26 points

Casually forgot about cancer

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That’s going to take some time, it’s a kernel bug.

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We’ll start storing 3 or 4 copies of data, since 2 doesn’t seem to be enough. An off-site backup would also be nice. (this will only apply to new cells because see below)

Also let’s add an option to re-enable telomerase. An option, because WE DO NOT BREAK USERSPACE. Some people probably still rely on “dying” behavior.

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9 points

We’ll start the carcinisation tree in 3.0.

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59 points

-cartilage in joints can regenerate

-body can synthesize its own vitamin c

Other species already do these things smh.

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We used to do the vitamin c but then were like its too easy to get elsewhere why bother.

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28 points

Ahem… maybe new players forgot this, but humans have been bioluminescent since the oxygenic respiration patch ages ago.

https://www.sciencealert.com/you-can-t-see-it-but-humans-actually-glow-in-visible-light

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I want to know at what wavelengths. Did I miss it?

It bugs me that they say ‘it’s not infrared - it’s photons!’ (paraphrasing).

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Its not clear to me either, but since they said visible, my guesses would be 680 nanometers or 490 nanometers, because, well, hydrogen.

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The paper (which is very short) said 500-700nm and referenced an older (1997) paper that reported on a bunch of UV and visual emitting living systems. I looked there but didn’t pinpoint an answer. It did mention that the emission doesn’t usually have sharp peaks (as the reason they trade spectral resolution for sensitivity). It seems like the emitting molecules are large, so it’s probably pretty broad.

Anyway… that made me nice and sleepy.

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2.0? Bruh, humans are still on pre-v1 beta

Frankly, I don’t know how anyone can look at the absolute shit show that is the human body and go “yup, this was totally intelligently designed”

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ironically we may well have been the only somewhat intelligently designed animal for a long time, since there’s a pretty good argument that we’re self-domesticated.

so like, we’re not just a prerelease, we’re a fucking fork of a prerelease

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26 points

Apparently a lot of males are still in alpha.

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10 points

Alpha roll-out for an entire cohort is in-progress.

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Unfortunately the alpha roll-out had a major unpached bug causing a complete internal breakdown of the ethics and intelligence processing units in all those updated.

Some hypothesis that as alpha men now have the processing capacity of an ant, they may soon evolve a hive-mind. As this would allow all mental processing to be outsourced to a singular fat orange queen.

Edit: spelling

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157 points

They are forgetting that TERRIBLE design choice where if you accidentally bite the inside of your cheek it swells up making it easier to bite it on accident again and again.

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You’re just supposed to bite that bit off. Otherwise it’s just going to keep happening.

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Instructions unclear, but I can now drink through a straw without opening my mouth

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on accident

Rather than by purpose? #54%

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14 points

I’m a masochist but I have my limits. Lol

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6 points

I think they’re calling you out on saying “on accident” rather than “by accident”

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There’s also the weird decision to put a bunch of easily-bruised bones in your butt which would normally be used for a tail.

I once had a creationist defend the coccyx as being necessary for keeping muscles together. That was fun.

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