving junk food/burgers etc every now and again. N
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by leaf_house 8y ago
Relatedness testing is pretty trivial with modern chip/sequencing tech so this stuff does actually tend to be pretty cut and dry. The big worry is sample swaps but those should hopefully be the exception and not the rule.